Jaumont stone

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The main station in Metz

Jaumont stone is the name of a type of sandstone from the area around Metz in the French department of Moselle . It originated in the Jurassic Age . The stone from the yellow mountain (French: Jaumont or "Jaune mont") is a historically significant stone in the Lorraine region .

nature

The oolithic sedimentary rock is a calcareous sandstone from the Jurassic Age, the color of which is due to the iron oxide content. The color is light yellow with a slight brown component. The bulk density is 2.6 kg per cubic decimeter with a compressive strength of 5.71 MPa and a porosity of 24.8 percent by volume . These properties made it very popular with stonemasons in the region.

Well-known structures

The history of the quarry goes back to the 2nd century. Kaiser Wilhelm I is said to have valued the "Metzer Sonnenstein", which is called in German. Many buildings in Lorraine and especially in and around Metz use this stone. The most famous buildings that were built with Jaumont stone include:

  • Nancy train station

  • German gate

  • Opéra-théâtre de Metz

  • Metz Palace of Justice

  • Metz Cathedral

  • Old Metz train station

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jaumont stone quarry
  2. ↑ a b Westweg on drive times
  3. ↑ A city and its sun stone ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Metz and the Metzer Land @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geographie-ohne-grenzen.de
  4. ↑ Robert Stadler: The sun stone from Metz . Vol. 50, No. 2, 1995, ISSN  0028-1026 , pp. 74-76 .

monograph

  • Irmengard Peller-Séguy: Jaumont - pierre de soleil - un pont jeté sur les frontières et les siècles; réflexion d'histoire de la civilization , Published by Ed. Karlsberg, Homburg / Saarpfalz, 1995, ISBN 2876922355

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