{"id":22897,"date":"2026-04-07T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/?post_type=plek&p=22897"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:27:32","slug":"urft-crossing-rosenthal-in-nettersheim","status":"publish","type":"plek","link":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/plek\/urft-crossing-rosenthal-in-nettersheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Urft crossing Rosenthal in Nettersheim"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","plek_types":[79,82],"class_list":["post-22897","plek","type-plek","status-publish","hentry","plek_types-archaeological-site","plek_types-education"],"acf":{"tekstkleur":false,"nummer":579,"kleur":"#000000","adres":null,"straatnaam":"","postcode":"","plaats":"Nettersheim","website":"More information on the hotspot","website_url":"https:\/\/www.erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu\/via-nettersheim-02.html","hotspot_naam":"Urft crossing Rosenthal","afbeelding":22889,"contactpersonen":"","email":"sekretariat@erlebnisraum-roemerstrasse.eu","telefoon":"","videobox_contentblok":"","content":"The Urft Valley presented the first major obstacle for travelers from Cologne towards Trier in Roman times. Up to that point, the route to the Eifel mountains was largely straight. Now, however, the Urft had to be crossed. Once at the river, there were several ways to cross it: The Roman road traversed the Urft and its steep valley slopes at several points.\r\n\r\nThe Roman road branched into different routes. Depending on whether travelers were traveling by loaded wagon, on horseback, or on foot, they could choose a route. The type of vehicle, the load being carried, and the seasonal conditions also played a role in the choice of route.\r\n\r\nIt is assumed that the road branch running directly north to south here crossed the river via a bridge. Another branch, further west, split again shortly before the northern slope of the Urft valley. These two roads likely crossed the Urft at two fords. On the opposite bank, one branch led into the Eichter valley, while further downstream, another route passed by the present-day town of Urft. The various road branches then converged again in the south near Schmidtheim.","slideshow":[22889,22893],"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: course of the Roman roads in the Nettersheim region. Illustration: after K. Grewe, LVR-Amt f\u00fcr Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland. Geobasic data from the municipalities and the state of NRW: \u00a9 Geobasis NRW","antwoord":""},{"vraag":"Second photo: Urft Passage. Photo: C. Ulbert","antwoord":""}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek\/22897","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\/22893"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plek_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viabelgica.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plek_types?post=22897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}