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Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project

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Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project

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Sand Pit at Rethorn – Thumbprint Renaturation Project

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    March 13, 2022

    The artistic renaturation project was created between 1999 and 2001. The idea for this came from the artist Gertrud Mach from Jever.
    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.
    fuhrenkamp-schutzverein.de/entkusseln-ohne-ende/#more-4644

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      November 26, 2020

      It's so nice and quiet here

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        Location: Ganderkesee, Landkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

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