Karlsruhe District

Sandhausen

Sand quarry at the Zugmantel-Bandholz Nature Reserve

Karlsruhe District

Sand quarry at the Zugmantel-Bandholz Nature Reserve

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Sand quarry at the Zugmantel-Bandholz Nature Reserve

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Location: Sandhausen, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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June 4, 2019

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Beautiful dune landscape near Sandhausen. The dune itself is said to have been blocked by the wind meter high about 10,000 years ago and is said to have extended earlier from Karlsruhe to Mainz. The pit was created by the mining of sand.

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June 4, 2019

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Display boards invite you to learn about this extraordinary pit in a millennium-old sand dune and its plants and animals.
Benches invite you to rest.

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June 28, 2019

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Gorgeous look. At the sand pit you must have come over!

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Elevation 160 m

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