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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grotenbach - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

Submitted by Harald_Platta on Friday, 16 June 2017  Page Views: 990

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Grotenbach
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 2.567 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Witten
Latitude: 51.452611N  Longitude: 7.381856E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Grotenbach
Grotenbach submitted by Harald_Platta : The Grotenbach is a well and small stream in Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). Its name might connect it to the Germanic god Odin. The area is hardly accessible in the summer months because of the dense vegetation. The picture shows the Grotenbach a few meters downstream of the well exit, which lies near the houses on the left side of the picture. The streambed is indicated by the relat... (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Grotenbach is a well and small stream in Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany).

The name (Grote = the Great = Odin) suggests that the well might have been venerated in ancient times. A similar idea has been presented for the Grotenberg, which is a hill in Bochum, where the Horkenstein originally was localized. The Grotenbach incorporates the Heilige Bach ("Sacred Stream") and the Steinbach ("Stone Stream") before entering the bigger Rüpingsbach in Dortmund. The original well opening lies a few meters before the present exit site beneath the Annener Gussstahlwerke steelworks. It cannot be reached in the summer months because the small footpath leading there is tightly covered with vegetation. The current well exit site itself cannot be reached in the winter as well, because the area is fenced in.
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Grotenbach
Grotenbach submitted by Harald_Platta : The Grotenbach is a well and small stream in Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). Its name might connect it to the Germanic god Odin. The area is fenced in. The well exit is indicated as a depression in this picture. The photo was taken in February 2018. © Platta 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotenbach
Grotenbach submitted by Harald_Platta : The Grotenbach is a well and small stream in Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). Its name might connect it to the Germanic god Odin. The photo was taken in February 2018. © Platta 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Grotenbach
Grotenbach submitted by Harald_Platta : The Grotenbach is a well and small stream in Witten (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). Its name might connect it to the Germanic god Odin. The area is hardly accessible in the summer months because of the dense vegetation. The picture shows the Grotenbach a few meters downstream of the well exit. The streambed is indicated by the relatively free space in the middle of the picture. The phot... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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