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Natural PlacesSite Name: TeufelskanzelCountry: Germany Land: North Rhine-Westphalia Type: Rock Outcrop
Nearest Town: Herdecke
Latitude: 51.404799N Longitude: 7.447912E
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| 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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| 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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| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Harald_Platta visited on 13th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
The sandstone rock is linked to different versions of the legend of the Teufelskanzel (“Devil`s pulpit“). After the nearby Saxon hillfort Syburg had fallen to the christian Franks, one of the last pagan Saxon soldiers was chased to towards this rock. He jumped with his horse down the cliff. The Franks did not find him and assumed that the pagan gods must have helped him.
Like in the cases of many other sites that later were associated with the devil, it can be speculated, that the Teufelskanzel might have had a special, sacral meaning to the Saxons.
Literature:
[01] Sondermann, D.: Die Teufelskanzel. In: Ruhrsagen (2005).
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