Why this ride
From Glashütten it runs 253 km to Glashütten; allow about 4 h 20 of riding. It goes by way of Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe, Fortlet Rheinbohl and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the and Fortlet Rheinbohl
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 253 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 20
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Moselle Wine Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 56 km this is Moselle Wine Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 56 km
- Named road
- Moselle Wine Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the
High in the Taunus hills northwest of Frankfurt, the Upper German Limes runs along the main ridge, and here, between Glashütten and Schmitten, a series of watchtower sites and the remains of a small fort follow the frontier through dense beech and spruce forest. The bank and ditch of the Limes are still clearly visible, winding over the hills like a long scar, and the area is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site. Nearby, on the Kleiner Feldberg, lie the remains of a Roman fort, and a few kilometres east, the Saalburg near Bad Homburg is a fully reconstructed fort with a museum, the best place in Germany to imagine life on the frontier.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe.
2. Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe
Marienfels is a small village in the hills of the western Taunus, between the Rhine and the Lahn, and it sits on the site of a Roman fort and its civilian settlement, part of the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes World Heritage listing. The frontier wall ran through these hills, and the fort housed a garrison that guarded the frontier and the roads that crossed it. Little remains above ground, but excavations have revealed the outline of the fort and the settlement, with houses, baths and workshops.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe comes up about 70 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fortlet Rheinbohl.
3. Fortlet Rheinbohl
Rheinbrohl is where Germany's longest Roman frontier begins. The Upper Germanic Limes, a line of watchtowers, palisades and forts, starts at the Rhine here and runs east and south for some five hundred kilometres across Germany. At the Rheinbohl fortlet you can see the lines of a small Roman post, a few dozen soldiers who watched the river approach and the crossing over to the left bank. It is a modest place in terms of stonework, but the idea is wonderfully clear: an empire decided that this is where it ended, and put a post on the end of it.
Read the complete Fortlet Rheinbohl write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 126 km into the recorded legs you reach Fortlet Rheinbohl. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe.
4. back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the.
5. Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the 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 3/45 to 3/52 including the. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the to Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe
Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the → Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe is 70 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe to Fortlet Rheinbohl
Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe → Fortlet Rheinbohl is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fortlet Rheinbohl to back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe
Fortlet Rheinbohl → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe to Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Marienfe → Watchtowers WP 3/45 to 3/52 including the is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.