Why this ride
65 km from Kelheim to Kelheim, about 1 h 16 of riding. On the way it passes Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin, Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell and Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 65 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 16
- 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
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → Fort site and civil settlement o
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 17 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 20 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
The Danube does something unexpected just upstream of Kelheim. Instead of wandering across flat Bavarian farmland, it cuts straight through a band of white Jurassic limestone, squeezed between cliffs that rise steeply from the water. This is the Weltenburg Narrows, and on the hill above the abbey at Weltenburg, at the spot called Am Galget, the Romans put a small fort to watch the river and the frontier.
Read the complete Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin.
2. Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Between Ingolstadt and Kelheim, the Danube flows through a broad, flat valley in Bavaria, with hop gardens, fields of maize and asparagus beds on its banks. Pförring is a small market town on the north bank, with Neustadt an der Donau and Vohburg on the other side. In Roman times, this was the frontier: the Raetian Limes ended at the Danube just downstream, and the Romans built a fort here, known as Celeusum, with a civil settlement outside its walls.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets.
3. Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
The Altmühl valley in Bavaria is one of Germany's best kept riding secrets, a winding river valley cut deep into Jurassic limestone, lined with juniper heaths, rock towers and castles. Near where the valley meets the Danube, the Roman frontier, the Raetian Limes, ran across the land, and the stretch of watchtowers and small forts numbered WP 15/11 to 15/26 lies in the wooded hills here, between Riedenburg, Dietfurt and the Danube town of Vohburg.
Read the complete Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 33 km into the recorded legs you reach Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin.
4. back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin, late in the day. Next is Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell.
5. Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell to Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell → Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin to Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets
Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin → Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets to back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin
Watchtowers WP 15/11 to 15/26 and fortlets → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin to Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Pfoerrin → Weltenburg‐Am Galget - Kleinkastell is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.