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Prillwitz idols is a large number of bronze figurines and bronze relief plates allegedly found in late 17th century. The first publication about them, in 1768, further claimed that the figurines found by the village of Prillwitz (now part of Hohenzieritz) came from a pagan shrine in Rethra, a major town of Polabian Slavs, and Prillwitz is the location of Rethra.[1] A detailed description was published in a 1771 book by Andreas Gottlieb Masch, with illustrations by Daniel Woge.[2] Nowadays they are recognized as an archaeological forgery.
- ^ "Słowo o bałwankach przylwickich", in: Franciszek Piekosiński, Kamienie mikorzyńskie, Kraków, 1896
- ^ Andreas Gottlieb Masch, Daniel Woge (illustrations), Die gottesdienstlichen Alterthümer der Obotriten aus dem Tempel zu Rhetra am Tollenzer See, 1771