Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes

Local nameobergermanisch-raetischer Limes
LocationEitelborn, Germany

The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, or ORL, is a 550-kilometre-long section of the former external frontier of the Roman Empire between the rivers Rhine and Danube. It runs from Rheinbrohl to Eining on the Danube. The Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes is an archaeological site and, since 2005, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Together with the Lower Germanic Limes it forms part of the Limes Germanicus.

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.

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Comitatus hanau - Karte… @ Fr. Zollmann, Verleger J. C. Homann, Nürnberg 1728

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Germanic-Rhaetian_Limes

Address 56337, Germany

Coordinates 50°23'44.072" N 7°43'37.296" E

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