EGN Week 2012

Name of Geopark: GeoPark Swabian Alb

Dates of geoparks week: 17.05.-03.06.2012

Contact person: Renate Schrembs Detailed programme see: www.geopark-alb.de

Category Date Activity / Event dd.mm.

1. Geo & Geo - 17.05. - “At the most beautiful part of the Danube breakthrough“, guided tour, Beuron

- 17.05. - Mysterious evidence of the Ice Age in the Lone valley, guided tour, Niederstotzingen

- 17.05. - „Why water is scarce at the Swabian Alb“, guided tour, natural history museum Reutlingen

- 17.05. - Special opening of the cave „Olgahöhle“, Lichtenstein + 28.05. + 03.06.

- 17.05. - Special exhibition „Swabian Alb – water and limestone“ at the GeoPark- – 03.06. Infocentre Biosphärenzentrum, with regular guided tours, Münsingen

- 18.05. - Treasure hunt for kids in the cave „Nebelhöhle“, Sonnenbühl + 01.06.

- 19.05. - Special guided tour into the cave „Mühlheimer Felsenhöhle“, Mühlheim

- 19.05. - Guided tour into the cave Falkensteiner Höhle“, Grabenstetten

- 19.05. - Hiking at the Albtrauf, guided tour, Lichtenstein

- 19.05. - Hiking through the GeoPark, guided tour, Bad Urach + 22.0.5 + 29.05. + 02.06.

- 19.05. - „Where the rock is devided“, guided Tour,

- 20.05. - Excursion to the „Bühlberge“, guided Tour, Ringingen

- 20.05. - Opening event of an exhibition about bats,

- 20.05. - Guided tour of bird voices and landscape, Engstlatt

- 20.05. - Guided tour to karst landforms, Neuffen

- 20.05. - Guided tour through the GeoPark of karst, landscape and work of water, Sonnenbühl

- 20.05. - Guided tour on the geological nature trail „In the empire of angelfishs“, + 26.05. + 03.06.

- 23.05. - Guided tour through the „Lautertal“, Hayingen

- 23.05. - Special guided tour with headlamps in the cave „Bärenhöhle“, Sonnenbühl

- 23.05. - Excursion in the stone quarry of Jura marble, Lenningen-Schopfloch

- 23.05. - Lecture about the landslide of Mössingen, Bad Urach

- 24.05. - „Poetry of stones“, Guided city tour through Tübingen

- 24.05. - Excursion in the stone quarry „Bauer“, Erkenbrechtsweiler

- 24.05. - „A geological exploration of the „Randecker maar“, Lenningen, Schopfloch

- 25.05. - Guided bus tour through former military area, Münsingen

- 25.05. - Museum´s night, Mineralienmuseum, Lichtenstein

- 26.05. - Guided tour early in the morning of the awakening landscape, Bissingen

- 26.05. - Special guided tour in the cave „Charlottenhöhle“ which is stimulating all the sences, Giengen-Hürben

- 26.05. -„Where the Swabian Alb shakes“, guided tour,

- 27.05. - Guided tour for families to the landslide of Mössingen, Mössingen

- 27.05. - Hiking to the „Lochenstein“, guided tour, Balingen

- 28.05. - Guided tour for families through the „Pfingsthalde“, Rosenfeld

- 30.05. - Geological tour onto the „“, Dotternhausen

- 30.05. - Special guided tour into the cave „Gutenberger Höhlen“, Lenningen

- 30.05. - Guided tour through the „Lautertal“, Hayingen

- 31.05. - Lecture about the landscape of the Swabian Alb, Bad Urach

- 01.06. - Guided tour through a former river valley, Heidenheim-Bolheim

- 01.06. - Lecture about the cave „Charlottenhöhle“, Giengen-Hürben

- 02.06. - Looking for fossils, guided tour, Gosheim

- 02.06. - Hiking through the „Lautertal“ and onto the „Sternberg“, guided Tour, Gomadingen

- 02.06. - Guided tour of dolines and their climatic influence, Albstadt

- 03.06. - Guided tour through a former river valley, Giengen-Hürben

- 03.06. - Hiking to the highest town in , guided Tour, Meßstetten

- 03.06. - Guided tour of nature and history, Balingen

- 03.06. - Hiking through the hills of Balingen, guided tour, Balingen

- 03.06. - Guided tour to the landslide of Mössingen, Mössingen

2. Geo & Culture/Music/ Literature/Arts - 17.05. - Old handicraft in the pebble mill, guided tour, Neidlingen + 27.05. + 28.05. + 03.06.

- 19.05. - Guided fairytale tour in the cave „Charlottenhöhle“, Giegen-Hürben

- 19.05. - Didgeridoo concert in the cave „Hohle Fels“, Schelklingen

- 26.05. - Historical market, GeoPark-Infocentre Burg Katzenstein, Dischingen – 28.05.

- 27.05. - Cave festival, „Sontheimer Höhle“, Heroldstatt

- 30.05. - Sculptor course for adolescents, Münsingen – 02.06.

- 30.05. - Sculptor course for adults, Münsingen – 02.06.

3. Geo & Education - 17.05. - „On the hunt with the Ice Age hunters“, activity for children, + 28.05. Niederstotzingen

- 20.05. - Opening event of the exhibition „The taming of wolves“ (activities for children included) in the GeoPark-Infocentre „Prehistoric Museum“, Blaubeuren

- 23.05. - Guided tour for kids, Mineralienmuseum, Lichtenstein

- 28.05. - Guided tour for children and families in the GeoPark-Infocentre „Prehistoric + 31.05. Museum“, Blaubeuren

- 30.05. - Children holiday program, GeoPark-Infocentre Burg Katzenstein, Dischingen + 31.05.

- 01.06. - „Formation oft he Swabian Alb“, program for children, natural history museum Reutlingen

- 01.06. - Activity day in the stone quarries of Bad Boll, Bad Boll

- 03.06. - Activity day in the Fossils Museum and GeoPark-Infocentre, Dotternhausen

- 03.06. - „Conversation of moors means climate protection“, scientific talk, Lenningen-Schopfloch

4. Geo & EGN/GGN ------