Monte Kali

Herrings Philippsthal Bokeloh Giesen Sighted Wathlingen Zielitz Sollstedt Neuhof

Location of the spoil heaps described in the text

As Monte Kali , Kaliberg or Kalimandscharo are colloquially several spoil heaps in Germany , which consist of spoil from potash salt production . They pose an ecological problem because salts and heavy metals are washed out by precipitation and pollute the soil , groundwater and surface water in the area.

The highest potash mountain is Monte Kali near Heringen (Werra) in Hesse; it towers over the surroundings by more than 200 meters (summit about 530  m above sea  level ).

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Caliber ranges in Germany are:

• in Philippsthal (Werra) and in Heringen (Werra) (both districts of Hersfeld-Rotenburg in Hesse )
• in Bokeloh and Sehnde (both in the Hanover region in Lower Saxony )
• in Giesen ( Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony)
• in Wathlingen ( Celle district in Lower Saxony)
• the spoil heaps of the Zielitz potash plant ( Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt )
• the waste dump Kalimandscharo of the former Sollstedt potash mine ( Nordhausen district in Thuringia )
• the waste dump of the Neuhof-Ellers potash mine ( Fulda district in Hesse)

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  "Monte Kali" near herring

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  "Monte Kali" near Heringen, in the background the dump near Philippsthal in June 2009

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  "Kalimanjaro" at Bokeloh from Mesmerode

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  "Wetterberg" near Giesen

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  Kaliberg near Sehnde

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  "Kalimanjaro" near Wathlingen

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  "Monte Kali" near Neuhof

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  Monte Kali near Zielitz

See also

• Monte Kaolino , dump in the urban area of ​​Hirschau in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria)

Web links

• The Monte Kali: special mountain tour with a view. In: Werra Potash Mining Museum. kalimuseum.de, accessed on January 11, 2017 . 
• Monte-Kali (dump of the Neuhof-Ellers plant). In: kali-gmbh.com. K + S Kali GmbH, accessed on January 11, 2017 . 
• Matthias Bartsch, Michael Fröhlingsdorf: Alarm on Monte Kali . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 2009 ( online ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Debris heaps: ecological burdens for eternity. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Heavy metals pollute groundwater at the foot of the potash tailings pile. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Alarm on Monte Kali. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
4. ^ Werra Potash Mining Museum. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Unusual mountain tour with a view - a visit to Monte Kali. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Monte Kali: a special mountain tour with a view. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
7. ↑ "Monte Kali" salty everything. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
8. ^ Kalimanjaro.com. Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 
9. ^ Monte-Kali (dump of the Neuhof-Ellers plant). Retrieved January 19, 2017 . 

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