The Godensteder marl camp
Around 1850, a marl deposit was discovered near the Oste in a meadow owned by Peter Brand, farm no. 3.
Later investigations revealed that it was of high quality
Limestone marl contained up to 90% carbonated lime. First build
The Godenstedt farmers mainly harvested the marl for their own needs and used it as a
essential lime fertilizer in the conversion of the then predominant heathland into more valuable cultivated land
From 1892 onwards, mining was carried out as a business. The marl was hand made with spades
excavated to a depth of around 8 m, loaded onto dump trucks and pulled out of the pit by horses on rails.
Further transport to the surrounding area and further afield took place
Horse-drawn carts and, after the railway was completed in 1908, also with this one. The significant ones
Amounts of groundwater were extracted using a pump driven by a locomotive
Pit promoted
With the beginning of the First World War, marl mining was stopped in 1914,
Marl was mined again in the years 1930 - 1933, but now again mainly only for
own needs. Since then, the pit has developed into an idyllic pond.
'The tusk of a woolly mammoth was found in the marl pit, about
lived here for 100,000 years. Therefore, the municipal coat of arms shows a mammoth and a
Spade, which can be seen as a symbol of marl digging