Editing Minden (section)

=== Ancient history ===
[[File:Minden-1641-Merian.jpg|thumb|Minden 1641 (Chalcography by [[Matthäus Merian the Elder|Matthäus Merian]])<ref>{{cite Q |Q127276178 |pages= |mode=cs1}}</ref>]]
The Minden area shows continuing settlement activity from the 1st to the 4th century, when it belonged to the [[Weser–Rhine Germanic]] development sphere. During the [[Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16)|Roman campaigns in Germania]], this part of Westphalia came into the focus of military activities. It remains a matter of discussion whether or not the Minden region was the location of the military camp from where commander [[Publius Quinctilius Varus]] began marching to the, for Rome disastrous, [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] in {{CE|9}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Archäologen finden das Lager des Römer-Feldherren |url=https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/varusschlacht-archaeologen-finden-lager-des-roemer-feldherren-a-570701.html |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=[[Der Spiegel]] |date=7 August 2008}}</ref> Likewise, the localization of the [[Battle of Idistaviso]] and the [[Battle of the Angrivarian Wall]], both taking place in {{CE|16}}, to the eastern part of Minden or its neighbour town of [[Porta Westfalica]] is uncertain.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Horstmann |first1=Wilfried |title=Die Römer an der Weser |journal=Mitteilungen des Mindener Geschichtsvereins |date=1981 |volume=53 |pages=9–50 |url=https://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/hd/periodical/titleinfo/4625666}}</ref> Definite archaeological proofs for these locations have not been found {{as of |2024 |lc=y}}. However, relicts of a temporary Roman military camp were found in Barkhausen in 2008, about {{convert|3.5|km}} south of the centre of Minden.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tremmel |first1=Bettina |title=Augusteische Marschlager in Porta Westfalica-Barkhausen |journal=Archäologie in Westfalen-Lippe |year=2015 |volume=2009 |pages=45–47 |doi=10.11588/aiw.0.0.25034 |url=https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/aiw/article/view/25034/18743}}</ref>