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Schassewitt Quarry

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Schassewitt Quarry

Schassewitt Quarry

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Location: Freisen, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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  • 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒊𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍 - 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕The habitat, Steinbruch-Schassewitt is an abandoned quarry. Until the 1990s, andesite was mined here mainly for road construction. When humans returned the mining area to nature, animals and plants reclaimed the habitat. A natural succession set in. The small lake with near-natural banks and the steep rock faces have become ecological niches in an intensively used cultural landscape. Rocks and still waters are rather rare in our region and enrich the local natural space. Hill debris and old spoil heaps also provide living space for specialists. Due to their small-scale and microclimate diversity, post-mining landscapes, which are often threatened by backfilling with rubble, make an important contribution to species protection. The Schassewitt quarry is a habitat for amphibians, butterflies and dragonflies. Birds use the site as a breeding and feeding habitat. Source: Text information board𝑊𝑜ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑡?Before the quarry was taken over by the Blum company in 1959, Franziskus Josef Müller, born in Freisen in 1908, was the owner. It is said that he is said to have been nicknamed "Schassewitt"; the word probably comes from French. The quarry is still named after him today. Source: Text information board

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Location: Freisen, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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