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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Meckenheim

Roman Aqueduct – Roman Canal Trail Station 35

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Meckenheim

Roman Aqueduct – Roman Canal Trail Station 35

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Roman Aqueduct – Roman Canal Trail Station 35

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    Location: Meckenheim, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    September 29, 2023

    If the popular dialect group "Bläck Fööss" had already existed around the turn of the century, their hit "Dat Wasser von Kölle es jot" would also have been based on this, because in that era when the Rhineland was also part of the Roman Empire, the city was named Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (CCAA) is supplied with a water pipe from the Eifel.

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      July 6, 2022

      Station 35 of the Römerkanal WW with information board.

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        April 13, 2024

        The location of this pillar is a little confusing for the observer, because it has no connection to the actual course of the Roman aqueduct in this section of the route. Nevertheless, the reconstruction gives a rough impression of the construction of the ancient Swistbach Bridge. According to the results of the archaeological investigations (1981) on the bridge remains, it can be said, based on the stone material found, that the structure was faced with tuff stones. The pillars had basic dimensions of 1.20 m (in the direction of flow) x 1.80 m. This reflects exactly the Roman foot measurement of 0.296 m, which means that the pillars had dimensions of 4 x 6 Roman feet; the spaces between the pillars were determined to be 3.54 m to 3.56 m (= 12 Roman feet). The actual route of the Roman canal is not at this point: the end of the aqueduct bridge on this side of the Swistbach valley is further southeast of here - not far from the first building in the industrial estate (rain retention basin). There the route bends almost at a right angle and, as it runs towards Buschhoven, touches the village of Lüftelberg on its northeast side. The height of the Roman canal in this pillar replica is also confusing, because at the closest route point (50 m northeast of here) the pipe is already hidden up to 3 m deep in the ground. Source: roemerkanal.de/bauwerk

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          Location: Meckenheim, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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