1896 in the Great Church Street in Kastel in two different depths each about five feet high Roman Milestones discovered. They were at the spot where once the road to Aquae Mattiacae (Wiesbaden) branched off. The older milestone dates from the year 122 AD Its Latin inscription is translated into German: in among the gods recorded Traianus Parthicus, grandson of the recorded among the gods Nerva, Pontifex Maximus, "The Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, son of the 6th Year of his tribunes violence, for the 3rd Times consul, father of the country, away from Aquae Mattiacorum six miles. " As a Roman mile equals 1,000 steps or double the distance was 1.479 km of this milestone for "Aquae Mattiacorum" about nine miles. - On the recent milestone was given the removal of "Aquae Mattiacorum" with "four Leugern" at. The Leuge (about 2.52 km) as Wegemaß was only since 202 AD BC used. The to the emperor - probably Caracalla (186-217) - directed dedication to this milestone will not stay. Copies of both milestones were set up at the corner of Great Church Street / Tithe Hofstraße. The originals are in the Landesmuseum Mainz.
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