CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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170 km from Heubach to Heubach, about 3 h 25 of riding. On the way it passes Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim, Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the, Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 and back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the.
Iggingen is a small village on the plateau above the Rems valley, a few kilometres east of Schwäbisch Gmünd, and like many villages in this part of Württemberg it has a Roman frontier running through its fields. The site labelled Watchtower WP 12/39 sits on the Raetian Limes, the stone wall that marked the edge of Roman Raetia, and from here the line runs eastwards towards Aalen, the largest Roman cavalry fort north of the Alps, now home to an excellent Limes museum.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 12/39 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 12/39 is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim.
Welzheim had not one but two Roman forts, and that alone tells you how seriously the frontier was taken in the Swabian Forest. The larger west fort held a cavalry unit, while the smaller east fort, now an archaeological park on the edge of town, housed an auxiliary infantry detachment. At the east fort the west gate has been rebuilt to its full height, and standing in front of it you get a rare sense of scale that low foundations never give. Around both forts lay the civil settlement, the vicus, with workshops, taverns and homes.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim comes up about 31 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the.
Mainhardt sits on a ridge in the Swabian-Franconian Forest, and the Roman frontier ran right through it, on its way south in one of the longest straight lines ever drawn across European landscape. Here, the Upper Germanic Limes runs for some eighty kilometres from Walldürn to near Welzheim almost perfectly straight, ignoring hills and valleys, as if surveyors had laid a ruler on the map. The watchtowers numbered in this section stood along that line in the forest, and Mainhardt had a fort, whose site is marked in the village, with a small museum.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the write-up.
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about 60 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35.
Öhringen had not one but two Roman forts, known today as the Bürgkastell and the Rendelkastell, both on the Upper Germanic Limes, which ran past the town on its way south. The watchtowers numbered here were part of that frontier, and the town grew partly on the remains of the Roman settlement that clustered around the forts. Little is visible above ground, but finds are displayed in the local museum, and the line of the Limes can be followed on foot or by bike through the surrounding countryside.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the sits at 104 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim comes up about 140 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 12/39.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 12/39 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 12/39 closes the day.
Watchtowers WP 12/39 → Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim → Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the → Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/33 to 9/35 → back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Welzheim → Watchtowers WP 12/39 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.