Force places and cult places in  SAARLAND in GERMANY

Bierbacher monastery forest:
Temple district:
The gallorömische holy place of the Saarland lay in the Bierbacher monastery forest. In a double temple - differentiated by handling of the Roman temples clearly - the old-celtic goddess Rosmerta and its companion Merkur were admired. On a forest terrace lay a buildingless forecourt with a well, which supplied the water necessary for the cult actions. The holy place is elongated and was limited of a Einfriedungsmauer. The temple district, from that a few practicing adult of stones to unfortunately only see are - “dark valley” lies in the district.
Description of way: Motorway interchange nine-churches (A6 with A8) - > exit Homburg Einöd - > direction beer brook - > place of discovery is appropriate scarcely for 3km north of beer brook. Exhibition of the finds and a reconstructed square temple in the open air museum Homburg black field.


Blieskastel:
Menhir Gollenstein
The 7m large Menhir is probably the largest of Central Europe. It derives its name from colus - Spinnrocken -. The emergence in the Jungsteinzeit is brought with the sunning and to the Phalluskult in connection. In the Middle Ages a small holy niche became in in accordance with ice ELT. The Gollenstein was over centuries a barrier travel goal.The attempt in 2. World war to the protection the stone (goal) to flatadd failed because of the fact that the rope tore and the stone fell and broke into 3 parts out-splintered. Today hardly the human figure is to be recognized right below the niche, which as an before-historical God figure - is assumed the celtic weather God Taranis - is regarded.
Description of way: A8 exit Homburg Einöd - > B423 Blieskastel direction Biesingen - > with the Pappelhof direction N up to the end of the settlement - > moving way to the hill - > boundary stone in the area Blieskastel - > Alschbach and Lautzkirchen.


Homburg:
Cult place “stumper summit”
A templeless cult place from probably celtic time, for which on artificially flattened summit plateau in triangle form is appropriate. The 3 sides were set in with stones as wall. In the east there was a passage for a diagonal entrance ramp to a large, flat, Felsblock with trained hollows at the point of the triangle. Assumption that on the Steinplatte the Opfergaben were put and the scooping out for catch the blood served. The rocky mountain is bordered of terraces. The entire plant suggests a geweihte holy place of the Celts, to the Huldigung of the Gods in free nature.
Description of way: 3 km east of Homburg (Saar). A6 exit Homburg - > direction sand village - > branching Käshofen - > directly south the road rises the mountain.


It:
Holy Spring  “Sudelsfels”
Originally this holy spring of the gallischen pouring and welfare goddess Sirona was geweiht. Numerous statues, like a female shape with Untergewand and coat, in the left hand a bowl, point to a rural cult place of the rural population (in 2. to 4. Jhdt. n.Chr.).
Large welfare strength is after-said to the spring water and is a very kalkhaltiges water, which gushes this very day from the earth.
Description of way: At the border of the municipalities it Niedaltdorf and at the west foot of the brain mountain. Of the motorway interchange Saarlouis (A620 with A8) direction it - > far direction N.


Otzenhausen:
Holy Wood Dianas in the Hunnenring
The ring is a triangle of impressive size of - only Titanen or the Hunnen could have achieved that - a gigantic plant from powerful stone barriers. The celtic Treverer established the strongly fastened elevator settlement in the time of the gallischen liberty wars against the Romans. With the victory Caesars over the Gallier had lost the celtic ring plant their meaning as attachment. In the abandoned castle ring - between practicing adult Steinmauern - above the source of the goddess gushing today Diana a small, square temple was established. A bronze Diana statue and the fragment of a stone Ebers refer to a Waldheiligtum Dianas, perhaps also a Weihestätte of the altgallischen forest God Sucellus or Silvanus.
Description of way: Of N the A1 - of the east the A62 to motorway interchange Nonnweiler - > direction Otzenhausen - place cross and up to the ring barrier on the south point of the DOL mountain (sign-posting).


Saarbruecken
Mithrascave:
This holy place from mithrascult,which at the slope of the Halbergs (=Höhlenberg) is, in the vernacular “heath chapel” is called. In lateRoman time approx. 4. Jhdt n.Chr. - the eastern cult cave was destroyed by earlyChristian Bilderstürmern radical. Only remainders of the relief and figure decoration of the Mithradienstes could be brought in security. The Mithrasglaube was as world religion in the Roman Imperium a genuine competition to the rising Christianity. In the late Middle Ages a Christian barrier travel chapel and a Eremitenklause were built.
Finds: Sculpture remainders, with a Vogelklaue and a moon face, oil small lamp, small Tonteller with drain sleeve, bowls and dishes, which probably belonged all mithräischen celebrations accompanying ritual meals.
The rocky underground of the plateau before the cave originally leaned direction Saartal. Stairs with 2 stages, which became to gehauen into the rock, led into the Vorhalle of the cult area. To the left of the stairs a large pit with recess and gutter was as discharge for the ritual washing and baths.
Description of way: West slope of the Halbergs southeast from the Saarbrücker center (today is on the height the Saarland broadcast). A6 to motorway interchange Saarbruecken - > north further - > right of the Brebacher highway is appropriate for the half suppl.