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Boppard Castle

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Boppard Castle

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    May 19, 2024

    A small walking path leads through the complex and past information boards

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      May 21, 2021

      Fort Boppard was used by the Romans as a military camp, and today it is located in the center of Boppard. Worth seeing!

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        September 27, 2021

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        "... Boppard was one of the most important Roman settlements on the Middle Rhine. Through Julius Caesar's campaigns of conquest in Germania, this region also came under the control of Rome. The Celts already lived here and gave the place the ancient name of BAUDOBRIGA At the beginning of the Mรผhltal, not far from the western outskirts, a strong fortress was built in the middle of the fourth century with the name BODOBRICA, from which the current name BOPPARD developed.

        Located directly on the banks of the Rhine, the late Roman fort is impressive because of its dimensions. At 308 x 154 meters, it formed a roughly 4.7 hectare rectangle. The walls were three meters thick on the landside and two and a half meters on the Rhine front. With a height of new meters, the complex underlined its defensive character, especially since 20 horseshoe-shaped towers at regular intervals of around 27 meters additionally protected the fort on the landside.

        After the times became too restless for the Roman occupiers and they finally left the Rhine, the settlement core of today's city developed from the former late antique fort. Today modern life pulsates in the alleys and in the squares of Boppard, but the roots are still visible. The remains of the Roman fortifications enclose today's town center and are the best preserved Roman fortress walls in Germany. ... "

        roemer-spuren.de/museen/boppard

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          Location: Boppard, Rhein-Hunsrรผck-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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