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Roman fort remains and reconstruction.
The Roman fort at Weissenburg, called Biriciana in ancient times, is a former Roman ala castellum, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located near the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. It lies in the borough of Weißenburg in the Middle Franconian county of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in Germany. Today the castellum is one of the most important sites of research in the Roman limes in Germany. The site contains partly subterranean building remains, a reconstructed north gateway, large thermal baths and a Roman Museum with an integrated Limes Information Centre.
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Roman baths
They were probably built by legionaries as a civilian bath. The well-preserved foundations and reconstructed rooms give an impression of the typical Roman bathing facilities. The complex, discovered in 1977 and converted into a museum in 1983, is one of the largest in southern Germany.
Roman Museum
Finds from numerous excavations in the Weissenburg area illustrate the long history. The highlight of the exhibition is the Roman treasure, which was buried between 233 and 259/60 because of impending danger and only rediscovered in 1979 in an asparagus bed. The most valuable of the statuettes is the Hercules statuette. The Roman treasure contains a total of around 150 individual pieces, 17 of which are bronze statuettes, making the Roman treasure the largest treasure find in Germany.
A historic fortress about 2 km east of the centre of Weißenburg. It stands on a hill 200 m above Weißenburg, at an elevation of 630.5 m, It was built as a Benedictine monastery in the 11th century. It was converted into a fortress from 1588 to 1605, and is one of the best-preserved Renaissance fortresses in Germany.