CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 165 km round trip from Weiltingen - roughly 3 h 01 in the saddle. It goes by way of Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei, Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb, Watchtowers WP 13/51 to 13/53 and back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb.
Dinkelsbühl looks like a stage set, and the people who live there have worked hard to keep it that way. The old town, with its ring of walls, towers and gates, its half-timbered houses and the huge Gothic church of St George, survived the wars and the bombing that destroyed so many German towns, and it is one of the best preserved medieval towns on the Romantic Road. Each July the Kinderzeche, a festival that recalls the story of local children who saved the town during the Thirty Years' War, fills the streets with costumes and music.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 13/13 to 13/15 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 13/13 to 13/15 is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei.
The name Heidenheim, the heathen's home, is old and has nothing to do with the famous city of the same name in Württemberg. This one is a small village on the Hahnenkamm ridge in Middle Franconia, with a big church for its size, and it takes you to a corner of Bavaria where the Roman frontier cuts through gentle farmland. Close to Gnotzheim, a fort and a civil settlement once stood here on the Raetian Limes, the Roman border that ran across southern Germany. Soldiers lived inside the walls while merchants, craftsmen and families huddled outside, and today the site is mostly a quiet field with the odd information board.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei comes up about 24 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb.
Weißenburg in Bayern is the best Roman stop in this part of Franconia, and the fort here, known in antiquity as Biriciana, was a serious place. It stood on the Upper German-Raetian Limes, which UNESCO listed in 2005, and it held a cavalry unit at its height. Today you can walk the reconstructed gate and walls and then visit the Roman baths, which are among the best preserved in southern Germany and sit under a modern roof beside the old town. In 1979, builders found a hoard of bronze and silver objects buried in the fort's grounds, the Weißenburg treasure, which includes ceremonial armour, and it is now one of the key finds of Roman Bavaria.
Read the complete Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 57 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb. Next is Watchtowers WP 13/51 to 13/53.
In the Altmühl country around Gunzenhausen the Roman frontier is a wall rather than a fence. Far to the west it was a timber palisade, earth bank and ditch, but from the edge of the Swabian Alb eastward the Romans replaced it with something sturdier, a stone wall that runs for many kilometres across Bavaria, which locals later nicknamed the Devil's Wall, the Teufelsmauer, because it seemed too big to have been made by men. The watchtowers numbered 13/51 to 13/53 belong to that stone-wall stretch, and they were small square towers of stone or timber that stood just behind the line, with a view over the valley and the next tower in the chain.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 13/51 to 13/53 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 13/51 to 13/53, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei comes up about 143 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 13/13 to 13/15.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 13/13 to 13/15 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 13/13 to 13/15 closes the day.
Watchtowers WP 13/13 to 13/15 → Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei → Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb → Watchtowers WP 13/51 to 13/53 is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 13/51 to 13/53 → back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Gnotzhei → Watchtowers WP 13/13 to 13/15 is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.