Burgpforte
Burgpforte is a city gate in Biebertal, Giessen, Hesse. Burgpforte is situated nearby to the building Backhaus, as well as near the church Evangelische Kirche.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vetzberg and Vetzberg Castle.
Vetzberg
Peak
Photo: Cherubino, Public domain.
Vetzberg is a hill and extinct volcano of Hesse, Germany.
Gailscher Park
Park
Photo: Anntheres, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gailscher Park is situated 1 km southwest of Burgpforte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gießen and Wetzlarer Kreuz.
Gießen
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gießen is a city in North Hesse. The city has about 88,000 inhabitants including 44,000 students, so its infrastructure, shopping and cultural offerings are pretty well adapted to students.
Wetzlarer Kreuz
Locality
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wetzlarer Kreuz is an Autobahn interchange in the city of Wetzlar in Hesse, Germany where the highways A45 and A480 meet. This junction is a stack interchange, which is the only fully built stack interchange in Germany. Wetzlarer Kreuz is situated 9 km west of Burgpforte.
Burgpforte
- Type: City gate
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Biebertal, Giessen, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.62059° or 50° 37′ 14″ northLongitude
8.61563° or 8° 36′ 56″ eastOpen location code
9F2CJJC8+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 4440449513OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Backhaus and Evangelische Kirche.
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