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Grabhügel Neuer Oxter Weg
Date Added: 13th Jul 2016
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Grabhügel Neuer Oxter Weg submitted by Harald_Platta on 13th Jul 2016. The tumulus is situated at Neuer Oxter Weg road in Cuxhaven (Lower Saxony, Germany).
View from the North-West. The road makes a bend around the mound.
Picture taken in July 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 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.
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Grabhügel Butzberg
Date Added: 19th May 2016
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Grabhügel Butzberg submitted by Harald_Platta on 3rd Jan 2016. The Grabhügel Butzberg is a round barrow in Cuxhaven (Lower Saxony, Germany).
View approx. from the West.
Picture from January 2016.
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Großsteingrab im Sandheck
Date Added: 19th May 2016
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2015. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Großsteingrab im Sandheck submitted by Harald_Platta on 2nd Oct 2015. The rediscovered stones from the chambered tomb Im Sandheck were reused as decoration for the war memorial in Reken (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Stones in the north-western corner of the memorial site.
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Ramsdorf Huegelgraeberfeld
Date Added: 19th May 2016
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ramsdorf Huegelgraeberfeld submitted by Harald_Platta on 4th Mar 2016. The Hövelsberg is one of the biggest preserved round barrows in Westphalia.
It may stem from the late Neolithic and has a diameter of 25 m. It is situated in the Ramsdorf barrow cemetery in Velen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Picture from February 2016
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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.
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Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg
Date Added: 4th May 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Bavaria)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg submitted by Creative Commons on 6th May 2016. The Naturhistorisches Museum is a museum in Nürnberg (Bavaria, Germany).
By Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e.V. (Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e.V.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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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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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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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.
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LVR-Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn
Date Added: 15th Apr 2016
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
LVR-Rheinisches LandesMuseum Bonn submitted by Harald_Platta on 1st Apr 2016. The Rheinisches LandesMuseum is a museum with an important collection of finds from pre- and early history in Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
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Isenberg Höhlung
Date Added: 13th Apr 2016
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Isenberg Höhlung submitted by Harald_Platta on 13th Apr 2016. The Isenberg Höhlung is a small rock shelter in the sandstone cliff at the top of Isenberg hill in Hattingen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Several stone age tools have been found in the bottom of the Isenberg Höhlung.
Picture from April 2016.
Somebody uses the rock shelter to store firewood.
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Erdwerk Venusberg
Date Added: 1st Apr 2016
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Erdwerk Venusberg submitted by Harald_Platta on 1st Apr 2016. The Neolithic earthwork Venusberg is situated on the Venusberg hill in Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It was built by the Michelsberg culture ca. 4200 – 4000 BC.
Picture from April 2016.
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Grabhügelfeld Westruper Heide - Nord
Date Added: 20th Mar 2016
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Grabhügelfeld Westruper Heide - Nord submitted by Harald_Platta on 19th Mar 2016. The Grabhügelfeld Westruper Heide - Nord is a barrow cemetery in Haltern am See (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The picture shows one of the round barrows in the western part of the cemetery.
View from the West.
Picture from March 2016.
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Neandertaler Rastplatz Stever
Date Added: 18th Mar 2016
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 4
Neandertaler Rastplatz Stever submitted by Harald_Platta on 18th Mar 2016. The discovered stone tools suggest that Neandertals had lived at the banks of the Stever river (Haltern am See, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) 200,000 – 35,000 years ago.
The information board can be seen near the original site.
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Grabhügelgruppe Sebbelheide
Date Added: 17th Mar 2016
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2016. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Grabhügelgruppe Sebbelheide submitted by Harald_Platta on 14th Dec 2015. The Grabhügelgruppe Sebbelheide is barrow cemetery in Haltern am See (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The round barrows of the Sebbelheide are depicted on the site map, as well as the round barrows of other cemeteries in Halterm am See.
Image scanned from the article by Boosen, J.D.: Vorgeschichtliche Grabhügelgruppen und Niemenwall in der „Westruper Heide“ bei Haltern. In: Führer zu vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Denkmälern Band 46 (1981).
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Grabhügel am Niemenwall
Date Added: 17th Mar 2016
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Grabhügel am Niemenwall submitted by Harald_Platta on 16th Mar 2016. The Grabhügel am Niemenwall is a round barrow in Haltern am See (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
View from the South-East.
Picture from March 2016.
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Grabhügelgruppe Borkenberge
Date Added: 17th Mar 2016
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Grabhügelgruppe Borkenberge submitted by Harald_Platta on 17th Mar 2016. The Grabhügelgruppe Borkenberge is a small barrow cemetery in Haltern am See (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
View from the South.
Picture from March 2016.
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Gottes Brünnlein
Date Added: 9th Mar 2016
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Gottes Brünnlein submitted by Harald_Platta on 8th Mar 2016. The Gottes Brünnlein ("God's little well") is a well in Wuppertal (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
It is the only well with drinking water in Wuppertal.
Picture from March 2016.
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