CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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239 km from Butzbach to Butzbach, about 2 h 57 of riding. The stops in between: Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the, Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe and back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the. The line favours views over speed.
The Wetterau is one of the richest farming plains in Germany, a broad, fertile basin north of Frankfurt where loess soil lies deep over old river gravel, and wheat and sugar beet grow in enormous fields. At its edge the Taunus hills rise to the south and west, and the Roman Limes ran along their northern slope, taking in the whole plain as a deliberately protected frontier region. Watchtower 4/39 stands in this open country near Butzbach, and the number marks one of the many posts that kept watch over fields that were, even then, valuable enough to defend.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 4/39* write-up.
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Watchtower WP 4/39* is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the.
The Main river is where the Roman frontier changes character. Coming down from the north, the Limes runs in a long arc through the Wetterau and then meets the river near Großkrotzenburg, and from there the Romans used the Main itself as the boundary, with towers and forts strung along its bank. The numbers 5/13 and 5/14 belong to that river line, and a fort and its civilian settlement sit close by. On the ground, expect a marker, a low rise and a view down toward the water rather than anything dramatic.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the comes up about 61 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe.
Miltenberg is one of those German towns that seem almost too pretty to be real, with half-timbered houses leaning over the cobbled streets, a market square sloping down toward the river, a castle on the hill above and the Main flowing slowly past. The Romans were here first. Two forts guarded this point on the frontier, one near the old town and another to the east, where the Limes left the river and ran overland through the Odenwald, and the sites, with their civilian settlements, are part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. A museum in the town displays finds from the forts.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe write-up.
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about 119 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the, late in the day. Next is Watchtower WP 4/39*.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 4/39* write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Watchtower WP 4/39*. That is the ride.
Watchtower WP 4/39* → Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the → Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe → back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/13 to 5/14 including the → Watchtower WP 4/39* is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.