Limesweg (Franconian Alb Association)
| Limesweg | |
|---|---|
| Data | |
| length | 38.9 km |
| location | Middle Franconia , Bavaria |
| Supervised by | Franconian Alb Association |
| Markers | stylized Roman watchtower |
| Starting point |
Wilburgstetten 49 ° 1 ′ 41 ″ N , 10 ° 23 ′ 31 ″ E |
| Target point |
Gunzenhausen 49 ° 6 ′ 53 ″ N , 10 ° 45 ′ 15 ″ E |
| Type | Long-distance hiking trail |
| Level of difficulty | easy |
| season | all year round |
Map with all coordinates: The Limesweg is a 38.9 km long hiking trail from Wilburgstetten to Gunzenhausen in the Bavarian administrative district of Middle Franconia , which follows the course of the Rhaetian Limes .
Route
The route begins in Wilburgstetten at the Limes information board on Bundesstraße 25 . It leads via Weiltingen - Untermichelbach - Dühren - Hammerschmiede - Kleinlellenfeld - Unterhambach to the Altmühlbrücke in Gunzenhausen.
Marking and path maintenance
Waymark is a black stylized Roman watchtower in a white rectangle.
The Franconian Alb Association is responsible for maintaining the path and the marking . The path bears the number 046 of the association.
Stages
A possible division of stages:
- Stage 1: Wilburgstetten - Wittelshofen
- Stage 2: Wittelshofen - Dennenloher See
- Stage 3: Dennenloher See - Gunzenhausen
Connection to other Limes routes
The path is part of a whole series of Limes hiking trails which, as the German Limes Hiking Trail, open up the Upper German-Rhaetian Limes to hikers in full. In the west, the path joins the Limes hiking trail of the Swabian Alb Association on the border with the state of Baden-Württemberg in Wilburgstetten . In the east, the path joins the Limes hiking trail in the Altmühltal nature park in Gunzenhausen .
history
When the hiking trail was set up, the Franconian Alb Association was solely responsible for the entire 150.7 km route from Wilburgstetten to Eining . Later, the Altmühltal Nature Park Tourism Association took over the care of the section east of Gunzenhausen and extended the route via Eining to Bad Gögging , increasing the total length of this section to around 115 km.
literature
- Thorsten Lensing: Limesweg. Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7633-4432-1 .
- Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes in Bavaria from Mönchsroth to Eining (Danube). Pustet , Regensburg 2008, ISBN 9783791721279 . 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 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.limeswanderweg.info/etappen/
- ↑ http://www.limesstrasse.de/deutsche-limes-strasse/wanderweg/
Limes hiking trail in the Westerwald and Taunus : Rheinbrohl - Lindschied | Limesweg ( Wetterau ): Langenhain-Ziegenberg - Großkrotzenburg | Limesweg ( Spessartbund ) | Limes hiking trail ( Swabian Alb Association ): Miltenberg - Wilburgstetten | Limesweg ( Franconian Alb Association ): Wilburgstetten– Gunzenhausen | Limes hiking trail ( Altmühltal Nature Park ): Gunzenhausen– Bad Gögging