{"id":22782,"date":"2026-04-07T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/?post_type=plek&p=22782"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:40:25","slug":"roman-burial-ground-in-hurth","status":"publish","type":"plek","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/plek\/roman-burial-ground-in-hurth\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman burial ground in H\u00fcrth"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","plek_types":[79],"class_list":["post-22782","plek","type-plek","status-publish","hentry","plek_types-archaeological-site"],"acf":{"tekstkleur":false,"nummer":572,"kleur":"#000000","adres":{"address":"Parkplatz, Am Alten bhf 5, 50354 H\u00fcrth, Duitsland","lat":50.879267178711245,"lng":6.891683633004947,"zoom":14,"place_id":"ChIJa414n0Ujv0cRJjX5NMcporo","street_number":5,"street_name":"Am Alten Bahnhof","street_name_short":"Am Alten bhf","city":"H\u00fcrth","state":"Nordrhein-Westfalen","state_short":"NRW","post_code":50354,"country":"Duitsland","country_short":"DE"},"straatnaam":"Am Alten Bahnhof","postcode":"50354","plaats":"H\u00fcrth","website":"More information on the hotspot","website_url":"https:\/\/www.erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu\/via-huerth-03.html","hotspot_naam":"Roman burial ground","afbeelding":22774,"contactpersonen":"","email":"sekretariat@erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu","telefoon":"","videobox_contentblok":"","content":"Spectacular insights into Roman daily life: Just 200 meters from Agrippastra\u00dfe, approximately 45 graves with grave goods bear witness to the people who lived here between the 3rd and 5th centuries. At the end of the street \"Am Alten Bahnhof\" in H\u00fcrth-Herm\u00fclheim, archaeologists unearthed numerous well-preserved stone sarcophagi as well as other cremation and inhumation graves during two excavations. These findings suggest the presence of an associated settlement, a villa rustica, near the Roman road.\r\n\r\nThe inhabitants of the farm were wealthy provincial Roman citizens of Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the city of Cologne. This can be deduced from the valuable grave goods such as jewelry, clothing, glass and ceramic vessels, and coins. They probably even belonged to the landowning urban upper class.\r\n\r\nSome particularly valuable grave goods from the 3rd century reflect the political elevation that Cologne experienced as a royal residence before and during the so-called Gallic Empire (260 to 274) founded by Postumus. A porcelain snail from the Red Sea, a spinning tool made of ivory, and amber beads even point to far-reaching trade relations.\r\n\r\nIn the 4th and 5th centuries, Germanic tribes inhabited the estate. The men were mercenaries in the Roman army. They and their wives quickly adopted the lifestyle and burial customs of their Roman-influenced environment.\r\n\r\nApproximately 300 meters west of the burial ground, at the junction with today's Severinusstra\u00dfe, the Roman Eifel aqueduct crossed Agrippastra\u00dfe. The Severinusstra\u00dfe and today's Bonnstra\u00dfe likely originated from a patrol path along this aqueduct.","slideshow":[22774,22778],"ontdekken_video_box":{"ontdekken_video_titel":"","ontdekken_video_paragraaf":"","ontdekken_video_iframe":""},"ontdekken_360_box":{"ontdekken_360_titel":"","ontdekken_360_paragraaf":"","ontdekken_360_iframe":""},"doen":null,"weten":[{"vraag":"First photo: beautiful glass vases from the cemetery. Source: R. Gottschalk, Zur sp\u00e4tr\u00f6mischen Grabkultur im K\u00f6lner Umland. Two Bestattungsareale in H\u00fcrth-Herm\u00fclheim. Bonner Jahrb\u00fccher 208, 2008, pg. 91\u2013160","antwoord":""},{"vraag":"Second photo: Source LVR-Amt f\u00fcr Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland","antwoord":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek\/22782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plek"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22778"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plek_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek_types?post=22782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}