<< Other Photo Pages >> Drakenhöhlen - Cave or Rock Shelter in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Multi-periodSite Name: Drakenhöhlen Alternative Name: DrachenhöhlenCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 1.243 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Obermarsberg
Latitude: 51.453568N Longitude: 8.850338E
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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According to local legends, it is one of the places that claim to have been the site of the battle between Sigurd (Siegfried) and the dragon Fafnir.
The entrance of the caves can be seen but they are not allowed to be accessed.
Literature:
[01] Stadtmarketing Marsberg e.V.: Aussichts- und Kulturwanderweg.
[http://www.tourismus-marsberg.de/images/flyer/drakenhoehle.pdf]
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