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Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster

Natural Monuments

Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster

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Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster

Name: Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster
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Location: Pressig, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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2. Kohlmühle Hamlet loop from Förtschendorf

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3. Kohlmühle Hamlet loop from Förtschendorf

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Uwe B.

May 15, 2021

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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Benson

August 16, 2022

On March 21, 1963 at around 3:30 p.m. in the quarry of the Anna Becker hard stone works, around 35,000 cubic meters of rock broke loose at a width of 120 m and buried 7 workers, who could only be recovered dead. Water penetrating between a layer of clay and the rock was suspected to be the cause of the rockfall.

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Elevation 430 m

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

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Memorial to the 1963 Förtschendorf Quarry Disaster

1. Bench with a view of Frankenwald – Teuschnitz-Aue Nature Trail loop from Wickendorf

2. Kohlmühle Hamlet loop from Förtschendorf

3. Kohlmühle Hamlet loop from Förtschendorf

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