The Lower German Limes ran for 400 km along the Lower Rhine, along the north-eastern boundary of the Roman frontier province of Lower Germany, from Bonn (Germany) to Netherlands. For more than 450 years from the late 1st century BC, it protected the Roman Empire against Germanic tribes. The first military bases were built in the last decades BC for the conquest of Germanic territories across the Rhine. Once this ambition had failed the left river bank was converted into a fortified frontier. Military installations of varying types and sizes and associated civil structures and infrastructures were built on the edge of the river. The remains of the Frontier illustrate the important impacts of the Roman military presence on the landscape and society of the periphery of the Empire.
Of extraordinary importance is the Castrum Divitensium fort , shortened to “Divitia” by the Rhinelanders, in what is now Deutz . This heavily fortified complex is the only Roman fortification on the right bank of the Rhine. The Rhine formed the actual border and the fort served as a bridgehead for the Romans in the “Land of the Barbarians” on the right bank of the Rhine.
Germany
Netherlands
Date of Inscription: 2021
Dossier: 1631
Thank you Marcel for the beautiful UNESCO site card and nice stamp.
2022 Stamp: World of Letters
Received a stamp with code labels which is for tracking the letter in Germany
to know when your letter arrives at its destination.
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