{"product_id":"irminsul-anh-nger-altmessing","title":"Irminsul pendant, antique brass","description":"\u003cp\u003e Irminsul pendant made of antique brass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe Irminsul (from irmin = mighty, divine, great and sul = pillar), also known as the Irmen's Column, was an ancient Saxon main sanctuary and is believed to have been a large oak or wooden column.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Its exact location is unknown, but it was probably located near Eresburg at Obermarsberg, as suggested by the wording in the Annales regni Francorum (\"Frankish Royal Annals\") for the year 772.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Other possible locations include the Externsteine ​​and the Velmerstot. The Irminsul was destroyed by the Franks in 772 during the Saxon Wars on the orders of Charlemagne.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eThe Irminsul was apparently meant to symbolize the connection between heaven and earth. The monk Rudolf of Fulda, to whom we owe the only more detailed account of the Irminsul, writes in his Translatio s. Alexandri (Chapter 3): \"Truncum quoque ligni non parvae magnitudinis in altum erectum sub divo colebant, patria eum lingua Irminsul appellantes, quod Latine dicitur universalis columna, quasi sustinens omnia.\" – \"They (the Saxons) also venerated a wooden block (or tree trunk) of considerable size, erected high above, in the open air, which they called \"Irminsul\" in their native language, meaning \"All-Pillar\" in Latin, since it, in a sense, supports the universe.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n \u003cdiv\u003eA (remaining) version of an Irminsul, apparently of Roman origin, is located today in Hildesheim Cathedral. Its connection to \"the\" Irminsul is unclear. Incidentally, the places Irminseul\/Irmenseul, Segeste, the Drachenberg (Dragon Mountain), and the Wormstal (Worms Valley) are located nearby, which could even allude to the Nibelungenlied.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Among other places, there is a memorial in Irmenseul in the district of Hildesheim \u003cspan class=\"tlid-translation translation\" lang=\"en\"\u003e(about 9 kilometers from our company).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e Irminsul made of antique brass\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Size: 40 x 32 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e Weight: 8 g.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Anderswelt-Import Johannes Zugmaier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52349964353873,"sku":"53.007","price":9.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/9821\/9345\/files\/53-007-irminsul-anhaenger-altmessing-weltenbaum-yggdrasil-schmuck-germanen_052ba2db-0285-43d0-93d5-1ba51f6c4f56.jpg?v=1763077355","url":"https:\/\/nordwelt-versand.de\/en\/products\/irminsul-anh-nger-altmessing","provider":"nordwelt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}