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Buntsandstein sandstone cliffs in the Rur Valley

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne District

Kreis Düren

Nideggen

Buntsandstein sandstone cliffs in the Rur Valley

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Buntsandstein sandstone cliffs in the Rur Valley

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Location: Nideggen, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Abenden

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2. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

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3. Bench by the Rur – Half-Timbered Houses in Blens loop from Zerkall

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06:48

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Sven Laser, ein Eifel-Wanderer

July 4, 2020

Beautiful colored sandstone rocks, which can also provide shelter in rain and storm.

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🌍 Hey Tom

April 18, 2021

Simply beautiful nature. Please open your eyes and ears and enjoy wandering by.

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Stephan N

June 28, 2024

Very beautiful rock formations!
The rust-red rock bastions along the valley slopes dominate the landscape in the Rur valley. But how did these impressive rock walls and towers come into being?
The rocks are made of rubble and sand that was formed by weathering in a hot, desert-like landscape in the early Mesozoic during the Triassic period, more precisely in the formation of the "Buntsandstein" around 240 million years ago. Weathering under tropical climatic conditions is also the reason for the red color of the rocks. In these deserts there were violent storms from time to time, which transported the masses of sand and rubble via large rivers into depressions and deposited them there. During transport in the river, the larger stones were ground down into rounded pebbles. Today, embedded in the sand that has solidified over millions of years, they can be clearly seen in the rocks. In geology, these types of rocks are known as "conglomerates".
When the Eifel gradually rose millions of years later, having eroded into a low-lying plain, the larger rivers, such as the Rur, cut deeper and deeper into the sedimentary rocks, particularly during the ice ages, thus exposing the rock formations that can be seen today.
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Location: Nideggen, Kreis Düren, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Buntsandstein sandstone cliffs in the Rur Valley

1. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Abenden

2. View of Nideggen Castle loop from Nideggen

3. Bench by the Rur – Half-Timbered Houses in Blens loop from Zerkall

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