Pömmelte
Pömmelte is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Barby. The modern settlement is first documented in 1292 and probably was founded not too long before, probably by Sorbian settlers.
Pömmelte | |
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Stadtteil of Barby | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pömmelte within Salzlandkreis  | |
  Pömmelte  Pömmelte | |
| Coordinates: 52°0′N 11°49′E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony-Anhalt |
| District | Salzlandkreis |
| Town | Barby |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.35 km2 (4.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
| Population (2006-12-31) | |
| • Total | 660 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 39249 |
| Dialling codes | 039298 |
| Vehicle registration | SLK |
| Website | www.stadt-barby.de/ gem/poemmelte.html |
During the Bronze Age, around the late third millennium BC, it was the site of an astronomical observatory with a function similar to Stonehenge, built in a wooden construction. It probably was a ritual center, without a permanent settlement. With radiocarbon dates indicating 2300 B.C. for what appears to be the earliest phase of the ritual center, speculation among anthropologists in 2018 is considering recognition of a cultural tie broadly throughout Europe and the British Isles associating the traditions from which these structures arose to those much earlier, in places such as such as the 7000-year-old Goseck circle in Germany.[1]
References
- Price, Michael, Rituals performed at this German ‘Stonehenge’ may link mysterious monument to its U.K. counterpart, Science, June 28, 2018
