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Beruser Kalksteinbruch Nature Reserve

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Beruser Kalksteinbruch Nature Reserve

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This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Westlich Berus

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Location: Überherrn, Landkreis Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

August 22, 2021

Supplying the Völklinger Hütte from limestone quarries in Lorraine became uneconomical due to rising transport costs. Therefore, this limestone quarry was acquired in 1912, expanded to 50 hectares and provided with a transport cable car.
The limestone opencast mining was discontinued in 1950, the lime kiln operated until 1961.
In 1983 the area was declared a nature reserve.

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September 2, 2021

Nature reserve "Beruser Kalksteinbruch"

The site of the former Röchling’s limestone quarry, which operated until the post-war period, was officially designated as a nature reserve "Beruser Kalksteinbruch" by the Saarland Ministry of the Environment in 1983. As the first state-designated nature reserve since the incorporation of the Saarland into the Federal Republic of Germany (1957), it serves to protect and preserve the unique flora and fauna found here, such as the bird species of the "nine killer" or the so-called "pyramid orchid" as an orchid species. As a geological and cultural historical monument, the exposed and visible series of rocks of the Upper Muschelkalk, exposed in the limestone quarry walls, reminds of man and nature at the same time. Source: Text information board

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aquarius_142

June 2, 2022

Very interesting route

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Location: Überherrn, Landkreis Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany

Beruser Kalksteinbruch Nature Reserve

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