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Landkreis Gießen
Grünberg

Weickartshainer Schweiz Pond and Mining Landscape

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Gießen District

Landkreis Gießen
Grünberg

Weickartshainer Schweiz Pond and Mining Landscape

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Weickartshainer Schweiz Pond and Mining Landscape

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    March 20, 2022

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    What was mined here was iron ore, more precisely brown iron or basalt iron ore. Due to the described form of weathering, iron was released from the volcanic basalt rock, …
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    April 30, 2023

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    Why it is called Switzerland remained undecided! 🤷‍♂️
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    September 6, 2019

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    Eisenkaute, today better known as "Weickartshainer Schweiz", is a former iron mine. From which a small pond and some now overgrown and justified storage mounds have remained. Well-kept rest or picnic benches.
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