LIMES GATE DALKINGEN Antique meets modern Opening hours January through March Opened in 2010, the 1st Saturday in month, tour at 4 pm protective structure over April through October the Limes gate safeguards • Saturdays, 2-4 pm the unparalleled building (tours at 2 and 3:30 pm) substance for posterity. • Sundays, 11-4 The visualization of the arch (tours at 11, 2 and 3:30) over the original construction • After June 1, also Wednesdays, tour at 6 pm remains gives the impression of the original size of the structure November and December on the junction between the Roman 1st Saturday in month, tour at 4 pm Empire and the barbarians. Modern didactics and replicas of Roman stone For tours by arrangement, contact monuments convey the history of the Verband der Limes Cicerones e. V. magnifi cently designed Limes gate. An der Lauter 27, 73563 Mögglingen Phone: +49 (0) 7174 805944 E-Mail: [email protected] www.limes-cicerones.de For further information: Landratsamt , Heidrun Heckmann Phone: +49 (0) 7361 503-1315 E-Mail: [email protected] www.ostalbkreis.de Site plan Würzburg

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Ulm www.limestor-dalkingen.de Editor: Landratsamt Ostalbkreis 01/2011 Ostalbkreis Landratsamt Editor: Cooper Cindy Translation: Baden-Württemberg, Landesmuseum Archäologisches Photos: Stuttgart, Regierungspräsidium im Denkmalpflege f. Landesamt Hildebrand B. Dr. Heckmann, H. Baumgärtner, M. Dr. UNESCO World Heritage To honor From wattle fence Site in Ostalbkreis the emperor to imperial The Upper German-Raetian “Roman Limes” - the architecture former border of In the year 213 A.D., Emperor Marcus After the Romans abandoned the the Roman Empire Aurelius Severus Antoninus - referred Limes in the third century A.D., the between the Rhine to as Caracalla - crossed over the Limes imposing structure dete- and the Danube - riorated. Hundreds of years was inscribed on with his successful campaign against the later the ruins were used as the UNESCO World Germans north of . To pay tribute to a quarry and most stones Heritage List in 2005. the emperor a magnifi cent arch, 13 meters were taken away and used to erect The Limes is Europe’s high and 9.5 meters wide, was erected. In other buildings. Afterwards longest archeological addition a larger-than-life bronze statue earth covered the remains of monument, at 550 of the “Germanicus Maximus” (Great the walls, which were fi rst kilometers, of which Conqueror of the Germans) - an hono- exposed once again during 59.4 kilometers are rary title of Caracalla - was installed. The found in Ostalbkreis. the archeological excava- monumental form of a Limes intersection The „Limes gate Dal- tions of 1973-4. Research kingen“ in the com- with an arch is unique. shows six construction phases munity of Rainau is among the most meaningful - from the narrow slip portal near a historic sites of the Upper German-Raetian Limes. wooden tower up to a magnifi cent arch.