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Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project

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Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project

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  • Location: Ganderkesee, Landkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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    March 13, 2022

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    The artistic renaturation project was created between 1999 and 2001. The idea for this came from the artist Gertrud Mach from Jever.
    A disused sand pit in the district of Rethorn has been transformed into a giant walkable human thumbprint in the landscape. Paths and wall structures trace the lines of an oversized thumb.
    Today it is regularly maintained by the Ganderkesee Fuhrenkamp Protection Association.
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    Location: Ganderkesee, Landkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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