Hohenäcker quarry

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Coordinates: 51 ° 4 ′ 15 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 7 ″  E

Relief map: Hessen
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Hesse

The Hohenäcker quarry , also known as the Bötzel quarry , is a geotope in Rodenbach, northwest of Frankenberg (Eder) , Hesse. It was operated by the Bötzel & Co. brickworks. Until around the end of the 1990s, clays and marl were mined as aggregates for brick production.

The quarry is a site for fossils from the Upper Permian (about 272 to 251 million years ago). In 2018, the GeoPark GrenzWelten set up a Geo-Station with information boards and exhibits in the entrance area.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mineralienatlas: Quarry Hohenäcker
  2. ↑ Grimm Heimat Nordhessen: Geostation quarry Hohenäcker.
  3. ↑ Geotope of the month May 2020 . German Geological Society - Geological Association .
  4. ↑ Hohenäcker quarry of similar importance to Korbacher column. Significant worldwide: Geo-Station near Frankenberg shows unique fossils. HNA, February 1, 2018
  5. ↑ GeoPark GrenzWelten: Rodenbach quarry.