Lower Germanic Limes

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Frontiers of the Roman Empire -- The Lower German Limes
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Map of the Lower Germanic Limes
LocationGermany, Netherlands
CriteriaCultural: (ii), (iii), (iv)
Reference1631
Inscription2021 (44th Session)
Southern section of the Lower Germanic Limes
(between VLPIA NOVIOMAGVS BATAVORVM und RIGOMAGVS) on the Tabula Peutingeriana

The Lower Germanic Limes (

Germania Magna. The Lower Germanic Limes separated that part of the Rhineland left of the Rhine as well as the southern part of the Netherlands, which was part of the Roman Empire
, from the less tightly controlled regions east of the Rhine.

The route of the

.

The Lower Germanic Limes was not a fortified limes with

watchtowers, but a river border (Lat.: ripa), similarly to the limites on the Danube and Euphrates
. The Rhine Line was guarded by a chain of

Together with the

World Heritage List
as part of the set of "Frontiers of the Roman Empire" World Heritage Sites.

Topography

The Rhine-Meuse delta with the Lower Rhine in the background

As it runs along the Rhine the Lower Germanic Limes passes four landscapes with different topography and natural character. The southernmost and smallest portion, between the Vinxtbach and the area around Bonn still belongs to the

Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta.[2]

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