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April 19, 2020
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Author: Stephan Gröschler |
There are groups of burial mounds in the Gerolfinger oak forest. These grave monuments of the Bronze and early Iron Ages are silent witnesses of the Ingolstadt prehistory. Unaffected by the passage of time, they lie in the forest and are powerful places full of mysticism.
As on the Vierufschanze Neufahrn, there is a Christian martyr on one of the burial mounds. It was built there in order to apparently take the strength from this prehistoric place (see also "Christian symbols on prehistoric monuments")
There are groups of burial mounds in the Gerolfinger oak forest. These grave monuments of the Bronze and early Iron Ages are silent witnesses of the Ingolstadt prehistory. Unaffected by the passage of time, they lie in the forest and are powerful places full of mysticism.
As on the Vierufschanze Neufahrn, there is a Christian martyr on one of the burial mounds. It was built there in order to apparently take the strength from this prehistoric place (see also "Christian symbols on prehistoric monuments")
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Stefan V.
May 2, 2020
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In October 1933, the Ingolstadt Historical Association, together with the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments, explored one of the large hills. Back then, alongside main teacher Drexl from …
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