Historical place profile
Welzheim
At the modern town of Welzheim in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a complex of two Roman forts with associated settlement (vicus) have been documented.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:119046
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:119046
- Place type
- fort, fort-group, settlement
- Coordinates
- 48.874091, 9.637961
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
At the modern town of Welzheim in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a complex of two Roman forts with associated settlement (vicus) have been documented.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 12 C4 Welzheim
Source and reuse
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Research path
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