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Natural Monuments

Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Quarry at the Post Bridge

Natural Monuments

Darmstadt District

Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Quarry at the Post Bridge

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Quarry at the Post Bridge

Hiking

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Mountain biking

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Running

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Location: Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Wolfram/Ts. 🇺🇦

May 15, 2023

Mountain biking

In this disused quarry between Kröftel, Heftrich and Oberrod, several exposed layers of rock allow an interesting look at the history of the earth.

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June 18, 2023

Running

The Taunus came into being in the Palaeozoic 360-400 million years ago, when powerful forces from the earth's interior piled up the seabed to form a mountain range, which was …

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Ins Nirgendwo, bitte!

October 25, 2023

Hiking

The landscape in the Taunus was created by plate tectonic processes more than 300 million years ago. You can clearly see these folds in the former quarry at the post bridge between Kröftel, Heftrich and Oberrod.

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Quarry at the Post Bridge – Gebück Parking Lot (Heftrich) loop from Heftrich

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Elevation 390 m

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Location: Idstein, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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