🛡️ Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Welzheim-Ost
Roman fort and civil settlement on the Upper German-Raetian Limes, 1st–3rd centuries CE
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Period: 1st–3rd centuries CE
- Type: Military fort and vicus (civilian settlement)
- UNESCO inscription: 1987
Welzheim-Ost is a Roman archaeological site in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that comprises a military fort and adjacent civilian settlement dating to the 1st–3rd centuries CE. The site formed a key component of the Upper German-Raetian Limes, the frontier defense system that marked the northern and eastern boundaries of the Roman Empire in the provinces of Germania Superior and Raetia. Welzheim-Ost was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 as part of the broader Frontiers of the ...