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4 unusual facts about Kelheim


Alligatorellus

A skeleton of Alligatorellus has also been found in the Solnhofen Limestone of Kelheim, Germany.

Kelheim

There is an inner defensive line enclosing 60 ha near the confluence, then a long outer rampart enclosing an enormous area of 630 ha.

Kelheim is also the site of a large Iron Age oppidum from the La Tène period, which has been tentatively identified as the Celtic city of Alcimoennis.

Ludmilla of Bohemia

Due to the following aversion of the Wittelsbach family the city of Kelheim lost its status as one of the ducal residences.


Johann Halbig

He created 18 colossal statues representing the leading German provinces for the Befreiungshalle at Kelheim; 60 busts for the Pinakothek (Munich); a statue of King Maximilian II for Lindau (1854); a monument of Count Platen at Ansbach (1858); the monument of Marshal Cachahiba d'Argolo in Bahía, Brazil; a statue of King Ludwig I of Bavaria for Kelheim.


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