Limesstein Denkendorf

Maxlstein

Memorial stone

The Limesstein Denkendorf ( “Maxlstein” ) is located on Mühlwegäcker in Denkendorf , Eichstätt district , Upper Bavaria . The modern memorial stone reminds of the tradition of Max II Joseph to have such stones set up all along the Limes. It is registered under No. D-1-76-120-6 as a listed building .

prehistory

At the express request of King Max II Joseph, the Bavarian state began in 1852 to encourage the erection of memorial plaques and memorial stones at historically noteworthy sites in the Kingdom of Bavaria and to stipulate how they should be carried out. Just two years later, 120 memorial plaques and memorial stones had already been installed and erected in Bavaria, including three on the Limes. In 1856, King Max II Joseph demanded that the Roman roads and other monuments of Roman times also be marked in a solid and permanent way. At the “Teufelsmauer”, as the Limes is popularly known, eight locations were proposed in 1858 by the Historical Association in Middle Franconia in cooperation with the responsible building authorities. They were all supposed to mark the Limes where busy roads crossed so that more public could be made aware. The location in Denkendorf is defined as follows: On the plateau northeast of the town center, on the road to Beilngries. The memorial stones are usually square steles with a square floor plan of 53 centimeters side length on triple recessed square plinths with a side length of around 180, 120 and 65 centimeters. They have a total height of more than two meters. There is a lot of information on the standardized steles, which also includes the column at the Denkendorf industrial park.

Inscriptions

(first and second page):

"The Pfahlrain, limes Danubianus, Vallum Hadriani also Probi, later called the Devil's Wall, built under Emperor Hadrianus and reinforced even more under Emperor Probus" "This memorial stone was erected under King Max II in 1861"

(third and fourth page):

“Memorial stone: Landmark between the former empire of the Romans and Teutons. Beginning at the so-called Haderfleck between Hienheim and Weltenburg.
Main west direction through Bavaria and Würtenberg to Rems and Lorch. Sodan northwest to the Main and Rain " "The Pfahlrain moves from the Danube via Altmannstein, the Landshuter = Beilngrieser Staatsstrasse at Sandersdorf over Zandt over here to Kiepfenberg"

Confession

The Denkendorf "Maxlstein", as the memorial stone is called, is a modern replica of one of the five executed and preserved Limes memorial stones from 1861 that is worthy of protection. It marks the course of the Roman border wall in the municipality with the same execution and corresponding texts Traces may not be continuous, but isolated as dirt roads, hedge or flat rubble wall. The memorial stone is stylized in the municipality's coat of arms.

In 1975 the Denkendorf municipal council was the only one to choose it as a landmark and not the Limes palisade, a watchtower or other Roman finds, as other communities formerly located on the Limes did.

Web links

Commons : Maxlstein Denkendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Limes research - The Max II memorial stones on the Roman Limes in Bavaria. In: Gerhard Hetzer, Michael Stephan (Hrsg.): Development journey past - the beginnings of the preservation of monuments in Bavaria. Volk Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-937200-56-9 , p. 199 ff.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Denkendorf List of Monuments, page 3 (.pdf)

Coordinates: 48 ° 55 ′ 57.7 "  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 51.5"  E