🇩🇪 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 · 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 · 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.