Stockstadt am Main

Stockstadt am Main is a market community in the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.The settlement was established by the Romans who built a fort here in the 1st century AD. Stockstadt has a population of around 7,800.GeographyLocationStockstadt am Main lies on Aschaffenburg’s western town limit on the Main’s left bank. To Stockstadt’s west and northwest runs the boundary with Hesse, and southwest of Stockstadt lies the Bachgau.Neighbouring communitiesTo the south is the community of Großostheim, and to the southwest, beyond the state boundary, in Hesse, lies Babenhausen; northwest lie Mainhausen and Seligenstadt.The nearest neighbouring communities are Kleinostheim to the north and Mainaschaff to the east.HistoryThe Romans built a castrum at Stockstadt, as part of the Limes Germanicus. In the 1st century AD a small earthen fortification was erected. Around the year 100 it was replaced by a full cohort fort further to the southeast. This castrum had a size of 3.2 ha. Over time, it was occupied by the cohorts III Aquitanorum, II Hispanorum and I Aquitanorum. Stockstadt was also the site of a ":de:Benefiziarer station" (i.e. a road house).