🏛️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes
Kottenforst Nord | Pfaffenmaar 1 and 2
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed for exceptional testimony to Roman frontier organization
- Northwestern boundary of the Roman Empire along the Rhine River, 1st–5th century CE
- Stretches through modern-day Germany and the Netherlands in the Rhineland region
- Includes fortifications, roads, watchtowers, settlements, and military bases
Kottenforst Nord and Pfaffenmaar 1 and 2 are part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Rhineland region of Germany. These areas preserve remnants of the Roman frontier system that marked the northwestern boundary of the Roman Empire along the Rhine River. The Lower German Limes functioned as a fortified border zone of the Roman province of Germania Inferior from the 1st to the 5th century CE, representing a major defensive ...