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Rest Area at Gisinger Quarries

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Rest Area at Gisinger Quarries

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Rest Area at Gisinger Quarries

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Location: Wallerfangen, Landkreis Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany

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1. Scenic view of Siersburg – Pastorsgrät Gorge loop from Siersburg

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2. View of Siersburg – Pastorsgrät Gorge loop from Gisingen

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3. Celtic Rampart on Limberg loop from Wallerfangen

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

September 25, 2021

Gisinger quarries

Stone has played an important role in Gisingen since ancient times, both sandstone and limestone were quarried here. The old tabular or notary files in the Gisingen population of the 17th and 18th centuries very often identify professions that refer to work in quarries and the processing of stones. Many men were stone breakers, stone masons, stone masons and bricklayers. The hiking trail “Der Gisinger” leads past several former quarries, for example the sandstone quarry at “Lehrborn” (in the area of the natural monument “Kalktufftreppe”), “Landgraben” (behind the Celtic wall) and on this side. For many years the quarries provided the best sandstone for building houses and other buildings and are now wild and hardly recognizable as such. When Ludwig XIV had the fortress town of Saarlouis built in 1680, red sandstones were used as building material in various quarries between Felsberg and Oberlimberg From the pond to the Saar, a small canal was specially dug for barges. Both the old school building, built in 1820 and the "new school" built in 1925/26, were built with sandstones from Gisingen quarries, as were most of the old houses. shortly before the boundary with St. Barbara, the stones for the construction of the Dillinger Saardom, built in 1911, were extracted. The stones for the district office in Saarlouis, which was built in the same year, were also quarried in this huge quarry in Gisingen. Source: Wolfgang Kremer - "Gisingen - our village and its history"

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Jürgen Weiß🌳👫

November 9, 2020

Quaint bench, but ideal for resting

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Rest Area at Gisinger Quarries

1. Scenic view of Siersburg – Pastorsgrät Gorge loop from Siersburg

2. View of Siersburg – Pastorsgrät Gorge loop from Gisingen

3. Celtic Rampart on Limberg loop from Wallerfangen

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