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Weinheimer Trift Fossil Site

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Weinheimer Trift Fossil Site

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Weinheimer Trift Fossil Site

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Location: Alzey, Alzey-Worms, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Vineyard House An Der Kelter – Rheinhessengucker Sculpture loop from Weinheim

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2. Weinheim Trift Fossil Site – Wartberg Tower (Wartbergturm) loop from Alzey West

11.7km

03:12

190m

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3. Outer Gate of Alzey Castle – Wartberg Tower (Wartbergturm) loop from Weinheim

12.7km

03:29

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Biitii 105 💗💜

April 18, 2020

It all began with the motorway bridge; about 30 million years ago, the sea flowed into the basin near Weinheim. At this point, there is a former beach slope, and researchers can identify the different sea levels using the bands. A sea cow (fossil - clear) has also been found here, and even impressions of ray burrows have been identified. During World War II, the caves were used to protect the population from air raids. The Trift is truly something very special.

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1Fritz-Marc 🚴🥾🏊🌲

April 24, 2021

The Trift geotope shows deposits of the sea around 30 million years ago. Here the valley of Weinheim was a bay and the sea had flooded the Mainz basin.
The former sand pit gives an insight into the seabed at that time. Manatee bones were also found here,

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Wolfgang Hauth

May 15, 2021

One sees a stratification of the seabed of the Mainz Basin from the Oligocene with fossil impressions. If you let your gaze wander over the Weinheim Bay from there, you can easily imagine the height of the sea level in the tropical sea.

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Location: Alzey, Alzey-Worms, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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Weinheimer Trift Fossil Site

1. Vineyard House An Der Kelter – Rheinhessengucker Sculpture loop from Weinheim

2. Weinheim Trift Fossil Site – Wartberg Tower (Wartbergturm) loop from Alzey West

3. Outer Gate of Alzey Castle – Wartberg Tower (Wartbergturm) loop from Weinheim

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