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Natural PlacesSite Name: Frauensteine Düsseldorf Alternative Name: Witte Wiewerkes, Siebenstein, Weise Frauen
Country: Germany
NOTE: This site is 3.181 km away from the location you searched for.

Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Düsseldorf  Nearest Village: Rath
Latitude: 51.265139N  Longitude: 6.833056E
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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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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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Frauensteine Düsseldorf
Frauensteine Düsseldorf submitted by Janek : Frauensteine Düsseldorf Pic from Jan 2023 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural rocks in North Rhine-Westphalia

A group of 10 larger natural boulders on a hill in the "Aaper Wald". Many local legends are told about this site (Weise Weiberchen, Weise Frauen = wise women). Possibly an ancient sacrificial site.
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Frauensteine Düsseldorf
Frauensteine Düsseldorf submitted by Janek : Frauensteine Düsseldorf Info plate Pic from Jan 2023 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Frauensteine Düsseldorf
Frauensteine Düsseldorf submitted by Creative Commons : By Professormozart (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons (Vote or comment on this photo)

Frauensteine Düsseldorf
Frauensteine Düsseldorf submitted by Flickr : frauensteine Frauensteine Mythen und Legenden Seit jeher ranken sich geheimnisvolle Mythen und Sagen um die ehemalige Bedeutung der Frauensteine, die auch "Witte Wiewerkes" (weiße Weiberchen), "Weise Frauen" oder "Siebenstein" genannt werden. Einer Sage nach war der "Ur-Rhein" über die Ufer getreten und hatte das ganze Land überflutet. Die Menschen flohen auf die Höhen des Aaper ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Frauensteine Düsseldorf by Harald_Platta on Monday, 16 March 2015
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