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Theilenhofen is a
Theilenhofen is a municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen
is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the west of Bavaria, Germany with a population of 95,000. Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ansbach, Roth, Eichstätt and Donau-Ries. It is located in the south of Middle Franconia, 50 kilometr ...
district, in Bavaria
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, Germany
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. An important part of the local history is the Roman camp
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word ''castrum'', plural ''castra'', was a military-related term.
In Latin usage, the singular form ''castrum'' meant 'fort', while the plural form ''castra'' meant 'camp'. The singular and ...
''Iciniacum'', near the Limes Germanicus
The (Latin for ''Germanic frontier'') is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier () fortifications that bounded the ancient Roman provinces of Germania Inferior, Germania Superior and Raetia, dividing the Roman Empire and the unsubd ...
. This fortification and Roman village was erected around 100 AD and destroyed c. 260 AD by the Germanic '' Alemanni''. Today you can see only the Roman Military Bath in this area. It was first found in 1820.
Books about the Roman Camp
*Dietwulf Baatz: ''Der Römische Limes. Archäologische Ausflüge zwischen Rhein und Donau''. 4. Auflage, Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2000, (German language) * Heinrich Eidam: ''Das Kastell Theilenhofen.'' At: Ernst Fabricius, Friedrich Hettner, Oscar von Sarwey: ''Der obergermanisch-raetische Limes des Römerreiches'' B VII Nr 71a, Petters, Heidelberg, 1905 (German language)References
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