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Start: The starting point for your walk is the Roman Museum in Obernburg.
Getting there by public transport – www.bahn.de, Obernburg-Elsenfeld stop.
Note: If you’re only arriving on the day the tour starts, your route begins at Elsenfeld railway station. From the station, follow the (cycle) signs to Obernburg centre. After crossing the Main, turn sharply left at the sculpture of the goose girl into ‘Mainstraße’ and, after the ‘Zum Karpfen’ hotel, turn right into ‘Untere Wallstraße’. Follow this road to the Roman Museum.
(S) With your back to the museum, turn right and, at the next junction, immediately left again towards ‘Mainanlagen’. Walk under the B469 and straight on to the banks of the Main. There, turn right.
Walk along the Main; the path curves to the right and, just before the underpass beneath the B469, turn left and follow “Ziegelhüttenweg”, past the fairground and the associated car parks.
Follow the tarmac path until you reach a junction. Turn left there. A short while later, you’ll cross the Mümling and, shortly afterwards, turn right again just past the sign saying “Auf Wiedersehen in Obernburg”.
You’ll reach the Mümling again, go under the B469 and follow the path to the left. You’ll pass the Obernburg waterworks and, at the next junction, take the second path on the left towards Waldhaus (“Waldhausstraße”). From here on, the path goes uphill.
(1) You’ll reach a signpost; opposite it, somewhat hidden away, there’s a shelter and a table with two benches. Continue along the tarmacked path, which leads you straight into the woods.
(2) You’ll come to a transmission mast; here, turn right towards the foundations of a Roman mountain sanctuary. After a few metres, turn left onto a narrow path (landmark: yellow number 3 signpost).
(3) You’ll reach the foundations and now have two options – either you go back the same way, turning right at the transmission mast and walking straight on towards the Waldhaus, or you stay on the narrow path and treat yourself to this little adventure.
(4) Whichever you choose, both paths rejoin at the Waldhaus and continue straight on. After what feels like an eternity, you’ll come to a fork in the path and keep left (“Haberichweg”).
(5) The wide path takes you to the edge of the wood, where you’ll also see a signpost. Walk straight ahead out onto the field, keep slightly to the right at the next junction and turn right at the next T-junction.
(6) You’ll reach the first Limes watchtower (WP 10/6) – or rather, the information board for it. There’s actually nothing to see.
(7) A short while later, you’ll reach the “Runder Stein” car park. Here, too, there’s another information board and a round, stone signpost. Cross the L3259 with due care and walk straight ahead along the road on the other side. At the right-hand bend, turn left towards SV OG Lützelbach / Limeswanderweg.
(8) Shortly afterwards, you’ll reach the next information board for another Limes watchtower (WP 10/7). Here, there’s also a table with a bench and a ‘distance marker’. Until the early 1960s, a lighthouse stood on this spot, serving as a navigation beacon for air routes.
Carry on straight ahead and back into the wood. You’ll walk past the clubhouse of the OV SG Lützelbach and, after a while, emerge back into open countryside.
(9) There you will already see a reconstruction of the Limes palisade and, shortly afterwards, you will reach the Lützelbach numerus fort.
From here, continue straight on for a short distance and turn left at the first junction. Immediately afterwards, a sign points to “Tower Site 10/8”. Here, turn right onto the narrow path.
(10) The narrow path leads you to another watchtower (WP 10/8). Here you have the opportunity to walk all the way round the excavation site. Diagonally opposite the information board, there is also a shelter, somewhat hidden away. After that, continue along the narrow path.
(11) You’ll walk towards a junction and, at 374m, pass the highest point in the municipality of Lützel-Wiebelsbach.
(12) Carry on straight ahead and you’ll reach the information board for the Limes tower WP 10/9. Shortly afterwards, the path ends at a gravel forest track. Here, turn left.
(13) You’ll pass the football pitch of KSV Haingrund e.V. Opposite the clubhouse is an excavation site of the small fort ‘Auf der Windlücke’.
You reach the L3349 and see the junction with the L3106 on your right. Cross this with due care, walk one or two metres along the gravel track on the other side, then turn left straight away onto a narrow forest path.
(14) You’ll come to another information board for the Limes Tower WP 10/10. Continue straight ahead along the forest track and turn left at the first junction.
After a while, you’ll reach a junction and take the second path on the right (look for the green ‘L’ of the Limes Trail). You’ll now be walking parallel to the L3349.
(15) You’ll come to another information board, this time for the __Watchtower WP 10/11. The foundations of the stone watchtower have been reconstructed here, giving you an idea of the structure’s dimensions. Shortly afterwards, you’ll cross a gravel path, walk towards the fence opposite and turn left at the fence.
After a while, you’ll reach the entrance to the former military site; turn left, cross the L3349 with due care and continue to the right on the other side. You’ll continue walking parallel to the L3349.
(16) After a while, you’ll reach the information board for the watchtower WP 10/12. From there, carry on straight ahead until you cross the L3349 again. On the other side, turn left at the car park and you’ll reach the information boards for the Hainhaus Numerus Fort.
(17) Opposite the information boards is a car park bordered by a beech hedge. Your route continues in the far right-hand corner of this car park. You walk parallel to the L3349 again until you reach a T-junction.
(18) Opposite, you can walk a few metres into the woods to reach the information board for the WP 10/14 watchtower. Walk those few metres back to the main path, turn right and cross the L3349 again. On the other side, turn right after a few metres.
You emerge from the woods and continue straight ahead along the field until you reach a track. Here, turn right. At the next left-hand bend, turn right onto the tarmac road.
(19) You walk towards the fully restored Limes watchtower WP 10/15. The numerous information boards explain, amongst other things, the architecture of the structure.
Walk back along the same route and keep to the right towards Vielbrunn. After the village sign, your path joins ‘Römerstraße’. Follow this until you reach ‘Ohrnbachtalstraße’
(E) On your right, you will see the “Römerstraße” bus stop, your final destination for this stage.
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