Theilenhofen is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the west of Bavaria, Germany with a population of 95,000. Neighbouring districts are (from the north clockwise) Ansbach, Roth, Eichstätt and Donau-Ries. It is located in the south of ...

district, in

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. An important part of the local history is the

Roman camp ''Castra'' () is a Latin language, Latin term used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for a military 'camp', and ''castrum'' () for a 'Fortification, fort'. Either could refer to a building or plot of land, used as a fortified milita ...

''Iciniacum'', near the

Limes Germanicus The (Latin for ''Germanic frontier''), or 'Germanic Limes', is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier () fortifications that bounded the ancient Roman provinces of Germania Inferior, Germania Superior and Raetia, dividing the Roman ...

. This fortification and Roman village was erected around 100 AD and destroyed c. 260 AD by the Germanic ''

Alemanni The Alemanni or Alamanni were a confederation of Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes * * * on the Upper Rhine River during the first millennium. First mentioned by Cassius Dio in the context of the campaign of Roman emperor Caracalla of 213 CE ...

''. Today you can see only the Roman Military Bath in this area. It was first found in 1820.

Books about the Roman Camp

*Dietwulf Baatz: ''Der Römische Limes. Archäologische Ausflüge zwischen Rhein und Donau''. 4. Auflage, Gebr. Mann, Berlin 2000, (German language) * Heinrich Eidam: ''Das Kastell Theilenhofen.'' At: Ernst Fabricius, Friedrich Hettner, Oscar von Sarwey: ''Der obergermanisch-raetische Limes des Römerreiches'' B VII Nr 71a, Petters, Heidelberg, 1905 (German language)

References

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