Chris KoesterAug 24
Old church ruins on a #SilentSunday

Ruins of the church on the Borberg.
It is located on a 600 metre high mountain plateau in the middle of a much older Saxon rampart complex.
The first construction phase dates back to the 10th century.
It was one of the first churches in my homeland.
I live below the Borberg and can reach this place in about 30 minutes on foot.
In my spare time, I give talks about the church and the ramparts and explain their history: https://www.derborberg.de/mythen-sagen-forschung/

#Borberg #Borbergkirchhof #Ruine #ruin #cemetery #church #history #Geschichte #Kirche #Kirchenruine #Wall #Wallanlage #rampart #saxons #Sachsen #Karolinger #Mittelalter #MiddleAges #medieval #Carolingian #Ruinen #ruins #Brilon #Olsberg #Kirchhof
Chris KoesterAug 22
the old path, and two new ones 😐

#FootpathFriday #Borberg #Kronstein #Olsberg #Footpath #Glockenpfad #Forest #Wald #Wanderung #Wandern #Hiking #Pfad #Wanderweg #Nature #Landscape
Chris KoesterAug 22
the old path

#FootpathFriday #Borberg #Kronstein #Olsberg #Footpath #Glockenpfad #Forest #Wald #Wanderung #Wandern #Hiking #Pfad #Wanderweg #Nature #Landscape
Privatarchiv Köster OlsbergMar 25

Brilon - Winter auf dem Borbergkirchhof 1996

https://mediathek.rzgierskopp.de/w/eVR3tWDHvTvyLf1bNCg1Qt

Brilon - Winter auf dem Borbergkirchhof 1996

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Privatarchiv Köster OlsbergMar 11

The “Olsberger HĂŒtte” (bottom left) with the Gierskopp (center), the “Briloner Eisenberg” and the “Borberg” in the background.

Iron ore from the “Briloner Eisenberg” was smelted at the Olsberger HĂŒtte as early as the 15th century.

At this time, the original parish, the church and the monastery on the Borberg no longer had any sacred significance.

#Olsberg #Gierskopp #OlsbergerHĂŒtte #BrilonerEisenberg #Borberg #smelting #Bergbau #mining #parish #church #monastery #Mittelalter #medieval

Privatarchiv Köster OlsbergMar 11

The destroyed forest on the Borberg

View of the Kronstein (right) with the “Briloner Eisenberg” in the background.

The western slope of the Borberg has been destroyed by the effects of climate change.
The spruce monocultures have died and could only be removed.

https://derborberg.de

#Olsberg #Gierskopp #Brilon #Borberg #Kronstein #Eisenberg #BrilonerEisenberg #Klimawandel #climatechange #climaticchange #photography #fotografie #Sauerland #Hochsauerland #Landschaft #landscape #destruction

Privatarchiv Köster OlsbergMar 11

The Gierskopp from the air

The Gierskopp is a very old place, associated at the latest with the early medieval curtis on the Borberg.

The “Schultenhof” farm belonged to the original Saxon rampart complex and later Frankish or Carolingian curtis on the Borberg plateau.

https://derborberg.de

#Olsberg #Gierskopp #Schultenhof #Borberg #Schinkenwirt #photography #fotografie #history #Geschichte #Mittelalter #medieval #middleages #drohne #drone #uav

Privatarchiv Köster OlsbergMar 11

Baustelle auf der Gierskopp

MĂ€rz 2025

#kran #crane #Olsberg #Gierskopp #Landschaft #landscape #photography #fotografie #Borberg #BruchhauserSteine #Ruthenberg #Baustelle #construction

Chris KoesterMar 10
The Gierskopp is currently a construction site

March 2025

A crane on the Gierskopp in front of the view of the Borberg (left), the Ruthenberg and the Bruchhauser Steine (right).

#Olsberg #Gierskopp #crane #Borberg #Ruthenberg #BruchhauserSteine #monochrome #photography #fotografie #Europe #Europa #Kran #Landschaft #landscape
Chris KoesterFeb 22

mystic chapel

https://privatarchiv.rzgierskopp.de/2021/11/der-mystische-borbergs-kirchhof/

November 2021

#Brilon #scary #spooky #monochrome #chapel #fog #Nebel #Kirchhof #churchyard #Kapelle #mist #gruselig #mystisch #mystic #photography #fotografie #Borberg #Borbergkirchhof #Borbergkapelle #cemetery #graveyard #churchyard

Der mystische Borberg-Kirchhof

Am Morgen des 04. November 2021 liegt der Borberg in einem dunklen herbstlichen Nebel. Die AtmosphÀre ist geradezu mystisch...

Privatarchiv Köster Olsberg