1. Captured Eresburg and destroyed the Irminsul

    · Eresburg, Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

    Captured Eresburg and destroyed the Irminsul
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    During his first Saxon campaign, Charlemagne captured Eresburg and destroyed the nearby pagan sanctuary known as the Irminsul. Coordinates represent the Eresburg archaeological area near modern Marsberg.

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