Roman spring sanctuary near Heckenmünster
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Haselgrove, J. Kunow Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Haselgrove, J. Kunow Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 30, 2018 04:50 PM
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History
An extensive complex of structures dating to the 1st - 3rd centuries of the Roman imperial period sited at a pair of springs known today as "Viktoriaquelle" and "Schwefelquelle," near modern Heckenmünster in German. This site, whose ancient name and tutelary deities are not known, was extensively excavated in the 1960s. It comprised religious and performative spaces, as well as baths and hostelry.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/109034
49.8994267649, 6.78753192917
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Viktoriaquelle (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Schwefelquelle (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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aqueduct, spring, sanctuary (religious center), bath, spa
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 11 G3 Heckenmünster
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Heckenmünster, GER
C. Haselgrove, J. Kunow, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Roman spring sanctuary near Heckenmünster: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/109034> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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