Alleshausen () is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
in the district of
Biberach in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
in Germany.
World heritage site
It is home to one or more prehistoric
pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. In 2011, 111 sites located variousl ...
, a
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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.
[UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps]
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References
Biberach (district)
Württemberg
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