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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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Ludgerusbrunnen
Date Added: 27th Jan 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Ludgerusbrunnen submitted by Flickr on 28th Jan 2016. Billerbeck, Ludger Brunnen Image copyright: lepomada, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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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.
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Bleu de Vire (Freiburg)
Date Added: 12th Jul 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bleu de Vire (Freiburg) submitted by Harald_Platta on 12th Jul 2019. The granite Bleu de Vire is a modern stone sculpture by Ulrich Rückriem. It situated in Freiburg im Breisgau (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany) and measures 568 × 108 × 137 cm.
The picture was taken in July 2019.
© Plata 2019
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Archaeological Park Herrsching
Date Added: 24th Sep 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Bavaria)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Archaeological Park Herrsching submitted by Harald_Platta on 24th Sep 2019. The Archaeological Park in Herrsching am Ammersee (Bavaria, Germany) is located at the original site of finds from the Roman and Baiuvarian time.
Picture of the reconstructed early Christian church and some of the original Baiuvarian graves.
© Platta September 2019
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Baiuvarian Cemetery Herrsching
Date Added: 4th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Bavaria)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Baiuvarian Cemetery Herrsching submitted by Harald_Platta on 4th Oct 2019. The Baiuvarian cemetery dates from the 7th century and is located in the Archaeological Park in Herrsching am Ammersee (Bavaria, Germany).
Grave No. 9 contained the bones of a man (ca. 30-40 years old) and grave goods from the early 7th century.
© Platta September 2019
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Museum Alte Kulturen
Date Added: 4th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Museum Alte Kulturen submitted by Harald_Platta on 5th Oct 2019. The Museum Alte Kulturen (“Museum of Ancient Cultures”) is located in Hohentübingen Castle in Tübingen (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany).
The museum displays finds from the prehistoric and ancient time of the area as well as collections from ancient assyria, greece, egypt and rome.
It is especially famous for the oldest known pieces of art from the UNESCO World Heritage sites Caves and Ice Age Art in Swabian Jura.
© Platta September 2019
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Mehringer Steine 1
Date Added: 27th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mehringer Steine 1 submitted by Martin_L on 5th Feb 2010. Site viewed from the East. Remains of a 7 (or 6) capstone megalithic tomb measuring appr. 14m x 3,5m originally with oval enclosure. The latter being completely destroyed except for one kerbstone remaining in the South-east. At least 3 capstones are robbed, another one is damaged by blasting attempts. The remaining capstones collapsed into the chamber. The chamber is partly embedded into the remains of the oval barrow. April 2009
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Mehringer Steine 2
Date Added: 27th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mehringer Steine 2 submitted by Martin_L on 5th Feb 2010. South-western half of the chamber. 9 out of 11 eleven capstones are preserved, but often fallen into the chamber as a result of the historic destruction attempts. Drywalling and all other smaller stones as usual robbed. April 2008
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Mehringer Steine 3
Date Added: 27th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mehringer Steine 3 submitted by madcat on 12th Sep 2005. The least well preserved of three megalithic graves close to each other.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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