Villa rustica Blankenheim
The Villa rustica in Blankenheim (Ahr) is a Roman manor that was first excavated in 1894 by Constantin Koenen . Further excavations were carried out in 1914, 1930 and 1931 by Franz Oelmann . The manor house with its construction periods and four outbuildings were examined. Two outbuildings have not been examined to this day.
The 250 m long and 120 m wide manor complex was planned into an eastern slope and surrounded by a wall. Down the slope, the mansion and then the outbuildings were connected to a garden.
Three construction periods could be determined for the manor house. The first building was built at the end of the 1st century and lasted until the middle of the 2nd century. It was symmetrical and had a portico and two corner projections in the east . After that, a completely new building took place due to a fire. The manor house now had a portico without corner projections in the east. A bath was set up in the north wing, which lasted until the court was closed. Due to greater housing needs, an extension took place in the 3rd century. The mansion was used until the middle of the 4th century.
A Roman road ran 400 m away, branching off the Trier-Cologne trunk road and leading to Bonn .
literature
- Susanne Jenter: Forgotten twice, rediscovered twice: the Roman estate of Blankenheim. In: Vera Rupp , Heide Birley (Hrsg.): Country life in Roman Germany. Theiss, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8062-2573-0 , pp. 125-128.
- Jürgen Kunow : Blankenheim-Hülchrath: Roman manor . In: Heinz Günter Horn (Ed.): The Romans in North Rhine-Westphalia . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1987, p. 360 ff.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 30 ″ N , 6 ° 38 ′ 35 ″ E