Pömmelte
Pömmelte | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pömmelte  | |
  Pömmelte  Pömmelte | |
| Coordinates: 51°59′50″N 11°47′59″E / 51.99722°N 11.79972°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Salzlandkreis |
| Town | Barby |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.35 km2 (4.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2006-12-31) | |
• Total | 660 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 39249 |
| Dialling codes | 039298 |
| Website | www.stadt-barby.de/ gem/poemmelte.html |
Pömmelte is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Barby.[1] The modern settlement is first documented in 1292 and probably was founded not too long before, probably by Sorbian settlers. Prehistorical dwelling structures, dating from 2800 - 2200 BC and associated with the Bell Beaker and Unetice cultures, have also been identified.[2]
Pömmelte ring sanctuary
[edit]During the Bronze Age, around the late third millennium BC, Pömmelte was the site of an astronomical observatory (Ringheiligtum Pömmelte) with a function and design similar to Stonehenge, built in wood, with radiocarbon dates indicating 2300 BC as the earliest phase of the ritual centre.[3][4][5] The Pömmelte observatory/sanctuary is associated with the Bell Beaker culture and subsequent Unetice culture. Speculation among anthropologists in 2018 is considering recognition of a cultural tie broadly throughout Europe and the British Isles associating the traditions from which these structures arose to those much earlier, in places such as such as the 7000-year-old Goseck circle in Germany.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Large residential area discovered at Ringheiligtum Pömmelte, the "German Stonehenge"". HeritageDaily - Archaeology News. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ Spatzier, Andre; Bertemes, Francois (June 2018). "The ring sanctuary of Pömmelte, Germany: a monumental, multi-layered metaphor of the late third millennium BC". Antiquity. 92 (363): 655–673. doi:10.15184/aqy.2018.92. S2CID 165852387.
- ^ "Stonehenge's Continental Cousin". Archaeology. January 2021.
- ^ "The World of the Nebra Sky Disc". Halle State Museum of Prehistory.
- ^ Price, Michael, Rituals performed at this German ‘Stonehenge’ may link mysterious monument to its U.K. counterpart, Science, June 28, 2018
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