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Site of the Kayhausen Bog Body Discovery

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Site of the Kayhausen Bog Body Discovery

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  • Location: Bad Zwischenahn, Ammerland, Lower Saxony, Germany

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    October 1, 2023

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    Bog body from Ammerland How the boy from Kayhausen was found 100 years ago. On July 3, 1922, Friedrich Roggemann encountered resistance near the peat ditch. He then uncovered a body piece by piece: Roggemann had discovered the boy from Kayhausen.
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    December 31, 2023

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    A little info from the internet:

    In the past, a gruesome crime occurred in the Kayhauser Moor.

    More than 90 years ago, a bog body was found in the Kayhauser Moor in Bad Zwischenahn - the Kayhauser boy.

    The 7 to 13 year old boy was stabbed to death around 200 years before the birth of Christ and sunk in the moor. The motive for the crime is still unknown today... A weathered wooden sign in the moor commemorates the location where the body was found.

    more at: ammerland-touristik.de/poi/hoerstation-moorleiche-aus-kayhauserfeld
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    March 2, 2024

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    In 1922, a bog body was found 72m from this location, which can now be admired in the Ethnological Museum in Oldenburg
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    Moor nature trail with rest area – Moor Field Station Kayhausen loop from Bad Zwischenahn

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    Location: Bad Zwischenahn, Ammerland, Lower Saxony, Germany

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