View of Donnerkuhle Quarry

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.

Rocks from mining