The Place of the Varus-Battle

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Hey, just thought of it. Does 'Kalkriese' mean in English something like Chalk-giant or -rise??

Kalk = lime, Riese = 1. Giant, 2. (timber) slide

But I think what is meant is "rieseln", meaning "to trickle, to float down". So my bet would be "where the limestone is brought down" or something along this.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Probably it relates to the fact that limestone -a valuable building material- was 'mined' there.