Messel Pit UNESCO World Heritage Site

It's fascinating to take a journey back 47 million years, 60 meters down into a former volcanic crater, a planned landfill, one of the world's most important fossil discovery and storage sites, an old oil shale and lignite mining pit, and a growing nature reserve. On the tour, you can marvel at the detailed nature of real fossils and even touch them. My tip: Be sure to take a guided tour and visit the visitor center, which is a concrete block for good reason.So, in addition to natural science and industrial history, there's also art and architecture. While the pumps are running, a lake awaits its formation, many fossils await daylight, and many new findings from millions of years await publication and presentation.What more could you expect? Perhaps even the insight that we ourselves are only a tiny part of nature.

Be sure to visit the mine on a short guided tour (the so-called "taster tour"). You'll gain a wealth of interesting information and insights, as the mine can otherwise only be viewed from the platforms. The price for the one-hour tour for adults is €7.00. Please note: the introductory tour doesn't go all the way to the pit floor. However, you can book a longer tour if you want to learn more.In this case, you should also book the "Time and Messel Worlds" visitor center.

The artworks at the visitor center of the UNESCO World Heritage Messel Pit Site are accessible daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.More information 👇2020.waldkunst.com/presse/pressemitteilungen/91-eroeffnung-der-waldkunstwerke-am-dem-unesco-welterbe-grube-messel