<< Our Photo Pages >> Lohbach Quelle - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Lohbach Quelle Alternative Name: Hörder Bach QuelleCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 0.211 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Dortmund
Latitude: 51.467647N Longitude: 7.552613E
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Harald_Platta visited on 24th Feb 2017 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
It is not known if the site was used as a sanctuary in prehistory. One of the names (Lohbachquelle) is based on the Germanic term lô, which often means a combination of "wetlands" and "forest". Moreover, the remains of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery were found nearby (Berghofen Huegelgrab).
Reference:
[01]Treude, H.: Berghofen – einst und jetzt. In: steigertum.de [Webpage]
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