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
Stadtteil of Barby
Coat of arms
Location of Pömmelte within Salzlandkreis
Pömmelte
Pömmelte
Coordinates: 52°0′N 11°49′E
CountryGermany
StateSaxony-Anhalt
DistrictSalzlandkreis
TownBarby
Area
  Total12.35 km2 (4.77 sq mi)
Elevation
49 m (161 ft)
Population
 (2006-12-31)
  Total660
  Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
39249
Dialling codes039298
Vehicle registrationSLK
Websitewww.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]

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