Meteor impacts Ensisheim 529 years ago in oldest recorded impact
The Ensisheim meteorite was seen as a divine omen signifying divine favor over future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and spread through the use of the printing press.
Woodcut showing the fall of the Ensisheim meteorite on November 7, 1492, as seen in the Nuremberg Chronicle.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByAARON REICH
