Roman Villa Rustica Mehring

The Villa Rustica in Mehring is a Roman estate (Villa Rustica) in Mehring on the Roman Wine Route, in the west of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The building (28 by 23 meters), erected in the first half of the 2nd century AD, initially corresponded in its basic form to the widespread Gallo-Roman villa type "Bollendorf": a hall with two corner projections and an intervening colonnade (portico). In the course of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, the villa underwent numerous additions and alterations, so that at the end of its construction period, with a floor area of 48 by 29 meters and 34 rooms, it was one of the larger manor houses in the entire surroundings of Trier (Augusta Treverorum).

Remains of a multi-colored floor mosaic and a wall cladding of black marble still bear witness to the magnificent furnishings of the rooms today. This and individual valuable small finds suggest the high social standing of the villa owner.

The site of the villa was already known in the 19th century. Between 1983 and 1987, the manor house was excavated, conserved, and partially reconstructed. Today, the main front with the corner projections and the portico, a heated living room with a mosaic, and parts of the bath complex can be seen.