Flagstaff Community Labyrinth

With no communication between continents, people in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas started creating labyrinths about 3,000 years ago. In Arizona, Hopi and Tohono O’odham peoples incorporated labyrinths in their art. This labyrinth is made of about 15 tons of lichen-covered boulders, all gathered within 200 feet of the site. This labyrinth uses a "Gossembrot" design, so named because the pattern was recorded (and perhaps designed) by Sigmund Gossembrot of Augsburg, Germany in 1480. The Gossembrot pattern was taped on a plaza in Germany for a few days in 2012, and it has been printed on canvas for indoor use, but this is the only known long-lasting (permanent?) installation of a Gossembrot design. A walking meditation takes about 10 minutes. Comments from visitors (like you) can be found on the labyrinth website.