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Karlsruhe District

Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis

Osterburken

Roman Fort Osterburken (Kastell Osterburken) and Friedrichshöhe Monument

Karlsruhe District

Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis

Osterburken

Roman Fort Osterburken (Kastell Osterburken) and Friedrichshöhe Monument

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Roman Fort Osterburken (Kastell Osterburken) and Friedrichshöhe Monument

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Location: Osterburken, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Römermuseum Osterburken – Horse Pasture loop from Osterburken

8.91km

02:30

180m

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

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2. Römermuseum Osterburken – Horse Pasture loop from Osterburken

12.9km

03:35

240m

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

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3. View of the Kirnau – Roman Museum Osterburken loop from Adelsheim Ost

11.6km

03:16

240m

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

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Ondschi

October 31, 2021

so many excavated foundation walls 😀

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Michael (Wasi)

April 21, 2025

The Osterburken Roman Fort is an important Roman military camp and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes. It was built around 160 AD as a cohort fort and later expanded with an annex fort. The fort served to secure and monitor the Roman border and housed units such as the Cohors III Aquitanorum equitata.

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Sandsteinklippe

September 12, 2020

The Osterburken fort is located on the Upper German-Rhaetian Limes. It was built mainly to secure and monitor the Limes and housed a cohort (approx. 500 men).
The cohort fort had an area of 186x115 m (2.15 ha) and was built around 160 AD. built. Under Emperor Commodus (reign 180-192 AD) it was extended to include an annex fort with an area of 1.35 hectares. Thus the fort became a double fort (cohort + numerus fort) with a crew of around 650 men.
The units were: Cohors III Aquitanorum equitata civium Romanorum
and Numerus Brittonum Elantiensium.
The double fort existed until 259/260 AD (Limesfall).
The exposed walls in Osterburken come from the annex fort. The larger cohort fort is no longer visible except for the SE defensive wall.

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Location: Osterburken, Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Roman Fort Osterburken (Kastell Osterburken) and Friedrichshöhe Monument

1. Römermuseum Osterburken – Horse Pasture loop from Osterburken

2. Römermuseum Osterburken – Horse Pasture loop from Osterburken

3. View of the Kirnau – Roman Museum Osterburken loop from Adelsheim Ost

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