CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Welzheim it runs 76 km to Welzheim; allow about 1 h 33 of riding. It goes by way of Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard, Building remains south of the watchtower W and back through Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard.
In the Swabian Forest east of Stuttgart, the Roman frontier ran as straight as a ruler for some eighty kilometres, ignoring hills and valleys in a way that still puzzles historians. Welzheim lies on this straight stretch of the Upper German-Raetian Limes, and the town had two Roman forts, the west and east forts, with a civil settlement around them. The northern part of the settlement near the east fort is one of the components of the Limes World Heritage Site, and the Ostkastell has been turned into an archaeological park with a reconstructed gate.
Read the complete Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par write-up.
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Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par is where the day begins. Next is Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard.
A Roman cohort fort once stood where Murrhardt's streets now run, on the Upper Germanic Limes as it cut south through the forest toward Welzheim, and a civilian settlement of traders, craftsmen and soldiers' families grew up around it. Some remains have been found under the town, and the local museum tells the story. The Romans left, but the site remained attractive, and in the early Middle Ages a monastery was founded here, associated with Saint Walterich, a hermit whose small chapel, the Walterichskapelle, is a jewel of late Romanesque architecture.
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Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Building remains south of the watchtower W.
Mainhardt sits high in the Swabian-Franconian Forest, between Heilbronn and Schwäbisch Hall, on a wooded plateau that the Romans chose for one of the forts guarding their frontier. The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes runs through here on its long, ruler-straight stretch heading south towards Welzheim, and along it stood watchtowers every few hundred metres, with small buildings nearby for the soldiers who manned them. The remains south of one of these towers are modest, low foundations in a clearing or under the forest floor, but they are part of the World Heritage frontier that runs for more than five hundred kilometres across Germany. The village has a small Roman museum that explains the fort and its garrison.
Read the complete Building remains south of the watchtower W write-up.
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about 37 km into the recorded legs you reach Building remains south of the watchtower W. Next is back through Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard, late in the day. Next is Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par. That is the ride.
Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par → Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard → Building remains south of the watchtower W is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Building remains south of the watchtower W → back through Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhard → Welzheim-Ost civil settlement northern par is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.