Limes Shelter Nassau – Holzhausen Roman Fort loop from Rettert

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Limes Shelter Nassau – Holzhausen Roman Fort loop from Rettert

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Limes Shelter Nassau – Holzhausen Roman Fort loop from Rettert

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10.6km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 5, 2026

Tips

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Nassau

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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34 m

Landgasthof Gemmer

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nice hotel and good restaurant

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6.49 km

Picnic Area with Stone Trough in Nassau Forest

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6.52 km

Limes Shelter Nassau

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Great shelter in bad weather, a bit in the Roman style - a bit 😂

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7.45 km

Roman-style shelter near Kastell Holzhausen

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Very nice Roman-style refuge and not far from the Holzhausen Castle

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7.68 km

Roman Fort Holzhausen an der Haide

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Too bad to just skid past it, a rewarding stop

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7.80 km

Holzhausen Roman Fort

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A contemplative place of the ancestors lets, how the old Romans must have lived!

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9.72 km

View of Berndroth

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Such a great view of a small place. Worth seeing.

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10.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.61 km

1.56 km

1.35 km

957 m

140 m

Surfaces

4.39 km

4.02 km

1.62 km

438 m

140 m

Elevation

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Highest point (500 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

15°C

6°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

May 29, 2025,Drei-Kastelle-Rundweg (3-KR), Rundtour 1: Holzhausen - Rettert - Holzhausen 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏼‍♂️

Today, we just wanted to get some fresh air. We decided on one of the "Three Forts" circular trails. With overcast skies and temperatures just under 20 degrees Celsius, it was a rather unspectacular walk.
We made a short detour to the Limes fort at Holzhausen. Holzhausen Fort is one of the best-preserved forts on the Limes today.
We could …

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August 5, 2023,Eine zündende Idee

The Hintertaunus is not exactly considered the spearhead of technical progress. In its rural seclusion, of all places, one of Germany's greatest inventors was born in 1832: Nicolaus August Otto, the man without whom "wouldn't drive a car or fly a small plane", as it says on a commemorative plaque on his parents' house in Holzhausen an der Haide, which …

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