<< Text Pages >> Arningquelle - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Arningquelle Alternative Name: Heiliger BornCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 4.945 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Havixbeck
Latitude: 51.965556N Longitude: 7.399722E
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 |
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The Arningquelle is a well in Havixbeck (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The idea of the holy well might derive from the assumption that this site was most likely used as sanctuary in early history.
Literature:
[01] Longinus: Führer durch die Baumberge (1896).
[02] Haenel, M.: Havixbeck – Arningquelle. In: Wasserquellen-Atlas [Webpage].
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