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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sonnenobservatorium Goseck Alternative Name: Kreisgrabenanlage GoseckCountry: Germany Land: Saxony-Anhalt Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Naumburg Nearest Village: Goseck
Latitude: 51.198230N Longitude: 11.864580E
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| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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CharcoalBurner89 visited on 5th Nov 2022 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 The solar observatory has been reconstructed impressively well. Perhaps not as impressive in terms of monumental dimensions as the ring sanctuary in Pömmelte. But a visit at the winter or summer solstice should definitely be worth the journey.
sirius_b visited on 1st Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Boeddel visited on 15th Oct 2016 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5
fornjotr neolithique02 bat400 Klingon have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.67
Sonnenobservatorium = sun observatory
Goseck has been dubbed the German Stonehenge, though it is twice as old as the Stonehenge megalithic circle in southern England and has no stones. The original wood rotted away long ago, but new palisades, or wooden walls, were constructed at Goseck this year.
In a public works scheme, 2,300 oaken poles were erected in a circle on the same site over a seven-month period, with gateways opening to the points of the compass where the sun rises and sets on December 21.
There are now two concentric wooden palisades, each 2.5 metres high, as well as a ditch and an earthen wall.
A winter solstice festival with flaming torches and laser lights for an audience of thousands is to take place Wednesday as the sun sets over the southwest gate of the 75-metre-diameter circle.
The Goseck Circle was apparently erected by Europe's first civilization, long before the cultures of Mesopotamia or the pyramids of Egypt, and is one of the best studied of 150 monumental sites arrayed through Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia.
Each comprises four concentric rings of earth and wood, indicating a common culture using a standard design.
More: M&C Science & Nature
The site has got now it's own home page Sonnenobservatorium Goseck (in German).
Note: Winter solstice 2006 at Goseck, see comment.
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