Cucullae

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Cucullae (from the lat. Form: Cuculle ) was a road and post station on the Roman road Virunum - Iuvavum , which is recorded in the Tabula Peutingeriana , a Roman road map.

Localization

It was located a good kilometer south of today's municipality of Kuchl in the Hallein district in the province of Salzburg . The width of the excavated Roman road was approx. 9.6 m (distance between the drainage channels on both sides) and suggests a brisk movement of goods and military. During an inspection of the suspected areas in 2012, a Roman bronze brooch fragment, pottery shards and a Celtic tetradrachm were found.

The found milestone of Jadorf proves the existence of the road station 13 Roman miles before Iuvavum and a road renovation in the period between 324 and 326 AD under Emperor Constantine the Great .

A late antique settlement of the same name was located on the nearby Georgenberg and is documented by numerous finds of Celtic and Roman coins. In the biography of St. Severin , the Vita Sancti Severini , a church and a Christian community is attested there for the second half of the 5th century.

Naming

From a linguistic point of view, the term Cucullae / Cuculle most likely goes back to the word cucullus , ' pointed hat, Gugel ', which was borrowed from Celtic into Latin . Later, in Middle Latin , the word was used in the feminine form cuculla , which may have led to the place name cucullae in the plural . Accordingly, it seems to be the common name for a geographical feature. What remains to be explained, however, is the contradiction that there are no prominent elevations or elevations in the area in question, according to which the name could plausibly be made; even the surrounding mountains do not have the round shapes required for such a name. However, the continuation of the name of the post office in the name of the municipality of Kuchl is certain .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ So in the Tabula Peutingeriana. The form with the ending -e is to be understood as the vulgar Latin plural form of cucullae ; The Latin forms castellum Cucullis (locative-ablative pl.) in Eugippius , in loco Cucullos , ad Cucullas (accusative pl.) in the Notitia Arnonis and the Breves Notitiae can also be found in other records . See: Franz Hörburger : Salzburger Ortnamesbuch , edited by Ingo Reiffenstein and Leopold Ziller, ed. by the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies , Salzburg 1982, p. 42.
  2. ↑ Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Cucullae, Georgenberg, Kuchl , accessed on June 12, 2019.
  3. ^ Georgenberg Archeology , accessed on June 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ Franz Brosch: Romance Quadrafluren in Noricum ripense . In: Society for regional studies - Upper Austrian Museum Association (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association . tape 94 . Linz 1949, p. 125–177 , p. 155 ( PDF on ZOBODAT [accessed June 20, 2019]).
  5. ^ History of Kuchl - Kuchl during Roman times , accessed on June 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ Compare Kogel ; see Ludwig Steub: The Romanic place names in the province of Salzburg. In: Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde 21, 1881, p. 99 ( online ).
  7. ↑ In the 8th century recorded as Chuchil ; see. Franz Hörburger : Salzburg Place Name Book , edited by Ingo Reiffenstein and Leopold Ziller, ed. by the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies , Salzburg 1982, p. 42.

Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ′ 16.4 "  N , 13 ° 8 ′ 49.8"  E