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<< Other Photo Pages >> Wittekindsquelle Bergkirchen - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia

Submitted by Harald_Platta on Saturday, 14 October 2017  Page Views: 819

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Wittekindsquelle Bergkirchen
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.393 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Bad Oeynhausen  Nearest Village: Bergkirchen
Latitude: 52.268297N  Longitude: 8.773458E
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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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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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Wittekindsquelle Bergkirchen submitted by Creative Commons : The Wittekindsquelle Bergkirchen is a well in Bad Oeynhausen-Bergkirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). It is named after the Saxon leader Widukind (Wittekind) and is assumed to have been venerated by the pagan Saxons. By Chris06 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Wittekindsquelle Bergkirchen is a well in Bad Oeynhausen-Bergkirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). It is named after the Saxon leader Widukind (Wittekind).

Several legends are associated with the well. It has been speculated that this site had been a pagan Saxon sanctuary before the first version of the nearby Evangelische Kirche zu Bergkirchen was built in the 8th century.
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