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Tower islet with two bridges across the Amper

Tower islet with two bridges across the Amper

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Tower islet with two bridges across the Amper

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Location: Schöngeising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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3. View of the Zugspitze loop from Schöngeising

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August 26, 2023

Today the Amper can be crossed here with two pedestrian bridges.
The Roman crossing was north of the tower island.

Wikipedia (list of archaeological monuments in Schöngeising, 2023-03-29):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Bodendenkmäler_in_Schöngeising
“Watchtower or Burgus of the Roman Empire (Tower Island). … D-1-7833-0018”
“Disused wooden bridge from the Roman Empire. … D-1-7833-0289”
Wikipedia (Via Julia, 2023-03-29):
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Julia
“Via Julia is the modern name for the Roman military road between Günzburg (Guntia) via Augsburg (Augusta Vindelicorum) to Salzburg (Iuvavum). ...”

BGfU (Amper - Roman crossing near Schöngeising, 2023-03-29):
bgfu.de/projekte-in-flussen/schöngeising-amper
Bavarian Society for Underwater Archeology e. v.
“… In the spring of 2001, a telephone call from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation mobilized the BGfU. Remains of the Roman crossing may have been preserved below the tower island, which divides the Amper into two arms. …”

Süddeutsche Zeitung (“The Tower Puzzle”, 2016-04-07):
sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/fuerstenfeldbruck/schoengeising-das-turmraetsel-1.2939534

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Christoph Stoffel Bö

October 8, 2023

Nice path on and over the Amper

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Carsten (📍FFB)

October 4, 2024

Be careful when it rains. Very slippery. There is shade here in the summer.

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Location: Schöngeising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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