White quarry
The White Quarry is a former quarry south of Pfaffenhofen in Württemberg on the ridge of the Stromberg .
The white quarry was used to mine house sandstone as building material. It was only in operation from 1902 to 1914, but was best known for its fossil findings. Fossils have been found both in the sandstone itself and in the clay pitches in between.
Fossils of reptiles , especially dinosaurs and primeval crocodiles , as well as amphibians were found. No other quarry in Keuper has such a wealth of finds. They go back to about 220 million years before our time. In 1906 the first find came into the possession of the Royal Stuttgart Natural History Cabinet : The quarry lessee, Albert Burrer, presented Eberhard Fraas with a piece of the body of an aetosaur . Another spectacular discovery was the skeletal remains of a Sellosaurus (today's scientific name Plateosaurus gracilis ), one of the oldest European land dinosaurs.
A viewing platform was built on the edge of the mountain in front of the quarry, from which the view extends over the entire Zabergäu and large parts of the Heilbronn Neckarland to the heights of the Odenwald.
The White Quarry has been an extensive natural monument since 1986 . It is also protected as a geotope under the name Abandoned Weisser Steinbruch SW from Rodbachhof .
See also
Web links
- Information from the municipality of Pfaffenhofen on the White Quarry
- Travel guide Pfaffenhofen: White quarry in Pfaffenhofen
- Geotope profile (PDF, 328 kByte) on: Map server of the State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining (LGRB) ( information )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile of the natural monument No. 81250810001 White Quarry at the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 31.9 ″ N , 8 ° 57 ′ 52.6 ″ E