Eastern Limes Trail
| Eastern Limes Trail | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| length | 44.3 km |
| location | Odenwald , Bavaria / Baden-Württemberg |
| Supervised by | Odenwald Club |
| Markers | stylized Roman watchtower |
| Starting point |
Miltenberg 49 ° 42 '14 " N , 9 ° 15' 52" E |
| Target point |
Osterburken 49 ° 25 ′ 51 ″ N , 9 ° 25 ′ 34 ″ E |
| Type | Long-distance hiking trail |
Map with all coordinates: The Eastern Limes Trail is a 44.3 km long hiking trail from Miltenberg in the Bavarian administrative district of Lower Franconia to Osterburken in the Neckar-Odenwald district of Baden-Württemberg , which follows the course of the Rhaetian Limes .
Route
The path begins in Miltenberg at the town hall. It leads via Wenschdorf - Reinhardsachsen - Neusaß - Walldürn - Hönehaus small fort - Rinschheim - Götzingen - Bofsheim to the Osterburken fort .
Marking and path maintenance
Waymark is a stylized Roman watchtower in black color with a red bar.
The Odenwald Club is responsible for maintaining the path and the markings . The path is the association's main hiking trail 37.
Stages
A possible division of stages:
- Stage 1: Miltenberg - Walldürn (20.5 km)
- Stage 2: Walldürn - Osterburken (23.4 km)
Connection to other Limes routes
The path is one of the Limes hiking trails that open up the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes to hikers in full. The Eastern Limes Trail is a section of the Limes Trail of the Swabian Alb Association , which in turn is part of the German Limes Trail .
literature
- Willi Beck, Dieter Planck : The Limes in Southwest Germany. Limes hiking trail Main-Rems-Wörnitz. Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-8062-0242-7 .
- Thorsten Lensing: Limesweg. Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4432-1 .
- Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes in Baden-Württemberg. State Surveying Office Baden-Württemberg , Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 9783890217451 . Also included in: Official map set 1: 50,000 UNESCO World Heritage Site Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes. State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development Baden-Württemberg , Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3-89021-777-2 .
See also
- German Limes Road for motorists
- German Limes Cycle Route
Web links
- Eastern Limes Trail on Openstreetmap (Miltenberg – Walldürn)
- Eastern Limes Trail on Openstreetmap (Walldürn – Osterburken)
- Main hiking trail 37 Limesweg on the website of the Odenwald Club
- HW 37 Ostlicher Limesweg on the website of the Odenwald Club