Horse's head of Waldgirmes

[1] The Waldgrimes forum was a fortified Roman trading place, and has the oldest known stone buildings in Magna Germania.

[2] The head was buried 11 metres below the ground in a collapsed well shaft, hidden in a barrel, and had been found in the course of archeological excavation works of a former Roman settlement.

[3] Research on the sculpture suggests the head belonged to an equestrian statue that was erected in the Forum of Waldgirmes, likely representing Roman Emperor Augustus.

The existence of the statue has led to theories that Romans lived a more settled life in ancient Germany than researchers previously thought.

[5] For years, the state of Hesse and the landowner argued over the compensation the owner of the land was entitled to, until the district court of Limburg set it at 773.000 Euros.