Mercury Rock Temple

On the site of the ruins of Wasenburg Castle, there are the remains of a much older building: a Roman sanctuary dedicated to Mercury. Parts of the temple were rebuilt in the 19th century.

Where the Wasenburg ruins stand today, there once stood a Roman sanctuary dedicated to Mercury and a specula nearby. Parts of the temple were rebuilt in the 19th century.Parts of the Roman Temple of Mercury from the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD are still preserved on the Wachtfelsen (watch rock), not far from the Wasenburg ruins.Information board at the site:
Take a look at the Wachtfelsen (watch rock), which was used by the Romans as a "specula," an observation post. Archaeological finds also testify to a temple dedicated to Mercury on this site.But make no mistake, the extension to the rock is a reconstruction from the 20th century (1913).
It commemorates the remains of the temple and the Gallo-Roman settlement of this place long before the construction of the listed Wasenburg, which was finally destroyed by the troops of Louis XIV in 1677.

On this hiking highlight, we encounter the remains of a temple dedicated to MERCURY (Latin: MERCURIUS). Dating back to pre-Christian times, the deities of Roman and Greek mythology in particular have been preserved in the collective memory of people in Europe to this day. MERCURY is the "messenger of the gods" in Roman mythology; his counterpart in Greek mythology is Hermes. Both have the interesting combination of being gods of trade and merchants, but also of thieves.