Zurholt Museum
The Zurholt Museum , named after its founder , also known as the Zurholt Mineral and Fossil Museum , has been a geological museum in the Münsterland Altenberge , Steinfurt district , North Rhine-Westphalia , which has existed since 2010 . It was created from a private collection and is open to the public by arrangement. It is used by the University of Münster for scientific purposes. In 2011, the exhibits were donated by their owner to the Altenberge community. Minerals, rocks and fossils are shown .
Exhibition and concept
The exhibits document the geological structure of the Altenberg ridge and come almost entirely from this collection area. An exception are, for example, floral fossils from the coal slate of the Ibbenbüren colliery , but the same layers that one would encounter in Altenberge from a depth of about 2000 m are exposed there. Furthermore, the museum concept deals with the effects of the Ice Age and its debris on the geology of the region, including various erratic boulders made of “non-local” rock of volcanic origin. There are also a number of thin-section images of bedrock in the museum . The fossils come from the Cretaceous rock of the Altenberg ridge. There are belemnites , sea urchins, mussels, corals, but also microfossils such as bog animals . The most outstanding exhibit is a so-called belemnite stone / "belemnite battlefield" of considerable size; this limestone lump, strewn with belemnites , was found during the construction of a rainwater retention basin. In the Zurholt Museum, the significance of certain rocks in terms of cultural history is explained; so they smelted Altenberger iron oolith , which is shown by horseshoes made from it. The influence of unusual rock shapes on the world of legends is also explained; Some of the oolites known as "dwarf plates, pots and dishes" are shown.
The development of the climate is also explained on the basis of display boards.
Web links and sources
- www.museum-zurholt.de
- Print version of the brochure of the Zurholt Museum, no details of the author of the text; Relevant information obviously relates to the author of the photos used in the brochure. Also available online at www.museum-zurholt.de
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 31 ″ N , 7 ° 27 ′ 25.5 ″ E