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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: BurzelbergCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 8.923 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: Saxony Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Wurzen Nearest Village: Hohburg
Latitude: 51.430400N Longitude: 12.814100E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Saxony
At the top of the hill Burzelberg exist some springs. Today used for water supply, once it was a ritual place. One spring ran into a large bowl made of stone.
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