Saalburg | |
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Alternative name(s) | (Kastell Saalburg) |
Type | A.1) – A.2) Schanzen B) Numerus fort C) Cohort fort |
Place in the Roman world | |
Limes | Upper Germanic Limes, High Taunus section |
Structure | |
— A.1) – A.2) Earth and wattle B) wood and earth fort C.1) wood/stone wall C.2) mortared stone wall structure — | |
Size and area | (A.1) 0.11 ha A.2) ? B) 0.7 ha C.1) − C.2) 3.2 ha ha) |
Stationed military units | |
— Cohorts — | |
A) unknown vexillatia B) unknown numerus C.1) − C.2) Cohors II Raetorum civium Romanorum equitata | |
Location | |
Coordinates | 50°16′17″N 8°34′00″E / 50.27139°N 8.56667°E |
Altitude | 418 m (1,371 ft) |
Town | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe |
State | Hesse |
Country | Germany |
Site notes | |
Condition | reconstructed |
The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of the Taunus, northwest of Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany. It is a cohort fort, part of the Limes Germanicus, the Roman linear border fortification of the German provinces. The Saalburg, located just off the main road roughly halfway between Bad Homburg and Wehrheim is the most completely reconstructed Roman fort in Germany. Since 2005, as part of the Upper Limes, it forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.[1] In the modern numbering system for the limes, it is ORL 11.