Teurnia

St. Peter im Holz

About the town

It became a real Roman town in 50 AD.

It had:

graveyard church

residential buildings a marketplace a medicinal bath a temple churches a graveyard

History

In 300 AD a city wall was built around the Holzerberg.

In 400 AD the town became the capital city of Binnennoricum. In 600 AD Slavic immigrants put an end to town life.

Christian bishop church

4th/5th century

half round priest-bench

for 500 people

multicoloured windows

gravestones of 2nd/3rd century

ruin of oldest church building in Austria

Floor mosaic1st row: eagle above snake

doe suckling calf egret fighting with a snake

2nd row: inscription by donator pigeon hides from snakes stag going to water fountain

3rd row: cow going to church tree with birds from heaven

duck with the young4th row: running rabbits

stork seizing lizard chess board sample