Saalburg

Saalburg
The Porta Praetoria (main gate), and circuit wall
Saalburg Show map of Hesse Saalburg (Germany) Show map of Germany
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 / 50.27139; 8.56667
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.