Pömmelte

Pömmelte
Stadtteil of Barby
Coat of arms of Pömmelte
Coat of arms
Location of Pömmelte
Pömmelte is located in Germany
Pömmelte
Pömmelte
Pömmelte is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Pömmelte
Pömmelte
Coordinates: 51°59′50″N 11°47′59″E / 51.99722°N 11.79972°E / 51.99722; 11.79972
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictSalzlandkreis
TownBarby
Area
 • Total
12.35 km2 (4.77 sq mi)
Elevation
49 m (161 ft)
Population
 (2006-12-31)
 • Total
660
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
39249
Dialling codes039298
Websitewww.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

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

References

  1. ^ "Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Large residential area discovered at Ringheiligtum Pömmelte, the "German Stonehenge"". HeritageDaily - Archaeology News. 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Stonehenge's Continental Cousin". Archaeology. January 2021.
  5. ^ "The World of the Nebra Sky Disc". Halle State Museum of Prehistory.
  6. ^ Price, Michael, Rituals performed at this German ‘Stonehenge’ may link mysterious monument to its U.K. counterpart, Science, June 28, 2018