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View of Donnerkuhle Quarry

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View of Donnerkuhle Quarry

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View of Donnerkuhle Quarry

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. View of Donnerkuhle Quarry – Donnerkuhle Quarry loop from Emst

7.15km

01:55

80m

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2. View of Donnerkuhle Quarry – Donnerkuhle Quarry loop from Bissingheim

12.0km

03:18

190m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Donnerkuhle Quarry – View of Donnerkuhle Quarry loop from Altenhagen

14.4km

03:53

180m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Alex von Bühren

August 9, 2017

If the sprinklers do not blow up anymore. When the diggers stop digging. When the loaders stop charging. When there are no stones left in this quarry. Then, yes, then the huge quarry Donnerkuhle will be a 80 meter deep groundwater lake. People will walk along its shores, do water sports on its surface, and perhaps sip espresso in cafés. By 2040 at the latest, that may be reality. At least it is contractually defined as part of the reclamation of the quarry. Then, when the company Lhoist Germany Rheinkalk left the quarry Donnerkuhle. If the mining permit has expired.

Until then, hikers and interested parties will have the opportunity to catch a view of the quarry that was previously unheard of by most citizens from two vantage points. The platforms are located on the trail around the quarry Donnerkuhle, so are easy to reach on foot. Information boards also give hikers an overview of the geological time window that opens up to them: it's a 360-million-year history of the Earth.

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September 11, 2021

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Elevation 170 m

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1. View of Donnerkuhle Quarry – Donnerkuhle Quarry loop from Emst

2. View of Donnerkuhle Quarry – Donnerkuhle Quarry loop from Bissingheim

3. Donnerkuhle Quarry – View of Donnerkuhle Quarry loop from Altenhagen

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