Force places and cult places in  SAXONIA-ANHALT in GERMANY

Ballenstedt:
Gegensteine:
The treasure trove of the large Gegenstein is seen in ritual connection. On the 2 dome-shaped mountain tops - the large one and the small Gegenstein - elevator settlements were from the Bronzezeit. The barriers of the settlements are still well recognizable.
Description of way: Thale over Gernrode after O direction Ballenstedt - > far 2 km northwest.


Benzingerode:
A splendour copy Menhir of nearly 4 m height rises up here in the midst of one valley level up. It stands on a small crest, in the middle in the field, on its original place. By the federal state museum Braunschweig an excavation was already accomplished. Due to radiästhetischer investigations, which were accomplished in the presence by the national archaeologist Dr. Tode, here one is assumed „holy detection line “.
Description of way: B6 direction resounds - > over bath Harzburg after Benzingerode - > to far direction Silstedt - > crushed stone way straight from and after approx. 50 m right into a dirt road (Menhir is here to see)


Benzingerode:
Approx. 1 km air line of the Menhir in Benzingerode stands at the old road after whose castle (dirt road) a further 3 m high Menhir - „the Hünenstein “. 1866 it was brought to its current location. It is assumed that it disturbed in the surrounding fields.
Description of way: Of Benzingerode after the 6 direction to home castle - > before the bridge L - > dirt road at the brook continue to follow - > after approx. 1000 m after a link curve stands directly at the way „of the Hünenstein “.


Börnecke:
A further Menhir is on the old village square of Börnecke, „the prince height “, directly at the edge of a wall.
Description of way: Further on the 6 of bright castle direction Quedlinburg - > left after Börnecke.


Resounds:
Dölauer virgin:
Are here 7.5 m a high Menhir. Today brown coal quartzite still considerable 5.8 m is high. Into the scooped out sides medieval iron nails are hit - probably it concerns thereby measures for Gegenzauber. This very day such ritual customs of the Antipathizaubers are and are also at other Menhiren in the people faith.
A legend tells that into grey Vorzeit a Riesin after its purchase into a thunderstorm is guessed/advised and threw around drying at home to arrive, it bought bread in puddles. The punishment the giant virgin became stone - at the edge of the Dölauer heath.
Description of way: - > 1 km north of Dölau - on the Gemarkungsgrenze to Lettin - > castle Giebichenstein 80 direction resounding new city ice life - > the far Dölauer road resounds on the left of direction salt-flows - > far direction breaking joke - > after approx. 1 km supplies the dirt road right behind small houses on the Menhir.


Half:
Holy Rock and holy spring:
It is told that this water is particularly healthy „“and that one got the water in former times for the preparation of „shower “from the Ypsilanti source. Unfortunately is after drillings due to the ground-water lowering the source triumphs. However the source pot and the old stone with that are in-in accordance with-ice-rarely names recognizable above the source withdrawal still well and available. A pre-Christian holy spring is assumed here and the two groups of rocks close of the source to be considered as suncult place. In the Middle Ages there a chapel area became in in accordance with ice age.
Description of way: Westerhausen direction N - > before the large silo (short before half) left into the road of the Schrebergartensiedlung - > plot „whey reason “behind the house right of the road the narrow way to the source pot of the Ypsilanti source - > one arrives to the far road at the water company - > up lies the cult rock (the smaller rock's group beside it „devil chair “is called.


Kyffhäuser:
Caves of cannibalism:
20 caves and columns with Offerings were discovered here. It was proven that before approximately 3000 years humans for religious reasons sacrificed humans here. It was considered as the highest gift to the divinity, in order to tune and reconcile it benevolently. Further it is proven that ritually eaten sacrificed humans of the cult municipality became (!). The numerous people bones with cutting and fire wounds come mainly from children and young people. Over 100 people victims were found here. They were killed with clubs or hatchets and with Bronze knifes divided around in sakralen cannibalism divinity and cult municipality in the holy meal to unite in such a way. This took place on the free areas of the cave entrances.
It is accepted that priests/inside the cult actions led, whereby the bones of eaten humans were solemnly sunk in cave columns. As victim-added further Spinnwirteln, needles, decoration, cut straw, torches/flares, carved woods, salt, roasted grain and people hair were found.
The center centralsanctify around was the cave inside the mountain. The finds testify „peculiar rites “for the admiration of 2 female natures, which formed a holy unit.
Description of way: 80 resounding north living - > Sangershausen after Franconia living - > the road direction special living 900 m toward the place with the crossing with a dirt road to the right - > 800 m the way along - > the entrances of the Höhlensystems lies right in the steep rock slope of the plateau.


Langeneichstädt:
Dome goddess:
The find showed up in the spring 1987 when taking covering stone off of a grave chamber. 1.76 m highly - a today's people size - are the Menhir statue, which found its secondary use here.  The strongly stylized picture lets assume due to the deep scratching on a female divinity. The lower part oval worked on and polished Menhirs also as Phallussymbol one interprets. Thus the statue could have symbolized also a androgynes nature. On the vertex a dished plate is trained, as it is found with bowl stones. From the Middle Ages sharpening grooves for the Sympathy charm admitted are in Neolithikum to be retraced. Should be come to the buried ones by the contact with the statue revaluation and magic stabilization.
The Menhir steles with the dome goddess is located in the museum resounds. In the area one can visit still the megalithic grave chamber. In the input area of the grave chamber offerings were found such as decoration, drums, perforated animal teeth and ceramic(s).
Description of way: Direction SW toward Langeneichstädt resounds - > beside „the Eichenstädter control room “(a medieval being awake tower) discovers on the Megalithengrab


Steigra:
Trojacastle:
Here relations between the Trojacastels and the sun admiration and with the God cult is recognized. From the Bronzeage one calls the stone setting arranged to spiral labyrinths around a increased center Trojacastel. Since the farmers annually attached the rings again around Easter, the Trojacastle is probably the only received and extracted of this kind by the destruction. This very day the lawns are maintained to a spiral of laid out stones by the population. Hall circle of friends took place in the against from Steigra into our time.
Labyrinths are considered as old cult thinking marks: From the inside of the labyrinths the sun imprisoned from the winter held was released.
In the federal state museum for prehistory in is a reproduction of the lawn labyrith resounds.
Description of way: Langeneichstädt direction Nebra - > at the northern outskirts of a town of Steigra lies the lawn labyrinth (sign-posting)


Thale (southwest from Quedlinburg):
Here are the  „witch dance place “and „the Rosstrappe “.
Deeply in rock entrenched is here the casting of the Rosses, on which the daughter of the resin king of the legend fled after before the giant Bodo.
„The Rosstrappe “is interpreted as offering stone,  since the recess became artificially in in accordance with ice age.  Further the legend is interpreted as originally ritual place and the barrier plant of the Rosstrappe as before-historical holy place.
Description of way: To road-approach road-describe circle Quedlinburg - > district resounds - >


Westerhausen:
In this hill crest a suncult place is assumed - the king stone. Around the group of rocks a narrow path leads. It was considered as part „of the devil wall “.
Diameters are here to rock at the NO side (in the vernacular „the resting camel “mentioned) hit disks of approx. 1.6 m. These are rated as symbols of a bronze-temporal sun cult.
In the Quedlinger lock museum the symbols of a sun cult are issued and interpreted: Wheel crosses, spirals and sun barks. The hit disks are explained here as sun divinities.
Description of way: Börnecke direction Westerhausen - > left the group of rocks lies on a hill crest - > on the easternmost stone on the NO side find itself those „sun disks “.


Quedlinburg:
From the Lehhof the bronze treasure (rings, chains, sword, chisel) in the lock museum Quedlinburg comes. The articles, which were deposited here before 3000 years, are interpreted as consegration gift, because settlement traces are not to be found. Thus the Lehhof is to be interpreted as old holy mountain at which the victims were laid down.
Description of way: Harzburg-resounds - > Quedlinburg north out of town past at the district hospital - > 2 to 6 bath. Away left rock leads to.


Quenstedt:
struggle sanctuaries
The cult place is dated on an age by 6000 years. The former circular flower bed plant is still recognizable as soil discoloration on the summit plateau „of the Schalkenburg “. Of the excavators Hermann Behrens and Erhard Schröter is designated it as „the first neolithic Woodhenge of “Central Europe. It consisted of 5 oval rings. The largest diameter was with scarcely 100 m and about 5000 trunks for the building of the post plant was used. Due to the adjustment of the 3 entrances astronomical considerations of the designers are assumed. With astronomical measurements of the flight planetarium came it resounds to fascinating results: „The entrances “can have been used as Visurlinien to sky observations and the gates were thus Zeitmarken in the course of the year.
Description of way: Quedlinburg direction resounds to 100 m to ashtray lives - > further on 5 to Quenstedt - > far 180 about 500 m after S. then after W up to the stand-alone farmstead - > the way from there size supplies Schalkenburg on the mountain spur „“, a board-mountain-similar height with 3seitigem steep rock slope.


Questenberg:
Queste:
The barriers of an before-historical barrier castle in the area with Questenburg are still good to recognize. On the highest rock cliff the life tree symbol stands - 10 m a high oak trunk - which is decorated this very day at Whitsuntide with wreaths/rings. Here a tradition, which go back on age-old ritual fertility customs, is assumed.
Description of way: To 80 north living direction resounds - > before Sangershausen after N to Questenberg - > Queste is on a height protruding after O, west over Questenberg.


Peter mountain:
A holy mountain concerns here out of slawic time. The name gives a reference to a pre-Christian holy mountain cult place. Peter or me (A) elsberge is usually suspicious pre-christian cult places to have been. Usually they were then taken over by the church and re-designed under the indication of the cross.
The barrier plants on the north side are still well recognizable.
The legend lets assume on the original regulation: In the Middle Ages it was told that the devil had been driven out here and so became very rapidly here a monastery plant on the mountain built.
The Menhir on the back of the federal state museum resounds originates from Krosigk at the Peter mountain.
Description of way: Direction Köthen resounds after N - > locality Peter mountain is because of the slope of the Peter mountain.