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Foantje
20-06-2010, 05:28 PM
This quarry was abandoned in 1850.
In this area the Romans already used building stones out of limestone (marl). In the early 15th century underground quarries were used to gain marl. Since the late 1970's the whole area has been designated nature reservation.


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