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Darmstadt District

Basalt Quarry Nature Reserve near Glashütten

Darmstadt District

Basalt Quarry Nature Reserve near Glashütten

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Basalt Quarry Nature Reserve near Glashütten

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Basaltsteinbruch bei Glashütten

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Location: Hirzenhain, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Michael

April 20, 2022

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The quarry is between Glashütten and Hirzenhain, west of the Scheidwald directly on the country road. Mining ended in the late 1960s. In the mid-1980s, the municipality of Hirzenhain planned a rubble and excavated landfill. In 1991, this plan was dropped because of a new waste law. The quarry was sold in 1993 and declared a nature reserve at the end of the 1990s.
Source: hirzenhain-glashuetten.de

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Elevation 390 m

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Sunday 14 June

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Location: Hirzenhain, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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