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Date:
29.11.2021 from 2 p.m. onwards
Location:
Roman watchtower at Vorderer Schloßbuck,
Gunzenhäuser Burgstallwald, at the palisade at the Bismarck monuments (easy to reach from the "Waldschenke" car park, Frickenfelder Str. 8, 91710 Gunzenhausen),
Coordinates: 49.11690537925985, 10.771853776431175
2 p.m.
Welcome by Mr. Grosser (leading through the programme)
Welcome by Mayor Fitz (classification of the cooperation)
Welcome by Mr. Dreyer (scientific classification)
Presentation of the programme by Mr. Eckerlein / Mr. Burmann (can be booked in the future)
Registration is not required. The event is open to the public and takes place outdoors.
The current hygiene regulations for the district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen must be followed.
Romans in Gunzenhausen
The Roman fort of Gunzenhausen was the northernmost outpost of Rome on the Rhaetian Limes. The Rhaetian Limes was part of a Roman defence system over land (from Koblenz to Eining) about 550 km long. This also had a membrane function for cultural and trade exchange from north to south and vice versa. Gunzenhausen is part of a camp system that includes Theilenhofen and Gnotzheim. Gunzenhausen is uniquely strategically located because of its position at the Altmühl River, which flows through the town. This hads made this place attractive through the centuries, which is why Roman Gunzenhausen is, with a few exceptions, superimposed on the Limes itself by the modern town. This circumstance has always somewhat denied the memory of this era. The facilitation of the construction of a late antique Roman patrol boat at the modern Altmühlsee as part of the EU Interreg DTP project "Living Danube Limes" has given the memory of Rome in Gunzenhausen a new boost. The new replica as well as the renovation and the use of the F.A.N. increase the frequency of "Roman activities" and scientific tests.
In close cooperation with the town's tourism and marketing office, the aim is to establish sustainable and permanent visitor programmes linking Roman Gunzenhausen with the Roman shipyard in Schlungenhof. A first highlight next year will be a Roman Week, culminating in the launching of the new boat being built as part of the Living Danube Limes project at the end of June.
But even before that, starting at the beginning of the season, groups of visitors will be transported to Roman times at fixed dates in Gunzenhausen (by visiting the museum and the Limes at the Burgstallwald) and will then be able to carry out activities (of Roman crafts) at the Altmühlsee and experience visitor programmes on and around the Roman boats.
The cooperation with the FAU is also to be intensified in the future, including sustainable programmes in the sense of an in-depth and scientifically based introduction to the Roman period. For example, the Roman town of Gunzenhausen on the Limes is to be recreated virtually.
Photo: Boris Dreyer
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