Echzell

In the midst of the fertile plain of the Wetterau, stretching between the foothills of the Taunus and the Vogelberg. Picturesque walks, scenic ponds for fishermen, modern sports facilities, two community centres.

Protestant church on the foundations of a Roman fort bath, museum in the “Zehntscheune”, old town hall (14th century), “Beamtenhaus” – today a library, former water castle.
Limes Information Centre for the eastern Wetterau in the Echzell museum

With an area of 5.2 hectares, it is one of the largest forts on the Upper Germanic Limes. An ala (Roman allied military unit) and a cohort of 500 soldiers each were stationed at the fort. The related military bath house is under today’s Protestant parish church, where several of its walls are visible in a cellar room, while others are marked on the pavement in front of the church. The unique wall paintings of fort Echzell are now in the Saalburg (principia, next to the standards shrine; dining room of an officer’s quarters). The pictorial presentations deal with the ancient group of sagas.