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Goseck Solar Observatory

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Goseck Solar Observatory

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Goseck Solar Observatory

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Location: Goseck, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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3. View of the Saale Valley – Goseck Castle Tavern loop from Eulau

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Alwin

November 8, 2020

The solar observatory is easy to reach from the free car park 500 meters away.
At 7000 years old, the observatory is the oldest known of its kind.
Cultic festivals take place here during the solstice celebrations.

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Karla Chen

January 9, 2022

The Goseck district moat (also known as the Goseck Solar Observatory) is a Neolithic circular moat on the north-western outskirts of Goseck (Burgenlandkreis) in Saxony-Anhalt. The ring-shaped soil discolouration was discovered in 1991 during a reconnaissance flight by the aerial archaeologist Otto Braasch and identified as a new soil monument g
reported. The facility was completely excavated between 2002 and 2004 as part of an interdisciplinary research project. The complex, which was built during the Middle Neolithic about 6,900 years ago, is assigned to the culture of stitch band ceramics. The Goseck circular moat has been described by some archaeologists as the oldest solar observatory in the world.
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Michi LE

September 25, 2023

Oldest solar observatory in the world
Homepage: sonnenobservatorium-goseck.info

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Elevation 210 m

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Location: Goseck, Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. View of the Saale Valley – Schlossschenke Goseck loop from Goseck

2. Goseck Castle – Goseck Castle Tavern loop from Goseck

3. View of the Saale Valley – Goseck Castle Tavern loop from Eulau

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