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Cape Arkona is a cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Prior to the German reunification in the near was the northernmost point of East Germany called Gellort. Cape Arkona is the tip of the Witte peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park. Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 471 KB) en: Cape Arkona - cape and cliff line de: Kap Arkona - Kap und Steilküste File links The following pages link to this file: Cape Arkona ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 471 KB) en: Cape Arkona - cape and cliff line de: Kap Arkona - Kap und Steilküste File links The following pages link to this file: Cape Arkona ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... Rügen (Polish Rugia) is the largest German island. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English often called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, or West Germany). After the GDRs first free elections on... The German Democratic Republic (GDR) (German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik), also commonly known as East Germany, was a communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... The Jasmund National Park is a nature reserve in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ...

Cape Arkona is a point of interest due to an ancient temple fortress dedicated to Svantevit and an old lighthouse. Świętowit (also Swantewit, Svantevit and, incorrectly, Światowit) is the Polabian deity of war, fertility and abundance. ...

The temple fortress of Arkona was the religious and political centre of the Slavic principality of Rügen in the early Middle Ages. The temple was dedicated to the deity Świętowit, who was depicted with four heads. The temple was housed an important horse oracle in Slavic times, where the behaviour of a white stallion decided about peace and war. Today, only about a quarter of the old fortress are left, as the chalk-promontory it was built on is slowly eroded by the Baltic. Rescue excavations are in progress. The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples currently living in Europe. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... ÅšwiÄ™towit (also Swantewit, Svantevit and, incorrectly, Åšwiatowit) is the Polabian deity of war, fertility and abundance. ... The Needles, part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation Chalk is a soft, white, porous form of limestone composed of the mineral calcium carbonate. ... For excavation in civil engineering see earthworks (engineering). ...

In 1168 Arkona was destroyed by Danish invaders (see Absalon). This event preceded the Christianisation. Events December 22 - Afraid that Old Cairo would be captured by the Crusaders, its Caliph orders the city set afire. ... Absalon (c. ... St Francis Xavier converting the Paravas: a 19th-century image of the docile heathen The historical phenomenon of Christianization, the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once (a political shift as much as a spontaneous mass shift in individual consciences), also includes the practice...

There are two old lighthouses at the cape, one constructed in 1827, the other one in 1902. The former is one of the oldest still existing lighthouses of the Baltic Sea. It was constructed by the famous architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Jump to: navigation, search The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ... Portrait of Schinkel on German banknote from 1936 (http://www. ...

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