Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project
Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project
Highlight • Natural Monument
Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project
Hiking
5.0
(25)
This Highlight is in a protected area
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Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest
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March 13, 2022
Hiking
A disused sand pit in the district of Rethorn has been transformed into a giant walkable human thumbprint in the landscape. Paths and wall structures trace the lines of an oversized thumb.
Today it is regularly maintained by the Ganderkesee Fuhrenkamp Protection Association.
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Elevation 60 m
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