🪖 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Danube Limes (Western Segment): Regensburg – Großes Gräberfeld
Roman frontier cemetery in Bavaria, Germany
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 30 July 2021
- Component of transnational property spanning Germany, Austria, and Slovakia
- Approximately 0.102 hectares; part of Castra Regina fortress complex at Regensburg
- Coordinates: 49.012°N, 12.087°E (Regensburg, Bavaria)
The Großes Gräberfeld (large cemetery field) is a burial ground component of the Danube Limes Western Segment, a UNESCO World Heritage property encompassing nearly 600 kilometres of the Roman frontier along the Danube. Located in Regensburg, Bavaria, the site represents the funerary dimension of Roman military occupation and civilian settlement on the empire's northern boundary. The cemetery formed part of the broader infrastructure of Castra Regina, the legionary fortress at Regensburg ...