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Kreis Minden-LübbeckeBad OeynhausenWittekind's Spring, Bergkirchen
DiscoverPlaces to seeNatural MonumentsGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Detmold District
Kreis Minden-LübbeckeBad OeynhausenWittekind's Spring, Bergkirchen
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Wittekind's Spring, Bergkirchen
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Angelina Kuhlmann
March 26, 2021
Hiking
Another place where the Wittekindsweg deserves its name. There is a legend about the origin of the source.
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•Wandertourist
March 23, 2023
Hiking
The Widukind spring miracle is said to have happened in Bergkirchen. When the Saxon duke Widukind, marked by war and already tottering in his pagan beliefs, rode through the Wiehen Mountains, he put the Frankish god to the test. With his power he should shoot spring water out of the rocky ground. And indeed: when Widukind's steed stepped on its hoof, it uncovered a spring from which Widukind could drink. According to legend, the spring miracle is the decisive reason for his conversion to Christianity. However, Bergkirchen is only one possible location for the spring miracle.
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•Raserboy🇩🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺
April 28, 2024
Cycling
Southwest of the church tower, on the church grounds, is the Wittekindsquelle, the presumed site of a medieval Saxon spring sanctuary and the legendary location of the spring miracle, which tradition attributes to the medieval Saxon Duke Widukind.
Source: heimatverein-bergkirchen.de
Source: heimatverein-bergkirchen.de
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