🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Fort site and civil settlement of Murrhardt, Germany
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987
- Located in Murrhardt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.976886°N, 9.582583°E)
- Dates to the 1st–3rd centuries CE, Roman Imperial period
- Comprises a Roman fort (castrum) and adjacent civilian settlement (vicus)
Murrhardt is a Roman frontier fort and associated civil settlement in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage site Frontiers of the Roman Empire. The site represents a well-preserved example of military and civilian integration along Rome's northern boundary, where legionary forces defended the empire against Germanic tribes and controlled trade and population movement across the limes (frontier line) ...