Irminsul pendant, antique brass

Its exact location is unknown, but it was likely situated near the Eresburg at Obermarsberg, as suggested by the phrasing in the Annales regni Francorum ("Royal Frankish Annals") for the year 772.

Other possible locations include the Externsteine and the Velmerstot. The Irminsul was destroyed by the Franks at the instigation of Charlemagne in the year 772 during the Saxon Wars.

The Irminsul was apparently intended to symbolize the connection between heaven and earth. The monk Rudolf of Fulda, to whom we owe the only detailed account of the Irminsul, writes in the Translatio s. Alexandri (Chap. 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 also worshipped a wooden block (or: tree trunk) of no small size, which had been erected on high in the open air, calling it 'Irminsul' in their native language, which in Latin means 'all-pillar', as it, in a way, supports the all."

A (remnant) version of an Irmin pillar, apparently of Roman origin, is located today in Hildesheim Cathedral. A connection to "the" Irminsul is unclear. Incidentally, the villages of Irminseul/Irmenseul, Segeste, the Drachenberg, and the Wormstal are located nearby, which could even point to the Nibelungenlied.

Among other things, there is a memorial in Irmenseul in the district of Hildesheim (about 9 kilometers from our company).

Irminsul made of antique brass