Wasserscheide Rhein/Donau
Wasserscheide Rhein/Donau is a mountain saddle in Treuchtlingen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Bavaria and has an elevation of 418 metres. Wasserscheide Rhein/Donau is situated nearby to the suburb Grönhart, as well as near the village Dettenheim.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fossa Carolina and Schloss Dettenheim.
Fossa Carolina
Photo: Franzfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fossa Carolina was a canal named after Charlemagne in what is today the German state of Bavaria, intended to connect the Swabian Rezat river to the Altmühl river.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weißenburg and Dietfurt in Mittelfranken.
Weißenburg
Photo: Pedelecs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weißenburg is in Middle Franconia. in the Altmühltal Nature Park between the Brombachsee and the Altmühl valley in the Franconian Lake District. Today, the historic townscape with the largely preserved city wall, the Gothic town hall, the town church and the Ellinger Gate bear witness to its time as a trading town and its proximity to wealthy Nuremberg.
Dietfurt in Mittelfranken
Suburb
Photo: Rensi, Public domain.
Dietfurt, now part of the town of Treuchtlingen, is a German village in Middle Franconia, Bavaria. Prior to 1853 it was for centuries the location of an important post station on the road between Augsburg and Nuremberg.
Wasserscheide Rhein/Donau
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 418 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Treuchtlingen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.9888° or 48° 59′ 20″ northLongitude
10.9316° or 10° 55′ 54″ eastElevation
418 metres (1,371 feet)Open location code
8FWGXWQJ+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 13410382551OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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