The special exhibition in the Bad Krozingen town museum is the first to show the results and finds from the Roman period and the Middle Ages that were discovered during the excavations by the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Preservation of Monuments at the town hall in the run-up to the new planning and development of the town center of Bad Krozingen.
Roman strip houses along the main street
During the excavations, traces of settlements and objects from the Roman period between the 1st and 3rd centuries were uncovered, including three Roman wells. The wells belonged to the so-called strip houses of craftsmen and traders along the main road, which ran through the middle of the Roman settlement of Bad Krozingen. In addition to the numerous objects found, such as Roman tableware and storage vessels, the fragment of a drinking cup with the inscription of a legionary named Annius, who probably stopped here as an administrative official in an inn on the main Roman road and dropped his drinking cup, is particularly noteworthy.
The newly discovered castle
The biggest surprise was that the remains of the walls of a medieval castle, previously unknown, came to light at this site. The newly discovered castle complex with a residential tower was originally surrounded by a wall and a wide moat. In the 12th/13th century, it was the presumed seat of the Lords of Krozingen and from the 14th to 16th century it was the seat of the local lords of Landeck. Fragments of the castle inhabitants' household furnishings, including pots and bowls, as well as fine glassware and valuable jewelry, are on display. A large iron key was found right by the threshold to the residential tower, which was presumably used to lock the castle's entrance portal.
Roman strip houses along the main street
During the excavations, traces of settlements and objects from the Roman period between the 1st and 3rd centuries were uncovered, including three Roman wells. The wells belonged to the so-called strip houses of craftsmen and traders along the main road, which ran through the middle of the Roman settlement of Bad Krozingen. In addition to the numerous objects found, such as Roman tableware and storage vessels, the fragment of a drinking cup with the inscription of a legionary named Annius, who probably stopped here as an administrative official in an inn on the main Roman road and dropped his drinking cup, is particularly noteworthy.
The newly discovered castle
The biggest surprise was that the remains of the walls of a medieval castle, previously unknown, came to light at this site. The newly discovered castle complex with a residential tower was originally surrounded by a wall and a wide moat. In the 12th/13th century, it was the presumed seat of the Lords of Krozingen and from the 14th to 16th century it was the seat of the local lords of Landeck. Fragments of the castle inhabitants' household furnishings, including pots and bowls, as well as fine glassware and valuable jewelry, are on display. A large iron key was found right by the threshold to the residential tower, which was presumably used to lock the castle's entrance portal.
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