🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Murrhardt civil settlement, northern frontier zone
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site component (ID 430ter-360)
- Active primarily 1st–3rd centuries CE along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes
- Civilian settlement supporting nearby Roman military forts
- Located in southern Germany (Württemberg region)
Murrhardt represents a civilian settlement integral to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, a multinational UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987. Situated in the northern section of this vast frontier network, the settlement exemplifies the civilian infrastructure that sustained Roman military operations along the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes—the boundary between Roman provinces and unconquered Germanic territories. The site provides archaeological evidence of how Rome integrated ...