Why this ride
From Bad Hönningen it runs 324 km to Bad Hönningen; allow about 5 h 05 of riding. The stops in between: Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30, Building remains southwest of Saalburg and back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the and Building remains southwest of Saalburg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 324 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 05
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Moselle Wine Route
For about 71 km this is Moselle Wine Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it — expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 71 km
- Named road
- Moselle Wine Route
Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 → Building remains southwest of Saalburg
64 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it. Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 90 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the
Here is where the Upper German-Raetian Limes, the longest stretch of Roman frontier in Europe, begins. The Romans started the line at the Rhine near Rheinbrohl and ran it up over the hills of the Westerwald, then on through the Taunus and beyond for more than five hundred kilometres to the Danube. The section with watchtowers numbered WP 1/11 to 1/20 follows the first climb away from the river through the forests above Rheinbrohl, Hammerstein and Niederbreitbach. Most of the towers survive only as low mounds of stone in the woods, but the course of the frontier ditch and rampart can often be traced on foot, and there are information boards and a few reconstructions along the way.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the is where the day begins. Next is Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30.
2. Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30
Kastell Holzhausen is one of the best-preserved Roman forts along the German Limes, and it lies in a forest clearing near the village of Holzhausen an der Haide in the western Taunus, where the remains of its stone walls, gates and corner towers still stand to a height of a metre or more. The fort housed an auxiliary cohort of several hundred soldiers in the second and third centuries, and it guarded a section of the frontier, the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, along with a chain of watchtowers spaced at regular intervals along the line. The watchtowers numbered WP 2/26 to 2/30, part of the UNESCO listing, stood on this section between the fort and its neighbours.
Read the complete Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 comes up about 71 km into the recorded legs. Next is Building remains southwest of Saalburg.
3. Building remains southwest of Saalburg
If you want to know what a Roman fort on the German frontier really looked like, the Saalburg is the place, and these building remains lie in the forest just southwest of it, part of the civilian and military landscape that grew up around the fort. The Saalburg itself was rebuilt at the beginning of the twentieth century on the orders of Kaiser Wilhelm II, who was fascinated by Roman history and keen to present the German empire as the heir of Rome. The walls, gates, headquarters building and granaries were reconstructed on the original foundations, based on the archaeology of the time, and today the fort houses a museum full of finds from the frontier, along with workshops, a Roman garden and regular events with reenactors.
Read the complete Building remains southwest of Saalburg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 161 km into the recorded legs you reach Building remains southwest of Saalburg. Next is back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30.
4. back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the.
5. Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the to Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30
Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the → Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 to Building remains southwest of Saalburg
Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 → Building remains southwest of Saalburg is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Building remains southwest of Saalburg to back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30
Building remains southwest of Saalburg → back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 is 91 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 to Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the
back through Watchtoers WP 2/26 to 2/30 → Watchtowers WP 1/11 to 1/20 including the is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.