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Natural Monuments

Upper Franconia

Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster

Natural Monuments

Upper Franconia

Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster

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Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster

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Location: Pressig, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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September 6, 2020

Mountain biking

7 people were killed in the accident. This memorial should remember them!

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December 18, 2025

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This was a real blow.

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May 15, 2021

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To commemorate seven buried quarry workers who lost their lives in the Becker hard stone works in Förtschendorf on March 21, 1963, owner Georg Carl had a memorial stone erected in 1988. Since this had become unusable due to the weather, the current owner of the quarry donated a new Grauwackenstein.

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Elevation 430 m

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Location: Pressig, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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