Bonn aqueduct
The Bonn aqueduct ( lat. Aquaeductus Bonnensis ) was an ancient drinking water pipe to the Roman legion camp Bonn (lat. Castra Bonnensia ), which served to supply the Legio I Minervia , which had been stationed there since 83 AD .
course
The long-distance water pipeline was fed from two springs on the left bank of the Rhine , which rose from the Hitelbach and the Heidensprung ( Kurfürstenquelle ) near Hardtberg . Both lines consisted of a U-shaped channel made of cast concrete with a width of 20 cm (Hitelbach line) or 48 cm (Hardtberg line). After the two branches were merged at Alfter-Oedekoven , the route emerged - as far as it could be reconstructed from the findings - in Bonn-Endenich on the edge of the old arm of the Rhine ( Gumme ), where it crossed the valley there on an arched bridgecrossed, which is attested as a clearly recognizable ruin in the 19th century. The discovery of several antique tubular stones (perforated stones) with a large diameter (24 cm) suggests a passage through a pressure pipe . Repair work and traces of post-ancient settlement at the end of the aqueduct in the southwest area of the legionary camp indicate continued operation in the early Middle Ages . There is evidence that the 5 m high, massive aqueduct bridge stood on the Endeicher Bach until the 16th century.
Individual evidence
literature
- Klaus Grewe : The water line for the legionary camp Bonn, in: History of the city of Bonn, vol. 1: Bonn from prehistory to the end of the Roman era , ed. by Manfred von Rey (2001), pp. 181-198.
- Klaus Grewe: Aquaeductus Bonnensis. The water pipe for the Roman legion camp Bonn, in: Antike Welt , vol. 33, no. 2 (2002), pp. 163–174.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '32 " N , 7 ° 5' 49" E