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North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Mettmann

Haan

Recreation area Grube 7

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Mettmann

Haan

Recreation area Grube 7

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Recreation area Grube 7

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Please check local regulations for: Grube 7 und ehemaliger Klärteich

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Location: Haan, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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3. Wooden Bridge on the Düssel – Gruiten Dorf loop from Haan-Gruiten

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Matthias

April 1, 2016

An old quarry, fenced and left to itself for years, developed into a beautiful nature reserve with chic little trails on the edge of the steep slopes. In the surrounding area are the Neandertal, the historic village of Gruiten and the valley of the Düssel.

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Kapuste

April 18, 2017

The pit 7 is a former limestone quarry in the Haan district Gruiten on the edge of the forest area Osterholz on the city boundary to Wuppertal, in which dolomitisierter mass lime was mined .. Since 1997 it is designated as a nature reserve.
At first I was astonished that the tree population was so small after 50 years of pit standstill. A research revealed, however, that he was flooded with water until just before the millennium. It served to balance the groundwater level of the entire Kalkabbaugebietes. This also explains why the white mesa was attached to the rock face. Here you could probably read off the level of the lake. The water was probably controlled at another point in the Düssel initiated, taken near the pit 7, so that the quarry flooded and if necessary, fed back into the Düssel. At some point this was no longer necessary and the pit ran dry. This explains that the tree population in the pit is not older than 20 years.
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Kosmetik

June 26, 2018

From here you can get an idea about the mining of the limestone. The nature reserve created here not only offers us recreation-seeking space, but also benefits the plants and animals

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Location: Haan, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Bridge Over the Düssel – Wooden Bridge on the Düssel loop from Gruiten

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