🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Altmark Megalithic Grave Beesewege
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Altmark Megalithic Grave Beesewege in Saxony-Anhalt, Altmark, Germany is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Nebra Sky Disk Findspot – Mittelberg Hill
Early Bronze Age Únětice (1600–1550 BCE deposition) · Únětice (Unetice) Bronze Age chiefdom
1600 BCE hoard findspot of the Nebra Sky Disk—Bronze Age astronomic gold-leaf cosmogram.
🇩🇪 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…
🇩🇪 Germany · Hillfort
Otteburg Inner Rampart — Bernburg Center
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 · Megalith
Pömmelte Ring Sanctuary
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Bell Beaker → Únětice / Early Bronze Age
115 m Bell Beaker/Early Bronze Age ring sanctuary with seven concentric timber-ditch circles and ritual pits, c.2300 BCE.
🇩🇪 Germany · Cave
Baumann's Cave
Baumann's Cave (German: Baumannshöhle), located nearby Hermann's Cave, is a show cave in Rübeland in the district of Harz and is Germany's oldest show cave.
🇩🇪 Germany · Earthwork
Goseck Circle – Neolithic Solar Observatory
Middle Neolithic, STK (4900 BCE) · Central European Neolithic (Stichbandkeramik/Stroke-Ornamented)
4900 BCE double ditch-palisade circle with winter solstice gates—Europe's oldest solar observatory.
🇩🇪 Germany · Megalith
Goseck Circle
Early Neolithic · Stichbandkeramik / Stroke-Ornamented ware
4900 BCE circular ditch and double timber palisade with solstice gates — Europe's oldest solar observatory.
🇩🇪 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 · 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
Kyffhausen Castle
The Imperial Castle of Kyffhausen (German: Reichsburg Kyffhausen) is a medieval castle ruin, situated in the Kyffhäuser hills in the German state of Thuringia, close to its border with Saxony-Anhalt.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Königsaue
The town of Königsaue in the district Aschersleben-Staßfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany was destroyed in the course of opencast lignite mining in 1964.