Gunzenhausen

• Gunzenhausen in the Franconian Lake District

  State-approved health resort. Centre in the Franconian
  Lake District. First documentary reference
  dates from 823. Former Roman settlement, northernmost
  point of the Raetian Limes. The nearby
  Altmühlensee (lake; 450 ha) invites visitors to
  go swimming, sailing, surfing and boating. Shipping
  line with four piers. There are 800 km of signposted
  cycleways and trails around Gunzenhausen.
  Huge programme for guests and cultural events
  in summer.

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• Sights in and around Gunzenhausen

  Blas-Tower (1603), archaeological museum,
  town museum (1701), historic half-timbered barn
  (1753), margrave hunting lodge – “Haus des
  Gastes” (1749), remains of the town wall (13th
  century), museum of fossils and lithography.
  Archaeological museum

• Restored Limes tower WP 14/4 with wooden palisade

  There is a restored Limes tower (WP 14/4) with wooden palisade east
  of the Bismarck tower (partly built of stones from the Limes wall).
  Right beside it is WP 14/5, which was later added to the Limes wall.
  Remains of the debris rampart of the Limes wall are visible about 500 m
  east of this.

• Small Fort with memorial stone

  Small fort on the “Hintere Schloßbuck” with memorial stone: wooden
  tower hill and stone foundations of WP 14/6 are clearly visible.

• Limes wall between Gunzenhausen and Theilenhofen

  East of Gundelsheim: debris rampart of the Limes wall visible,
  additional marking with indicator stones, so-called “Limes”-Stones.

• Touristinfo

  Stadt Gunzenhausen
  Tourist-Infomation
  Marktplatz 25
  91710 Gunzenhausen
  
  Tel. +49 (0) 98 31/508 -300
  Fax +49 (0) 98 31/508 -179
  
  touristik@gunzenhausen.de
  www.gunzenhausen.de/

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