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Galgenberg Burial Mound and Viewpoint

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Galgenberg Burial Mound and Viewpoint

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Galgenberg Burial Mound and Viewpoint

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Location: Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Path into the Wernerwald – Duhner Heide Observation Platform loop from Stickenbüttel

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2. Strandpromenade Duhnen – Duhner Heide Observation Platform loop from Duhnen

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3. Fischbrötchen at Duhner Spitze – Idyllic Pond loop from Duhnen

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freshMK

July 1, 2017

The highest elevation in the area. From here you have a nice view to Duhnen.

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Wanderklaus

February 25, 2018

The highest elevation in this region. It is indeed high up here. At least for the Nordic lowlands. After snowfall in February, we climb the Galgenberg which is also a cultural-historical monument.

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Linda W 🌸🍄

August 23, 2024

In its original form, the Galgenberg is neither a gallows nor a mountain, but an extensive burial ground. The time range has been proven to be from 5000 BC to around 700, 800 AD.

Around 800 AD, the burial mound was raised to form a fortified hill, probably with a wooden tower or a fortified castle, which at the time was mostly no more than a palisade ring wall. There was also a dry ditch and a rampart all around.

Around 1695, the place of execution was moved from its traditional location on the Amtmannweide in the outer dike to the approximately 20-meter-high "Koppelberg", which now had to lose its old name, first popularly and later officially, in favor of the martial name "Galgenberg".

1710: Execution of a maid who had murdered her former mistress, who lived in Osterende-Groden, on Christmas Day 1709.

1712, October 28th: Beheading of the Brütt couple from Groden-Abschnede for murdering a linen merchant who was staying overnight in their house. 1772, March 30th: Beheading of Anna Margaretha Carstens from Bremerlehe for murdering her breadwinner Rebecka Eherenberg from Ritzebüttel. The head is put on a stake, the body is tied to the wheel. 1817, April 28th: Beheading of two members of a gang of thieves. The heads are put on stakes. 1819, February 15th: Escaped member of the same gang is executed. (Last execution.)

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Location: Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Galgenberg Burial Mound and Viewpoint

1. Path into the Wernerwald – Duhner Heide Observation Platform loop from Stickenbüttel

2. Strandpromenade Duhnen – Duhner Heide Observation Platform loop from Duhnen

3. Fischbrötchen at Duhner Spitze – Idyllic Pond loop from Duhnen

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