CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Echzell it runs 326 km to Echzell; allow about 4 h 16 of riding. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP, Watchtower WP 2/1 including fortlet Bad Em and back through Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP.
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.
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Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP.
On the western side of the Taunus, the hills are lower and the forest gives way more often to farmland, with villages in the folds of the valleys. Idstein, a small town with a remarkable old centre, sits on this side, with Waldems and Glashütten nearby. Through the woods above them ran the Roman frontier, and the stretch of watchtowers numbered WP 3/24 to 3/40 followed the ridges here, part of the Upper Germanic Limes and of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire site.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP write-up.
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Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP comes up about 83 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtower WP 2/1 including fortlet Bad Em.
Bad Ems has been a spa town since the Romans noticed the springs, and today it is a handsome, slightly faded place squeezed into the narrow Lahn valley between wooded hills. The town and its surroundings sit on the line of the Upper Germanic Limes, which the Roman Empire pushed through here to protect the valley and its minerals. A fortlet and a watchtower were built on the heights above the river, and the remains give the numbered label its meaning. Walk a short way up and you can see why the soldiers picked the spot: the slopes drop sharply to the water, and the view along the valley is long.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 2/1 including fortlet Bad Em write-up.
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about 162 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtower WP 2/1 including fortlet Bad Em. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP, late in the day. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the. That is the ride.
Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the → Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP → Watchtower WP 2/1 including fortlet Bad Em is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 2/1 including fortlet Bad Em → back through Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 3/24 to 3/40Watchtowers WP → Watchtowers WP 4/76 to 4/80 including the is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.