History of the discovery of the Site  (Fuchs 1994)

• 16th Century: first mention of the discovery of the Antique site by Beatus Rhenanus in 1543.  the humanistic Renaissance period sublimated the Roman and Greek antiquity.
• 1603: discovery of the Apollo Altar that disappeared when library of Strasbourg burnt in 1870.  An oral tradition subsisted
• 1748 : discovery of another Altar by a pastor
• Publication of Alsatia Illustrata written by Daniel Schoeplin who described the site.
• 1780-1784: Sigismond Billing, rector of the city of Colmar, discovered the Castellum, a carved bas-relief, a tomb, and different parts of the bailey.
• 1828: Phillipe de Golbery, a magistrate of Colmar, published: Memoire sur Argentovaria, Ville des Sequaniens in which he described the site.
• From 1850 to 1899, Emile Alphonse Herrenschneider, protestant pastor in Horbourg and Wihr-en-Plaine, dedicated most of his free time in the archaeological research on the site. He discovered tombs and published a book Rӧmercastell und Grafenschlo Horbourg.
• 1964: a stratigraphic section (6 m² of surface- 4m deep) done by Charles Bonnet and Madeleine Jehl, both teachers, revealed the existence of habitations dating from the 2nd Century. The discovery of a cesspool could stretch out the  to the 1st Century. This important discovery changed the perspective of the site: we knew then that there was a built-up area during the 1st century, and it is only in the 4th century that the military fort was built.
• Between 1989 and 1994 new technique: geophysical prospecting by electrical resistivity: discovery of furnace for metal,Tombstones, Coins,Potter kiln
• 1991: creation of the archaeological and historical society: ARCHIHW, intended to keep a close watch to the site.
• During the 20th Century, new technique and more systematical rescue excavation was done. However, the urbanization of the village has also affected the site and destroyed many features.