<< Text Pages >> Heilger Brunnen Halscheid - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Heilger Brunnen HalscheidCountry: Germany
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Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Windeck
Latitude: 50.804728N Longitude: 7.667296E
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 |
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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 |
| 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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Heiliger Brunnen in Halscheid is a supposed holy well in Windeck (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Early reports suggest, that the site was used as pagan sanctuary in early history. Also in modern times, the water of the well has been proposed to be healthy. The water basin contained many leeches, that were used by the villagers to clean their blood.
According to a local legend, evil quacksalver poisoned the well in order to sell their own medicine to the villagers. Because of this, the well had been filled up for a long time.
The well was rebuilt again in 2005.
Literature:
[01] Haenel, M.: Windeck-Halscheid – Heiliger Brunnen. In: Wasserquellen-Atlas [Webpage].
[02] Kölner Stadtanzeiger (Hrsg.): Heiliger Brunnen sprudelt wieder (03.10.2005).
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