<< Our Photo Pages >> Quellheiligtum Klemensborn - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia
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Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Quellheiligtum Klemensborn Alternative Name: Klemenspüttchen, Clemenskirche, St.-Clemens-KircheCountry: Germany
NOTE: This site is 0.562 km away from the location you searched for.
Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Essen Nearest Village: Heidhausen
Latitude: 51.383057N Longitude: 7.005916E
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 |
| 2 | Not Good |
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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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Harald_Platta visited on 20th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Janek visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
The chapel was extended to a church building and consecrated to the martyr Clemens by the Cologne archbishop Bruno, the brother of Emperor Otto the Great, in 957. The church was altered several times in the 12th century and was finally demolished in 1817. After excavations, the foundation walls were built up in 1987/88 and secured with a layer of plaster.
Today, the well basin can be visited in the middle of the church ruins. It is covered with a modern metal grid that exhibits the inscriptions Germanische Götterquelle ("Germanic gods well"), Heilquelle ("healing well"), Kinderquelle ("children well"), Taufquelle ("baptismal well").
References
[01] Binding, Günter (1975): Quellen, Brunnen und Reliquiengräber in Kirchen. In: Zeitschrift zur Archäologie des Mittelalters 3, S. 37-56, o. O.
[02] Binding, Günter (1969): St. Klemens in Essen-Werden (Klemensborn). In: Führer zu vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Denkmälern, 15, S. 187-188. Mainz.
[03] Burghard, Hermann (2001): Werden. (Rheinischer Städteatlas, Lieferung XIV, Nr. 78.) S. 251 f., Köln, Weimar, Wien.
[04] Effmann, Wilhelm (Bearb.) / Hohmann, E. (1922): Die karolingisch-ottonischen Bauten zu Werden 2. S. 1-19, Berlin.
[05] Leenen, Stefan (2005): St. Clemens. Quellheiligtum und Kirche. In: Hopp, Detlef (Hrsg.): Unter unseren Füßen. Ein archäologischer Streifzug durch Werden, S. 21-23. Essen.
[06] „Kirchenwüstung Sankt Clemens in Werden”. In: KuLaDig, Kultur.Landschaft.Digital. URL: https://www.kuladig.de/Objektansicht/A-CW-20090514-0003 (Abgerufen: 21. Mai 2022)
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