Why this ride
A 79 km round trip from Lich - roughly 1 h 17 in the saddle. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the, Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber and back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57 and Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 79 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 17
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57
The Wetterau is the broad, fertile plain north of Frankfurt, between the Taunus and the Vogelsberg, and the Romans considered it so valuable that they bent their frontier around it to include it in the empire. The Limes ran along the northern edge of the plain, and the watchtowers numbered WP 4/53 to 4/57, near the town of Lich, stood on this section, part of the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes listed by UNESCO in 2005. Like most watchtowers, they survive only as mounds or traces in the fields and forest, but the line of the frontier can be followed on foot or by bicycle.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57 is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the.
2. Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the
Echzell is a small town on the edge of the Wetterau with a very big Roman past. A large fort stood here, one of the main garrison points on the Upper Germanic Limes, and the civil settlement beside it grew into a busy town, with workshops, shops, baths and an inn for travellers. Little is visible above ground today, but the outline of the fort is known, and the watchtowers numbered 4/76 to 4/80 stretch away along the frontier line. The numbers belong to the old survey system, and the line of towers, ditch and palisade ran through fields that are now farmland.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 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 4/76 to 4/80 including the comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber.
3. Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber
Friedberg's castle stands on a basalt ridge above the Wetterau, a walled enclosure so large it is almost a town of its own, with a tall round tower, the Adolfsturm, rising above the trees. What most visitors walking through the castle gate do not know is that they are standing on a Roman fort. The legions chose this same ridge in the first century AD, and a fort with a civil settlement grew up here, linked by road to the Limes a few kilometres to the north and west.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 38 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the.
4. back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57.
5. Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57 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 4/53 to 4/57. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57 to Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the
Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57 → Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the to Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber
Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the → Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber to back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the
Fort site and civil settlement of Friedber → back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the to Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57
back through Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the → Watchtowers WP 4/53 to 4/57 is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.