Why this ride
161 km from Miehlen to Miehlen, about 3 h 25 of riding. On the way it passes Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6, Watchtower WP 1/73, Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the and Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f and Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 161 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 25
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Rhine Romantic Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 21 km this is Rhine Romantic Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 21 km
- Named road
- Rhine Romantic Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f
North of the Taunus ridge, the Limes crossed a high, open plateau between the Rhine and the Lahn, and the stretch with watchtowers 2/23 to 2/26 runs through the farmland and woods near Miehlen and Singhofen in the Rhein-Lahn district. The remains here are subtle, mostly low banks and the traces of towers in fields and forest edges, but the line of the frontier is marked by the long-distance Limes trail and information boards. This is part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire, a stretch of the line that few visitors ever see.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f is where the day begins. Next is Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6.
2. Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6
WP 2/5 and 2/6 sound like spare parts, but they are the numbers archaeologists gave to two watchtower positions on the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, the fortified frontier Rome drew across southern Germany. Here, in the hills above the Lahn near Bad Ems, the line ran up from the Rhine and over the high ground, and every few hundred metres a tower stood with a view to the next. Today most of what survives are low mounds, traces of the bank and ditch, and in some places a reconstructed tower to give you scale. The whole frontier became part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire in 2005.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtower WP 1/73.
3. Watchtower WP 1/73
The Roman frontier in Germany starts at the Rhine near Rheinbrohl and climbs into the hills of the Westerwald, and Watchtower WP 1/73, near Hillscheid, belongs to that first stretch. The numbers tell you where you are: section one, tower seventy-three. All that survives is a low mound in the woods, but in the second and third centuries it was a stone tower with a view over the frontier line and, behind it, the palisade and ditch that ran across the landscape. The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes has been part of the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire since 2005, and this is where it all begins.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/73 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 40 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtower WP 1/73. Next is Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the.
4. Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
The Upper Germanic Limes begins a few kilometres from here, at Rheinbrohl on the Rhine, and in its first miles it climbs straight up into the Westerwald. Watchtowers numbered WP 1/41 to 1/50 mark a short run of that frontier in the wooded hills behind Neuwied and Bendorf, near the villages of Stromberg, Anhausen and Heimbach-Weis. Do not expect towers. What remains is a low bank, a ditch you can trace through the beech trunks, and here and there the outline of a tower base marked by archaeologists.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the, about halfway. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe.
5. Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe
On the heights above the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Koblenz, the suburb of Niederberg sits on top of a Roman fort. It is one of the forts of the Upper Germanic Limes, which ran through the hills here a few kilometres back from the river, and the label refers to the fort site and the civilian settlement that grew up around it, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage site. Not much is visible today, as the area is built over, but the location explains a great deal.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe sits at 67 km, about halfway. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the.
6. back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the comes up about 100 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Watchtower WP 1/73.
7. back through Watchtower WP 1/73
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtower WP 1/73 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 122 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Watchtower WP 1/73. Next is back through Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6.
8. back through Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 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 2/5 to 2/6, late in the day. Next is Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f.
9. Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 161 km.
Leg by leg
Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f to Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6
Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f → Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 to Watchtower WP 1/73
Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 → Watchtower WP 1/73 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtower WP 1/73 to Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
Watchtower WP 1/73 → Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the to Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe
Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the → Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe to back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the
Fort site and civil settlement of Niederbe → back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the to back through Watchtower WP 1/73
back through Watchtowers WP 1/41 to 1/50 including the → back through Watchtower WP 1/73 is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtower WP 1/73 to back through Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6
back through Watchtower WP 1/73 → back through Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 to Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f
back through Watchtowers WP 2/5 to 2/6 → Watchtowers WP WP 2/23 to 2/26 including f is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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