CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Hüttlingen it runs 171 km to Hüttlingen; allow about 3 h 10 of riding. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 12/39, Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo, Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th and Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the.
The Roman frontier wall known as the Limes ran for more than five hundred kilometres across what is now southern Germany, from the Rhine to the Danube, and near Aalen it passed through the Kocher valley and over the hills of the Ostalb. Along its length, watchtowers were built at regular intervals, numbered by archaeologists in sequence: WP 12/60 to 12/68 are a group of tower sites near Hüttlingen, mostly now visible as low mounds or reconstructed foundations. The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes was inscribed by UNESCO in 2005 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire.
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Watchtowers WP 12/60 to 12/68 is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 12/39.
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.
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Watchtowers WP 12/39 comes up 19 km in. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo.
Lorch is where two Roman frontiers shook hands. The Upper Germanic Limes, a line of wooden palisade and watchtowers running down from the Rhine, met the Raetian Limes, a stone wall stretching east towards the Danube, in the hills near this small town in the Rems valley. The watchtower numbers jump here from series 9, the end of the Upper Germanic stretch, to 12, the start of the Raetian, and the whole system is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site.
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39 km in you reach Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th.
There is a stretch of the Roman frontier in southern Germany that runs almost perfectly straight for about eighty kilometres, from Walldürn in the Odenwald to near Welzheim in the Swabian-Franconian Forest, ignoring hills and valleys alike, as if the surveyors had simply drawn a line on a map. The watchtowers numbered WP 9/101 to 9/131 stand near the southern end of that line, in the forests around Kaisersbach and Welzheim, where the Limes finally turns.
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Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th, about halfway. 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.
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Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the sits at 78 km, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th.
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back through Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th comes up 97 km in. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo.
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116 km in you reach back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 12/39.
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back through Watchtowers WP 12/39, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 12/60 to 12/68.
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The route ends here after 171 km.
Watchtowers WP 12/60 to 12/68 → Watchtowers WP 12/39 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 12/39 → Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo → Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th → Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/70 to 9/99a including the → back through Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/101 to 9/131 including th → back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo → back through Watchtowers WP 12/39 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 12/39 → Watchtowers WP 12/60 to 12/68 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.