<< Text Pages >> Rommelspütt - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: RommelspüttCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.43 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Wuppertal
Latitude: 51.259689N Longitude: 7.147016E
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 |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Harald_Platta visited on 5th Feb 2014 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 3 Access: 4
The well has run dry and the well exit is lost. Only the name of the Rommelspütt street reminds of the well.
References:
[01] Krauss, F.S.: Am Ur-quell. In: Monatschrift für Volkskunde. G. Krämer Verlag, Hamburg (1894).
[02] Schell, O.: Bergische Sagen (1897).
[03] Link, O.: Wie es früher zuging im Bergischen Land. Sutton Verlag GmbH (2007).
[04] Auch, H.G.: Komödianten, Kalvinisten und Kattun. Verlag Lechte (1960).
[05] Mutz, M.A.: Der Rommelspütt in Elberfeld. In: ZeitSpurenSuche.de [Webpage].
[06] Kramer, K.: Rommelspütt in Wuppertal-Elberfeld. In: Heilige-Quellen.de [Webpage].
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