CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Riedenburg it runs 266 km to Riedenburg; allow about 4 h 31 of riding. The stops in between: Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen, Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen. The line favours views over speed.
The Altmühl valley in Bavaria is one of Germany's best kept riding secrets, a winding river valley cut deep into Jurassic limestone, lined with juniper heaths, rock towers and castles. Near where the valley meets the Danube, the Roman frontier, the Raetian Limes, ran across the land, and the stretch of watchtowers and small forts numbered WP 15/11 to 15/26 lies in the wooded hills here, between Riedenburg, Dietfurt and the Danube town of Vohburg.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen.
Ellingen is a small town that punches well above its weight. Its centre is dominated by a vast baroque palace built by the Teutonic Order, the German crusading knights who later became a religious and administrative order, and who ran a commandery here for centuries. The palace, with its church, courtyards and gardens, is far grander than you would expect in such a small place. Just outside the town, the Romans had an earlier presence: a fort called Sablonetum stood here on the Raetian Limes, with a civil settlement beside it, guarding the frontier as it crossed the countryside north of Weißenburg. Its outline has been marked in the fields, and it is part of the World Heritage site of the Upper German-Raetian Limes.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 132 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets. That is the ride.
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets → Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen → Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Watchtowers WP 12/86 to 13/5 including for → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen is 68 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Ellingen → Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.