Limes Germanicus

#2858 among destinations in Germany

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The Limes Germanicus is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier fortifications that bounded the ancient Roman provinces of Germania Inferior, Germania Superior and Raetia, dividing the Roman Empire and the unsubdued Germanic tribes from the years 83 to about 260 AD. The Limes used either a natural boundary such as a river or typically an earth bank and ditch with a wooden palisade and watchtowers at intervals. A system of linked forts was built behind the Limes. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°17'60"N, 7°48'0"E

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Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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Nearby attractions include: Burg Nassau, Kloster Arnstein, Emser Therme, Langenau Castle.

1 miNW
Forts and castles, Historical place
Burg Nassau, Nassau
26 min walk • Nassau Castle, located in Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, was the original seat of the House of Nassau. The ruins of the castle are situated on a rock outcropping about 120 m above the Lahn River. The House of Nassau was an aristocratic dynasty among whose descendants are the present-day monarchy of the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
2.4 miE
Monastery, Sacred and religious sites
Kloster Arnstein
61 min walk • Nestled in the serene Lahn valley of Germany, Kloster Arnstein stands as a testament to medieval monastic life and architectural splendor. This former monastery, with its origins dating back to the early 13th century, has been a beacon of spiritual retreat...
4.4 miNW
50°19'57"N • 7°42'48"E
Emser Therme, Bad Ems
114 min walk • Watersports, Spa, Hot springs
2 miE
Forts and castles
Langenau Castle
52 min walk • Langenau Castle is an old lowland castle in the municipality of Obernhof in the county of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The site of the fortification was the confluence of the Gelbach and the Lahn rivers. As a result, the castle is designed as a lowland type, which is unusual for this region.
5.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Sporkenburg
143 min walk • The Sporkenburg is a late medieval castle ruin about one kilometre south of Eitelborn in the district of Westerwaldkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
4.5 miNW
City hall
Bad Ems-Nassau, Bad Ems
114 min walk • Bad Ems-Nassau is a Verbandsgemeinde in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Bad Ems. It was formed on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the former Verbandsgemeinden Bad Ems and Nassau.
4 miNW
Tower
Bismarckturm, Bad Ems
103 min walk • The Bismarck Tower of Bad Ems an der Lahn in the Rhine-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate was built in honor of the first German Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck. Designed by architect Wilhelm Kreis, the tower stands east of the town center...
4.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Karlsburg, Bad Ems
107 min walk • Karlsburg Castle, also known as the Four Towers House, is a town castle in Bad Ems.
4.1 miNW
50°19'53"N • 7°43'14"E
Spa Park, Bad Ems
106 min walk • Park
4 miNW
Forts and castles
Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems
102 min walk • The Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral in Bad Ems is an institution for the promotion of visual artists. The sponsor of the Künstlerhaus is the Mainz School of Art at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz.
4.2 miNW
50°19'42"N • 7°42'59"E
Malbergbahn, Bad Ems
107 min walk • Memorial