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Loess Cliff on the RheinTerrassenWeg

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Loess Cliff on the RheinTerrassenWeg

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Loess Cliff on the RheinTerrassenWeg

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Location: Guntersblum, Mainz-Bingen, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Ms Moneypenny 🌊☀️🍋

April 7, 2021

An impressive place that you should definitely not walk past carelessly.
Loess is the most typical sedimentary rock in Rheinhessen. Transported by ice-age drifts from more than 20 million years ago, 3 - 4 meter thick layers of flue dust were formed. With its fertile properties, it offers excellent breeding ground for viticulture and arable farming. With its small-grained (geological silt) consistency of dusty loam, the loose sediment demonstrates high stability. Countless loess stone walls can be found along the Rhine terraces.
The vertical loess walls offer an excellent habitat for many insects, especially bees, wasps, bumblebees and ants.
Source: Information board of the local community of Guntersblum (excerpt)

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Biitii 105 💗💜

May 10, 2021

Without loess there are no sunken roads. It is impressive that loess was formed from wind deposits of calcareous dust in the ice ages; Greetings from Ice Age.
But not only the insect kingdom benefits from the loess walls, but the positive properties can also be transferred to agriculture and viticulture: fertile, deep, light loamy soil, clayey silt, very good storage capacity for plant-available soil water, sufficient ventilation, nutrient-rich, calcareous, moderate Can be heated, good root penetration, high growth potential.
45% of Rheinhessen consists of the combination of loess and the Pararendzina soil type.
Source (among others): rheinhessen.de

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Location: Guntersblum, Mainz-Bingen, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Loess Cliff on the RheinTerrassenWeg

1. View of Oppenheim – Römerturm Guntersblum Observation Tower loop from Oppenheim

2. Landskron Castle Ruins – St. Catherine's Church Oppenheim loop from Guntersblum

3. Benches Under a Chestnut Tree – Römerturm Guntersblum Observation Tower loop from Guntersblum

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