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The barrow "Goldkessel" is located on a 462-meter-high wooded ridge in the eastern Hintertaunus (Rhein-Taunus Nature Park) within the municipality of Waldems (Hesse). Due to the Hessian administrative reform of 1972, the archaeological monument is situated in the border area of the historic districts of Reinborn, Steinfischbach, and Reichenbach.
The archaeological area is embedded in a cultural landscape with a direct link to the settlement of Reinborn (historically consisting of only nine homesteads, including a protected three-sided courtyard from 1767). In the immediate vicinity, there is a Baroque cemetery church with a Romanesque chancel arch and Apostle frescoes, as well as the "Tausendjährige Linde" (Thousand-Year-Old Linden Tree).
• Prehistoric Landmark: The "Goldkessel" was part of a barrow group along the prehistoric long-distance road "Landstraß" (High Road), which led from the upper Wetterau via Idstein to the Rhine.
• Steel Construction for Natural Monument: The neighboring linden tree has a trunk circumference of nearly 15 meters. Its deeply split trunk is secured from breaking apart by an internal steel column and steel cables.
• No Real Gold: The name "Goldkessel" originates from regional folklore.
• http://www.niederems.de/html/reinborn.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldems
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Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.