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Heiliger Brunnen Forest Chapel

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Ruhr Region

Heiliger Brunnen Forest Chapel

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Heiliger Brunnen Forest Chapel

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Martina

November 18, 2019

Nice place where you can just sit down and enjoy the peace and quiet.
Anyone who would like to take part in one of the services can do so on Ascension Day and on every first Sunday from June to September, starting at 10 a.m.
Source: ekadu.de/erlebnis/waldgottesdienst-am-gesundheiten-brunnen-3

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Martina

April 23, 2021

The benches invite you to take a break in the green.

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Wanderschön

November 3, 2025

The hilltop, now called the "Worship Meadow," has been a leveled assembly area since Germanic times, adjacent to the sacred spring of the Holy Well. It is the westernmost and, at approximately 81 meters, one of the highest hilltops in the area. Back then, its treeless location offered an unobstructed view of the Rhine plain and the burial mound field located there, now built over. This clear view across the thousands of burial mounds towards the setting sun must have been phenomenal and of cultic significance. It is likely that, as elsewhere, a circle of wooden posts was placed here to mark the solstices and other astronomically important dates for cultic and agricultural purposes. Unfortunately, no excavations have yet been carried out to confirm this. The site was probably in continuous use, as the Roman temple of Elfrath was oriented towards this location, and baptismal ceremonies held there are documented from early Christian times. Even today, the area is used for open-air worship services.

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