Imperial villa of Conc

Ruins of the Roman imperial villa

The Kaiservilla von Konz is a late antique Roman villa in Konz in the district of Trier-Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The remains of the building were discovered and excavated in 1959 when the new parish church of St. Nicholas was being built , although the building's bathing area had been known since 1867. Ruins stood here until the 17th century and can be seen again today. A significant part of the remains uncovered in 1959 was destroyed during the subsequent construction work.

The building covered an area of 84 m × 28 m. The center of the complex was a large hall with an apse from which one had a view of the mouth of the Saar . Various rooms, which were grouped around a courtyard, were connected to the left and right. At the ends there were groups of rooms that jumped out of the front (corner projections). The whole front was once adorned with porticos . Numerous rooms could be heated with hypocausts . The type of building corresponds to that of a Roman portico villa.

There were only a few remains of the once very splendid furnishings. The walls were painted inside and out. Remnants of marble wall paneling were found and the floors were partially covered with marble slabs.

The villa was built in the first half of the 4th century. It was inhabited until at least 388 and is mentioned in various ancient sources. Ausonius mentions them in his Mosella and there are edicts of Valentinian I signed in a place called Contionacum . This is probably this villa.

literature

Heinz Cüppers : Konz TR. Imperial Summer Palace. In: H. Cüppers (Ed.): The Romans in Rhineland-Palatinate. Licensed edition, Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-933203-60-0 , p. 425f.
Karl-Josef Gilles : Konz, Trier-Saarburg district. Late Roman imperial villa. In: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier (ed.): Guide to archaeological monuments of the Trier region. Trier 2008, ISBN 978-3-923319-73-2 ( series of publications by the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier 35), p. 134f.
The Romans on the Moselle and Saar (catalog), Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-8053-0767-5 , pp. 329–331.

Web links

Commons : Kaiservilla Konz - Collection of images

Late Roman Imperial Villa ( Memento from June 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Entry on late Roman villa in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

49.694954 6.574433Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 41.8 " N , 6 ° 34 ′ 28" E