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Baden-Württemberg

Roman Bath at Schirenhof Fort

Baden-Württemberg

Roman Bath at Schirenhof Fort

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Roman Bath at Schirenhof Fort

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Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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April 26, 2020

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The fort was built around 150 AD. The Kastellbad is located next to the fort. Such a bath used to belong to almost every Roman military camp. You can still see the floor plan very well. Several information boards tell you more about the history of the castle, which was probably inhabited by a sub-unit of the Roman legion.

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October 21, 2020

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The Schirenhof fort, also known as Etzelsburg, is a former Roman cohort fort that is now located in the urban area of Schwäbisch Gmünd, on the grounds of the Schirenhof in the Ostalbkreis district, Baden-Württemberg. It was built around 150 AD on a mountain tongue with a view over the Rems to the Rhaetian Limes behind it, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2005.

(c) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastell_Schirenhof

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October 21, 2020

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The well-chosen location of this ancient fortification, founded on the territory of the Roman province of Raetia, is halfway up a south-east-north-west oriented mountain spur above the Rems. On the …

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