Why this ride
From Neuwied it runs 290 km to Neuwied; allow about 4 h 30 of riding. It goes by way of Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2, Monheim-Haus Bürgel and back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38 and Monheim-Haus Bürgel
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 290 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 30
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38
Two numbered watchtower sites on the Roman frontier sit here in the Westerwald countryside above the Rhine, near the villages of Melsbach and Rengsdorf. The paired label is archaeologists' shorthand, because the Upper Germanic Limes was a chain of towers placed within sight of one another, a few hundred metres apart. These two were part of the line that ran from the Rhine near Rheinbrohl across the hills of Rhineland-Palatinate and on towards the Taunus, and the whole frontier is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed in 2005 as part of the larger Roman Limes complex.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38 is where the day begins. Next is Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2.
2. Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2
Southwest of Bonn, an old forest runs for miles across a low plateau, a place of oak and hornbeam, beech and quiet paths. The Kottenforst is one of the few big woods in the Rhineland, and the area known as Durrenbruch, on the northern side, is typical: flat, damp, shady, with wide forest roads, ditches, small ponds and a thick floor of leaf litter. Its name means dry marsh, a typically contradictory piece of German, and the ground really does flip between puddle and dust depending on the season.
Read the complete Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Monheim-Haus Bürgel.
3. Monheim-Haus Bürgel
Haus Bürgel is a manor farm that sits on top of a Roman fort, quite literally. The walls of a late Roman fortification, built in the fourth century to guard the Rhine frontier, form part of the foundations and outer walls of the medieval and later farm buildings, and the site is part of the Lower German Limes World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2021. Between Monheim and Düsseldorf-Urdenbach, it lies in a broad meadow landscape on the right bank of the Rhine.
Read the complete Monheim-Haus Bürgel write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 146 km into the recorded legs you reach Monheim-Haus Bürgel. Next is back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2.
4. back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38.
5. Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38 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 1/37 to 1/38. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38 to Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2
Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38 → Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 to Monheim-Haus Bürgel
Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 → Monheim-Haus Bürgel is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Monheim-Haus Bürgel to back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2
Monheim-Haus Bürgel → back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 to Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38
back through Kottenforst Nord | Dürrenbruch 2 → Watchtowers WP 1/37 to 1/38 is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.