Small fort Ockstädter Wald

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Small fort Ockstädter Wald
limes ORL Wp 4/11 ( RLK )
Route (RLK) Upper German Limes
route 4 (western weather route)
Dating (occupancy) Domitian to Trajan
Type Small fort
size 0.2 ha
Construction Wood
State of preservation Ground monument with perceptible traces of the ground
place Wehrheim - Pfaffenwiesbach
Geographical location 50 ° 19 ′ 10.6 "  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 18"  E hf
Previous ORL 12: Kapersburg Fort (south)
Subsequently Small fort Kaisergrube (north)
Floor plan findings at the time of the RLK

The small fort Ockstädter Wald is a Roman fort on the western Wetterau route (route 4) of the Upper German Limes , which was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 2005 . Today's ground monument , of which terrain deformations can still be seen in the ground, is located southeast of Pfaffenwiesbach , a district of the municipality of Wehrheim in the Hessian Hochtaunuskreis . Perhaps it was a predecessor of the nearby Kapersburg Fort .

location

The small fort is located on the western slope of the Kuhkopf in the forest about 60 meters from the Limes pile ditch . It had an approximately square shape with sides of around 50 m by 58 m and an area of ​​around 0.2 hectares. On the south-east side facing away from the Limes, the only access gate to the facility was in the middle. The fort was also counted as Wp 4/11.

Building history

The fort was probably built during the time of the Flavians (69–96). The garrison site was probably given up during the reign of Emperor Trajan (98–117) when the Kapersburg fort was built. A wooden watchtower (Wp 4/11) was then built north of the fort square, which was later replaced by a square stone tower (Wp 4/11) , presumably during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138). The dating of a hexagonal wall foundation in the middle of the small fort, which could have belonged to one of the rarer hexagonal watchtowers on the Limes, is unclear.

  • Access to the small fort Ockstädter Wald

  • Visible remnants of the wall of the small fort Ockstädter Wald

Limes course between the small fort Ockstädter Wald and the small fort Kaisergrube

ORL Name / place Description / condition
Wp 4/11 Small fort Ockstädter Wald see above
Wp 4/12 " Unkippel " Flat stone tower hill.
Wp 4/13 Due to the distance between WP 4/12 and WP 4/14 assumed but archaeologically not proven tower site.
Wp 4/14 "Friedberger Burgwald Winterstein" The remains of three watchtowers are at this point. Two wooden towers, each with a moat and a stone tower hill. During the excavations on the stone tower, an inscription of the Numerus Nidensium was found .

  • Floor plan
    (at the time of the RLK)

  • Terrain profiles
    (at the time of the RLK)

  • Stone tower hill
    (state May 2011)

  • Ring moat of the northernmost of the two wooden towers
    (as of May 2011)

KK Small fort Kaisergrube
= Wp 4/15 		see main article Small fort Kaisergrube

Monument protection

The small fort Ockstädter Wald and the adjoining watchtowers were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005 as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes . They are ground monuments within the meaning of the Hessian Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities.

See also

literature

  • Dietwulf Baatz and Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann (eds.): The Romans in Hessen . 3. Edition. 1989. Licensed edition Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-58-9 , p. 346.
  • Dietwulf Baatz: The Roman Limes. Archaeological excursions between the Rhine and the Danube. 4th edition. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-7861-2347-0 , pp. 142-145.
  • Ernst Fabricius , Felix Hettner , Oscar von Sarwey (ed.): The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes of the Roman Empire / Abt. A, Vol. 2.1. Lines 3 to 5, line 3. Petters, Heidelberg / Berlin / Leipzig 1936, p. 151f. and panel 11, fig. 3.
  • Ernst Fabricius, Felix Hettner, Oscar von Sarwey (ed.): The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes of the Roman Empire / Abt. A, Vol. 2.1. Lines 3 to 5, line 4. Petters, Heidelberg / Berlin / Leipzig 1936, pp. 51–59 as well as plate 3, fig. 1–4.
  • Christian Fleer: Typification and function of the small buildings on the Limes. In: Egon Schallmayer (Ed.): Limes Imperii Romani. Contributions to the specialist colloquium “Limes World Heritage Site” in November 2001 in Lich-Arnsburg. Bad Homburg v. d. H. 2004, ISBN 3-931267-05-9 (Saalburg-Schriften 6), pp. 75-92.
  • Margot Klee : The Roman Limes in Hessen. History and sites of the UNESCO World Heritage. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7917-2232-0 , pp. 109-112.
  • Margot Klee: The Limes between Rhine and Main. From the beginning of the Upper German Limes near Rheinbrohl to the Main near Grosskrotzenburg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8062-0276-1 , pp. 86-89.
  • Charles-Marie Ternes : The Provincia Germania Superior in the picture of the younger research. In: Hildegard Temporini, Wolfgang Haase (Hrsg.): Rise and decline of the Roman world . Series II, Volume 5, 2. de Gruyter, Berlin 1976, p. 798.
  • Vera Rupp , Heide Birley: Hikes on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6), pp. 72–83.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Wp 4/11 at 50 ° 19 '11.18 "  N , 8 ° 38' 17.3"  O .
  2. ↑ 50 ° 19 '11.18 "  N , 8 ° 38' 17.3"  O .
  3. ↑ 50 ° 19 '10.64 "  N , 8 ° 38' 17.56"  O .
  4. ↑ ORL = numbering of the Limes structures according to the publication of the Reich Limes Commission on the O bergermanisch- R ätischen- L imes
  5. ↑ Wp = W oh p east, watch tower. The number before the slash denotes the Limes section, the number after the slash denotes the respective watchtower. An additional asterisk (*) refers to a guard on the older Limes line.
  6. ↑ 50 ° 19 '29.02 "  N , 8 ° 38' 29.25"  O .
  7. ↑ 50 ° 20 '4.79 "  N , 8 ° 38' 54.47"  O .
  8. ↑ 50 ° 20 '3.73 "  N , 8 ° 38' 54.47"  O .
  9. ↑ 50 ° 20 '26.22 "  N , 8 ° 38' 54.76"  O .
  10. ↑ KK = unnumbered K linseed K astell.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Margot Klee: The Roman Limes in Hesse. History and sites of the UNESCO World Heritage. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7917-2232-0 , p. 117.
  2. ↑ a b Vera Rupp, Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain. Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Pre- and Early History, 6), p. 90f.
  3. ↑ Dietwulf Baatz : Limes. In the S. and Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann : The Romans in Hesse . Licensed edition of the 1982 edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-58-9 , p. 398.
  4. ↑ Vera Rupp, Heide Birley: Walks on the Wetteraulimes. Archaeological hikes on the Limes from the Köpperner Tal in Taunus to the Drususeiche near Limeshain . Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1551-0 , (Guide to Hessian Prehistory and Early History, 6), p. 88f.