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A place of worship with a famous counterpart: the ring sanctuary near Pömmelte got a new building for visitors – stamped by hand.
The ring sanctuary at Pömmelte, a circular cult site south of Magdeburg that was used thousands of years ago, has a new visitor center. What is special about it: Around 130 tons of clay were pounded by hand layer by layer.
The building is 25 meters long, five meters wide and 3.60 meters high. Inside, several screens provide information about the find location and points of interest in the region. There will also be lectures and museum educational events.
The circular ditch was discovered from the air in 1991 and completely excavated between 2005 and 2008. It is considered the “German Stonehenge” because its structure, diameter and age correspond here. In contrast to its famous counterpart from England, however, it did not consist of large stones, but of thousands of wooden poles. The reconstruction has been open to visitors since 2016. It is freely accessible all year round.
New construction gives impression of the buildings from the Early Bronze Age
The use of Pömmelte as a place of worship began in the late Neolithic period a good 4800 years ago and ended 3900 years ago with the early Bronze Age Aunjetitz culture, whose most important find is the Nebra sky disc.
“The new building corresponds to the archaeological findings,” says state archaeologist Harald Meller about the new visitor house. “This house actually gives an impression of the Early Bronze Age buildings that we have documented hundreds of times here, in what was then the largest settlement in Central Europe.” The building rises on the ground plan of a prehistoric nave. (dpa)
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