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the spring equinox
Ballon d'Alsace

At the spring equinox, if we observe it from the Ballon d’Alsace, the sun rises behind the Black Forest Belchen 70 km away

Anfang Mai / Beltene
Ballon d'Alsace
About 40 days after the spring equinox, beginning of the Celtic summer half-year, the sun rises in the east-northeast behind the summit of the Grand Ballon.
21.6 summer solstice
Ballon d'Alsace

At the summer solstice, the sun rises in the northeast above the Markstein, in the direction of the Petit Ballon

Anfang August / Lugnasad
Ballon d'Alsace
About 40 days after the summer solstice, the sun rises in the east-northeast, behind the summit of the Grand Ballon.
22.9. the autumn equinox
Ballon d'Alsace

At the autumnal equinox, if we observe it from the Ballon d’Alsace, the sun rises behind the summit of Schwarzwaldbelchen 70 km away.

Anfang November / Samhain
Ballon d'Alsace

About 40 days after the autumn equinox, beginning of the Celtic winter half-year. The three Celtic settlements Britzgyberg, Basel-Gasfabrik and Augusta Raurica are on the line of the sunrise.

21.12. Winter solstice
Ballon d'Alsace

The sun rises in the southeast behind the Tödi in the Glarus Alps, in between lies the Jura Belchen

Anfang Februar / Imbolc
Ballon d'Alsace
About 40 days after the winter solstice, middle of the Celtic winter half-year. The sun rises in east-southeast. The three Celtic settlements Britzgyberg, Basel-Gasfabrik and Augusta Raurica are on the line of the sunrise.
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This project was created in 2007 on behalf of the association Mythische Orte e.V. as an INTERREG project.

Supported by the European Union with funds from the INTERREG Programme – European Regional Development Fund, the Conseil Général du Haut-Rhin and the Swiss Confederation.

Responsible person in the sense of § 55 Abs. 2 RStV and § 5 TMG:
Dr. Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus
photographer
Hangstrasse 14
79539 Lörrach, Germany

martin@schulte-kellinghaus.de

Editing & Texts:
Edith Schweizer-Völker, Caroline Buffet ( Übersetzung F )

Picture credits:
Martin Schulte-Kellinghaus (www.schulte-kellinghaus.de) | Baselland-Tourismus (1 Oltingen) | Martin Hau (2 Breisach) | Demian Knobel (2 Schauenburger Fluh) | Erich Spiegelhalter (St. Blasien)