From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cape Arkona (German: Kap
Arkona) is a cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern, Germany. Cape Arkona is the tip of the Wittow
peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National
Park. The temple fortress of Arkona, today called Jaromarsburg,
was the religious centre of the Slavic Rani in the Early Middle
Ages. The temple was dedicated to the deity Svantevit, who was
depicted with four heads. The temple housed an important horse
oracle in Slavic times, where the behaviour of a white stallion
could decide peace or war (horse oracles have a long history in
this region, being already attested in the writings of Tacitus).
Today, only about a quarter of the old fortress is left, as the
chalk-promontory it was built on is slowly eroded by the Baltic.
Rescue excavations are in progress. The fortress at Arkona was
destroyed in 1168 by Danish invaders (see Absalon). The
sanctuary of Slavic god Svantevit was also destroyed. This event
preceded the forced Chri