Skip to content
Menu
Hidden gem1st c. BC – 7th c. ADTicketed

Iuliomagus

Juliomagus, Schleitheim

bath · Schleitheim District, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

What it is
Iuliomagus was a Roman town at today's Schleitheim, in the canton of Schaffhausen, across the Wutach from Stühlingen; the remains of its baths are shown in a small museum built over them, open every day.
What you’ll see
The Thermenmuseum shows the remains of the Roman baths (de.wikipedia): walls of the bath rooms and rows of small brick pillars, under a roof (Wikimedia Commons photograph).
Worth the trip?
Yes, if you are near Schaffhausen: the baths are under cover and easy to read, the museum is open from early morning into the evening, and entry costs CHF 5. It is a small site, essentially the baths, so it is a stop rather than a day out.
Getting there & cost
The museum is at Zum Salzbrunnen in Schleitheim (the operator). The bus stop Juliomagus is mapped about 280 m away (OpenStreetMap).Ticketed · CHF 5 (about €5.35) for adults · checked 7 October 2026Hours, tickets and parking
Rows of short square brick pillars standing on a floor between low stone walls, with two brick arches set into the wall behind, under a roofed shelter with windows.
The baths in the Thermenmuseum. · Photo: Nowic · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
A plan board showing the Roman excavations along a stream, with the baths, the temple precinct, the Salzbrunnen area and a red "Ihr Standort" marker.
The site plan, with the baths and the temple precinct. · Photo: GerhardSchuhmacher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The corner of a modern white commercial building with a large painted panel showing a reconstructed Roman street with timber houses, headed "Römische Kleinstadt Iuliomagus, Wohnhaus, Laden, Werkstatt, Keller".
The commercial building with a reconstruction painting; a stretch of the Roman street is shown in its basement. · Photo: GerhardSchuhmacher · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

What is there today

The Thermenmuseum shows the remains of the Roman baths (de.wikipedia): walls of the bath rooms and rows of small brick pillars, under a roof (Wikimedia Commons photograph). In the basement of a modern commercial building, part of the Roman market street can be seen (de.wikipedia), and the building’s corner carries a large painted reconstruction of the street. OpenStreetMap maps an orientation board at the baths, the temple precinct about 190 m away and a “römischer Schaukeller”, a Roman cellar on show, about 260 m away. The finds from the site are in the local museum of Schleitheim and the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen (de.wikipedia).

Is it worth the trip?

Yes, if you are near Schaffhausen: the baths are under cover and easy to read, the museum is open from early morning into the evening, and entry costs CHF 5. It is a small site, essentially the baths, so it is a stop rather than a day out.

Getting there

The museum is at Zum Salzbrunnen in Schleitheim (the operator). The bus stop Juliomagus is mapped about 280 m away (OpenStreetMap). It opens 08.00–20.00 from May to September and 08.00–17.00 from October to April. Entry is CHF 5 (about €5.35) for adults and free under 16; a guided tour for up to 25 people costs CHF 140 plus entry (pro-iuliomago.ch, read 7 October 2026 — check before travelling).

Visiting details

Opening hours
Thermenmuseum: 08.00–20.00 from May to September, 08.00–17.00 from October to April.
Tickets
CHF 5 (about €5.35) for adults; free under 16. Guided tours for up to 25 people CHF 140 plus entry.

Hours and prices checked 7 October 2026 on the operator's own site. Confirm before travelling.

History

Iuliomagus was a Roman town in the province of Germania Superior, north of the High Rhine (de.wikipedia). The national inventory lists the vicus as a cultural property of national significance (KGS 4437).

Nearby

  • Low conserved walls of rough stone rising in steps towards a taller ruined block of masonry, with a flat roof on slender posts behind and trees in spring leaf.

    Photo: Roland Zumbuehl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

    22 km · fort · Zurzach District, Aargau

    Kirchlibuck fort, Bad Zurzach

    On the Kirchlibuck a section of the fort's south wall has been rebuilt or restored and made freely accessible to visitors, and the foundations of the west tower survive; smaller pieces of Roman wall have also been made visible again on the buildings along the Burghaldenweg (de.wikipedia).

  • The low stone walls of a small room around a floor of grey mortar, crossed by an X of narrow channels edged with stones and brick, with grass and loose stone blocks beyond.

    Photo: Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

    28 km · villa · Bülach District, Zurich

    Roman estate of Seeb

    The ruins were excavated between 1958 and 1969 and partly conserved (the welcome board; it.wikipedia has systematic excavation from 1963 to 1970).

  • A gravel passage between massive walls of squared stone leading into a grassy oval arena, with more walls and a grass bank on the far side and a row of poplars behind.

    Photo: Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

    35 km · fort · Brugg District, Aargau

    Vindonissa

    The Legionärspfad, run by Museum Aargau, is the way into the camp: eleven stations through its excavated sites, among them the amphitheatre, reconstructed legionaries' barracks, a gate, the baths and a Roman garden of 450 m² planted with some 40 species documented by archaeology (the operator).

Straight-line distances.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from the records below, each used under the licence noted.

SourceLicence
Pleiades 187429CC BY
Wikidata Q680709CC0
OpenStreetMap way/40775869ODbL
Wikipedia (de) — Iuliomagus (Schleitheim)CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia (it) — Iuliomagus (Schleitheim)CC BY-SA 4.0
KGS inventory 4437 — IULIOMAGUS, römischer Vicus (BABS)licence not recorded
Pro Iuliomago — Thermenmuseum visit (the operator)licence not recorded