...
<Server port="8005" shutdown="SHUTDOWN" debug="0">     Singleton
  <Service name="Tomcat-Standalone">
    <Connector className="org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpConnector"
                    port="8080" minProcessors="5" maxProcessors="75"
                    enableLookups="true" redirectPort="8443"
                    acceptCount="10" debug="0" connectionTimeout="60000"/>
    ...
    <Engine name="Standalone" defaultHost="localhost" debug="0">
      <Host name="localhost" debug="0" appBase="webapps" 
                                        unpackWARs="true">
         ...
      <!--  Diese Kommentarklammern entfernen, um Wurzelapplikation zu etablieren!
         <Context path="" docBase="ROOT" debug="0" reloadable=true"/>
      -->
         <Context path="/manager" docBase="manager" 
                                  debug="0" privileged="true"/>
         <Context path="/beispiele" docBase="beispiele" debug="0"
                                  reloadable="true"/>
         <Context path="/meinewebapp" docBase="meinewebapp" debug="0"
                                  reloadable="true"/>
...