Lines of Weissenburg

#2170 among destinations in Germany

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Facts and practical information

The Lines of Weissenburg, or Lines of Wissembourg, were entrenched works — an earthen rampart dotted with small outworks — along the river Lauter. They were built in 1706 and lasted into the 19th century. ()

Coordinates: 48°59'48"N, 8°4'19"E

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Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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Lines of Weissenburg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Deutsches Weintor, Oberotterbach, Bienwald.

6.5 miNW
View point, Nazi architecture
Deutsches Weintor, Schweigen-Rechtenbach
166 min walk • The German Wine Gate has celebrated the local wine industry and marked the southern end of the German Wine Route in Schweigen-Rechtenbach since 1936.
6.9 miNW
Hotel
Oberotterbach
175 min walk • Oberotterbach is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
3.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Bienwald
81 min walk • The Bienwald is a large forested area in the southern Pfalz region of Germany near the towns of Kandel and Wörth am Rhein. The western edge defines the eastern extent of the Wissembourg Gap, a corridor of open terrain between the Bienwald and the hills of the Palatine Forest.

Lines of Weissenburg

Facts and practical information

Lines of Weissenburg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Deutsches Weintor, Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Oberotterbach

Bienwald