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"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."
bei einem wiedrigen Tag an den Externsteinen aufgenommen, habe versucht das beste daraus zu machen :-)
Last year in August we spent two weeks at my mother-in-law's place. On my dialysis-free days we made trips to i.e. the Open-Air Museum in Detmold, the Externsteine or the Adlerwarte Berlebeck.
On my dialysis days we went for example to Lippstadt in the afternoon or just made a little sightseeing walk in Geseke where my mother-in-law lives.
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Ein Spaziergang in Geseke
Letztes Jahr im August haben wir zwei Wochen bei meiner Schwiegermutter verbracht. An meinen dialysefreien Tagen haben wir Ausflüge z.B. ins Freilichtmuseum Detmold, zu den Externsteinen oder in die Adlerwarte Berlebeck.
An meinen Dialysetagen sind wir z.B. nachmittags nach Lippstadt gefahren oder haben einfach einen kleinen Rundgang durch Geseke, wo meine Schwiegermutter wohnt, lebt.
- from the archives - aus den Archiven -
Die jahrhundertealte Vorstellung von den Externsteinen als germanische Kultstätte griff die Völkische Bewegung auf. Kernthese dieser sonst uneinheitlichen Bewegung war die Annahme einer germanischen bzw. nordischen Hochkultur vor den
antiken Hochkulturen des Mittelmeerraums, der sog. Germanenmythos.
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.
Tag des Geotops am 15.09.2013 (3. Sonntag im September) bei den Externsteinen mit Dipl.-Geol. Eike Grätzel
Detmold. Less than optimal light conditions, but it makes it look more stoney...
Canon A-1
FD 50/1.4
Velvia 50
Die herbstlichen, letzten wärmenden Sonnenstrahlen des Tages schmiegen sich an die Gipfel der Externsteine...
(September 2009 in Detmold)
Set: Germany
The sun was out yesterday so we went on a bit of an explore and visited the quite dramatic Externsteine in the Teutoberger Wald of Ost-Westfalia. These stones have had spiritual/religious significance to the people of the region for centuries, going back to pre-Christian times, and have an interesting history - which may account for the random buskers including the Piper in the 5th image of this series. As you can see Spring hasn't quite arrived yet :-) For more on the Externsteine see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externsteine
www.landesverband-lippe.de/index.php?id=71
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.