{"id":22797,"date":"2026-04-07T16:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/?post_type=plek&p=22797"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:38:55","slug":"agrippastrase-in-hurth","status":"publish","type":"plek","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/plek\/agrippastrase-in-hurth\/","title":{"rendered":"Agrippastra\u00dfe in H\u00fcrth"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","plek_types":[79],"class_list":["post-22797","plek","type-plek","status-publish","hentry","plek_types-archaeological-site"],"acf":{"tekstkleur":false,"nummer":573,"kleur":"#000000","adres":{"address":"VVGP+34 H\u00fcrth, Duitsland","lat":50.87515520560031,"lng":6.885332051488645,"zoom":14,"place_id":"GhIJUHbpFQVwSUARYGV-f5SKG0A","city":"H\u00fcrth","state":"Noordrijn-Westfalen","state_short":"NRW","post_code":50354,"country":"Duitsland","country_short":"DE"},"straatnaam":"Luxemburger Stra\u00dfe","postcode":"50354","plaats":"H\u00fcrth","website":"More information on the hotspot","website_url":"https:\/\/www.erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu\/via-huerth-04.html","hotspot_naam":"Agrippastra\u00dfe","afbeelding":22789,"contactpersonen":"","email":"sekretariat@erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu","telefoon":"","videobox_contentblok":"","content":"Whether due to their massive construction, the straight connections between towns, or simply out of habit, some Roman roads continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages and into the present day. Conversely, the Romans themselves sometimes built their roads along existing, prehistoric natural paths. Between Barbarossaplatz in Cologne and the youth hostel in H\u00fcrth-Herm\u00fclheim, the modern Luxemburger Stra\u00dfe runs for eight kilometers directly over the perfectly straight ancient road. A cross-section of Luxemburger Stra\u00dfe near the roundabout demonstrates the continued use of a Roman road.\r\n\r\nIn total, the superimposed roads from different periods, exposed in the excavation trench, form a layered structure of almost 2.5 meters. The Agrippa Road, uncovered at a depth of approximately 2.2 meters, had the typical semi-lenticular surface of Roman roads, consisting of gravel, and was 4.2 meters wide and 0.5 meters high. Above this lay further layers of gravel, resulting from the constant renewal of the road surface. Wheelbarrow ruts are visible at the top of the level gravel surface.\r\n\r\nThe embankments above the Roman road date from its continued use in the medieval and early modern periods. Deeply rutted wheel tracks are clearly visible here as well. The Prussian cobblestones lie directly beneath the current asphalt surface.\r\n\r\nBeneath Agrippastra\u00dfe lies a grey layer of clay roughly the width of the Roman highway, in which prehistoric pottery shards have been found: possibly an indication that a road already led along here in pre-Roman times.","slideshow":[22789,22793],"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: The Via Agrippa in cross-section. The convex gravel layer of the Roman road is clearly visible in the lower part of the profile. Photo: R. Dortangs, LVR-Amt f\u00fcr Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland (Rhineland Monument Conservation Agency)","antwoord":""},{"vraag":"Second photo: The Via Agrippa in cross-section. The convex gravel layer of the Roman roadway is clearly visible in the lower part of the profile. Photo: R. Dortangs, LVR-Amt f\u00fcr Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland","antwoord":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek\/22797","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\/22793"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plek_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek_types?post=22797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}