- The
Battle of
Birten was a 10th
century battle important to East
Frankish (German) king Otto I's
effort to
secure his
power in the
early years of his reign...
- centre.
Other localities (Bezirke)
belonging to the town of
Xanten include Birten, Lüttingen, Marienbaum, Vynen, Obermörmter, Wardt, Mörmter, Willich, B****...
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Around 15 BC the
Roman castrum (legio camp) was
created near modern-day
Birten, not far away from the
Rhine river. It was
intended as a base for campaigns...
- Forest. He is
known from his cenotaph,
which was
discovered in 1620 in
Birten (now a part of Xanten), Germany.
Caelius is
depicted wearing his military...
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archaeological monument is
located directly north-northwest of the
Xanten suburb of
Birten,
beneath largely agricultural land. In
ancient times, the camp was located...
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connection with the
discovery of the
bones of a
Mallosus in the
village of
Birten,
today a
suburb of Xanten. The
place name "Xanten" is also
derived as "ze...
- King Henry's
coronation in 919. In 939 Henry's
forces were
defeated at
Birten (near Xanten) and he
himself was wounded. Both his
allies Duke Eberhard...
- it may be
telling that Henry's son Otto the
Great fought the
Battle of
Birten in the
first half of
March 939.: 27–28 However, in 955 Otto
sought support...
- to
sacrifice to the
Roman gods. This
Roman camp is near today's town of
Birten.
According to legend,
Helena of
Constantinople recovered the
bones of Victor...
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germanischem Boden, 1970 Ein frührömisches Gräberfeld auf dem Kirchhügel in
Birten,
Kreis Moers. In:
Rheinische Ausgrabungen. 12. Rheinland-Verlag, Bonn 1973...
