Why this ride
From Kadenbach it runs 75 km to Kadenbach; allow about 1 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of Watchtower WP 1/52, Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 and back through Watchtower WP 1/52.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81 and Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 75 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Moselle Wine Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 17 km this is Moselle Wine Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 17 km
- Named road
- Moselle Wine Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81
Kadenbach, Arzbach and Eitelborn are three small villages on the broad, wooded plateau of the Westerwald, a short way north of the Lahn valley, and the four watchtowers here sit in a short run along the Roman frontier. Numbers 1/78 to 1/81 belong to the first section of the Upper German-Raetian Limes, running from the Rhine towards the Taunus. The frontier was a palisade with towers placed within sight of one another, and the signal system relied on fire at night and smoke or flag by day. In this area the Romans picked ridges and shoulders of hills so the view ran for miles over land that was then forest and scrub.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81 is where the day begins. Next is Watchtower WP 1/52.
2. Watchtower WP 1/52
The Roman frontier in Germany began on the Rhine at Rheinbrohl, a few kilometres downstream from Koblenz, where the first watchtower of the Upper Germanic Limes, WP 1/1, stood on the riverbank. From there, the frontier ran south-east through the Westerwald and the Taunus, and the watchtower WP 1/52, near Bendorf, stood on this early section, close to the Rhine and the confluence of the Moselle at Koblenz. The tower is long gone, but its site is part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and the Roemerwelt museum at Rheinbrohl brings the life of the frontier soldiers vividly to life with reconstructions and hands-on exhibits.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/52 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtower WP 1/52 comes up 17 km in. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22.
3. Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22
Above Leutesdorf, on the right bank of the Rhine between Neuwied and Bad Hönningen, the hills climb steeply from the river, covered with vineyards and forests, and the Roman frontier ran along their crest. Watchtowers WP 1/21 and 1/22 stood here in the early part of the Upper Germanic Limes, just a few kilometres from its starting point at Rheinbrohl, watching over the valley and the lands beyond. Today the tower sites are quiet spots in the woods, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
34 km in you reach Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22. Next is back through Watchtower WP 1/52.
4. back through Watchtower WP 1/52
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/52 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 1/52, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81.
5. Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81 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 1/78 to 1/81. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81 to Watchtower WP 1/52
Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81 → Watchtower WP 1/52 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 1/52 to Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22
Watchtower WP 1/52 → Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 to back through Watchtower WP 1/52
Watchtowers WP 1/21 to 1/22 → back through Watchtower WP 1/52 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtower WP 1/52 to Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81
back through Watchtower WP 1/52 → Watchtowers WP 1/78 to 1/81 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.