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Krampenstein
Date Added: 28th Apr 2016
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Krampenstein submitted by Harald_Platta on 28th Apr 2016. The Krampenstein is an erratic boulder in Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It measures 2.30 m x 1.80 m x 1.80 m.
View from the East.
© Platta 2016
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LVR Archaeologischer Park Xanten
Date Added: 29th Apr 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
LVR Archaeologischer Park Xanten submitted by Harald_Platta on 29th Apr 2016. The LVR RömerMuseum is a museum building in the outdoor museum LVR Archäologischer Park Xanten (APX) in Xanten (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
© Platta 2014
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Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln
Date Added: 30th Apr 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln submitted by Flickr on 30th Apr 2016. Roncalliplatz | Köln DOM & Römisch-Germanisches Museum C O P Y R I G H T © 2 0 1 5 | Elisabeth de Ru Image copyright: Elisabeth de Ru, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Teufelskanzel
Date Added: 15th May 2016
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Teufelskanzel submitted by Harald_Platta on 13th May 2016. The Teufelskanzel ("Devil`s pulpit") is a rock outcrop in Herdecke (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It is part of the cliffs at Hengstey lake. The rock is associated with local legends.
The picture was taken in May 2016.
© Platta 2016
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Matronenheiligtum Bonn
Date Added: 31st May 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2016
Matronenheiligtum Bonn submitted by Harald_Platta on 23rd May 2016. The Matronenheiligtum Bonn was an ancient temple in Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It was a predecessor building of today`s Bonner Münster. Excavations beneath the church lead to the discovery of several votive stones dedicated to the Gallo-Roman Matronae Aufaniae, which are Romanized versions of Gallo/Germanic mother deities.
Picture of a votive stone (2nd century AD) displayed in the LVR Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn.
Votive stone No.3.
© Platta 2016
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Borbecke Quelle
Date Added: 3rd Jun 2016
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Borbecke Quelle submitted by Harald_Platta on 3rd Jun 2016. The Borbecke Quelle is a well in Essen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The original name is Borathbeki and may mean Bruktererbach ("Bructeri Stream"), which refers to the Germanic tribe of the Bructeri.
Picture of the first well basin.
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Matronenheiligtum Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Date Added: 12th Aug 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Matronenheiligtum Colonia Ulpia Traiana submitted by Creative Commons on 11th Aug 2016. The Matronenheiligtum was a Gallo-Roman temple in Colonia Ulpia Traiana in today`s Xanten (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Today, the base walls of the temple and many other remains of the Roman city Colonia Ulpia Traiana can be visited in the Archäologischer Park Xanten.
By Frank Vincentz (Own work) [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Summstein im Mäckingerbachtal
Date Added: 7th Sep 2016
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Summstein im Mäckingerbachtal submitted by Harald_Platta on 7th Sep 2016. The Summstein (“Humming Stone“) is a modern stone sculpture in Hagen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The visitor has to put the head into the hole of the stone and breath out with a humming tone. The sound is supposed to be echoed from the stone back towards the visitor, which is supposed to be felt within the body of the visitor.
Picture taken in September 2016.
© Platta 2016
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Ruhrtalmuseum
Date Added: 17th Sep 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ruhrtalmuseum submitted by Harald_Platta on 21st Sep 2015. The Ruhrtalmuseum in Schwerte (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is located in the old town hall. The museum mainly displays finds from the surrounding area and has mainly collections of finds from the stone age to early medieval times.
© Platta 2015
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Wodantalquelle
Date Added: 21st Sep 2016
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wodantalquelle submitted by Harald_Platta on 21st Sep 2016. The Wodantalquelle ("Well in Odin`s valley") is a well in Hattingen (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany).
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Städtisches Museum Haus Letmathe
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Städtisches Museum Haus Letmathe submitted by Harald_Platta on 3rd Nov 2016. The Städtisches Museum Haus Letmathe is a local history museum in the rooms of the former manor house Letmathe in Iserlohn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
© Platta 2011
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Siedlung an der Universitätsstrasse
Date Added: 14th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 13th Nov 2016. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 5
Siedlung an der Universitätsstrasse submitted by dodomad on 14th Nov 2016. The remains of an ancient settlement were discovered on a modern construction site in Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) in October 2016.
Several outlines of houses, post holes and pits were found.It us currently assumed that the setlement is 4000 years old and could represent one of the few known Bronze Age settlements in this area.
The excavations are still ongoing.
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Foto: LWL/ABS Gesellschaft für Archäologische Baugrund-Sanierung mbH.
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Deutsches Bergbau Museum Bochum
Date Added: 14th Nov 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Deutsches Bergbau Museum Bochum submitted by Harald_Platta on 6th May 2016. The Deutsches Bergbau Museum is a mining museum in Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
© Platta 2014
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Heiligtum Elfrath
Date Added: 24th Nov 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Heiligtum Elfrath submitted by Harald_Platta on 3rd Feb 2016. The Heiligtum Elfrath is a Roman-style temple built by the Germanic tribe of the Cugerni in Krefeld-Elfrath (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Picture by Andreas Bischof from the news article "Elfrath - Ein unscheinbarer Tempel. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung (9. Dezember 2010).
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In der Monning
Date Added: 9th Dec 2016
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
In der Monning submitted by Harald_Platta on 9th Dec 2016. The barrow cemetery In der Monning is located in Duisburg (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It dates from the Iron Age (ca. 500 BC).
View from the North towards the round barrow at the edge of the forest near Monningstrasse street.
The photo taken in December 2016.
© Platta 2016
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Lindenthal
Date Added: 25th Dec 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 26th Dec 2016. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lindenthal submitted by Harald_Platta on 2nd Apr 2016. The Neolithic settlement of the Linear Pottery Culture was discovered in Cologne-Lindenthal (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The site dates from ca. 5300 – 5000 BC.
Picture of the site map shown in the temporary exhibition "Revolution Jungsteinzeit" in the LVR Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn. The map is based on the publication by Buttler & Haberey from 1936. The houses are marked with red, while the ditches are black.
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Steinsbörnchen
Date Added: 27th Dec 2016
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 27th Dec 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Steinsbörnchen submitted by Harald_Platta on 27th Dec 2016. The well Steinsbörnchen has been described as a holy well in Altena (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The picture was taken in December 2016.
© Platta 2016
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Grabhügelfeld Dülmen-Welte
Date Added: 17th Jan 2017
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Grabhügelfeld Dülmen-Welte submitted by Harald_Platta on 17th Jan 2017. The Grabhügelfeld Dülmen-Welte is a barrow cemetery in Dülmen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The site dates from the Bronze Age.
Picture taken in January 2017.
Picture of the remains of one of the preserved long barrows.
© Platta 2017
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Wallburg Oestrich
Date Added: 19th Jan 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Wallburg Oestrich submitted by Harald_Platta on 20th Jan 2017. The Wallburg Oestrich is a hillfort in Iserlohn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
View at the rampart of the Mittelwall from the East.
Picture taken in January 2017.
© Platta 2017
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Bottrop Galgenberg
Date Added: 28th Jan 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bottrop Galgenberg submitted by Andreas on 30th Mar 2010. view approximately from the South
(March 2010)
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