Roman camp Oberbruch

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Roman camp Oberbruch
Alternative name Alteburg, Oberbruch ski jump
limes ORL NN ( RLK )
Dating (occupancy) Augustan; by 9 AD at the latest
size approx. 200 × 140 m (= 2.8 ha)
State of preservation Ground monument , the wall ditch system is visible
place Break - Oberbrechen
Geographical location 50 ° 21 '32.8 "  N , 8 ° 14' 19.3"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '32.8 "  N , 8 ° 14' 19.3"  E. hf
Roman camp Alteburg

The Roman camp Oberbruch , also called "Alteburg" , is an early Roman military camp in the district of Oberbruch , a district of the municipality of Brechen in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse ( Germany ).

location

Today's ground monument is located in the "Great Forest" east of Oberbruch near Villmar - Weyer and south of Limburg an der Lahn am Emsbach , a tributary of the Lahn , in the Taunus . In antiquity it was located on the right bank of the Rhine, in the Germania magna .

Historical classification

For a long time the Alteburg was thought to be an early modern hill from the Thirty Years' War . In particular, the good state of preservation of the Graben-Wall system had led to this interpretation, which Karl August von Cohausen had also advocated. However, a denarius from the Augustan era was found as early as 1915 . By probe goers hear -Funde that Bezirksarchäologin led Sabine Schade-Lindig from the State Conservation Office Hessen by 1999-2001 initial investigations. During these excavations , however, almost no datable finds were recovered. Another small excavation was carried out in autumn 2010.

function

According to local information boards, the early Roman Alteburg camp was not a marching camp, but it could only have existed for a short time. It was probably created during Rome's attempt to declare Germania a Roman province and abandoned at the latest by 9 AD, the year of the Varus Battle , as were various other camps on the Main, Lahn and in the Limburg Basin and north of Kassel in Lower Saxony. In 2012, two more Roman camps near Limburg from the time of the birth of Christ were excavated in the area of ​​the new bridge structure on Federal Motorway 3 .

investment

The southern front of the facility is about 140 meters long, followed by two sides of the wall, 90 meters long (west) and 135 meters long (east). The wall rises about 1.0 to 1.5 meters above the surrounding forest floor. The more recent studies have shown that the complex is enclosed by a typical Roman pointed moat and covers around two hectares. The northern part outside the forest area has been eroded. Magnetic studies show a single camp gate in the eroded north wall. The fence apparently consisted of a sod wall. So far no interior development has been found. A group of Hallstatt-era barrows adjoins the complex to the west .

Monument protection

The area of ​​the camp is a ground monument according to the Hessian Monument Protection Act . Investigations and targeted collection of finds are subject to approval, and accidental finds are reported to the monument authorities. In addition, it has received protection status in the event of war under the Hague Convention .

gallery

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View from the southeast corner of the wall

  • View of the south wall

  • On the wall

  • Local information boards

  • The extensive, nearby barrow field

literature

  • Eike Pachali: break-break, burial mound. In: Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann and Albrecht Jockenhövel: The prehistory of Hesse . 1990, p. 329f.
  • F.-R. Herrmann: Roman surprise . Archeology in Germany 4, 2001, p. 41.
  • State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (Ed.): Find reports from Hessen . 41, 2001 (2006) p. 297f.
  • Jörg Lindenthal: Cultural Discoveries. Archaeological monuments in Hessen. Jenior, Kassel 2004, p. 40f. ISBN 3-934377-73-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Petra Hackert: In the footsteps of the ancient Romans . In: Nassauische Neue Presse from October 8, 2010
  2. ↑ Petra Hackert: When the «ancient Romans» came… . In: Nassauische Neue Presse from October 8, 2010
  3. ^ Roman camp near Limburg ad Lahn on Novaesium, alias Neuss - archeology and history of Roman Neuss on the private website of archaeologist Jürgen Franssen from November 21, 2012; Retrieved March 23, 2013

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