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The remains were discovered during the construction works of U5.
© APA / GERALD MACKINGER
Roman and medieval remains were discovered in the course of the U5 work. These were presented on Wednesday.
In Vienna, during excavations at the future station U5 “Frankhplatz”, remains of almost 2,000 years of the city’s history have been discovered. For example, the foundations of a Roman building and medieval cellars were discovered by urban archeology. There you can currently admire the walls of the Alser barracks, relatively young but also now defunct. One of the most notable individual finds is a Roman cheese-making vessel.
Previous discoveries were presented
Work has been going on in the area around the square and the Alser Strasse for some time. Before a station for the new U5 is built there, it is the city’s archeology turn. Her boss, Karin Fischer-Ausserer, and Culture Councilor Veronica Kaup-Hasler presented their previous discoveries on Wednesday. Therefore, it was not necessarily expected that the advance would be so productive and that numerous Roman structures would also be revealed.
Until now, only one road was known to lead from the legionary camp of Vindobona to the Roman brick factory of modern Hernals. The fact that the countryside suburb also spread there is a new finding. A kind of industrial area was discovered, that is, the remains of Roman furnaces that were probably used by potters, post foundations that were probably roofs and walls. The latter are somewhat older and, according to excavation director Martin Mosser, date from the 3rd century. However, the furnaces are likely to have been in operation in the 1st century.
These exciting individual finds were discovered
One of the most interesting individual finds is a Roman ceramic vessel. The fact that it has holes is not due to the bad condition of the object. Rather, it is a container for cheese production, the openings were necessary for production. Many other objects such as tiles, fragments and bones were also unearthed. Now you fill about 70 boxes of bananas. Many of the objects were found, for example, in medieval cellars that were built long after Roman times and later filled in. The foundations of the houses belonging to the old suburb facing the Schottentor have also been located.
After the construction of the Vienna walls in the 16th century, the area was close to the glacis, the open field in front of the fortress moat. There the Alser barracks was built in the middle of the 18th century. It stood until 1912. The remains of the imposing walls of the complex have also been discovered by the team of archaeologists. At least parts of these brick walls must be preserved and made permanently visible.
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