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Darmstadt District

Limes in the Kinzig Valley

Darmstadt District

Limes in the Kinzig Valley

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Limes in the Kinzig Valley

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Erlensee bei Erlensee

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Location: Erlensee, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Wolfram/Ts. 🇺🇦

March 27, 2021

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The former course of the Roman-Germanic border was traced here, on the "Bahnradweg Hessen", with white wooden steles (for the project: Limes routes)!

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Seitan Dude

April 2, 2021

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The steles are certainly a matter of taste :)

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Heiko

December 9, 2023

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At this point the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, which was once approximately 550 km long, crossed the Kinzig Valley. From the early 2nd to the 3rd century. The Limes formed the outer border of the Roman Empire to the Germanic tribal areas in the east. Depending on the expansion phase, it was designed with watchtowers, palisades or earthen walls and ditches and, in addition to defending against smaller attacks, was primarily used to control the movement of people and goods. As the largest archaeological monument in Europe, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005.

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Location: Erlensee, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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