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Darmstadt District

Scheidgraben (Ancient Neckar Riverbed)

Darmstadt District

Scheidgraben (Ancient Neckar Riverbed)

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Scheidgraben (Ancient Neckar Riverbed)

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Location: Riedstadt, Kreis Groß-Gerau, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Andreas 🍀🛵

July 17, 2022

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Former river bed of the Neckar. A small pond has formed at this point. Paradise for aquatic animals. Even a gray heron was seen and photographed. Image is uploaded.

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A. Winterlich

October 20, 2019

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Today the Scheidgraben runs through the Ried – formerly the river bed of the Ur-Neckar. Even in Roman times, the great river Neckar was found here on its way to the Rhine. Today, numerous nature reserves (often wetlands with swamps and reeds, sometimes wet meadows) in the Ried bear witness to the former courses of the river.

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🇺🇦Uwe 🏃‍♂️1098🏍

April 30, 2023

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The old Neckar bed is located in today's northern Upper Rhine Graben in Ried in Hesse. Since the middle Eocene period, i.e. beginning around 45 million years ago, the earth’s …

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Location: Riedstadt, Kreis Groß-Gerau, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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