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View from Silberbuck

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View from Silberbuck

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View from Silberbuck

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    Location: Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    3. Frauenkirche – Nuremberg Main Market loop from Messe

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    June 5, 2018

    The artificial hill is a high landfill, which originated from the rubble of the destroyed during the war Nuremberg Old Town. The landfill was landscaped and designed as a lookout.

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      March 4, 2023

      The vast amounts of rubble after the Second World War were planted and designed as a mountain with a view. With a height of about 40m, the "rubble mountain", as it was long known by the population, offers a beautiful view over the city, the dozen pond and the Imperial Castle.

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        May 10, 2025

        Today, the Silberbuck is covered in greenery and serves as a viewing hill, offering a good view of the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds. However, it represents an ecological legacy, as toxic substances from the landfill are seeping into the adjacent Silbersee, which is heavily contaminated.

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          March 5, 2022

          Originally, according to Adolf Hitler's will, the huge German Stadium was to be built here on the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, but only the foundation walls were completed. The Silbersee is located in the north-western part of the U-shaped construction pit, while the south-eastern part was heaped up to form the Silberbuck. The groundwater, which was very high in the region around the dozen pond, was initially prevented from penetrating the excavation pit with technical devices; However, this groundwater management was discontinued at the beginning of 1945, whereupon the excavation pit filled with groundwater, which formed the horseshoe-shaped water surface.

          In the years that followed until 1962, the southern part of the water, the so-called pioneer pond, was used as a rubble dump. By 1951, the pit in this part was filled with waste, hazardous waste and rubble down to ground level, and work began on building the landfill site on Bauernfeindstraße, which today forms the Silberbuck mountain with a view. In the process, hazardous waste, which is critical by today's standards, was brought into the landfill without any further precautionary measures, including warfare agents from the Second World War and waste from the pharmaceutical, mineral oil, plant protection and metal industries. Since this landfill is not sealed against the groundwater, pollutants can get into the actual Silbersee. Garbage was also dumped in the lake itself in the early 1960s, when the Silberbuck had reached capacity; however, landfill operations were soon discontinued so that the lake remained in its current form.

          de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbersee_(N%C3%BCrnberg)

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            April 18, 2022

            After the Second World War, the gigantic excavation pit of the planned German Stadium in Nuremberg served as a collection point for the rubble of the destroyed old town. From 1946 the excavation pit was filled. Gradually, a high landfill was created. It was later planted and designed as a panoramic mountain. Today's Silberbuck.

            The Silberbuck is one of my favorite places and also very popular with walkers and joggers because it goes up well. The Silberbuck is also a great way for walkers to see Nuremberg from above. In the distance you can even see the Imperial Castle. And at sunrise or sunset, the Silberbuck is a romantic location for couples.

            Attention: there is only one bench at the highest point. So feel free to bring a seat cushion or something to put on the lawn if you want to sit down.

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              August 31, 2020

              This is how high a person can pile up their rubbish ... Brilliant view of Nuremberg

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                May 1, 2020

                Good viewpoint for the Nuremberg skyline with all important "landmarks".

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                  January 10, 2021

                  All the hazardous waste that would be deposited here is responsible for the fact that the Silbersee is highly toxic.

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                    September 17, 2022

                    Nice view from up here. Unfortunately, the formation of the Silberbuck, as well as the former deposit of hazardous waste (poisoning of the Silbersee) is anything but beautiful.

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                      April 2, 2023

                      After the Second World War, the gigantic excavation pit of the planned German Stadium served as a collection point for the rubble from the destroyed old town. For transport from the center, the city had its own narrow-gauge railway laid out. From 1946, the southern part of the horseshoe-shaped excavation pit in particular was filled in. Gradually, a high landfill was created. It was later planted and designed as a panoramic mountain. Today it is called Silberbuck. The artificial hill represents an ecological legacy. Toxic sulfur compounds seep into the adjacent Silbersee, the northern part of the construction pit of the German stadium.

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                        February 17, 2024

                        The Silberbuck is the largest hazardous waste dump in Middle Franconia. After the war, in the excavation pit of the Nazis' megalomaniacal "German Stadium" project with their crazy Hitler, the rubble from the city was dumped into the groundwater with the help of a specially built small railway. No sealing or even waste separation. Any rubbish could be deposited here free of charge. The aim was to avoid wild landfills. The different substances react with each other here. A relocation would be “priceless”. Not only is the water in the Silbersee poisoned, but also the groundwater.
                        But otherwise it is a great vantage point over Nuremberg.

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                          January 8, 2018

                          generous view from the telecommunications tower over the Nuremberg Castle to the Business Tower

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                            July 14, 2020

                            Great view towards downtown Nuremberg. You can even see the castle here.

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                              March 29, 2024

                              A short climb is rewarded with a great view over Nuremberg

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                                December 28, 2023

                                😊 It's nice to stand on a mountain like that.
                                🤔 It makes you think
                                why this came about (war).
                                🤢 The consequences this has
                                are still present today (water poisoning).
                                dernuernberger.blogspot.com/2019/02/die-altstadt-guckt-wieder-raus.html?m=1

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                                  May 11, 2025

                                  The Silberbuck was long referred to by the local population as a "rubble mountain." It primarily represents an ecological legacy.

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                                    April 27, 2021

                                    View over the city.

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