At a parking lot you can find the remains and the corresponding display boards of the small fort Zwing .... the Odenwald Limes was provided with watchtowers at regular intervals. However, these were mostly on hills, the depressions in between were difficult to see from there. For this reason, passages were built there in the Limeswall and forts were built for protection and patrols. The Zwing fort is just one of those ...

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Part of the "Limeslehrpad Schloßau", Odenwaldlimes

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Distance 432 m

Uphill 40 m

Downhill 10 m

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Friday 13 March

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