🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Gegensteine
The Gegensteine (German: [ˈɡeːɡənˌʃtaɪ̯nə]; literally "Counter-Stones" or "Opposing Stones") are two striking, free-standing rock pinnacles rising dramatically from the gentle, undulating landscape…
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🇩🇪 Germany · Cave
Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
The Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura are a collection of six caves in southern Germany which were used by Ice Age humans for shelter about 33,000 to 43,000 years ago.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Federsee
Federsee is a lake located just north of Bad Buchau in the region of Upper Swabia in Southern Germany. It is surrounded by moorland, partially overgrown with reeds.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Hitzacker Archaeological Centre
The Hitzacker Archaeological Centre (German: Archäologisches Zentrum Hitzacker) is an archaeological open-air museum in Hitzacker in the German state of Lower Saxony.
🇩🇪 Germany · Tumulus
Frankleben hoard
The Frankleben hoard is a significant hoard deposit of the European Bronze Age, associated with the Unstrut group (itself associated with the Tumulus or early Urnfield culture (ca. 1500–1250 BC)).
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Arch of Dativius Victor
Ancient Rome
The Arch of Dativius Victor in Mainz is one of the most important reconstructed Roman monuments in Germany.
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
Arnsburg Abbey
Arnsburg Abbey (German: Kloster Arnsburg) is a former Cistercian monastery near Lich in the Wetterau, Hesse, Germany. It was founded by monks from Eberbach Abbey in 1174.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Groß Raden Archaeological Open Air Museum
The Groß Raden Archaeological Open Air Museum (German: Archäologische Freilichtmuseum Groß Raden) lies a few kilometres north of the small town of Sternberg and about a kilometre northeast of the…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Eifel Aqueduct
The Eifel Aqueduct was one of the longest aqueducts of the Roman Empire. The aqueduct, constructed in AD 80, carried water some 95 kilometres (59 mi) from the hilly Eifel region of what is now…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Kalkrieser Berg
Germanic people
The Kalkrieser Berg (also called the Schmittenhöhe) is a hill, 157 m high, between the villages of Venne and Engter in the district of Osnabrück.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Herxheim (archaeological site)
The archaeological site of Herxheim, located in the municipality of Herxheim in southwest Germany, was a ritual center and a mass grave formed by people of the Linear Pottery culture (LBK) in…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Wittmoor Bog Trackways I & II (Hamburg Rhineland)
Early Iron Age (Jastorf / La Tène) · North German Early Iron Age
Dual Iron Age bog trackways (25 m asl) southeast through Wittmoor (Moor 53°42′00″N 10°04′10″E 53.699984N 10.069399E per Wikipedia No II 1904 Wolff discovery) and parallel No I 500 m northeast.
🇩🇪 Germany · Submerged site
Rungholt Submerged Wadden Church Foundations
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical
Rungholt Submerged Wadden Church Foundations in Schleswig-Holstein, Rungholt, Germany is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Raddusch
Early Medieval Sorbian Wendish 880–950 (6th c origin, 9th–10th peak) · Sorbian (Wendish Lusatian, *Lusici*) — Lower Sorbian Spreewald
Raddusch (Slawenburg Raddusch, Sorbian *Raduš*) — Slavic (Sorbian/Wendish) circular rampart fort (9th–10th c, with 6th c predecessor, peak Lusatian Sorbs 880–950) 10 km north Vetschau in Spreewald…
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Altes Lager Menzlin – Slavic–Viking Trading Post
Early Middle Ages (750–900 CE) · Slavic Wends with Scandinavian traders
Altes Lager Menzlin – Slavic–Viking Trading Post in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Anklam area, Peene river bank, Menzlin village, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (750–900 CE) Slavic Wends with Scandinavian…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Langweiler (archaeological site)
Langweiler (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋvaɪlɐ] ) is an archaeological site situated in the Merzbach Valley on the Aldenhovener Plateau of western Germany.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Breitenbach (archaeological site)
The archaeological site near the village of Breitenbach in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany is an important open-air settlement that dates to the period of initial colonization of Europe by anatomically modern…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Heidenmauer (Palatinate)
The Heidenmauer ("heathen wall") near the Palatine county town of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a circular rampart or ringwork, two and a half kilometres long, which was…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Eythra
Eythra is a former settlement near Leipzig, Germany. It is archaeologically important because it is one of the sites of Europe's oldest civilisation.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Circular rampart of Burg
The circular rampart of Burg (German: Ringwall von Burg) is a defensive work from the Early Middle Ages period located near the German town of Celle in Lower Saxony.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Glauberg Celtic Oppidum
Early Iron Age (Hallstatt La Tène A) · Early Celtic (Hallstatt/Latenian) — Glauberg horizon
Early Celtic princely oppidum with 350 m avenue, statue-menhir of leaf-crowned warrior and 50 m gold-burial mound, c.450 BCE.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Ebersberg Castle
Ebersberg Castle (German: Schloss Ebersberg) is a schloss in Auenwald, Germany. Construction of the castle began at the beginning of the 12th century; it was first mentioned in 1226.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Externsteine
Natural Cretaceous (85 Ma); human modification medieval, hypothesized pre-Christian · Natural geology; medieval Christian hermitage; contested Germanic cult
Teutoburg Forest sandstone pillars with carved grottoes and medieval relief, debated as Germanic solar sanctuary.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Bellevue Palace, Germany
Bellevue Palace (German: Schloss Bellevue, pronounced [ʃlɔs bɛlˈvyː] ), located in Berlin's Tiergarten district, has been the official residence of the president of Germany since 1994.