Heidenheim on Brenz, Germany - Hellenstein-Gymnasium ...

Museum in the Roman Bath “Römerbad”
by Markus, and Alexander
<strong>Heidenheim</strong> was an important road junction. At about 90 AD
an important military base was built.
One of the buildings of the military base was a small fort. It
was designed for a thousand riders and covered an area of
520 m². Remnants of it can still be found in the city centre:
The settlement in the area of “Brenz-, Paulinen-, Bahnhof-
and Karlsstrasse”. So some of them are under the school
building. <strong>Heidenheim</strong>, was the most important settlement of
the mountain range called “Schwäbische Alb”. This settlement existed until
300 after Christ. It may have been quite an important centre of civil
government, after the soldiers had moved to Aalen in 150 A.D. to defend
their territory at the New Limes 20 km away from home.
HISTORY: The first remains have been discovered by Eugen Gaus in 1903.
During the 20s and 30s he and Kurt Bittel and Hermann Mohn found more
remains. Excavations started again in 1973/74. But systematic excavations
did not start before the new post office was being built. Well preserved
Roman remains had been found and building had to be stopped.
Between 1980 and 1981 this area was examined more closely and very
carefully in order not to do any damage to further interesting remains. They
proved, that in the ground there were remains of a Roman building. More
diggings were carried out on the area of today’s post office and station
between 1990 and 1992.
The museum offers some fashion shows of clothes as worn in the Roman
era. The clothes can also be worn by visitors. This demonstration is connected
with a slide show about the people and the country of those times.
The „Römerbad“ - Museum
There’s also a program for children
between 6 and 14 years during the
holidays.