 The earliest record of the town's name is preserved on the 2nd-century tombstone found in 1747 AD on the Lindenhof hill, referring to the Roman "Vicus" as "STA(tio) TUR(i)CEN(sis)" as customs station for goods going to and coming from Italy at the same location as the Celtic "Oppidum".The "Vicus" was founded probably around 15 BC, but there are no written sources.The Roman settlement first belonged to the province of "Gallia Belgica", and to "Germania Superior" from AD 90.