Editing Dachau, Bavaria (section)

===Prehistoric times and Early Middle Ages===
As the [[Amper]] River would divert into backwaters in several places, there were many fords making it possible to cross the river. The oldest findings of human presence here date back to the [[Stone Age]].  The most noteworthy findings were discovered near Feldgeding in the adjoining municipality Bergkirchen.
Around 1000 B.C. the [[Celts]] arrived in this area and settled. 
Approximately at the turn of the first millennium the Romans conquered the area and incorporated it into the province of [[Rhaetia]]. A Roman trade road between [[Salzburg]] and today's [[Augsburg]] is said to have run through Dachau. Remains of this old route are found along the Amper marshlands.