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Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg

Mithraic sanctuary discovered behind the west part of a Roman cemetery near the camp at Gross-Krotzenburg in 1881, finds destroyed in World War II
Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg

Mithraeum at Gross-Krotzenburg
CIMRM

 
The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026

TNMM 2157 ↔ CIMRM 1148

Behind the west part of a Roman cemetery near the camp at Gross-Krotzenburg a Mithraeum was found in 1881. The finds were in the museum at Hanau, but they were destroyed during World-War II.

Wolff, Römerkastell Gr. Kr., 29ff; MMM II 351 No. 247 and fig. 222; Wolff, Kastell Gr. Kr., 13ff; 29ff from which our fig. 301.

Few remnants of the Mithraeum have been preserved as its bricks were used to construct the cemetery. At a depth of 1.50 mtrs only a large room (L. 10.50 Br. 2.30) could be distinguished, certainly the central aisle of the sanctuary with part of the pronaos. At the back a dais which served for the main representation.

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