On this page I will keep you informed about updates to the site and other subjects of interest.
Do you have any news or information you wish to share with others? please E-mail it to me.
April 17, 2010 Important news for all Reginheim visitors:
Due to a continuing lack of time Reginheim will no longer be moderated; it will only remain online for reference. For questions I can still be contacted through the e-mail address on this website.
As you may have noticed Reginheim has been offline for a long time. This is because our webspace provider (Geocities.com) had closed. However, this website is now back online thanks to the kind folks of Geocities.ws, who have decided to provide webspace to former Geocities.com clients. The new URL to the Reginheim website is http://www.geocities.ws/reginheim. Don't forget to update your bookmarks!
Although the scheduled update has been cancelled, I did change/improve a few things and added a page about Germanic personal names, which I wrote for the yearbook of "Nederlands Heidendom". September 05, 2006
No news for over two years... sorry for that! Lots of things have been going on in my private life that prevented me from doing any work on Reginheim. The major update I mentioned is still being worked on but I'm so terribly busy that I can't say anything definitive about when it will be finished. Until that time you'll have to make do with this older version of the site until I finally have the time to do any serious updating work. My apologies. September 14, 2004
There is a Major update coming up!, as you may have all noticed it has been very quiet here on Reginheim lately with hardly any updates or new pages, that's because I'm very busy with the update; there will be numerous changes, a new lay-out, corrections of any errors and mistakes on the site, a whole load of new information, and I will even re-write some of the pages because they are too old and outdated.
The update will still take some time to complete so you'll have to be patient, but when it's ready the improved Reginheim will be far better than it has ever been and after that I can finally free some time to start adding new pages to the site because I have collected many interesting information that is not available anywhere else.
Make sure you join the Reginheim forum if you wish to receive email notifications of changes to the site, even if you're not planning to post it's worth registering for the newsletter you'll receive, in the meantime I'm working as hard as I can to finish the update! May 26, 2004
Another update, it took me some time to finish but I hope you'll enjoy it, I also have good news about the Boomspeed saga; it's still working for some reason so the forum can keep its avatars, speaking of the forum; be sure to join it.
Here are the details about the new update:
Added a new page about the Paleolithicum and the Mesolithicum under "history".
Added a new page about the Neolithicum under "history".
Added a new page about the Indo-Europeanization under "history".
Added a new page about the Bronze Age under "history".
sources/thanks page; added Hans Meijer to the "thanks to" list for giving me his permission to use his pictures of hunebeds, I also added new sources to the "sources" list.
Removed dead links and added new links to the links page.
Made some some corrections to the example texts page.
Added new maps to the maps of northern Europe page.
Made some small corrections and added information about the Suebian knot and clothing colours to the everyday life page.
Made corrections to the historical origins page.
Fixed some spelling mistakes (as usual... LOL). January 13, 2004
On the links page I have added a link to an online version of Hans Talhoffers fechtbuch, it's from 1467 but still very interesting for people who would like to know more about the fighting techniques that were used by our ancestors. December 13, 2003
I'm a bit grumpy today because within three days banner linking to Reginheim is no longer possible and all forum avatars will be lost.
The banner and avatar files were hosted at Boomspeed.com but now I've suddenly received an email that I have to give Boomspeed my credit card number for their free hosting service to be continued.
This was not a part of the deal when I signed up there so to hell with Boomspeed, I'm trying to find an alternative soon. December 06, 2003
Added a page about the Germanic earthgoddess Erda/Frigg/Holda.
Added a section about the neighbouring peoples of the Germans, it contains new pages about the Balts, Celts, Romans, Slavs, Huns, Sarmatians, and Uralians/Finno-Ugrians.
Added a page with the translation of the song of lord Halewijn, a Dutch song that is based on an old Germanic legend.
I have also added a button to the index page that will take you straight to the Reginheim forum, it saves 1 mouseclick and you don't have to search in the site menu.
And yes stupid me has again corrected some spelling mistakes, special thanks to mr. Sontheim for pointing them out to me. November 24, 2003
My American friends have pointed me to the many English spelling mistakes I have made on this site, therefor I have corrected many of those (though probably not all of them yet), my special thanks to Celeste who told this stupid Dutchman that:
i = I
did'nt/have'nt = didn't/haven't
wether = whether
becouse = because
Ok you can stop laughing now LOL, i not be so verrie gut in Inglisch leik de netif spiekers ;) November 10, 2003
Because of the recent acknowledgement of the new-heathen religion Forn Sidr in Denmark I have added two newsarticles to the reconstruction page. October 23, 2003 (Major update!)
As you have probably noticed I have made a lot of changes to the site, I have been working on this update for months and now the work is finally done and I can relax a little.
In this update I have corrected many spelling mistakes and other inconsistencies, added new information, updated existing information, etc. below I have written down a detailed report of the major changes I have made:
The URL of Reginheim has been changed to http://www.reginheim.tk, please update your bookmarks, some of the old URL's will still work but will get you here via detours.
There is a new site menu that is directly accessible when you enter the site, the old menu has been removed because it had limited space and updating it was too labour intensive, the "articles" page has also been removed and integrated into the new menu.
The index page now displays a different background picture for every season.
equipment page; added info about the Norse invention of steel(!), the atgeir, and the Saxon sword, new pictures have also been added.
Spirits page; added info about Wiedergänger/Gengangers and Alfen, the page has also been more conveniently arranged.
Funeral customs page; added info about a Scandinavian funeral custom and the use of coffins.
Astronomy page; added info about the Visby lenses.
Added the Proto-Germanic names of the gods and their meanings to the page of every god.
Rituals page; added info about praying.
Symbols page; added info about the Cross of st.Andreas, the Hex sign, and Saxon housefront signs.
Possible meanings page; added a text about the "European" gods of South America.
Customs page (under "Warfare"); added info about the use of alcohol and drugs during battles.
Desciption page (under "Religion"); added info about heathen priests and the Pre-Germanic temple that was found in Bargeroosterveld.
Corrected the information about the origins of the Germanic culture, I have been using some outdated information but that has been corrected now, my apologies for that.
Everyday life page; added some extra info.
Added extra info and updated the information about the Eihwaz rune to the runes page.
Added a picture to the art page.
Literature page; added info about the local legends project.
Music page; added some extra info and a midi file that gives an example of what Germanic music may have sound like.
Added some extra quotes to some pages.
Links page; removed dead links and added new ones.
Chronology page (under "history"); added a graphical timeline as per Morgantina's request.
Example texts; added a paternoster in Northfrisian/Helgolandic and a new Proto-Germanic example sentence.
Added info about castle Nijenbeek to the Dutch legends from the Achterhoek.
Magic page; added info about Sisu.
The sources/thanks list has been adapted.
Tribes of the Rhinedelta page; added info and an extraordinary love story that was mentioned by the Byzantine writer Procopius.
Holidays page; added various stuff and some extra info about the Perchtenlaufen in Austria (with picture and movie).
Reconstructions page; added an interview with Bjarki Valgardsson to the "New-heathenism" section.
The gods page; corrected some stuff and adapted the genealogy list.
Corrected some info on the time keeping page.
Added a new map of southern Germania, the old one can still be accessed via an external link.
Description page (under "language"); added a list of some non-Indo-European words in the Germanic language.
Added a picture of the stamp of Ommen to the information about Tanfana in the Dutch legends from Overijssel.
Added a new page about the Dutch poet Staring and some translations of his poems about Germanic mythology.
Dictionaries page; added a Crimean gothic dictionary and many external links to the dictionaries of mister Gerhard Köbler (Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Germanic, Gothic, Old High German, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Low Franconian).
Magical charms page; added the Rauen charm and various fertility charms to get children.
The interview with Alfta Óðinssen and all links to Northvegr Félag have been removed.
Added a new page with "Hervar's and king Heidrek's saga" that was translated by Stian Farstad.
Giants page; added some very spectacular information about the discovery of giant skeletons.
Christianization page; added lots of info about the Christianization of Belgium, Iceland, and Frisia, including some funny Viking tricks. May 29, 2003
The interview with Alfta Óðinssen on the reconstructions page has been updated at her request. May 20, 2003
I have updated the tribes list and added some interesting information about the Dutch village of Warnsveld to the Dutch legends from the Achterhoek. May 17, 2003
Thanks for the positive reactions about Reginheim everybody! so far everybody has been really nice to me and I haven't gotten any flames at all (yet).
I have added some more links to the link page and also added a new section on it where links to ancient texts and lore will be placed, I would also like to thank Thorve and Thiudareiks for the interesting links they have sent me. May 05, 2003
Today the main site has been opened and all information is now fully available to all visitors. April 29, 2003
This is the first newsmessage, today I have finally finished most of Reginheim and the site is now ready to go online.
I hope you will all enjoy my site and feel free to tell me what you think of it.
My apologies for the commercial ads but since I'm a cheapscate Dutchman I simply refuse to pay for something I can get for free, at the moment this site is hosted at Geocities which is the best I could find, if you know of any better free webspace providers please tell me.
