Collection basin in Eiserfey
The collecting basin in Mechernich - Eiserfey is another touristic structure of the Eifel aqueduct , which served the ancient water supply of the Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium , the Roman Cologne .
The basin had two feed lines. The first was the canal that came from the headwaters of Grüner Pütz (Nettersheim), Kallmuth (including Klausbrunnen ) and Urfey , the second was the pipe that transported the water from the spring taps in the headwaters of "Hausener Benden" near Weyer to the collecting basin. The water then flowed through a third basin opening in an outgoing channel to Cologne. The basin was circular and had a clear diameter of 3.05 m. The floor made of brick slabs was about 2 m below the surface of the terrain. The wall of the pool was made of natural stone and was 0.52 m thick. Water plaster was applied inside. The upper end of the collecting basin was formed by rounded sandstone blocks.
The collecting basin was discovered in 1959 and archaeologically examined. After almost 50 years, the collecting basin was exposed again and a protective structure was erected over the basin, which was inaugurated in 2005 and which can be viewed at any time. The collecting basin is now station 11 of the Römerkanal hiking trail from Nettersheim to Cologne, which was renewed in 2012 .
literature
- Waldemar Haberey : The Roman water pipes to Cologne. The technology of water supply in an ancient city (= art and antiquity on the Rhine. No. 37). 2nd Edition. Rheinland-Verlag u. a., Bonn 1972, ISBN 3-7927-0146-4 , p. 70 ff.
- Waldemar Haberey: The Roman Eifel aqueduct to Cologne. In: Northeastern Eifel foreland - Euskirchen, Zülpich, Bad Münstereifel, Blankenheim. Part I: Introductory essays (= Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz et al. (Hrsg.): Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments. Volume 25). Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 1974, p. 82.
- Klaus Grewe : Atlas of the Roman water pipes to Cologne (= Rhenish excavations, volume 26). With contributions by Werner Brinker, Günther Garbrecht, Hansgerd Hellenkemper , Heinz-Otto Lamprecht, Horst D. Schulz , Edgar Thofern. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1986, ISBN 3-7927-0868-X , p. 74 f.
- Klaus Grewe: Aqueducts. Water for Rome's cities. The big overview - from the Roman Canal to the aqueduct marble. Regionalia Verlag, Rheinbach 2014, ISBN 978-3-95540-127-6 , p. 283 f.
- Klaus Grewe: Technical soil monuments in the archaeological landscape of the North Eifel. In: Archeology in the Rhineland 2005. Published by the Rhineland Regional Association, Rheinisches Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege by Jürgen Kunow . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006. P. 174 f.
- Klaus Grewe, Manfred Knauff: The long leadership of the Romans. The Römerkanal hiking trail Nettersheim-Cologne. Publisher: Eifelverein e. V. 1st edition 2012. ISBN 978-3-921805-81-7 , pp. 162 ff.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 33 ′ 20 ″ N , 6 ° 39 ′ 24 ″ E