Ellinger Tor

Weißenburg in Bayern, formerly also Weißenburg im Nordgau, Weißenburg am Sand, is a town in Middle Franconia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. In 2020 its population was 18,578. Weißenburg was a free imperial city for 500 years.

The Roman fort at Weissenburg (German: Kastell 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.

Bösbach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Felchbach near Weißenburg in Bayern.

The Felchbach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Swabian Rezat near Weißenburg in Bayern.

Ellingen is a town in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany.

Weimersheimer Bach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Swabian Rezat near Weißenburg in Bayern.

Mittelbühlgraben is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Swabian Rezat in Ellingen.

Ellingen Residence (German: Residenz Ellingen) is a Schloss in the Bavarian town of Ellingen, Germany.

Wülzburg is a historical fortress of the Renaissance-age in Germany. It is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the center of Weißenburg in Bayern. It stands on a hill 200 metres (660 ft) above Weißenburg, at an elevation of 630.5 metres (2,069 ft), and was originally a Benedictine monastery dating from the 11th century. It is one of the best-preserved Renaissance fortresses in Germany. Today it is as Ortsteil (locality) a part of the city of Weißenburg. It was converted into a fortress from 1588 to 1605 by George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. In the 19th century it was a garrison of the Bavarian Army. During World War I, Charles DeGaulle was imprisoned at the Wülzburg. The Nazis also used it as a prison camp during World War II; it was here that the Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff was held for over a year before he died of TB. After the war it was a refugee camp.

Ottmarsfelder Graben is a river of Bavaria, Germany. The river is a three kilometer long brook in the Middle Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen. It flows to the west, and joins the Swabian Rezat at Zollmühle, north of Ellingen. Its upper section, upstream from Ottmarsfeld, is also referred to as the Seiserbach.

Höttingen is a municipality in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria, Germany.

The Fossa Carolina (or Karlsgraben in German) was a canal named after Charlemagne in what is today the German state of Bavaria, intended to connect the Swabian Rezat river to the Altmühl river (the Rhine basin to the Danube basin). It was created during the early Middle Ages, long before the Ludwig Canal and the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. If it was indeed operational, this canal would have been the first to link the Rhine basin to the Danube basin, across the European Watershed. However, contemporary sources are contradictory as to whether it was ever finished or not.