Editing Cape Arkona (section)

== Jaromarsburg ==
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[[Image:Bishop Absalon topples the god Svantevit at Arkona.PNG|thumb|right|Bishop Absalon topples the god [[Svantevit]] at Arkona in 1169]]

From the 9th<ref>Torsten Kempke: Skandinavisch-slawische Kontakte an der südlichen Ostseeküste im 7. bis 9. Jahrhundert, in Ole Harck, Christian Lübke (Hrsgg.): Zwischen Reric und Bornhöved. Die Beziehungen zwischen den Dänen und ihren slawischen Nachbarn vom 9. bis ins 13. Jahrhundert (Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kultur des Östlichen Mitteleuropa, vol. 11), Stuttgart 2000, pp. 9-22, esp. p. 14; Heike Reimann, Fred Ruchhöft, Cornelia Willich: Rügen im Mittelalter. Eine interdisziplinäre Studie zur mittelalterlichen Besiedlung auf Rügen (Forschungen zur Geschichte und Kultur des Östlichen Mitteleuropa, vol. 36), Stuttgart 2011, pp. 42 ff.</ref> to the 12th centuries, the Jaromarsburg was a [[cult (religious practice)|cult]] site for the [[Rani (Slavic tribe)|Rani]], a Slavic tribe, which was dedicated to their god [[Svantevit]]. Located at the tip of the cape, it was protected on three sides by cliffs and from the land side by a 25-metre-high [[Gord (archaeology)|burgwall]]. The temple located within the ramparts grew in importance as a religious centre for the Slavs of [[Mecklenburg]] after the destruction of [[Rethra]] in 1068. In 1168, the Danish king [[Valdemar I of Denmark|Valdemar I]] conquered Rügen which then became Christian. Churches were established and the castle and its temple destroyed.

At the tip of Arkona in recent centuries, the cliffs have repeatedly collapsed into the sea, with the result that only the ramparts of the Jaromarsburg are still visible today.

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