The Main Limes, also called Nasser Limes, was established around 90 AD and, as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, formed the border of the Roman Empire in the area between the present-day villages of Großkrotzenburg and Bürgstadt. In this section the Limes meets the Main (Moenus), which formed a natural border here over a length of about 50 kilometers.

North of the Main, the Limes initially runs through the marshland of the Schifflache and the Bulau, followed by the Wetterau Limes. At the Main crossing at Großkrotzenburg a Roman bridge was proven by finds of pile shoes. In the south it extended in its early days to Obernburg or Wörth. The exact starting point of the Odenwald Limes (Obernburg or Wörth) has not yet been clearly documented. With the abandonment of the Odenwald Limes in the 2nd century AD under Antoninus Pius and the move forward to the younger Limes line in the building land, the Main Limes was also extended, as the forts in Trennfurt and Miltenberg were added (younger Main Limes).

Source and further information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainlimes

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

Mainlimes (Wet Limes) Roman Border Markers

1. Lowest Point of the Kahl River – Krotzenburg Lock loop from Kahl (Main)

2. View from Buchbergturm – Barbarossa Spring loop from Klein-Krotzenburg

3. Krotzenburg Lock – Main Cycle Path (Mainradweg) loop from Kahl (Main)

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