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The region was conquered by the Romans under Julius Caesar about 50 BC.

Some hundred years later the Roman fort of Rigomagus was founded, later to become the city of Remagen.

The Vinxtbach, a narrow brook and an affluent of the Rhine, was defined as the borderline between the Roman provinces of Germania superior and Germania inferior.

There was originally a Roman villa located here, and the German suffix, " weiler ", is a linguistic corruption of the Latin term " villa ".

Portions of an Roman aqueduct have also been found nearby.