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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Ballots Brunnen Alternative Name: Ballotsbrunnen, Juffern Spring
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.028 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Iserlohn
Latitude: 51.366900N Longitude: 7.687332E
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**Ballots Brunnen** submitted by dodomad : The Ballots Brunnen is a spring in the city forest of Iserlohn (North-Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). It is speculated that the site was already important for the Germanic tribes. Today,the spring itself is sealed by an iron plate, but is opened once a year on Pentecost. Hundreds of citizens come up here to drink from the well for this occasion. Picture from the news article: Greitzke, K.... (Vote or comment on this photo)

A spring in the city forest of Iserlohn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The water is supposed to be of good quality and famous for its putative healing power in the past. The spring itself is sealed by an iron plate, but is opened once a year on Pentecost. Hundreds of citizens come up here to celebrate and drink from the well for this occasion. Local tradition has it that one lives one year more with each cup you drink from the well.

It is speculated that the site was already important for the Germanic tribes. Today, a tree is situated in the middle of the footpath close to the well. It is supposed to remind of the original Juffernbaum tree, which gave the site its second name (Juffernspring). According to local legends, young maidens that had been kissed by a local lord, would get a beard, which they could wash off in the water of the well. Today, the site is partially engulfed by a semicircular stone wall. The large sandstone plate in the middle shows the head of a fantasy figure.

References:
[01] Dossmann, E.: Lebendiges Brauchtum in Iserlohn.
[02] Infotafel: Ballots Brunnen. Von: Projektbüro/Geschäftsstelle Naturpark Arnsberger Wald.
[03] Schulte, C.: Wenn das Wasser sprudelt...IBSV lädt Pfingstmontag wieder zum Ballotsbrunnen. In: www.lokalkompass.de (18.05.2018).
[04] Greitzke, K.: Tanzende Elfen, Vivaldi und viele Frühwanderer am Ballotsbrunnen. In: www.lokalkompass.de (05.06.2017).
[05] Goralczyk, D.: Das "ganz besondere Wasser" sprudelt wieder!www.lokalkompass.de (25.05.2015).
[06] Goralczyk, D.: Pfingstmontag 2014 unterm Danzturm. www.lokalkompass.de (09.06.2014).
[07] Goralczyk, D.: Rundgang eine Woche vor Pfingsten am Rupenteich. www.lokalkompass.de (01.06.2014).
[08] Greitzke, K.: Der Gang zum Ballotsbrunnen fiel für Viele ins Wasser. In: www.lokalkompass.de (20.05.2013).

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