Why this ride
From Xanten it runs 65 km to Xanten; allow about 1 h 14 of riding. The stops in between: Till, Kleve-Keeken and back through Till. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6 and Kleve-Keeken
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 65 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 14
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6
The Romans got to Xanten first, and the forest roads of Hochwald 6 lead you to the town they left behind. About seven kilometres from the point, on the Rhine plain, lies the site of Colonia Ulpia Traiana, a Roman city founded in the early second century under Trajan. Most of it was later quarried for building stone, which is why the Archaeological Park today can rebuild the amphitheatre, a gate and some of the city walls on their original footprints, and why you can stand in a reconstructed temple and imagine the Rhine frontier at its busiest.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6 is where the day begins. Next is Till.
2. Till
The Lower Rhine around Kalkar and Kleve is wide, flat country: green polders, willows along drainage ditches, brick farmhouses and church spires visible for miles. Till is a small village here, part of Bedburg-Hau, just off the Rhine embankments between Kalkar and Kleve, with Emmerich across the river. It lies close to the line of the Roman frontier, the Lower German Limes, which followed the Rhine to the North Sea.
Read the complete Till write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Till comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kleve-Keeken.
3. Kleve-Keeken
Here the Rhine stops being a German river. Just downstream of the village of Keeken, the great river crosses the border into the Netherlands, and a few kilometres further on it divides, with the Waal carrying most of the water west and the Pannerdens Canal leading to the Nederrijn and the IJssel. In Roman times, this was the northern frontier of the empire, the Lower German Limes, and Keeken is one of the sites listed as part of the UNESCO frontier, with traces of Roman military installations along the old river course.
Read the complete Kleve-Keeken write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 35 km into the recorded legs you reach Kleve-Keeken. Next is back through Till.
4. back through Till
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Till write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Till, late in the day. Next is Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6.
5. Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6 to Till
Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6 → Till is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Till to Kleve-Keeken
Till → Kleve-Keeken is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kleve-Keeken to back through Till
Kleve-Keeken → back through Till is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Till to Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6
back through Till → Uedem-Hochwald | Hochwald 6 is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.