The Wooden Calendar at the Sun Observatory Goseck, Germany

[uzn]

We were driving through a snowy Germany when we decided to pay a visit to the Wooden Calendar and met a very special host. The area is fascinating and filled with ancient knowledge.



Sometimes it is called the German Stonehedge however it is not as old as the stone circle.



Nor is it as complex. It is tough a precise calendar to determine the summer and winter solstice and it is really old. From radio carbon dating, the structure is said to from, at least, 5000 BC.

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You can see wooden poles in the picture but those are not the original ones. Rotten remains of the original stumps were discovered in the field, which led to the replacement by new poles that are now on the site.

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The area is located in the middle of Germany, near Goseck. It is not too far from the location where the famous Nebra Skydisk was found.



The Nebra Skydisk was discovered by private researchers and officials have long tried to discredit the skydisk but failed. All the scientists that researched the item ended concluding that the disk and its information were legitimate and accurate.
The Skydisk  lines up with the stars in the night sky and shows the times for winter and summer solstices, time for harvest and sewing. It can be used as a calendar.
Both the structure of the Sun Observatory and the Skydisk belong to the same people.
On our way out, we had an encounter with a beautiful stranger…



We all need something watching over us
Nous avons tous besoin de quelque chose qui veille sur nous
Be it the falcons, the clouds or the cross
Que ce soit les faucons, les nuages ou la croix

Florence and the Machine – Wish that You Were Here

Source:
https://schnurri.org/2017/01/16/blog-post-title/

Sincerely,
Mya and uzn

[Yuki]

Oh wow. Thank you very much for sharing. I heard of this place and seen a few pictures before, but these shots are up-close and amazing!

[bobme]

The design of it looks like a moat around a castle. For some reason that jumped out at me. Anouther thing that I noticed, and have somewhat before, is the overall length of a sentance in most languages, as compared to the english. There are more words to the german written here, as opposed to the english translation. I just notice "stuff" like that for some odd reason. But I did like the info.

[ElfeMya]

Posted by Yuki (here)
Oh wow. Thank you very much for sharing. I heard of this place and seen a few pictures before, but these shots are up-close and amazing!

Yuki, the place is worthy the trip there, really. The site is very simple yet walking through it we could feel like something flowing ( and not only the cold winter german breeze ! ). Hope you will get to explore for yourself soon ! If you want we have more pics of it.

[ElfeMya]

Posted by bobme (here)
The design of it looks like a moat around a castle. For some reason that jumped out at me. Anouther thing that I noticed, and have somewhat before, is the overall length of a sentance in most languages, as compared to the english. There are more words to the german written here, as opposed to the english translation. I just notice "stuff" like that for some odd reason. But I did like the info.

Wow, good insights ! Thanks !
There are tons of archeological treasures in that part of the country but unfortunately we were just going through and did not have the time to explore everything ! We did have time to go and explore the Kyffhauser but we will return there, for sure as we already have listed many sites of interest !

[lunaflare]

I was wondering what sort of wood was used. Oak trees were of great significance to ancient Celts

[uzn]

@lunaflare: It was Oaktrees, makes sense since Oak is a very hard and resistant Wood. There were many very old and holy Oaktrees in good old Germania. Some over 1000 years old and some with a circumference of more than 10 meters. These were holy to the celts and german and northern tribes. Unfortunatly the Roman Catholic Church got wind of that and destroyed all of them in the middle ages.
Nethertheless, here a Quote from the rebuilding Project of the wooden solar Observatory:
1675 oak trunks from the Pödelist forest were used to build the reconstruction of the solar observatory.

Here is another Goodie. A 360 Degree Picture of the Observatory taken from its center:

download it here (rightclick, save as):
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...Palisaden..jpg


It was first discovered 1991 by Otto Braasch who flew over the area and noticed that there were different colored rings in a field. The Observatory was dug out in 2002-2004. 2005 it was rebuilt and opened for the public on the winter solstice 2005 (21.December 2005).