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🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Schloss Köpenick (English: Köpenick Palace) is a Baroque water palace of the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg which stands on an island in the Dahme River surrounded by an English-style park and…
🇩🇪 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 · Archaeological wonder
10th century palace of the Holy Roman Empire, located in Lower Saxony
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Roman Iron Age (Angles) · Germanic Angles (North Germanic)
Thorsberg moor (Thorsberger Moor, Thorsberg Mose) peat bog (18 m asl, 54°38′14″N 09°46′07″E 54.6373,9.7687) in Anglia where Angles deposited votive offerings for four centuries, with 100 m oak…
🇩🇪 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
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
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 · Ancient city
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 · 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 · Hillfort
Early Iron Age (800–400 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Heiligenberg — Double Rampart Outer (Heidelberg) in Baden-Württemberg, Heidelberg, Germany is a Early Iron Age (800–400 BCE) hillfort attributed to Hallsta…
🇩🇪 Germany · Fortified settlement
Late Bronze to Iron Age (1300–400 BCE) · Late Bronze fortified
Heuneburg — Outer Settlement Quartier Southwest in Baden-Württemberg, Herbertingen, Germany is a Late Bronze to Iron Age (1300–400 BCE) fortified settlemen…
🇩🇪 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 · 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 · Hillfort
Early Iron Age (800–400 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Otteburg Inner Rampart — Bernburg Center in Saxony-Anhalt, Bernburg, Germany is a Early Iron Age (800–400 BCE) hillfort attributed to Hallstatt / Early Iro…
🇩🇪 Germany · Submerged site
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
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 · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Stichbandkeramik / Stroke-Ornamented ware
4900 BCE circular ditch and double timber palisade with solstice gates — Europe's oldest solar observatory.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Wartberg
Wartberg culture gallery grave (c. 3000 BCE) at Lohra, Hesse, 20 m long gallery with sandstone orthostats, perforated door-stone and collective burials for ~20 individuals.
🇩🇪 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
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 · 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 · Megalith
Late Neolithic (Wartberg culture, 3400–2800 BCE) · Wartberg (Funnel Beaker–Wartberg late group)
The Altendorf grave (Wartberg culture, late Neolithic c.3400–3000 BCE), on the Altenburg ridge near Naumburg 24 km southwest of Kassel, was a 17-m gallery grave chamber 17.5 m long inside a 17 × 5 m…
