Pfünz Roman Fort
Located in Walting, Landkreis Eichstätt Coordinates: 48°53′02″ N 11°15′50″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 426 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- NUE Nuremberg Airport70 km
- MUC Munich Airport70 km
About Pfünz Roman Fort
Pfünz Roman Fort is a historic site. Location: Walting, Landkreis Eichstätt.
Pfünz Roman Fort (German: Kastell Pfünz), Castra Vetoniana or Vetonianae, was a Roman cohort camp near Pfünz, a village in the municipality of Walting in the county of Eichstätt, Bavaria. It was built in about 90 A. D. on a 42-metre-high Jurassic hillspur between the valley of the Altmühl and that of the Pfünzer Bach stream. it is a component of the Rhaetian Limes which was elevated in 2005 to the status of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Kulturdenkmal
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Pfünz Roman Fort
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Willibaldsburg Joe MiGo · CC0
Climate of Pfünz Roman Fort
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 65 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- July (92 mm)
- Driest month
- February (54 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 2° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 12° | 6° | 3° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -4° | 0° | 3° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 8° | 4° | 0° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 60 | 54 | 54 | 58 | 74 | 90 | 92 | 76 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 72 |
How to get to Pfünz Roman Fort
The nearest airport is Nuremberg Airport (NUE), 70 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Ingolstadt, 18 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Nuremberg Airport (NUE) Nuremberg 70 kmnorth
- Munich Airport (MUC) Munich 70 kmsoutheast
- Memmingen Allgau Airport (FMM) Memmingen 125 kmsouthwest
Nearby large cities
- Ingolstadt Population: 120.7K 18 kmsoutheast
- Regensburg Population: 151.4K 63 kmeast
- Augsburg Population: 301.1K 63 kmsouthwest
- Nuremberg Population: 515.5K 65 kmnorth
- Fürth Population: 132K 69 kmnorth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Pfünz Roman Fort
Within 100 km: 969 historic and cultural sites, 2,183 natural sites, 459 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km207 places
- Sulzbuck Mountain 20 kmNE
- Sommerberg Mountain 17 kmE
- Schutterberg Mountain 12 kmSW
- Mühlberg Mountain 13 kmW
25–60 km808 places
- Zusam River 43 kmSW
- Unterweiher Lake 34 kmSE
- Oberweiher Lake 35 kmSE
- Kreutweiher Lake 56 kmNW
60–100 km2,596 places
- Spitzelberg Mountain 76 kmN
- Stollenberg Mountain 75 kmN
- Deckersberg Mountain 69 kmN
- elf-pavlik's tent Historic site 83 kmS
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Schloss Pfünz Historic site, Walting0.7 km N
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Dominikanerholz Natural site, Bavaria1.8 km N
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Pfünzer Forst Natural site, Bavaria2 km SE
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Willibaldsburg Historic site, Eichstätt7.1 km W
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Waltinger Forst Natural site, Bavaria3.2 km NE
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Hofstettner Forst Natural site, Bavaria3.4 km E
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Hellerberg Mountain, Adelschlag5 km S
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Eichstätter Dom Attraction, Eichstätt6 km W
Nearest towns and villages
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Pfünz Village, Walting0.5 km NE
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Inching Village, Walting1.9 km NE
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Hitzhofen Village, Landkreis Eichstätt5.4 km SE
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Landershofen Village, Eichstätt2.2 km W
Sources & licences
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