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Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Hertha's Altar

Natural Monuments

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Kassel District

Landkreis Kassel

Niestetal

Hertha's Altar

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Hertha's Altar

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Location: Niestetal, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Niester Riesen Giant Sequoias – Mühlenberg Trailhead Parking loop from Nieste

15.7km

04:21

280m

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2. Mühlenberg Trailhead Parking – Rest area with a view of Kassel loop from Uschlag

12.5km

03:32

250m

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3. Friendship Stone – Hertha's Altar loop from Heiligenrode

19.0km

05:17

360m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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codo786

April 12, 2020

"A boulder surrounded by a ring of unhewn stones in the style of megalithic graves is dedicated to Hertha (Frigga), who was responsible for the fields and groves, and is intentionally roughly carved into the stone."
(Source: information board on site)

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Franzl wandert 🥾

February 1, 2024

The Hertha Altar is the first extraordinary monument in the landscape park of Gut Windhausen when you enter from the street.

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Nordhesse

December 7, 2021

Right next to the crossroads in the forest there is an uncut sandstone block, on the top of which there is a depression that looks as if it were an altar on which animals were sacrificed and the depression was used to drain the blood . Hertha is said to have been a Germanic earth or mother goddess who is also called Nerthus in some contexts and is equated by some authors with Frigga. It always gives the fertility of the earth, of the cattle and of the people, the abundance of the harvest, the happiness of the family and the marriage.

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Elevation 350 m

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Location: Niestetal, Landkreis Kassel, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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Hertha's Altar

1. Niester Riesen Giant Sequoias – Mühlenberg Trailhead Parking loop from Nieste

2. Mühlenberg Trailhead Parking – Rest area with a view of Kassel loop from Uschlag

3. Friendship Stone – Hertha's Altar loop from Heiligenrode

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