Riepenbach Gorge

👉 ATTENTION !!! If you take a closer look, with a bit of luck you can observe wild raccoons! 🧐 🦝🦝 😍

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GEO EXPERIENCE TOUR
Attraction for geologists
The region around Medebach and Hallenberg has always been a magnet for geologists and those interested in geology because of its varied rock deposits.
The geological peculiarities are explained by means of information boards at 14 geologically interesting stations in a geo-adventure tour of Medebach and Hallenberg. In addition to various quarries, this also includes the Geological Loop in Medebach-Düdinghausen and of course the Heavy Spat Museum in Medebach-Dreislar.
A lot of useful and easy to understand information about types of rock, minerals, fossils and life in prehistoric times are stored at the various stations and can often be checked directly on site.
In cooperation with the Geological Service of North Rhine-Westphalia, the tourism experts of the cities of Medebach and Hallenberg have also developed an overview map, which you can download here, see download area below.

GeoPark GrenzWelten
With its geographic experience stations, Medebach is also a member of the GrenzWelten GeoPark, which bundles numerous geographic attractions in one institution in the border area between North Rhine-Westphalia and North Hesse.

Geo experience stations:
MEDEBACH AREA
1. Church quarry (Düdinghausen)
2. Gerkes quarry (Düdinghausen)
3. Borghagen quarry (Düdinghausen)
4. Riepenbach Gorge (Düdinghausen)
5. Vitsenböhl quarry (Düdinghausen)
6. Niggenhuses quarry (Referinghausen)
7. Quarry at Bromberg (Medebach)
8. Bath slate from Orketal (Medelon)
13. Barite from Dreislar
14. Dreislar barite museum

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There are also gorges on the mountain trail

Very nice section of the route, located directly on the Düdinghausen geological circular route.