Bad Kreuznach is the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine. The town and the surrounding areas are renowned both nationally and internationally for their wines, especially from the Riesling, Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau grape varieties.
As early as the 5th century BC, there is evidence of a Celtic settlement in the area of the modern municipality. Around 58 BC, the region became part of the Roman Empire, with a Roman vicus named Cruciniacum — according to legend after the Celtic Cruciniac — forming a supply station between Mainz (Mogontiacum) and Trier (Augusta Treverorum).
Around 250 AD a gigantic palace (81 × 71 m, 266 × 233 ft) was built here, north of the Alps, with a peristyle, and 50 rooms on the ground floor alone. As part of the fortification of the Limes against the invading Alemanni, Valentinian I had a castra built here around 370.
Around the year 500, after the collapse of the Roman…