Overbetuwe-Randwijk Castle

Overbetuwe-Randwijk Castle
Alternative name	Randwijk Castle
limes	Lower Germanic Limes
State of preservation	suspected unsecured
place	Overbetuwe - Randwijk
Geographical location	51 ° 57 '16 "  N , 5 ° 42' 37"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '16 "  N , 5 ° 42' 37"  E
Previous	Fort Overbetuwe-Driel (east)
Subsequently	Carvo (west)
Backwards	Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (south)
Upstream	Marschlager Ermelo (north)

The fort Overbetuwe-Randwijk is a loud Willem JH Willems suspected to uncertainties Roman auxiliary fort of the Lower Germanic Limes . The former military camp was probably in the area of Randwijk , a village in the municipality of Overbetuwe in the Dutch province of Gelderland .

Location and fort hypothesis

Randwijk in the course of the Lower Germanic Limes

Due to the relatively large distance between the military camps in Driel and Carvo / Kesteren and the strategic importance of the area immediately around Randwijk, another fort is suspected there. The strategic importance arose from the fact that the Limesstrasse was crossed there by a road connection running in a south-north direction. This road ran from Herveld via Zetten to Randwijk, crossed the Rhine at Wageningen - Lexkesveer and continued from there to the area around Ede and possibly to the Ermelo marching camp . Another, albeit weak, indication is provided by the fact that places with the name suffix -wijk are among the oldest places in the Netherlands.

Finds and Findings

The location of the fort has not been localized to this day, only in the immediate vicinity of the church of Randwijk could Roman cultural layers be identified. No further findings are known; the bearing appears to be completely eroded. The finds of military provenance from and around Randwijk, which corroborate the fort hypothesis, include one or two brick stamps, a handful of shards and possibly secondary Roman building material from the opposite bank of the Rhine, above all a pugio , a Roman military dagger .

See also

• List of troop camps on the Lower Germanic Limes
• List of the Roman vici in Lower Germany

literature

• Saskia G. van Dockum : The Dutch river basin . In: Tilmann Bechert and Willem J. H. Willems (eds.): The Roman border between the Moselle and the North Sea coast . Theiss, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1189-2 , p. 78 f.
• Willem JH Willems : Romans and Batavians. A Regional Study in the Dutch Eastern River Area . Academic Proefschrift ter Verkrijging van de graad van doctor in de Letterencaan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Self-published, Amersfoort 1986, pp. 250-252.

Web links

• Overbetuwe (Randwijk) on cultuurwijzer.nl, an official website for the cultural heritage of the Netherlands, (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Willem JH Willems: Romans and Batavians. A Regional Study in the Dutch Eastern River Area . Academic Proefschrift ter Verkrijging van de graad van doctor in de Letterencaan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Self-published, Amersfoort 1986, pp. 250-252.
2. ^ ^{A b} Saskia G. van Dockum: The Dutch river basin . In: Tilmann Bechert and Willem J. H. Willems (eds.): The Roman border between the Moselle and the North Sea coast . Theiss, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1189-2 , p. 78 f.
3. ↑ D. P. Blok: Toponymische Gegevens over Merovingisch-Carolingisch Midden- en West-Nederland . In: A. Weijnen (Ed.): Frankisch, Merovingisch, Carolingisch . Studia Theodisca 3, Assen 1965, pp. 51-62.
4. ↑ Drawing of a Pugio from Overbetuwe-Randwijk ( Memento of the original of February 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on cultuurwijzer.nl, an official website for the cultural heritage of the Netherlands