Roman Villa Weinsberg

The area around present-day Weinsberg became part of the Roman Empire around 159 AD, when the Neckar Limes was shifted approximately 30 km eastward to the Upper Germanic Limes. Presumably, the Roman estate was established shortly thereafter along the Roman road that led from the Böckingen fort to the forts in Öhringen. Brick stamps confirm that building materials, among others, came from the private brickworks of Gaius Longinius Speratus. The estate existed for only a few decades and was abandoned at the latest during the Alamannic invasion of 259/260 AD. During its short existence, the complex underwent four construction phases.