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Tübingen District

Nusplingen Fossil Quarry

Natural Monuments

Tübingen District

Nusplingen Fossil Quarry

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Nusplingen Fossil Quarry

Name: Nusplingen Fossil Quarry
Rating: 2

Recommended by 19 mountain bikers

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Location: Nusplingen, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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1. Car tunnel – View of Rottweil loop from Nusplingen

73.4km

04:38

710m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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2. Danube Cliffs – Schmeietal Valley Trail loop from Albstadt-Ebingen

96.5km

06:41

1,300m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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3. Granegg Ruins – Nusplingen Fossil Quarry loop from Hartheim

41.4km

03:38

920m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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Werner

August 10, 2020

About 150 million years ago there was a deep lagoon in the tropical Jurassic Sea in what is now the Westerberg above Nusplingen. Tender lime sludge has collected in this: the Nusplinger plate limestone. Special fossils were found in this rock, such as pterosaurs, crocodiles and sea angels, and ray-like sharks. As in the past, the finds delight experts, make Nusplingen world famous and attract many visitors to our community year after year.

The more common finds in the limestone include shrimp up to 25 centimeters long, as well as perfectly preserved ammonites. For the Stuttgart specialists, Dr. Günter Schweigert and Dr. Gerd Dietl also the petrified pearl boats. The two geologists have repeatedly dealt with the Nusplinger fossil finds. No wonder that these two Nusplingers by choice always have so many interesting things to report on their tours through the quarry!
Source: Homepage of the municipality of Nusplingen

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Location: Nusplingen, Zollernalbkreis, Tübingen District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Nusplingen Fossil Quarry

1. Car tunnel – View of Rottweil loop from Nusplingen

2. Danube Cliffs – Schmeietal Valley Trail loop from Albstadt-Ebingen

3. Granegg Ruins – Nusplingen Fossil Quarry loop from Hartheim

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