Why this ride
252 km from Stödtlen to Stödtlen, about 4 h 16 of riding. It goes by way of Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo, Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura and back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for and Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 252 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 16
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for
Near Rainau, not far from here, the Romans built a monumental gate in the Raetian Limes, a showpiece entrance probably connected with a visit by the emperor Caracalla in the early third century. Today the Limestor Dalkingen is protected under a glass and steel shelter, an impressive sight. The watchtowers numbered in this section, around Stödtlen, Wört and Tannhausen, were part of the same frontier, which ran here as a stone wall across the hilly country between the Ries crater and the Swabian Forest, toward the Danube.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo.
2. 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.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo comes up about 58 km into the recorded legs. Next is Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura.
3. Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
Forty thousand years ago, someone sitting in a cave above the Ach valley carved a tiny woman out of mammoth ivory, and someone else made a flute from the wing bone of a griffon vulture. Both were found in the Hohle Fels near Schelklingen, a few kilometres from where you are standing, and they rank among the oldest figurative art and musical instruments ever found. The caves of the Ach and Lone valleys were inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2017 as the Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura, and they changed how archaeologists think about the first modern humans in Europe.
Read the complete Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 127 km into the recorded legs you reach Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for.
5. Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for 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 12/86 to 13/5 including for. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for to Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo
Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for → Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo to Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo → Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura to back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo
Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura → back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo is 66 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 to Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for
back through Watchtowers WP 9/132 to 12/38 including fo → Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.