Wilhelm Teudt

His 1929 work Germanische Heiligtümer was rejected by experts even at the time of publication, but continues to have some influence in esoteric and neopagan circles in Germany.

In 1907, Teudt co-founded the Keplerbund zur Förderung der Naturerkenntnis [de] (a group fighting the ideas of Charles Darwin) before renouncing his status as a priest in 1909.

[1][2] He joined Ahnenerbe in 1936, but was forced to leave in 1938 because of a falling-out with Himmler, who described Teudt as "unobjective and pathologically quarrelsome".

The year after, Teudt was awarded the Goethemedaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft on the request of Gauleiter Alfred Meyer.

He trusted in his paranormal faculty of picking up the "vibrations" of his ancestors helping him visualize ancient sceneries of the sites he was researching.

Teudt was put in charge of the excavations at the site and appointed Julius Andree [de] to head the work done there by the Reichsarbeitsdienst in 1934/35.

He initiated the demolishing of tourist infrastructure (tramway, hotels) and the creation of a "sacred grove" nearby.