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The Externsteine -de are a distinctive rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest of northwestern Germany, not far from the city of Detmold at Horn-Bad Meinberg. The formation is a tor consisting of several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills. The name probably means "stones of the Egge", Egge meaning ridge.
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The Externsteine is a distinctive sandstone rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest, near the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg in the Lippe district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The formation is a tor consisting of several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills.
In a popular tradition going back to an idea proposed to Hermann Hamelmann in 1564, the Externsteine are identified as a sacred site of the pagan Saxons, and the location of the Irminsul idol destroyed by Charlemagne; there is however no archaeological evidence that would confirm the site's use during the relevant period. The stones were used as the site of a hermitage from the early 9th century, and by at least the high medieval period were the site of a Christian chapel. The Externsteine relief is a medieval depiction of the Descent from the Cross.
The Externsteine [ˈɛkstɐnʃtaɪnə] is a distinctive sandstone rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest, near the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg in the Lippe district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The formation is a tor consisting of several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills.
In a popular tradition going back to an idea proposed to Hermann Hamelmann in 1564, the Externsteine are identified as a sacred site of the pagan Saxons, and the location of the Irminsul idol reportedly destroyed by Charlemagne; there is however no archaeological evidence that would confirm the site's use during the relevant period.
The stones were used as the site of a hermitage in the Middle Ages, and by at least the high medieval period were the site of a Christian chapel. The Externsteine relief is a medieval depiction of the Descent from the Cross. It remains controversial whether the site was already used for Christian worship in the 8th to early 10th centuries.
The Externsteine gained prominence when Völkisch and nationalistic scholars took an interest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This interest peaked under the Nazi regime, when the Externsteine became a focus of Nazi propaganda. Today, they remain a popular tourist destination and also continue to attract Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis.
1836 wurde aus romantisch-landschaftsästhetischen Gründen der unterhalb der Felsengruppe fließende Bach Wiembecke zum Wiembecketeich aufgestaut. Dieser künstliche Teich wurde zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus für Grabungszwecke und im
Rahmen der Gestaltung des Areals abgelassen, nach 1945 aber wieder neu angelegt.
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De Externsteine zijn een formatie van zandstenen in het Teutoburgerwoud in Duitsland, niet ver van de stad Detmold. De formatie bestaat uit enkele lange stenen, die abrupt uit het heuvelachtige landschap oprijzen. De stenen zijn van zandsteen en zijn ontstaan in het Krijt, ongeveer 120 miljoen jaar geleden. Deze bezienswaardigheid in Noordrijn-Westfalen is als natuurmonument alleen al indrukwekkend, doch er is ook nog een raadsel aan deze rotsformatie verbonden. Dit komt omdat er sporen van menselijk gebruik uit de middeleeuwen, mogelijk zelfs uit de prehistorie, op zijn teruggevonden.
Regionalgeografisch markant stehen die Felsen nur ca. drei Kilometer nordwestlich der Stelle, an der die von Nordwest nach Südost streichende Gebirgskette des Teutoburger Waldes in das von Nord nach Süd verlaufende Eggegebirge
umbiegt. In Richtung Nordwesten gehen die Externsteine direkt in die ansteigenden waldreichen Hänge des Bärensteins und nach Südosten unmittelbar in jene des Knickenhagens über.
Twenty years ago we used to drive up here a couple of times to spend a warm summer night with friends, our dogs and a lot of other freaky people who gather around the stones, especially on full moon. We`ve never been there for midsummer night, there are still around 1000 people celebrating every year..
Vor zwanzig Jahren sind wir mit der Clique und unseren Hunden ab und zu hierher gefahren, um eine warme Sommernacht im Freien zu verbringen. Besonders zu Vollmondnächten trifft man hier ein ziemlich buntes Publikum. Von den großen Mittsommerfesten mit bis zu 1000 Menschen habe ich nur erfahren, aber selbst noch nicht mitgemacht.
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Externsteine
Die Externsteine sind Bestandteil der vorwiegend aus Sandsteinen der Unterkreide-Zeit aufgebauten mittleren Gebirgskette des Teutoburger Waldes. Im Zuge der Gebirgsbildung vor etwa 70 Millionen Jahren wurde der ursprünglich flach lagernde Unterkreide-Sandstein im Bereich der Gebirgskette an den Externsteinen senkrecht aufgepresst. Die markante Felsengruppe ist Bestandteil des gleichnamigen Naturschutzgebietes.
"Externsteine is a natural outcropping of five sandstone pillars, the tallest of which is 37.5 m (123 ft) high and form a wall of several hundred metres in length, in a region that is otherwise largely devoid of rocks. The pillars have been modified and decorated by humans over the centuries. The geological formation consists of a hard, erosion-resistant sandstone, laid down during the early Cretaceous era about 120 million years ago, near the edge of a large shallow sea that covered large parts of Northern Europe at the time."
"Externsteine is a natural outcropping of five sandstone pillars, the tallest of which is 37.5 m (123 ft) high and form a wall of several hundred metres in length, in a region that is otherwise largely devoid of rocks. The pillars have been modified and decorated by humans over the centuries. The geological formation consists of a hard, erosion-resistant sandstone, laid down during the early Cretaceous era about 120 million years ago, near the edge of a large shallow sea that covered large parts of Northern Europe at the time."