CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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250 km from Langgöns to Langgöns, about 2 h 47 of riding. It goes by way of Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10, Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe and back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
North of Frankfurt, the Wetterau opens out as a wide, fertile basin between the Taunus and the Vogelsberg, and the Roman frontier made a long bulge around it to bring this rich farmland inside the empire. This section of the Upper Germanic Limes, with watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52, runs through the woods and fields between Langgöns and Lich, at the northern tip of that bulge. The towers are long gone, but traces of the wall and ditch can still be found in the forest.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10.
The label gives only a pair of watchtower numbers, and the place itself is a swathe of flat country between Hanau and the Kinzig, where the suburbs of Erlensee, Rodenbach and Langenselbold have grown together into a continuous belt of houses, orchards and sports fields. In the second century the Roman frontier ran along this side of the Main plain before it turned south to the river, and the small towers, spaced at easy shouting distance, were the first line of warning. Nothing much remains above ground, and the nearby fort at Rückingen is known mostly from excavation. This is a stop for imagination rather than sightseeing.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe.
Miltenberg is one of those German towns that seem almost too pretty to be real, with half-timbered houses leaning over the cobbled streets, a market square sloping down toward the river, a castle on the hill above and the Main flowing slowly past. The Romans were here first. Two forts guarded this point on the frontier, one near the old town and another to the east, where the Limes left the river and ran overland through the Odenwald, and the sites, with their civilian settlements, are part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. A museum in the town displays finds from the forts.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe write-up.
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about 117 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the. That is the ride.
Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the → Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 → Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe is 60 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Fort site and civil settlement of Miltenbe → back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Watchtowers WP 5/9 to 5/10 → Watchtowers WP 4/45 to 4/52 including the is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.