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The Saalbach Valley is one of my favorite areas to enjoy the peace and quiet of nature.

Totally rustic area with many small streams and small ponds.

The Külpmann quarry is located on the Böllberg in Albringhausen, Wetter (Ruhr). Ruhr sandstone was mined in the quarry. The site was operated by the Külpmann family from 1932. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Since 2013 there has been a sales warehouse for a natural stone dealer here. The quarry wall is a geological outcrop from the Carboniferous period that still exists today.

The Külpmann quarry is located on the Böllberg in Albringhausen, Wetter (Ruhr). Ruhr sandstone was mined in the quarry. The site was operated by the Külpmann family from 1932. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Since 2013 there has been a sales warehouse for a natural stone dealer here. The quarry wall is a geological outcrop from the Carboniferous period that still exists today.

The Saalbach rises below the Ronsdorf comprehensive school, flows through the small but fine Ronsdorf dam and finally flows into the Gelpe. Together with this, it forms a protected running water system that offers biotopes for rare animal and plant species. The different habitats (e.g. damp and wet meadows, alluvial forest, etc.) are explained on display boards. Other display boards tell the story of the old hammer works and grinding huts, which inspired the Bergische steel and tool industry through the use of water power.

The quarry is currently inaccessible, but there is a viewpoint to the north that offers a view of the quarry. It is only accessible on foot via forest paths and is really worth it !!!

The Neuwuelflingsburg colliery, which worked here until 1967, was formerly located on the quarry site. In addition to sandstone, layers of mudstone and a coal seam about 30 cm thick can also be seen in the quarry. The layers of rock belong to the Sprockhövel Formation and were deposited more than 300 million years ago. From time to time, the remains of tree trunks (lepidophytes) up to 2 m long are uncovered on fresh quarry walls as a result of quarrying. They are silent contemporary witnesses of a former forest moor landscape that existed during the Upper Carboniferous.

Until a few years ago, Ruhr sandstone was mined in the Böllberg quarry to produce floor panels or facade panels, for example. The old factory building originally belonged to the Neuwuelflingsburg colliery, which worked here until 1967. In the walls of the quarry, primeval tree trunk remains up to 2m long were occasionally recovered during mining. They are remnants of a former forest bog landscape that existed during the Upper Carboniferous (320 to 296 million years before today).