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Apostelgroeve (Former Underground Limestone Quarry)

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    December 18, 2024

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    APOSTELGROEVE

    The Apostelgroeve is a former underground limestone quarry where building stones were extracted between 1770 and 1776. After that it served as a mushroom farm.
    This quarry is managed by the Stichting Ir. D.C. van Schaik of the Natural History Society in Limburg. This quarry is used for research and education by, among others, the Study Group Underground Limestone Quarries (SOK). The quarry is closed to protect the natural values, the hibernating bats, the historical, geological and mining values.

    For a visit to this quarry, you can contact us via our website

    Stichting ir. D.C. Van Schaik
    Postbus 2235, 6201 HA Maastricht
    vanschaikstichting.nl
    In case of burglary or calamity: 06-81688967 Manager: Chris Meens

    Study group Underground Limestone Quarries
    Natural History Society in Limburg

    NATUURHISTORISCH GENOESCHAP LIMBURG

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      December 18, 2024

      vanschaikstichting.nl/index.php/groeven/apostelgroeve

      The Apostelgroeve is a beautiful quarry in the Jekerdal near Maastricht.

      This quarry has a turbulent history that was published in SOK announcements no. 32 of December 1999.
      In summary, the exploitation of this quarry started in 1770 and stopped in 1776. The quarry did not provide the owners with the expected profit.

      During the Second World War it served as a shelter. After the war it was used for years as a mushroom farm. The illegal gin distillery that used to be here in the past is very evocative. Many remains of this can still be found.

      In 1979, this quarry was taken over by the SOK from the owner. In 1981, a sturdy gate was placed in the entrance

      The entrance was restored in 1999-2000 with a subsidy from the province of Limburg in collaboration with the IKL Foundation. The walls at the entrance were then completely restored with new stones and the tree roots, which were pushing away the wall and the vault, were removed.

      In 2016, the access tunnel was reinforced, after the roof had become unstable due to frost. As a result, the quarry is safe for visitors and bat counting again.

      vanschaikstichting.nl
      vanschaikstichting.nl/index.php/groeven/apostelgroeve

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