Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the and Watchtowers WP 8/11 to 8/28 including fort

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the

   For about eighty kilometres through northern Württemberg, the Roman frontier runs in a nearly perfectly straight line, ignoring hills, valleys and rivers as if someone had drawn it with a ruler on a map. Surveyors still argue about how the Romans managed it. The stretch with watchtowers 9/14 to 9/32, near Öhringen in the Hohenlohe region, lies along this remarkable line, and Öhringen itself grew from Roman forts, two of them, which guarded the frontier here. The line is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, and the Limes trail follows it through fields and forests.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 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 9/14 to 9/32 including the is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 8/44 to 9/2.

2. 2. Watchtowers WP 8/44 to 9/2

   The Jagst is a small, winding river in northern Württemberg, and between Jagsthausen and Möckmühl it runs through a valley of orchards, wooded slopes and half-timbered villages. The Roman frontier ran along this side of the river, and watchtowers 8/44 to 9/2 sit on the high ground above. They belong to the Upper German-Raetian Limes, inscribed by UNESCO in 2005, which here ran in a remarkably straight line for many kilometres, a feat of surveying that still impresses. The Romans needed to hold a rim of high ground and chose a line that ignored the little hills, which is why the old frontier looks like a ruler line across the map.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 8/44 to 9/2 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Watchtowers WP 8/44 to 9/2 comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 8/11 to 8/28 including fort.

3. 3. Watchtowers WP 8/11 to 8/28 including fort

   The Romans did not much care for the shape of the land when they drew this frontier. Around Osterburken the Upper Germanic Limes stops following valleys and ridges and simply runs in long, stubborn straight lines across the Bauland, the rolling limestone country between the Odenwald and the Jagst. The watchtower sites numbered in this stretch were once timber, then stone, posts spaced so that each could see its neighbours, strung along a palisade and ditch that marked where the province ended and the unconquered north began.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 8/11 to 8/28 including fort write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   about 47 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 8/11 to 8/28 including fort. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 8/44 to 9/2.

4. 4. back through Watchtowers WP 8/44 to 9/2

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 8/44 to 9/2 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 8/44 to 9/2, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the.

5. 5. Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 including the

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete Watchtowers WP 9/14 to 9/32 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 9/14 to 9/32 including the. That is the ride.