The Development of the Landscape under human influence

3-D-reconstructions of the different phases of the landscape around the
Roman villa of Reinheim and the Roman city of Bliesbruck

The Blies-valley between Reinheim and Bliesbruck in south-east Saarland (200 – 350 m ASL), is one of the early settled regions of Europe. The history of human acvtivities there could be tracked back to the time after the ice-ages. There is a Roman villa at Reinheim and a big Roman city in Bliesbruck. The Gallo-Roman town covers an area of 20 hectares and was a craft centre since the first century AD. The architecture of the Roman villa is comparable to a country estate.


Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Landschaft vor Beginn der keltisch-römischen Siedlungsphase
Landschaft zur Zeit der Römer
Landschaft heute

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