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Stuttgart District

Pharion’s calcareous sand pit

Natural Monuments

Stuttgart District

Pharion’s calcareous sand pit

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Pharion’s calcareous sand pit

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

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Location: Steinheim am Albuch, Heidenheim, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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3. Knillberg – Knill Woods loop from Steinheim am Albuch

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Walkleader & Uschi 🌻

March 7, 2021

the Pharion sand pits are an abandoned quarry in which many fossils and relics from the Jurassic period have been found. The pieces are exhibited in the Sontheim / Stubental Meteor Crater Museum.

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Tobi - Älbler zwecks d´r Übersicht 🥾

May 8, 2023

"In the Steinheim Basin you can find calcareous sand mixed with fossil snail shells in several places. The Pharionsche calcareous sand pit is a world-famous Miocene fossil deposit. Above all, the massive occurrence of a small fossil freshwater snail of the species Planorbis multiformis (Gyraulis) is known. With the help of these snails the palaeontologist Franz Hilgendorf was able to provide the first palaeontological evidence for Darwin's theory of evolution in 1866. He recognized a gradual change in shape of the snail shells in the chronological sequence of the lake sediments of the Steinheim Basin."

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Nuding492

June 20, 2021

Before cutting down, it didn't look nice either, but at least not like an insolvent construction site 😅 But maybe there will be a pump track for Steinheim soon bald?

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Elevation 580 m

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Location: Steinheim am Albuch, Heidenheim, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Pharion’s calcareous sand pit

1. Staudamm im Gnannental – Steinheim Meteor Crater Rim loop from Steinheim am Albuch

2. Knillberg – Knill Woods loop from Steinheim am Albuch

3. Knillberg – Knill Woods loop from Steinheim am Albuch

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