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Darmstadt District

Limes Park Großkrotzenburg

Darmstadt District

Limes Park Großkrotzenburg

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Limes Park Großkrotzenburg

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Location: Großkrotzenburg, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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1. View of the Main River – Seligenstadt Main Ferry loop from Klein-Krotzenburg

13.6km

03:26

20m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. View of Seligenstadt – Steinheimer Tor loop from Dettingen (Main)

23.1km

05:50

40m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Emmerichshofener Lake District – Emmerichshofen Castle loop from Kahl Kopp/Heide

12.7km

03:14

30m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Manfred 🔎

June 14, 2022

Großkrotzenburg was the site of a Roman fort, built around 140 AD. A few years earlier, the Romans had completed the Odenwald Limes and also built a fort in Obernburg am Main. Between Obernburg and Großkrotzenburg, the Main marked the border to free Germania. There were no palisades; Left Main forts on the one near Niedernberg and Stockstadt were sufficient for security.
The interesting question is why the Romans used the Main as a border for 40 km from Obernburg and then first built a bridge near Großkrotzenburg and then a fort on the right side of the Main from which the Limes continued.
When building the Limes, the Romans wanted to avoid the dense and inaccessible Spessart. The Roman legions were unable to develop their fighting strength in Germanic forests. In 9 AD the Germanic tribes inflicted a devastating defeat on the legions of the consul Varus in the Teutoburg Forest.
The Romans built their Limes lines as straight as possible so that there was visual contact from the watchtowers and the Limes could be defended more easily. Around the year 140 AD. There was already a simple fort in Altenstadt (Hesse). Großkrotzenburg is located almost due south of Altenstadt. The Limes line between Großkrotzenburg and Altenstadt could therefore largely be built in a straight north-south line.
The Romans wanted swamps, moors and moist floodplain forests to extend in front of the Limes, if possible, because attacks are not possible in the deep ground. From Großkrotzenburg the Limes leads straight through the “Schilflache von Großauheim” over to the formerly boggy “Wolfganger Lache”. Then the Kinzigaue with its permanently moist floodplain forests is crossed until the Roman fort in Erlensee is finally reached with dry feet.

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Manfred 🔎

June 14, 2022

Großkrotzenburg was the site of a Roman fort, built around 140 AD. A few years earlier, the Romans had completed the Odenwald Limes and also built a fort in Obernburg am Main. Between Obernburg and Großkrotzenburg, the Main marked the border to free Germania. There were no stockades; Left Main forts on the near Niedernberg and Stockstadt were sufficient for security.
The interesting question is why the Romans used the Main as a border for 40 km from Obernburg and then built a bridge near Großkrotzenburg of all places and then a fort on the right side of the Main, from which the Limes continued.
The Romans wanted to avoid the dense and inaccessible Spessart when building the Limes. The Roman legions could not develop their fighting strength in Germanic forests. In 9 AD the Germans inflicted a devastating defeat on the legions of the consul Varus in the Teutoburg Forest.
The Romans built their Limes lines as straight as possible so that there was visual contact from the watchtowers and the Limes could be defended more easily. Around the year 140 AD. a simple fort already existed in Altenstadt (Hesse). Großkrotzenburg is almost due south of Altenstadt. The Limes line between Großkrotzenburg and Altenstadt could therefore largely be built in a straight north-south line.
The Romans wanted swamps, moors and damp alluvial forests to stretch in front of the Limes, because no attacks are possible in the deep soil. From Großkrotzenburg, the Limes leads dead straight through the “Schilfläche von Großauheim” over to the formerly swampy “Wolfganger Lache”. Then the Kinzigaue with the permanently wet floodplain forests is crossed until the Roman fort in Erlensee is finally reached on dry feet.

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Heger45

January 28, 2020

MAKE the Limes VISIBLE. White stakes are the symbol. Here's more on the topic:
regionalpark-rheinmain.de/portfolio-item/regionalpark-limesroute

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Location: Großkrotzenburg, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Limes Park Großkrotzenburg

1. View of the Main River – Seligenstadt Main Ferry loop from Klein-Krotzenburg

2. View of Seligenstadt – Steinheimer Tor loop from Dettingen (Main)

3. Emmerichshofener Lake District – Emmerichshofen Castle loop from Kahl Kopp/Heide

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