Why this ride
From Bad Ems it runs 284 km to Bad Ems; allow about 4 h 10 of riding. The stops in between: Watchtower WP 3/38*, Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro and back through Watchtower WP 3/38*.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtower WP 1/93 and Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 284 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 10
- 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. Watchtower WP 1/93
Dausenau is the village that leans, or at least its church tower does. The tower of St Kastor, in the Lahn valley just a couple of kilometres from this watchtower site, tilts noticeably, giving the half-timbered lanes below it a slightly drunken air that tourists enjoy. The tower stands beside a gate of the old town wall, and the village is a pretty, slightly sleepy place where the Lahn bends through steep wooded slopes. The Roman tower number on the label belongs to the Limes that ran up and over the hills above the valley, and the site lies on the heights rather than in the village itself.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/93 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtower WP 1/93 is where the day begins. Next is Watchtower WP 3/38*.
2. Watchtower WP 3/38*
The Taunus is a range of wooded hills north-west of Frankfurt, rising to 878 metres at the Großer Feldberg, and it has long been the city's playground, with forests, spa towns and winding roads. Through these hills ran the Upper Germanic Limes, the Roman frontier that stretched for over five hundred kilometres across Germany, and one of its watchtowers, numbered WP 3/38, stood near the village of Glashütten, close to Waldems and Königstein im Taunus.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 3/38* write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtower WP 3/38* comes up about 76 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro.
3. Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro
Großkrotzenburg sits at a turning point of the Roman frontier. Here, on the Main east of Frankfurt, the river border that ran north from Miltenberg came to an end, and the Limes turned away from the water to head north across the Wetterau toward the Taunus. A fort guarded the spot, with a civilian settlement, and parts of its walls and gate can still be traced in the old town, where the fort's outline is marked in the streets. The site belongs to the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and the local museum displays finds from the fort and the vicus.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 143 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro. Next is back through Watchtower WP 3/38*.
4. back through Watchtower WP 3/38*
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 3/38* write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtower WP 3/38*, late in the day. Next is Watchtower WP 1/93.
5. Watchtower WP 1/93
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/93 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Watchtower WP 1/93. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtower WP 1/93 to Watchtower WP 3/38*
Watchtower WP 1/93 → Watchtower WP 3/38* is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 3/38* to Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro
Watchtower WP 3/38* → Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro to back through Watchtower WP 3/38*
Fort site and civil settlement of Grosskro → back through Watchtower WP 3/38* is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtower WP 3/38* to Watchtower WP 1/93
back through Watchtower WP 3/38* → Watchtower WP 1/93 is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.