🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Warburg-Rimbeck Passage Grave
Late Neolithic · Wartberg
Wartberg passage grave at Rimbeck near Warburg (c. 3400–3000 BCE), 18 m gallery with limestone orthostats, antechamber and 10+ burials.
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🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Wartberg
Wartberg passage grave at Rimbeck near Warburg (c. 3400–3000 BCE), 18 m gallery with limestone orthostats, antechamber and 10+ burials.
🇩🇪 Germany · Buried city
Medieval (1150–1362 CE) · Frisian / Danish
Edomsharde marsh capital drowned 16 Jan 1362 Grote Mandrenke — church terp and harbour channel at −1.5 m in Wadden flats 12 km off Pellworm.
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Early Middle Ages (750–850 CE peak; revived 9th–12th c.) · Slavic Rani / Rügen Principality
Ralswiek Slavic Prince's Settlement (Rügen) in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rügen Island, Großer Jasmunder Bodden shore, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (750–850 CE peak; revived 9th–12th c.) Slavic Rani /…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
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 · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Hohle Fels Venus Figurine Horizon IV in Baden-Württemberg, Hohle Fels, Germany is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Early Medieval Slavic 850–1000 (Warnower–Obotrite) · Slavic Warnower/Obotrite (Mecklenburg pagan lake temple)
Gross Raden (Groß Raden Archäologisches Freilichtmuseum) — Slavic island temple-fort (9th–10th c, Slavic rondel 9th c, peak 900–1000) on Rader See lake island 8 km north Sternberg, Mecklenburg lake…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Early Medieval Viking Age–Slavic 8th–10th c · Slavic Veleti–Groswin + Scandinavian (Gotlandic–Swedish) traders
Altes Lager Menzlin West Field — western barrow-and-settlement extension of the 8th–10th c Slavic–Scandinavian trading post at Menzlin on Peene River 7 km west Anklam, Groswin tribal land.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Late Neolithic (Wartberg 3400–2900 BCE) · Wartberg
The Züschen gallery grave (c.3400–3000 BCE, Wartberg), just east of Fritzlar near the Eder, is a 20.5-m masterpiece, Germany's longest gallery tomb, with 30 sandstone orthostats enclosing a chamber…
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Viking Age (early 8th century–1066 CE) · Danish Viking Age / Frankish border
UNESCO Archaeological Border Complex of Hedeby and Danevirke (2018) at the head of the Schlei inlet — the largest Viking Age town in Scandinavia, semi-circular 27 ha rampart enclosing plot-divided…
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
The Goldbusch is a great dolmen (German: Großdolmen), a type prehistoric grave site, that lies between Altensien and Moritzdorf on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Klein Upahl Megalithic Grave in Mecklenburg, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Germany is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c.
🇩🇪 Germany · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Glauberg — Princely Grave Annex (Keltenwelt) in Hesse, Wetteraukreis, Glauburg, Germany is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed…
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker — Emsland
Emsland passage grave (c. 3300 BCE) near Meppen, 15 m hunebed with chamber and oval enclosure, TRB Emsland group. Capstones partly displaced but chamber well preserved in forest clearing.
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortress
Alte Burg is a large Celtic hilltop fortification, or hillfort, that may have been used as a cult or assembly site for the regional population.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
The Harhoog is a dolmen, a rectangular megalithic tomb from the Funnelbeaker culture, located near Keitum on the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Funnel Beaker (TRB)
Funnel Beaker (TRB) extended dolmen (c. 3500–2800 BCE) at Nobbin, Rügen Island, 30 m trapezoid enclosure with guard stones, chamber with 3 capstones and Neolithic depositions.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Denghoog is a Neolithic passage grave dating from around 3000 BC on the northern edge of Wenningstedt-Braderup on the German island of Sylt. The name Denghoog derives from the Söl'ring Deng (Thing) and Hoog (Hill).
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
Cistercian abbey near the present village of Kleinbartloff, Germany
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Goloring is an ancient earthworks monument located near Koblenz, Germany. It was created in the Bronze Age era, which dates back to the Urnfield culture (1200–800 BCE.).
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Heidetränk Oppidum near Oberursel in the Taunus in Germany is one of Europe's most important Celtic oppida.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Hallstatt Late to Early La Tène · Northern German urnfield community
Hallstatt plank causeway in Huetberg moor 8 km east of Eckernförde: 68 m split-oak on birch sleepers (612 BCE).
🇩🇪 Germany · Earthwork
Early Middle Ages (9th–1168 CE, temple peak 1100–1168) · Slavic Rani Principality (Svantevit cult)
Cape Arkona (Jaromarsburg) Slavic Temple Fortress in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rügen Island, Putgarten, Wittow peninsula, Cape Arkona cliffs, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (9th–1168 CE, temple peak…
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient city
Early Middle Ages (735–811 CE) · Obodrite Slavs (Reric/Rerik), Danish, Frankish traders
Groß Strömkendorf (Reric) Early Slavic Emporium in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wismar Bay, Groß Strömkendorf village shore, Germany is a Early Middle Ages (735–811 CE) Obodrite Slavs (Reric/Rerik),…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Battle at the Harzhorn took place in the early 3rd century between Germanic and Roman troops near the Harzhorn hill between the towns of Kalefeld and Bad Gandersheim, in the state of Lower…