Rittinghausen deserted village. The ruins of a house, two gable walls are still standing, quarry stone remains thickly overgrown with moss, an old hollow tree and a stream that must have run almost through the building. It's a bit spooky there, you can see into a hole in the ground where the cellar was, there's even an ancient enamel stove lying there, almost one with the ground. It may even be the remains of this Kotten here (on a photo from 1922) lwl.org/marsLWL/de/instance/ko/Luedenscheid.xhtml?oid=708#prevId=6486

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The term "deserted settlement" refers to a place that has been permanently abandoned. Rittinghausen is an example of this process. The exact reasons for the settlement's eventual abandonment are not known in detail.

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Location: Lüdenscheid, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Elspe Stream – Homert Shelter loop from Neuenhof

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