Römertor
The Römertor stands in Wiesbaden’s Quellenviertel, where a Roman wall meets nineteenth-century urban streets. Only short stretches of the ancient wall rise above ground today.
The Heidenmauer probably dates to around 370 AD, during Emperor Valentinian I’s reign. Its original purpose as a fortification remains uncertain. Construction of Coulinstraße pierced the wall during the Wilhelminian era, prompting the later gate’s creation. Felix August Helfgott Genzmer designed it in 1903.
Across its surviving course, the wall remains traceable for 520 metres, with 80 metres visible. At the base, cast masonry reaches 2.3 metres thick. The viaduct combines main and side gates, towers, an archaizing staircase, and a covered battlement. That timber roof recalls Trajan’s Bridge over the Danube. Below, copies of soldier gravestones and Roman inscriptions form an open-air display, while excavations revealed a destroyed Mithraeum.
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