Irminsul

An Irminsul was a sacred, pillar-like object attested as playing an important role in the Germanic paganism of the Saxons. Medieval sources describe how an Irminsul was destroyed by Charlemagne during the Saxon Wars.
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  • Memorial
  • …is also known as “Irminsäule”
  • …dates from 1996
  • Description: sacred, pillar-like object in Saxon paganism

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St.-Michaelis-Kirche and St. Bernward.
Party2hearty, Public domain.
is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Irminsul.
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is a church, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Irminsul.
Larusso, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a bridge, which is situated 3 km northeast of Irminsul.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irmenseul and Woltershausen.
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is a village.
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is a village and a former municipality…
Party2hearty, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Irminsul.

Irminsul

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Latitude
51.98051° or 51° 58′ 50″ north
Longitude
9.93773° or 9° 56′ 16″ east
Open location code
9F3FXWJQ+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1377985607
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q76386

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Irminsul” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إيرمينسول”
  • Basque: “Irminsul”
  • Bavarian: “Irminsul”
  • Catalan: “Irminsul”
  • Chinese: “伊尔明苏尔”
  • Chinese: “伊爾明蘇爾”
  • Czech: “Irminsul”
  • Danish: “Irminsul”
  • Dutch: “Irminsul”
  • Dutch: “Irminzuil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ايرمينسول”
  • Finnish: “Irminsul”
  • French: “Irminsul”
  • German: “Ermensul”
  • German: “Irmensäule”
  • German: “Irmensul”
  • German: “Irminsul”
  • Hungarian: “Irminsul”
  • Italian: “Irminsul”
  • Italian: “Irminsûl”
  • Japanese: “イルミンスール”
  • Japanese: “イルミンズール”
  • Korean: “이르민술”
  • Low German: “Irminsul”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Irminsul”
  • Norwegian: “Irminsul”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Irminsul”
  • Polish: “Irminsul”
  • Polish: “Irminsûl”
  • Portuguese: “Irminsul”
  • Russian: “Ирминсул”
  • Russian: “Ирминсуль”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Irminsul”
  • Spanish: “Irminsul”
  • Swedish: “Irminsul”
  • Swiss German: “Irminsul”
  • Western Frisian: “Irminpylder”
  • Western Frisian: “Irminsul”

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Highlights include Bornhöhe and Dorfgemeinschaftshaus.

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