Schöningen spears
The Schöningen spears are a set of ten Palaeolithic wooden weapons that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: 8 wooden throwing spears from the Palaeolithic, excavated in 1994–1998 in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany
- Also known as: “Schöningen Spears”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Forschungsmuseum Schöningen and St. Vincent.
Forschungsmuseum Schöningen
Museum
Photo: Tangelnfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Forschungsmuseum Schöningen is situated 410 metres south of Schöningen spears.
St. Vincent
Church
Photo: Kirchenfan, CC0.
St. Vincent is a church, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Schöningen spears.
St. Lorenz
Church
Photo: Okernick, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Lorenz is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Schöningen spears.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Twieflingen and Barneberg.
Twieflingen
Village
Twieflingen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2016, it has been part of the municipality of Söllingen. Twieflingen is situated 5 km west of Schöningen spears.
Barneberg
Village
Barneberg is a village and a former municipality in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Hötensleben. Barneberg is situated 6 km east of Schöningen spears.
Söllingen
Village
Söllingen is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Municipality Söllingen includes the villages of Dobbeln, Söllingen and Wobeck. Söllingen is situated 6 km southwest of Schöningen spears.
Schöningen spears
- Categories: spear, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Schöningen, Helmstedt (district), Brunswick Land, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.13352° or 52° 8′ 1″ northLongitude
10.98929° or 10° 59′ 21″ eastOpen location code
9F4G4XMQ+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 236788515OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q320796
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Schöningen spears” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “llances de Schöningen”
- Catalan: “Llances de Schöningen”
- Esperanto: “lancoj de Schöningen”
- German: “Schöninger Speere”
- Japanese: “シェーニンゲンの槍”
- Korean: “쉬닝엔 투창”
- Russian: “Шёнингенские копья”
- Russian: “Шёнингерские копья”
- Spanish: “Lanzas de Schöningen”
- Spanish: “Lanzas de Schöninger”
- Spanish: “Schöninger Speere”
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