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Kosbacher Altar

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Kosbacher Altar

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Kosbacher Altar

Name: Kosbacher Altar
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Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Dechsendorfer Weiher Beach – Kosbacher Altar loop from Dechsendorf

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2. Wellesweiher – Mönau Forest Trails loop from In der Reuth

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3. Dummetsweiher – Kosbacher Altar loop from Büchenbach

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January 14, 2023

The finds were objects that the deceased carried with them as part of their clothing or grave goods.

Objects or clothing made of organic material as well as skeletal remains can be assumed based on the finds, but were completely decomposed due to the special soil conditions. Brooches, a set of four bronze neck rings, a glass yellow eye bead with an obviously amulet-like character, a large number of stirrup arm rings and several shards of vessels, some of which were artistically painted and filled with food and drink, could be recovered, the dead according to belief for the way needed in the afterlife.

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Hebi

September 18, 2015

As "Kosbacher altar" is a mysterious rectangular arrangement of larger stones on a Celtic burial ground near the Erlangen Kosbach district called. The 'altar' was discovered and excavated about a hundred years ago by the Erlangen priest Rudolf Herold; the period of origin of the grave mound dates the research in the 6. - 5. Century v. Chr. Chr.
The grave mound to be visited in the Mönau Forest and the altar are reconstructions.

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Frankenhiker

August 23, 2017

In the Erlangen district of Kosbach, in Mönauer Forst were by the Erlangen pastor Dr. Rudolf Herold, 1913 excavations carried out in a larger burial mound field. Here, this burial mound was uncovered. The tomb dates back to the late Hallstatt period, around 6.-5. Century BC The exact function of the altar and its interpretation is still a mystery or controversial, since the arrangement of the stones of the altar are so far unique.
From the grave several objects were recovered which are in the possession of the Institute for Prehistoric and Protohistoric History of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg.
The well-known altar was faithfully reproduced from artificial stone cast and placed again at the site of the altar.

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