Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Natural Monuments

Darmstadt District

Michelau Basalt Quarry

Natural Monuments

Darmstadt District

Michelau Basalt Quarry

Highlight • Natural Monument

Michelau Basalt Quarry

Recommended by 20 hikers out of 21

Save

Location: Büdingen, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Michelau Basalt Quarry

5.0

(1)

hikers

1. Erlenborn Spring – Felsenmeer Vogelsberg loop from Michelau

7.14km

01:59

130m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.5

(2)

hikers

2. Büdingen Wildlife Park – Wooden Bridge at the Biotope loop from Michelau

14.3km

04:00

290m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

hikers

3. Büdingen Old Town – Mühltor (Mill Gate), Büdingen loop from Büdingen

12.9km

03:35

240m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

Tips

Alkei

April 20, 2020

Apart from the fact that it is the Wolferborn quarry, there is a basalt wall made of beautiful basalt columns

Translated by Google •

Bernie

August 26, 2015

At the clearing on the left side you can see a deep cut, right and left are high, long overgrown waste dumps of the Michelau quarry. Here until the beginning of the 60s a very special basalt was mined. This basalt belongs to a lava flow that flowed out about 16-18 million years ago in the Miocene. As the lava flow came to a standstill, these vertical basalt columns formed as a result of the cooling. The Michelauer basalt was particularly well suited for the production of cobblestones, a road material that slumbers today often under tarpaulins and finds little use, because it becomes dangerously smooth, especially in the wet.

In the weddings almost 20 people found a job here, half of them were judges and day laborers. For almost 50 years, the quarry fell into a deep sleep, now Lothar Keil mobilizes his men to cut trees away to make the magnificent geotope accessible to a wider public. At least 17 million years old are these monumental basalt blocks. When they are exposed to the weather, they peel themselves down and become balls, which are particularly beautiful to look at. Smaller bullets are also found in the overburden - a nice occupation for the small fellow travelers: "Who finds the most beautiful bullet?" In the spirit of the immigrants, however, it is asked to search only in the overburden and not to interfere with the geotope itself.

Translated by Google •

TULIP

May 2, 2020

Always worth a trip!

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 370 m

Weather

Saturday 25 October

10°C

4°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Büdingen, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Fallow Deer at Wildpark Büdingen

Eiserne Hand Signpost

Lily Pond at Thiergartenweiher

Wildpark Büdingen

Waschbach Valley

Thiergartenweiher

Waldlehrpfad Bindachsen

Pond in the Forest near Rinderbügen

Jagd-Kapelle im Büdinger Wald

Büdingen Old Town

Büdingen Sandstone Quarry

Forest Trail in the Vogelsberg Mountains

Michelau Basalt Quarry

1. Erlenborn Spring – Felsenmeer Vogelsberg loop from Michelau

2. Büdingen Wildlife Park – Wooden Bridge at the Biotope loop from Michelau

3. Büdingen Old Town – Mühltor (Mill Gate), Büdingen loop from Büdingen

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️