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Stein Hoetmarer Mark
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Stein Hoetmarer Mark submitted by Harald_Platta on 2nd Feb 2019. The site resembles a dolmen and is situated near Mussenbach creek, which was the old borderline between the villages Freckenhorst and Hoetmar. The memorial was errected in 2001 in reminiscence of the dead of the fight between Freckenhorst and Hoetmar in 1645.
The picture was taken in October 2018.
© Platta 2018
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Findlingsgruppe Ludgeristraße
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Findlingsgruppe Ludgeristraße submitted by Harald_Platta on 10th Feb 2019. The monument is located near Ludgeristraße in Billerbeck (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). It consists of several boulders stacked on top of each other.
The site was dedicated as a memorial for Albert Leo Schlageter in 1934 and later in 1953 as a memorial for prisoner of war. The last inscriptions were removed
in 1956.
The picture was taken in January 2019.
© Platta 2019
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Galapa
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
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Ballots Brunnen
Date Added: 27th May 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ballots Brunnen submitted by Harald_Platta on 30th May 2019. The Ballots Brunnen is a spring in the city forest of Iserlohn (North-Rhine-Westphalia/Germany).
It is speculated that the site was already important for the Germanic tribes.
The picture was taken in May 2019.
© Platta 2019
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Bochumer Zentrum für Stadtgeschichte
Date Added: 13th Aug 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Bochumer Zentrum für Stadtgeschichte submitted by Harald_Platta on 24th Sep 2015. The Bochumer Zentrum für Stadtgeschichte is an archive and museum in Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
© Platta 2015
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Summstein Widar
Date Added: 10th Nov 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Summstein Widar submitted by Harald_Platta on 13th Nov 2019. The Summstein Widar ("Humming Stone") is a modern stone sculpture situated in Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany).
Rear view.
The picture was taken in November 2019.
© Platta 2019
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Wewelsburg Galeriegrab 1
Date Added: 25th Feb 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2018. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Wewelsburg Galeriegrab 1 submitted by Andreas on 22nd Oct 2014. View into the partially reconstructed chamber.
These remains of the tomb can be seen in the prehistoric section of the museum in the eponymous Wewelsburg castle, not far from the original location of the gallery grave.
(picture from October 2014)
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Castellum and Settlement Reckberg
Date Added: 26th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2017. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 4
Castellum and Settlement Reckberg submitted by Harald_Platta on 26th Feb 2020. The remains of a Roman castellum, settlement and cemetery were discovered on Reckberg hill in Neuss (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The castellum was part of the Lower Germanic Limes.
The tower of the castellum was reconstructed nearby in 1991.
The picture was taken in September 2017.
© Platta 2017
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Miliarium Reckberg
Date Added: 28th Feb 2020
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Miliarium Reckberg submitted by Creative Commons on 28th Feb 2020. The Miliarium Reckberg is a Roman marker stone in Neuss (North Rhine–Westphalia, Germany). A replica of the stone can be seen at Reckberg hill near a former Roman path next to the Lower Germanic Limes line.
Hartmann Linge / CC BY-SA
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Novaesium
Date Added: 29th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Novaesium submitted by Harald_Platta on 29th Feb 2020. The Jupitersäule ("Jupiter stele" is located near the former entrance of the Roman castrum Novaesium, which would finally become today`s Neuss (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The base shows representations of Hercules, Ceres, Mercury and Vulcanus, while the pillar shows the images of Juno, Minerva and Mercury. Jupiters sits on top of the stele.
The original (3rd century) can be seen in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn.
The picture was taken in September 2017.
© Platta 2017
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Summstein Holthausen
Date Added: 31st Jul 2020
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2020. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Summstein Holthausen submitted by Harald_Platta on 31st Jul 2020. The Summstein ("Humming Stone") is a modern stone sculpture in Mülheim an der Ruhr (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The stone carries the inscriptions of the names of the people that have been burried in this part of the cemetery wood without further grave markings. Another standing stone has been erected close by, possibly as a future second Summstein.
The picture was taken in July 2020.
© Platta 2020
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Karl-Pollender-Stadtmuseum Werne
Date Added: 6th Aug 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Karl-Pollender-Stadtmuseum Werne submitted by Harald_Platta on 6th Aug 2020. The Karl-Pollender-Stadtmuseum is a local history museum in Werne (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The picture was taken in August 2020.
© Platta 2020
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Waldsee Bönen
Date Added: 6th Aug 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2020. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Waldsee Bönen submitted by Harald_Platta on 6th Aug 2020. The Waldsee Bönen, also called Mergelbergteich, is a well and a lake in Bönen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
Several legends are associated with the lake. It has been speculated that it might have been a part of a Germanic sanctuary.
The picture was taken in August 2020.
© Platta 2020
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Großer Stein am Röhrberg
Date Added: 6th Aug 2020
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Großer Stein am Röhrberg submitted by Harald_Platta on 6th Aug 2020. The Großer Stein am Röhrberg is a stone described in local legends. It is thought to be located on Röhrberg hill in Bönen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The picture shows a boulder that is unusually big for this area. It has been found in the woods on Röhrberg hill and was brought down to the street at the food of the hill in 1965. It is not known, if exactly this individual boulder is linked to the original legends.
The picture was taken in August 2020.
© Platta 2020
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Stadtmuseum und Römerpark Bergkamen
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2020. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 5
Stadtmuseum und Römerpark Bergkamen submitted by Harald_Platta on 4th Oct 2020. Archaeological educational trail (Archäologischer Lehrpfad Römerlager Oberarden) in Oberarden/Bergkamen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). Several information panels remind of the Roman past of this area. The picture shows parts of the remains of the small arena near the fortification.
© Platta August 2020
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Summstein Schellenberg
Date Added: 21st Mar 2021
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 27th Feb 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Summstein Schellenberg submitted by Harald_Platta on 21st Mar 2021. The Summstein Schellenberg is a modern stone sculpture situated in Schellenberg forest in Essen (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany).
Platta, February 2014
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Steinsetzung Hünefeld
Date Added: 24th Mar 2021
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2021. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 5
Steinsetzung Hünefeld submitted by Harald_Platta on 24th Mar 2021. The stone setting at the Hünefeld street in Wuppertal (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a modern sculpture that visually resembles a megalithic site.
View at the complete setting.
Platta 2021
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Grotenberg
Date Added: 28th Mar 2021
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Grotenberg submitted by Harald_Platta on 28th Mar 2021. The Grotenberg is rock face in Bochum (North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany). This kind of a high rock cliff is unusual for the surrounding area. It has been speculated whether it might have been a part of a pagan sanctuary. The name (Grote = the Great = Odin) could support this possible connection.
Platta 2020
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Bumannsburg
Date Added: 17th Aug 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bumannsburg submitted by Harald_Platta on 12th Aug 2021. The Bumannsburg is an early defensive earthwork situated in Bergkamen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). It was most likely build by Charlemagne around 800 AD in the context of the Saxon war.
Cut through one of the ramparts.
Platta, August 2020
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Sieben Gräben
Date Added: 10th Dec 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sieben Gräben submitted by Creative Commons on 10th Dec 2021. The hillfort Sieben Gräben ("Seven Ditches") is located on Schleipenberg hill in Hagen (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany).
The fortification consists of a triple rampart-ditch system around an interior space of 21 m in diameter. In the north there is an additional protection by a neck ditch.
Digital terrain model, resolution 0.5 m, 3D view, raw data from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (https://www.opengeodata.nrw.de/produkte/geobasis/hm/)
by Roueven Meidlinger, September 2021. ...
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