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• Tour de Uhr – themed trip through Germany Find the perfect men’s watch
• Only 200 watches a year
• Spessart
• Deep sea simulation up to almost 6,000 meters
• Clockmaking Museum in the Thuringian Forest
• Black beer and whiskey
• Lehmann
• Junghans
• Stowa
• sense
• Junkers
• Nomos glassworks
• Damasco
• Rock hard
• Fascination with mechanical watches
• Info

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Looking for the best mechanical wristwatch.

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In the Black Forest town of Schramberg, clocks were made 150 years ago.

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Jewelery, the first: Milled from solid in the Lehmann manufactory.

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Role reversal: Stowa boss Jorg Schauer sits on a trial after a long period of abstinence from two-wheelers and lets himself be fixed.

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Jewels, the second: Odenwald, hotspot for motorcyclists.

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Once a year this magnificent mountain route in the Thuringian Forest is used for the Glasbach car race: 35 bends over 5.5 kilometers!

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Newcomer to watch Dentges is feeling his way in the Sinn showroom and laboratory in Frankfurt…

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…through the world of mechanical timepieces.

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Not for gross motorists: mini screws.

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Well worth a visit: In Ruhla, there is an exciting museum hidden in old production facilities.

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Glashutte in the Saxon Ore Mountains is a place of pilgrimage for watch freaks from all over the world.

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Nerd Biebricher is spellbound by the many illustrative material in the watch museum.

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Thousands of exhibits in the tranquil town of Glashutte.

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Gunther Steinhart turned his watch hobby into a profession. For his other hobby, motorcycling, the Harley Fat Boy, which he designed himself, is parked in front of the watch showroom – bikers welcome!

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Germany’s low mountain range beckon with curves in abundance.

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Lehmann, Model: Intemporal, Goes well with: Power cruisers, fat naked, luxury tourers.

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Junghans, model: Spektrum, goes well with: super athletes, speed machines, fun bikes.

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Stowa, model: Flieger TO2, Goes well with: Youngtimers, large-volume modern classics.

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Sense, Model: U1, Goes well with: Adventure Bikes, Tourers, Power-Nakeds.

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Junkers, model: Bauhaus 6060-5, Goes well with: vintage bikes, mid-range cruisers, twins.

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Nomos Glashutte, Model: Metro 38 Date, Goes well with: Modern Classics, Urban Bikes, 80s / 90s single-cylinder machines, scramblers.

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Damasko, model: DK 15, goes well with: large travel enduros, sports tourers, muscle bikes.

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Rock hard, model: Racetimer blue, Goes well with: fat cruisers, classic nakeds, oldtimers.

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Five short suggestions for pleasure tours from the MOTORRAD travel department.

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Motorcycle themed tour through Germany

Tour de Uhr – themed trip through Germany
Find the perfect men’s watch

They don’t tick perfectly: Two men in a crazy hobby about an everyday object drive hundreds of kilometers to find the perfect men’s watch. In addition, they discover the most beautiful motorcycle routes.

Thorsten Dentges, Markus Biebricher

11/10/2016

Mid forties. Halftime. Maybe over it already, who knows how many days and hours life will still have to offer? And because the big clock is ticking, middle-aged men prefer to spend time with nice toys to distract themselves. Motorcycles, for example. Colleague Biebricher is such a case: He’s got a new one and now grins with colleagues every morning over coffee like a honey cake horse. I envy the old man, but I’m not going to make such a big purchase at the moment. It’s a shame, no hours of research on any internet marketplace, no pleasantly wasting time leafing through catalogs and brochures, just yawning boredom. That calls for compensation. I have been thinking of buying a fine watch for a long time. Of course, cell phones and quartz alarm clocks do the same, but completely mechanical watches attract me. Those with a kind of motor working inside, without a battery or electronic bells and whistles. Small works of art that don’t end up in the bin after a few years.

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Over the next morning coffee, I tell my colleague Biebricher about my wish to buy, and he is on fire right away. No wonder, because in addition to lively motorcycle interactions, Markus treated his midlife crisis years ago with a manifest passion for collecting watches. Ergo, I am now getting pent-up expert knowledge pounded on the head: Swiss precision versus German accuracy, manual winding, automatic caliber, balance wheel, power reserve … Haaalt, stop! Everything is too theoretical for me, it is also more plastic?

“Sure,” says Markus, “let’s take the mopeds and knock on the knock at the clock makers!” The rogue only needs one reason to ride a motorcycle, but okay. Since I’m already fond of a watch made in Germany, we certainly don’t have to go too far. The plan: Markus a great tour, I hope I will have a nice mechanical watch. Confirmed – gentlemen, start your engines!

Narrow Black Forest stretches, often cobbled together and peppered with extremely tight and steep hairpin bends, invite you to challenging wandering. Sapperlot, Markus, the travel man, makes you a racer. Not easy to stick with it, but then one last long downhill bend and the Schramberg town sign. First stop. The small town could actually also be called Junghans City. The venerable buildings of the company headquarters look a bit shabby from the outside, some are empty. One wing is particularly eye-catching: a mighty terrace building. We park the machines, ring the doorbell and are invited in by a nice lady after our request has been made. No, normally they are not open to the public, but a museum will open at the end of next year. We could look at the many Junghans exhibits now, if we wanted to. sure, of course!

Only 200 watches a year

It goes up with a paternoster. Incidentally, the terrace building from 1917 was an ultra-modern workplace at that time, the watchmakers got enough daylight for their fine mechanical masterpieces thanks to the clever architecture, the building is now a listed building and is being renovated, explains Ms. Stromer and continues with the interesting tour. Outside the site there is a small factory outlet with the latest models. Design, development and assembly take place in Schramberg, but movements and other parts are not produced by Junghans themselves, only refined. With a special tuning and finish, so to speak, like custom bikes. I like a sporty watch made of stainless steel and ceramic. A Japanese plant works in it. There is nothing wrong with that, as I am a big fan of Japan when it comes to motorcycles. And cult brands like Bimota have also borrowed engines, so why not?

Already not bad for the beginning, but the spark is not really jumping over yet. This clock, which has been built a thousand times over, can be found on every corner, and I’m actually looking for something special. Before we continue, Markus therefore suggests a little detour. We climb a small street with a gradient of over 20 percent on our motorbikes to a castle-like building, the hostel of the small Lehmann manufactory. Mr. Lehmann actually builds precision machines for watch manufacturers in the luxury league, so he knows how to make his own caliber, i.e. a watch mechanism. Then I would have the exclusivity I wanted, a total of only around 200 watches leave the house each year. We see hands and indices milled from the solid, the finest cuts and extremely complex metalworking explained – my goodness, what an effort for a wristwatch! Let’s get to the price: from 5,500 euros. Cough, uh, well – we have to go again, otherwise the engines will get cold.

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In Engelsbrand near Pforzheim, at the end of a very appetizing mountain stretch, stands the futuristic-looking seat of Stowa, which is clad with stainless steel plates. Markus really wants to examine the original copy of a Wehrmacht pilot’s watch from the 1940s in the company’s own mini-museum, which is a design icon due to its functional design. Stowa boss Jorg Schauer joins them, gives an exciting historical overview and shows his watches, for which, as a goldsmith, he pays particular attention to robust metal cases. You can still recondition them like new even after decades of wearing them. Sounds good: a watch for life.

We dash into the valley and leave the Black Forest. A dreary stretch of the motorway towards Odenwald is pending. Travel agency Biebricher promises the finest low mountain range routes with curve radii of every color as well as a stop at one of the top addresses for watch nerds: Sinn in Frankfurt. As far as the routes are concerned, Masterguide Markus has already convinced me. Great turns, varied country roads that lead between forests and meadows and along cozy inns. Small towns like Erbach with a fairytale half-timbered backdrop invite you to linger. And compared to the Black Forest, the Odenwald is not that overcrowded in terms of motorcycles, so a real tip for ambitious country road pilots! We reach the stage destination Sinn Spezialuhren in the Frankfurt district of Rodelheim, although we are still a bit dizzy due to the inclination, but on the tour through the laboratories we have solid ground under our feet again.

Deep sea simulation up to almost 6,000 meters

Although the many facts make you dizzy again. Sinn is still a relatively young company from the 1960s, which has distinguished itself above all through extremely complex quality assurance. Every timepiece goes through several tests before it is sold. For some diving watches, deep-sea excursions at almost 6,000 meters are simulated using a special pressure container. Impressive. As with Stowa and Junghans, however, the automatic calibers are supplied by the same mega-large movement manufacturer from Switzerland, who probably also supplies hundreds of others.

I’m a little disillusioned, after all I thought that every manufacturer gives their watches their own character. Imagine that for the motorcycle market: an engine supplier such as Rotax would have an almost monopoly. Regardless of whether it is a cruiser or a super sports car, almost the same engines always drove the machine. Wouldn’t be boring. On the other hand, if a watch only has one task – namely to display the time as precisely as possible – and the caliber, i.e. the watch’s motor, that makes it good, why keep reinventing it? “Tried and tested calibres run precisely for years, then they have to go to a professional check-up, let’s go on. Man, metal rubs against metal, think about getting it done this way without major losses, that’s fine art, dude! “, My tour companion enthuses and still hangs on:” We’re going to Glashutte now, that’s where you get it best how clocks tick! “

Clockmaking Museum in the Thuringian Forest

Halfway to the Saxon Ore Mountains lies Ruhla at the foot of the Thuringian Forest. Markus, the old timepiece, makes a stop here, because in GDR times the place was the center of East German mass production of watches, the legendary caliber 24 alone rolled off the line over 120 million times. In one of the historical buildings we find a small museum that recorded clock making from the 19th century. This is where I begin to understand and to become more and more enthusiastic about fine mechanical finesse and the history of technology. Junkers watches are still being produced above the museum. Before I step out of the showroom, a particularly pretty one catches my eye: Bauhaus style, Japanese automatic movement with power reserve display, also affordable. I like it, should I strike right away? Markus, however, urges us to continue, after all the sun is shining and there are still plenty of good stretches on both sides of the Rennsteig. Now he’s already honking, letting the rear wheel spin. All right, ignition on, tires screeching, go on.

Glassworks. Epicenter of the German watch industry. The town of 7,000 people can be driven through in a few minutes by motorcycle, one watch brand is lined up after the other, and the large museum is located in the center. Here we stop and dive back into the history and technology of timepieces. The museum is well prepared and informative, but slowly this is becoming too much of an educational journey for me. I try to pull Markus away from an exhibition table, remarking that we should maybe get a few cans of beer from the gas station for the time in the night quarters. “Sure, sure,” says my tour buddy, but will already stick to the next hand-wound exhibit. We should also stop by Nomos, he says, they make their own calibres, but that might interest me if I’m looking for something special. Okay, broad, the beer can wait. At Nomos we can witness the creation of a complete watch. Ute Fischer-Graf, the lady in charge of public relations, explains all the steps in a simple and understandable way. Although the company was only founded about 25 years ago, the term “long tradition” is used. I follow up and she explains that Glashutte watches can be recognized by certain features: Most of the added value on site, special cuts, blued screws, etc. That is what makes them so characteristic – and also expensive. Mmh.

Black beer and whiskey

In the evenings, we relax and curve through tunnel-like forest roads along the Czech border and eat goulash with Bohemian dumplings. Yummy. Later we jump into the hotel pool and stretch our muscles and bones that have been tortured by the committed ride. Relaxing. With black beer and a whiskey at the bar, we digest the information overdose from the day. I have the feeling that my head is ticking like a clock, but I still haven’t found the right model. Tour guide Markus conspiratorially explains that there will be delicacies on the way back through Bavaria. We toast to each other, gawk a little, then good night.

We leave the Ore Mountains with their sleepy villages behind us, leave the former German-German border at Hof and tour first through the beautiful Fichtel Mountains and then over wildly grown secret paths through the Upper Palatinate to the Bavarian Forest. In fact, great motorcycle tour delicacies. In Regensburg we pause with grilled sausages with sauerkraut and stroll through the beautiful old town before we go to Barbing in front of the city gates. There, in the middle of nowhere between farms and meadows, is the Damasko watch manufacturer. Here, too, completely independent clocks are created. The manufacture is still young, so it’s exciting for collectors because you never know how the prices for such watches will develop in the future. The Damasko family will guide you through the business themselves – making clocks within your grasp! A total of just under 3,000 Damascus models are made each year, but exclusivity comes at a price, and my favorite would scrub the account too much. Too bad. Instead, I charge my credit card again to refuel for our last leg home. Off to the train, full throttle!

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Nerd Biebricher is spellbound by the many illustrative material in the watch museum.

In the run-up to the tour, I came across the Steinhart Watches website. First impression: handsome clunkers, large selection, down-to-earth prices. Based near Augsburg, which is why I was amazed by the phrase “Swiss made”. We have to clarify that on the spot and turn off the autobahn. There is a Harley in the foyer in front of the watch showroom. Gunther Steinhart, head of the company and Fat Boy driver, steps in when he notices the motorcycle visit. “Mei, I’ll park the machine here so that it is dry. I hardly ever get to drive, but on summer days I can take it to the beer garden, “Steinhart gushes. This is followed by gasoline discussions and long explanations about the laws and irregularities within the watch industry. The warm Bavarian says that he is a thorn in the side of many other sellers because he buys from the same suppliers of some Swiss luxury brands in the Jura, but sells his watches very cheaply through direct sales. “Dumping?” I ask. “Schmarrn”, indignantly, the former architect and watch aficionado, “the others are just too expensive!” Even if some of his models obviously borrow from style icon Rolex (others do that too): The Steinhart type himself is a likeable original , and friends of technically clean watches, it offers top value.

As we head west from Augsburg, I draw a resume with the rumble of the engine and the roar of the wind. In addition to hundreds of great motorcycle kilometers, I was able to experience hundreds of beautiful wristwatches. I could literally crawl into the mechanics and grasp these little technical masterpieces, almost miracles. About 100 years after the mass distribution of this everyday object, which ran almost parallel to that of motorcycles, the fascinating history of technology is conveyed very vividly in museums and among the watch manufacturers visited. In places like Glashutte and Schramberg you can feel the history as you drive through it. On our “Tour de Uhr” you could also find surprisingly beautiful pearls in the low mountain ranges. Markus got his money’s worth, but I can’t really make up my mind now. For comparatively little money, plug in a nice watch at Junkers or Steinhart and still scan the marketplaces for a cheap used machine for the remaining budget? Invest a little more in so-called heritage, i.e. cult company history (Junghans, Stowa), or do you follow the technically most convincing solution (sense) for me? Maybe take even more money and buy an exclusive watch with your own caliber (Damasko, Lehmann, Nomos) – and cherish it as an heirloom for my son? I dont know. Let’s see what Markus is up to in the near future. Maybe we have to move out again, because Germany is the country of watches. We still have enough time for that.

Lehmann

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Lehmann, Model: Intemporal, Goes well with: Power cruisers, fat naked, luxury tourers.

• model: Intemporal
• clockwork: LS3, automatic
• Weight: 107 grams
• diameter: 43 millimeters
• Power reserve: 42 hours
• bracelet: Alligator leather
• particularities: Manufacture caliber with wheels and springs from Swiss suppliers, elaborate case with satined stainless steel, retractable crown, hands milled from solid
• price: 6,250 euros
• Fits well with: Power cruisers, fat nakeds, luxury tourers

Junghans

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Junghans, model: Spektrum, goes well with: super athletes, speed machines, fun bikes.

• model: Spectrum
• clockwork: J.830, automatic
• Weight: approx. 80 grams
• diameter: 41.6 millimeters
• Power reserve: 48 hours
• bracelet: Stainless steel and ceramics
• particularities: Japanese manufacture caliber reserved exclusively for Junghans, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides, ceramic bezel and crown
• price: 1,390 euros
• Fits well with: Super athletes, speed machines, fun bikes

Stowa

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Stowa, model: Flieger TO2, Goes well with: Youngtimers, large-volume modern classics.

• model: Aviator TO2
• clockwork: ETA 2824-2, automatic
• Weight: 105 grams
• diameter: 43 millimeters
• Power reserve: 48 hours
• bracelet: Rubber or leather
• particularities: Casing made of stainless steel with a finely matt finish and sanded by hand, water-resistant to 20 bar, hands and indices that shine intensely blue even at dusk, engraving for an extra charge
• price: 1,290 euros
• Fits well with: Youngtimers, large-volume modern classics

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Sense, Model: U1, Goes well with: Adventure Bikes, Tourers, Power-Nakeds.

• model: U1
• clockwork: Sellita SW 200-1, automatic
• Weight: 113 grams
• diameter: 44 millimeters
• Power reserve: 40 hours
• bracelet: Submarine steel belt
• particularities: Case and crown made of saltwater-resistant submarine steel from Germany, crown at 4 o’clock, pressure-resistant up to 100 bar
• price: 1,730 euros
• Fits well with: Adventure bikes, tourers, power nakeds 

Junkers

• model: Bauhaus 6060-5
• clockwork: slightly modified Myota by Citizen, automatic
• Weight: 62 grams
• diameter: 40 millimeters
• Power reserve: 40 hours
• bracelet: Lambskin
• particularities: Power reserve display, 24-hour display, glass bottom, strongly domed hesalite glass with armouring
• price: 449 euros
• Fits well with: Vintage bikes, mid-range cruisers, twins

Nomos glassworks

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Nomos Glashutte, Model: Metro 38 Date, Goes well with: Modern Classics, Urban Bikes, 80s / 90s single-cylinder machines, scramblers.

• model: Metro 38 date
• clockwork: DUW 4101, manual wind
• Weight: 48 grams
• diameter: 38.5 millimeters
• Power reserve: 43 hours
• bracelet: Cordovan horse leather
• particularities: small seconds, glass bottom, manufacture caliber with in-house swing system, temperature-blued balance spring
• price: 2,380 euros
• Fits well with: Modern Classics, Urban Bikes, 80s / 90s single-cylinder machines, scramblers

Damasco

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Damasko, model: DK 15, goes well with: large travel enduros, sports tourers, muscle bikes.

• model: DK 15
• clockwork: A35-1, automatic
• Weight: 92 grams
• diameter: 42 millimeters
• Power reserve: 52 hours
• bracelet: Manufactory steel strap
• particularities: Case and strap made of ice-hardened stainless steel, manufacture caliber with escapement and spiral made of silicon, coated with luminous material over the entire surface
• price: 3,700 euros
• Fits well with: large travel enduro bikes, sports tourers, muscle bikes

Rock hard

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Rock hard, model: Racetimer blue, Goes well with: fat cruisers, classic nakeds, oldtimers.

• model: Racetimer blue
• clockwork: ETA-Valjoux 7750 Elabore, automatic
• Weight: 125 grams
• diameter: 44 millimeters
• Power reserve: 40 hours
• bracelet: Calfskin
• particularities: Chronograph with stop function, satined titanium case, glass bottom, double anti-reflective sapphire crystal
• price: 940 euros
• Fits well with: fat cruisers, classic nakeds, oldtimers

Fascination with mechanical watches

Mechanical watches have been around since the 14th century, but wristwatches did not gain in importance until the 1920s at the earliest. In the 1970s, the industry suffered heavily from the so-called quartz crisis. At that time, cheap quartz crystals from the Far East flooded the market and the watchmaking trade threatened to die out. But for some years now there has been a revival for mechanical movements, also known as calibers – apparently technology freaks are fascinated by this ingenious system in the smallest of spaces, in which one cog engages another.

The three most important functional groups are drive, gear train and escapement. With manual winding, the mainspring in the barrel is supplied with energy by means of the manual winding crown. With automatic movements, this is done by an internal rotor blade. Arm movements of the wearer cause the rotor to rotate due to inertia, which exerts a torque on the winding mechanism and tensions the spring in small steps. The spring and barrel are the energy storage, from there power is transferred to the escape wheel via gears. The escapement with escape wheel means that the spring only emits its energy in small pieces. The associated armature in turn supplies the so-called balance wheel with energy. The balance wheel consists of a hairspring and a circlet. Moving the hoop in one direction tensions the spiral to the point of reversal and then drives the hoop in the other direction until the cycle repeats. This is the typical “tick-tock” of a mechanical watch. This timing in the balance generates – to put it casually – the time. The more even the timing, the more precisely the clock runs.

Clever minds have calculated that the balance wheel, which moves back and forth just a few millimeters, covers a distance of more than 30,000 kilometers within a year. The entire gear train consists of tiny cogwheels which, like a miniature gearbox, translate the power for the minute and hour wheels into the required speeds. In high-quality calibres, synthetic jewels (originally real rubies) reduce friction on moving parts. Also in order to transmit forces more evenly, which increases the accuracy and reduces wear. Special functions such as the second hand, date, day of the week, stop watch or moon phase are called complications. The majority of watch manufacturers nowadays use proven, third-party base calibers, manufactured in millions, which are then technically modified or simply decorated. A clockwork runs with around a millionth of a horsepower and only occasionally needs cleaning and a little lubricant. The longevity and accuracy with continuous use exert an unbelievable attraction on lovers.

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Five short suggestions for pleasure tours from the MOTORRAD travel department.

For descendants: Manufactories, museums and fine motorcycle country – the MOTORRAD travel editorial team gives five short suggestions for enjoyable tours.

1. Black Forest (3 hours, 160 km): Neuenburg – Dobel, right to Marxzell, towards Straubenhardt, right towards Bad Herrenalb, Loffenau – Gernsbach – Gaggenau – Kuppenheim – Rastatt – Favorite, towards Ebersteinburg, Gernsbach– Mullental – Forbach – Gausbach– Weisenbach– Obertsrot – Sprollenhaus – Enzklosterle – Calmbach – Neuenburg
2. Odenwald (9 hours, approx. 300 km): Alzenau – Hostein – Hohl – Schimborn – Niedersteinbach – Geiselbach – Linsengericht – Robbach – Rieber – Florsbach – Wiesen – Frammersbach – Partenstein – Neuhutten – Hafenlohrtal – Esselbach – Schollbrunn – Rohrbrunn – Rothenbuch – Laufach –Jakobsth. – Schollkrippen – Alzenau
3. Ore Mountains (7 hours, approx. 250 km): Glashutte – Dippoldiswalde – Hartmannsdorf – Frauenstein – Rechenberg – Bienenmuhle – Neuhausen – Seiffen – Deutschneudorf – Olbernhau – Ansprung – Rubenau – Kuhnheide – Johstadt – Annaberg-Buchholz – Wolkenstein – Forchheim – Grobhartmannsdorf – Brand -Erbisdorf – Frauenstein – Hartmannsdorf
4. Upper Palatinate (5 hours, approx. 240 km): Regensburg – Pettendorf – Pielenhofen – Kallmunz – Burglengenfeld – Teublitz – direction Ausee, Bruckelsee, right on 2151 – Neunburg vorm Wald – Schwarzhofen – Dieterskirchen – Oberviechtach – Teunz – Moosbach – Eslarn – Bodenwohr– Bruck in the Upper Palatinate – Nittenau – Regenstauf – Regensburg
5. Upper Bavaria (10 hours, approx. 300 km): Starnberg-Andechs-Tutzing-Seeshaupt-Penzberg-Grobweil-Kochel-Bad Heilbrunn-Bad Tolz-Lenggries-Jachenau-Wallgau-Mittenwald-Weidach-Seefled-Telfs-Obsteig-Fernpass-Lermoos –Garmisch – Oberau, Oberammergau – Saulgrub – Murnau – Uffing, Peibenberg – Weilheim – Bauerbach – Tutzing

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