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Square Henge Bochum-Laer
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2015
Site Type: Henge
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2015
Square Henge Bochum-Laer submitted by Harald_Platta on 19th Feb 2015. Figure composed of an scanned image taken from Ref. [04]. The excavated ditches are marked with red colour. The white colour indicates the western part of the square. The course of the highway A43 is shown in black.
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Hünenpforte
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2015
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2015
Hünenpforte submitted by Harald_Platta on 20th Feb 2015. View from the plateau over the Hünenpforte towards the north-east.
© Platta 2015
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Horkenstein
Date Added: 2nd Mar 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2015
Horkenstein submitted by dodomad on 23rd Feb 2015. Picture posted on the homepage of Holger Vockert. In 2007, the artist Holger Vockert placed a red figure on the Horkenstein. He wanted to bring back the stone to the mind of the people of Hattingen and remind them of the myth as a holy stone.
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Blaetterhoehle
Date Added: 11th Jan 2017
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Blaetterhoehle submitted by dodomad on 24th Feb 2015. Entrance of the Blaetterhoehle.
Taken from the press release: "RuhrNachrichte.de": Blätterhöhle in Hagen. Mit dem Archaeologen auf Knien durch die Steinzeit. Photo © Bertram.
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Schwelmer Gesundbrunnen
Date Added: 2nd Mar 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 25th Feb 2015
Schwelmer Gesundbrunnen submitted by Harald_Platta on 25th Feb 2015. Schwelmer Gesundbrunnen ("Health Well of Schwelm") was an old well that had been suggested to have healing powers. The well house was built in the 17th century.
© Platta 2015
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Hohenstein (Wuppertal)
Date Added: 2nd Mar 2015
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 26th Feb 2015
Hohenstein (Wuppertal) submitted by Harald_Platta on 26th Feb 2015. Hohenstein. Front View in February.
© Platta 2015.
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LWL-Museum für Archäologie
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2015
LWL-Museum für Archäologie submitted by Harald_Platta on 4th Mar 2015. LWL-Museum für Archäologie in Herne (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)..
© Platta 2015
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Neandertal bei Mettmann
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 5th Mar 2015
Neandertal bei Mettmann submitted by Harald_Platta on 5th Mar 2015. Stamp from 2006, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Neanderthal.
"Zum Jahr des Neanderthalers 2006 (1856 – 2006) 150 Years of Neanderthal."
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Externsteine
Date Added: 8th Nov 2015
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 6th Mar 1995. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Externsteine submitted by Creative Commons on 6th Mar 2015. Externsteine-stamp-1989-(350 Pfennig) -Sibylle & Fritz Haase.
Gemeinfrei.
File:Stamps of Germany (Berlin) 1989, MiNr 835a.jpg
Scan:Nightflyer, April 2088
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Herne Gysenberg Huegelgraeberfeld
Date Added: 1st Jan 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Herne Gysenberg Huegelgraeberfeld submitted by dodomad on 6th Mar 2015. One of the twelve barrows in Gysenberg/Herne in 1929.
Image from the book "Karl Brandt: Bilderbuch zur Ruhrländischen Urgeschichte Teil 1 (1954)".
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Heidenstein (Hattingen)
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2015
Heidenstein (Hattingen) submitted by Harald_Platta on 7th Mar 2015. Heidenstein in Hattingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
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Heiliger Spring (Hattingen)
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2015
Heiliger Spring (Hattingen) submitted by Harald_Platta on 8th Mar 2015. The supposed pagan ritual stone Heidenstein in the Heiliger Spring stream.
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Klausberg Hügelgrab
Date Added: 8th Aug 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Klausberg Hügelgrab submitted by Creative Commons on 9th Mar 2015. Klausberg Hügelgrab
By ArthurMcGill (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum Oerlinghausen
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2015
submitted by on .
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Auf dem Anger - Rössen Settlement
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 9th Mar 2015
Auf dem Anger - Rössen Settlement submitted by Harald_Platta on 9th Mar 2015. Image based on a scanned figure from the book "Karl Brandt: Neolithische Siedlungsplätze im Stadtgebiet von Bochum (1967)."
Neolithic settlemt of the Rössen culture in Bochum-Kirchharpen.
The site map depicts the positions of the post-holes of the Rössen long house. In addition, several pits (fireplaces, storage pits) are shown. At the north-east end of the house wall, a region with many desiccation cracks in the ground indicates an intensively used part of the site.
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Oeger Höhle
Date Added: 11th Jan 2017
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Oeger Höhle submitted by Harald_Platta on 11th Mar 2015. 12.000 year old harpoon made of reindeer antlers. In the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte Hagen, the visitor can compare the original fragment (1) with the reconstructed model (2).
© Platta 2015
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Opferstein Vierenberg
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2015
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LBK Settlement Kahlenberg
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2015
LBK Settlement Kahlenberg submitted by Harald_Platta on 14th Mar 2015. Finds from the Linear Pottery culture settlement "Kahlenberg" in Hagen (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). They are displayed in the "Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte" in Hagen.
- top: storage vessel
- left side: microliths (flintstones)
- left side background: stone axe (lydite)
- right side: decorated drinking vessel and pieces of pottery
- foreground: stone axes (lydite and amphibolite)
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Frauensteine Düsseldorf
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2015
Frauensteine Düsseldorf submitted by Flickr on 16th Mar 2015. 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 Waldes und errichteten mit Steinen einen Altar. Auf diesen opferte eine Priesterin ihr schneeweißes...
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Stiepeler Opferstein
Date Added: 29th Mar 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2015
Stiepeler Opferstein submitted by Harald_Platta on 16th Mar 2015. The Stiepeler Opferstein (Bochum, NRW, Germany) contains a furrow and has been suggested to have had a ritual function.
© Platta 2015
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