CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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227 km from Wassertrüdingen to Wassertrüdingen, about 4 h 06 of riding. On the way it passes Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb, Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz, Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz. The line favours views over speed.
Arberg lies in the rolling country of Middle Franconia, where the Altmühl and Wörnitz rivers wander through meadows and the hills are crowned with small woods. The Roman Limes crossed this ground in the second century, and the towers numbered 13/40 belong to the Raetian section, close to the point where the frontier was a stone wall. Today the line is mostly hidden. Farmers have ploughed over it, and trees have grown on the old bank, and in a few places a wooden marker or a stone footing shows where a tower stood. The nearest big fort was at Unterschwaningen, a few kilometres away, and the garrison there sent patrols to the towers.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 13/40 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 13/40 is where the day begins. 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.
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Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz.
Above the village of Pfünz, on a spur of white Jura limestone looking down into the Altmühl valley, the Romans built a fort they called Vetoniana. Today a reconstructed gate and a stretch of wall stand on the hilltop, and from up there you understand the choice at once: the valley floor curls below you, the river meanders slowly, and anyone moving along it would have been seen hours before they arrived.
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about 69 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47.
Up in the hills above the Altmühl valley, west of Neustadt an der Donau and the Danube, the old Raetian frontier crossed some of its prettiest country. The numbers 15/27 to 15/47 cover a long stretch of the line, and because that line follows the ridges and plateau edges, the landscape is a mixture of fields, juniper-dotted limestone slopes and sheltered woods. The Altmühl itself is a slow river that has cut a deep, winding valley through Jurassic limestone, and the whole district is a nature park, known for fossils from the quarries at Solnhofen.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47, about halfway. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz.
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Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz write-up.
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back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz sits at 146 km, 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.
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back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb comes up about 194 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 13/40.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 13/40 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 13/40 closes the day.
Watchtowers WP 13/40 → Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb → Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz → Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 15/27 to 15/47 → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfünz → back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil setllement of Weissenb → Watchtowers WP 13/40 is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.