Roman camp Anreppen

The Roman camp, directly on the Römer-Lippe route, is well worth seeing! Everything is very well documented and you can get an overview in the information hut. The old camp has been recreated with meadows and paths and there are information boards everywhere.

The founding date of the Roman camp Anreppen can be determined relatively well. The Roman historian Velleius Paterculus (2, 105) reports on a campaign by Tiberius in the year 4 AD in the course of the immensum War of building a winter camp at the sources of the lip. In addition a lumber dating from the year 5 AD fits from a team latrine. It is less precise to set the end date of the use of stimulus. The find material belongs to the first decade AD, possibly the end of Anreppen with the consequences of the clades Variana (the defeat of Varus in the Varus battle 9 AD) to connect. Despite this obviously very short usage time, there were various modifications and repair measures in the warehouse.

Great preparation of the display boards!

The site excavated and explored since 1968 gives a small impression of the size and importance of this camp on the Lippe. It probably had the same meaning as other Roman camps, e.g. in Haltern and Xanten. However, this camp here has been built only of wood and earth, which is why no imposing structures such. more in Yanten. Spas and similar facilities were also available here.