Vorbecken Buch

Vorbecken Buch is a nature reserve in Westhausen, Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg. Vorbecken Buch is situated near the hamlet Frankenreute, as well as near Jagsthausen.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Also known as: “Naturschutzgebiet Vorbecken Buch” and “NSG Vorbecken Buch”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Goldshöfe station and Limes Gate Dalkingen.

Goldshöfe station

Railway station

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Goldshöfe station is a station in the German state of Baden-Württemberg at the junction of the Goldshöfe–Crailsheim railway and the Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt–Nördlingen railway.

Limes Gate Dalkingen

Archaeological site

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The Limes Gate in Dalkingen is a unique Roman triumphal monument on the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes and is one of its most impressive ruins. Since 2005, the ancient border passage, which was developed into a triumphal gate under Emperor Caracalla, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, together with the entire Roman Limes complex in Germany.

Castra of Buch

Archaeological site

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Castra of Buch is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hüttlingen and Ellwangen.

Hüttlingen

Village

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Hüttlingen is a municipality in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district.

Ellwangen

Town

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Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen, in common use simply Ellwangen is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about 17 kilometres north of Aalen. Ellwangen has 25,000 inhabitants.