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A view to the future – by following a sustainable strategy in the extraction of raw materials we ensure that we treat nature in a responsible way. Our quarries provide habitats for endangered species of animals and plants.

Eichfelsen in the upper valley

The Swabian Alb – a mysterious natural paradise S. 4 - 5 Geopark Swabian Alb – geologically excellent! S. 6 - 7 Geopark Swabian Alb – experience the Earth‘s history live S. 8 - 9 Swabian Alb – geology at a glance S. 10 Keuper – from sea to land and back again S. 11 Black Jurassic – sun, sea and reptiles S. 12 - 13 Brown Jurassic – the Alb and its feet of clay S. 14 - 15 White Jurassic – seashores and juniper heaths S. 16 - 17 Tertiary Period – volcanoes erupt, meteorites strike S. 18 - 19 Quaternary Period – Ice Age hunters and early artists S. 20 - 21 formation – where rocks and water disappear S. 22 - 23 Visiting the Geopark S. 24 - 30 Legal notice S. 31 HeidelbergCement AG Zementwerk Schelklingen Zementwerk 1/1 89601 Schelklingen Phone +49 7394 241-0 This brochure was compiled with the kind assistance of the Ministerium für www.heidelbergcement.com Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz Baden-Württemberg 4 | 5

The Swabian Alb - a mysterious natural paradise

Swabian Alb

Its wide diversity leaves nothing to be desired. If you The Swabian Alb natural paradise is the result of an You see evidence of the past millions of year on the want to discover the exciting history of the Swabian eventful geological past. The story began around Swabian Alb wherever you go. It is famous for its Alb and its early residents, you have come to the right 200 million years ago with the Jurassic Sea and is still significant fossil sites, has the largest number of place. Nature enthusiasts and active holiday makers In addition to the geological highlights, visi- going on today, as can be seen by the recent landslide anywhere in Germany and has a meteor crater will not be disappointed either if they are in search tors will find many other ideas for day trips in Mössingen which changed the face of the Alb. and volcanic pipes. The oldest artworks created by of peace and quiet or would like to discover the Alb or leisure possibilities on the Swabian Alb. were also found here in the caves of the Alb. by bike or on foot. The steep Alb escarpment with For information on the holiday region Swa- So there is a lot to discover on the Swabian Alb and its craggy rocks and the extensive Alb capti- bian Alb, hiking, cycling, how to get there, we invite you to join us on a journey through time as vate visitors with their austere but irresistible charm. accommodation etc., see www.schwaebische- we embark on the „Geopark Adventure“. Holidaymakers, day-trippers and locals are all agreed, alb.de, Tel. 07125 - 948106. regardless of their preferences, that the low mountain range between and offers unique and breathtakingly beautiful natural scenery. And the Alb also has one or two secrets up its sleeve.

Hiking trail near Hohenzollern Ammonite from the Black Jurassic period in the Museum im Kräuterkasten 6 | 7

Geopark Swabian Alb - geologically excellent!

Guided tour, Wackerstein

The scenery of the Swabian Alb offers uniquely exciting The Geopark Swiaban Alb is one of currently 70 certified natural insights into 200 million years of the Earth‘s European Geoparks. These geoparks collaborate in a European history. That is why it has been designated a National network to preserve and perpetuate the geological heritageof Geopark since 2002 and a European and Global their regions. The Euopean Geopark Network exists since 2000. Geopark under the auspices of UNESCO since 2005. All European Geoparks are UNESCO Global Geoparks in addition. Currently six of the 16 National Geoparks in Germany are UNESCO Global Geoparks. www.europeangeoparks.org

What is a Geopark? 30. Geo Mon - WALES, UK 31. Arouca Geopark - A landscape is designated a geopark if it has a 32. Shetlands - SCOTLAND, UK geological, archaeological, cultural, historical and 33. Chelmos Vouraikos - ecological heritage of particular significance, rarity 34. Novohrad - Nograd Geopark - & 35. Magma Geopark - or beauty. The task of a geopark is to make this 36. Basque Coast Geopark, Pais Vasco - heritage into an experience for visitors and the 37. Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano, Campania - 38. Rokua Geopark - population­ and to convey an awareness of the 39. Tuscan Mining Park, Toscana - ITALY Spielburg, Hohenstaufen development and importance of the landscape. 40. Vikos – Aoos Geopark - GREECE 41. Muskau Arch Geopark - GERMANY/ 1. Haute-Provence Geopark - 42. Sierra Norte de Sevilla Natural Park, Andalucia - SPAIN UNESCO defines three overall objectives for a 2. Vulkaneifel European Geopark - GERMANY 43. Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark - geopark: in addition to preserving the environment, 3. Lesvos island Geopark- GREECE 44. Katla Geopark - ICELAND 4. Psiloritis Nature Park - GREECE 45. Massif du Bauges Geopark - FRANCE action should be taken towards achieving sustained 5. Terra.Vita Nature Park - GERMANY 46. Apuan Alps Geopark - ITALY economic development and promoting better general 6. Copper Coast Geopark - IRELAND 47. Villuercaas-Ibores-Jara Geopark - SPAIN 7. European Geopark - NORTH. IRELAND, UK 48. Carnic Alps Geopark - education in the Earth sciences. 8. Madonie Geopark - ITALY 49. Chablais Geopark - FRANCE 9. di Cerere - ITALY 50. Central Catalunya Geopark - SPAIN There are currently 16 National Geoparks in Germany, 10. Nature Park Steirische Eisenwurzen - AUSTRIA 51. Bakony-Balaton Geopark - HUNGARY 11. Nature Park Bergstrasse Odenwald - GERMANY 52. Azores Geopark - PORTUGAL 70 European Geoparks in 23 countries and 127 12. North Pennines AONB - , UK 53. Karavanke/Karawanken - & AUSTRIA Global Geoparks in 37 countries around the world. 13. Park Naturel Régional du Luberon - FRANCE 54. Idrija Geopark - SLOVENIA 14. North West Highlands - SCOTLAND, UK 55. Hondsrug Geopark - Tiefenhöhle Laichingen (The Laichingen Pothole) 15. Geopark Swabian Albs - GERMANY 56. Sesia, Val Grande Geopark - ITALY 16. Geopark Harz Braunschweiger Land Ostfalen Geopark - GERMANY 57. Kula Geopark - 17. Hateg Country Dinosaurs Geopark - 58. Molina and Alto Tajo Geopark - SPAIN 18. Beigua Geopark - ITALY 59. El Hierro Geopark - SPAIN The Swabian Alb is unique! The world cultural mountain range has namely been accorded three 19. Fforest Fawr Geopark - WALES, UK 60. Monts d’Ardèche - FRANCE 20. Bohemian Paradise Geopark - 61. Erz der Alpen - AUSTRIA awards. In addition to the Geopark, the World Cultural Heritage Site on the Eastern Alb 21. Cabo de Gata - Nijar Nature Park - Andalucia, SPAIN 62. Odsherred Geopark - DENMARK and the Biosphere Reserve Swabian Alb have also been included in the UNESCO list. The Bios- 22. Naturtejo Geopark - PORTUGAL 63. Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark - PORTUGAL phere Reserve is different from the Geopark in that it is a nature reserve and only covers part 23. Sierras Subbeticas Nature Park - Andalucia, SPAIN 64. Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands Geopark - SPAIN 24. Sobrarbe Geopark - Aragon, SPAIN 65. Reykjanes Global Geopark - ICELAND of the area represented by the Geopark. For further information, see www.ostalbkreis.de and 25. Gea Norvegica - NORWAY 66. Geopark of Pollino - ITALY www.biosphaerengebiet-alb.de 26. Geological, Mining Park of Sardinia - ITALY 67. Sitia Geopark - GREECE 27. Papuk Geopark - 68. Troodos Geopark - 28. English Riviera Geopark - ENGLAND, UK 69. Las Loras - SPAIN 29. Adamello - Brenta Nature Park - ITALY 70. Causses du Quercy - FRANCE 8 | 9

Geopark Swabian Alb - experience the Earth‘s history live

Quarry wall of White Jurassic rock, Nusplingen

The Swabian Alb runs right across the south of been a land mass since the end of the Jurassic. Its The geology of the Swabian Alb can be now Germany from the Hochrhein in the southwest to the history continues to be turbulent however: be experienced at first hand. Examples of Nördlinger Ries in the northeast. Where you now during the Cretaceous (140 - 65 million years ago), exciting discovery tours: see mountains up to 1000 m in height forming the volcanic eruptions and the impact of a meteorite central part of the Jura mountain range stretching during the Tertiary (65 – 2.6 million years ago) have • In the footsteps of the Stone Age hunters, from to Franconia, there used to be a all contributed to the forming of the land­scape. After take a break at the Bärenhöhle or tropical sea in primeval times. This sea ebbed and that, the rain and groundwater eroded the make your own Stone Age tools at the flowed and had coral reefs, extensive beaches, palm of the Jura. It dissolved the limestone and so created Prehistoric Museum in Blaubeuren. ferns and gingko trees. This is the beginning of the the region with the most caves in Germany. Some • At the , one of the largest springs exciting story of the Swabian Alb which takes us back caves on the Alb were inhabited during the Ice Age in Germany, retrace Mörike‘s legend of the to the end of the Keuper period 200 million years ago. and the oldest known artworks created by humans − beautiful nymph named Lau . dating back almost 40,000 years − have been found The deposits of Black, Brown and White Jurassic here in recent years. • Follow the wildly romantic rocky canyon of (200 – 140 million years ago) date back to the period the Danube valley breakthrough on foot, when the Alb region was still covered with seawater But every period of the last 200 million years has its by bike, by canoe or by Naturpark-Express and it is these deposits which have mainly contribut- own stories to tell so we had best start at the begin- train. ed to the formation of the Swabian Alb. The Alb has ning. We‘ll start with the Keuper period… Fossil hunting site, Ohmden

• Look for an ammonite or a fossilized sponge on the Alb yourself at one of the fossil hunting sites in the Alb foreland. • Let yourself be whisked underground e.g. into the Visitor Mine , to the only accessible water cave in Germany or into the magical world of the many show caves. • Observe the Alb erosion at Mössingen landslide or at Hangender Stein. • Climb one of the Swabian volcanoes which have been peacefully slumbering for millions of years. • Wander through a meteor crater which was formed 15 million years ago. • Go on a journey back in time in the Ach and Lone valleys and visit the discovery sites of the oldest artworks in history. For an overview and information on places to visit, infocentres and special geological features in the geopark, see page 25 onwards.

The Kornbühl outlier with Salmending Chapel on the Alb plateau near Burladingen 10 | 11

Swabian Alb - Keuper - from sea to geology at a glance land and back again

Keuper landscape near Tübingen

It happened over 200 million years ago at the end of There is hardly any other rock succession that offers the Keuper period: the sea returned again and this so much variety of shapes and colours than the Keu- time it was destined to stay a long, long time. Today per period: red, blue, violet, black and green sand- we can still see evidence of this in a small Keuper lay- stone and clays create a magical array of colours. A er, the so-called „Grenzbonebed“, which documents variety of internationally significant fossil finds in the the exciting transition the terrestric Keuper mainland Swabian Alb area have shown us what creatures were to the Jurassic Sea. And with a bit of luck, you may living in the seas and subtropical landscapes of the find a shark‘s tooth or even a reptile‘s tooth. Keuper period: amphibians, dinosaurs, lungfish and the worldwide oldest turtles. Among the plants, finds Apart from occasional marine invasions, it was often have included remains of horsetails and fern fronds. as dry as a bone in the Keuper Period itself. This alter- nation between „water“ and „desert“ can still be seen in the deposits of the Alb foreland.

Keuper landscapes now cover large parts of the Alb foreland and can be seen for example in the Tübingen region for example or in Schönbuch natural park.

Geological map of Baden-Württemberg with the Jurassic layers of the Swabian Alb marked in blue Typical “Grenzbonebed” of the Keuper period

PALAEOZOIC TRIASSIC JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY

BUNTER MUSCHELKALK KEUPER BLACK JURASSIC BROWN JURASSIC WHITE JURASSIC 1 bn - 251 m 251 - 243 m 243 - 235 m 235 - 200 m 200 - 178 m 178 - 156 m 156 - 142 m 142 - 65 m 65 - 2,6 m 2,6 m - Today 12 | 13

Black Jurassic - sun, sea and reptiles

Female ichthyosaur with her embryo, Holzmaden

In the area now referred to as the Swabian Alb in due to the occacional preservation of skin and body The most beautiful fossils of the Jurassic, however, , there used to be a large sea contours all round the skeleton. Discoveries of female are the sea lilies, Despite their appearance, they are 200 million years ago − the Jurassic Sea. The whole animals still containing embryos in their bodies show not plants but animals related to starfish and sea of Europe − apart from a few islands − was flooded that they did not lay eggs but gave birth to babies. urchins. They used their large coronas to filter by this sea about 50 million years ago. It was tropi- The largest ones could grow up to 20 m length. The plankton as food from the sea water. They mostly cally warm. marine crocodiles of the Jurassic are morphologically lived in large colonies together with mussels and similar to modern river crocodiles in . Like these, were attached to driftwood. The largest colony The marine deposits which evolved during this long they were agile fish hunters. Fossils which are some- worldwide at over 100 m² is displayed in the period of time and which are the main building blocks what more difficult to find are those of plesiosaurs. Prehistoric Museum Hauff in Holzmaden. of the Swabian Alb are subdivided into the Black, Typical ammonite of the Black Jurassic period The pterosaurs dominated the air at that time. They Brown and White Jurassic. built their nests on the coastal cliffs like seagulls. As The most common Jurassic fossils are the belemnites, Anyone who enjoys collecting fossils can find they were good flyers, they hunted for prey far away which are closely related to squids, and ammonites. fossils in the slate quarries of Holzmaden, The deposits of the Black Jurassic Period can over the open sea. Just like bats, their bodies were For a geologist, the ammonites are the most impor- Ohmden and Bad Boll, at the fossil hunting now be seen in the Alb foreland in front of covered with fur and a wing membrane stretched tant fossils of the Black Jurassic period. Every layer site at the Museum Dotternhausen as well the Alb escarpment. In the shale deposits of between their bony flight fingers. Unlike birds, they shows its own, quite specific type of ammonite. as in the outcrops of the Brown and White Holzmaden and Dotternhausen, you can find did not have feathers. Jurassic on the Swabian Alb. The largest and a large variety of fossilized ray-finned fish, most impressive fossil collections from the agile, „modern“ predators, the first true bony Black Jurassic period can be admired in the fishes, sharks, sturgeons and even a crossop- Prehistoric Museum Hauff in Holzmaden and terygian. in the Werkforum in Dotternhausen.

As there was a lack of oxygen at the bottom of the sea of the southern German bay during the Black Jurassic period, particularly good conditions were created for the long-term preservation of fossils. The habitat of the marine reptiles, fish, sea lilies, ammonites and belemnites which we find in the Posidonia Shale, was the open sea. At that time, the coast was located near , that is around 200 kilometres away. The dolphin-like ichthyosaurs are the most frequently occurring and best researched reptiles of the Jurassic. Their external form can be perfectly reconstructed Steneosaur (marine crocodile), Holzmaden Fossil hunting site, Dotternhausen PALAEOZOIC BUNTER MUSCHELKALK KEUPER BLACK JURASSIC BROWN JURASSIC WHITE JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY 1 bn - 251 m 251 - 243 m 243 - 235 m 235 - 200 m 200 - 178 m 178 - 156 m 156 - 142 m 142 - 65 m 65 - 2,6 m 2,6 m - Today 14 | 15

Brown Jurassic - the Alb and its feet of clay

Visitor Mine “Tiefer Stollen”, Aalen

Next to his two „brothers“, the older Black Jurassic At the time of the Brown Jurassic period, the area of Robert Gradmann described the Alb very aptly as a The clay-rich layers of the Brown Jurassic are and the younger White Jurassic whose fossil finds have the eastern Alb was nearer to the mainland than the „colossus with feet of clay“ − for the massive steep prone to landslides and are therefore feared made them world-famous, the inconspicuous „little western Alb. The different conditions under which slope of the Alb actually lies on the Ornatenton, the by both road and house constructors. The brother“, Brown Jurassic, might easily be forgotten. sediments were deposited can still be seen in the land- uppermost Brown Jurassic member which is prone to careful observer can recognize evidence of And yet he has quite a lot to offer. scape today. A first cuesta in the area around the landslips. This is where part of the water from the kars- this in places where trees grow bent and central Alb was formed by the Donzdorf sandstones tified White Jurassic comes to the surface in the form crooked as they try to prevent their roots slip- The Brown Jurassic stretches as a relatively thin band which used to be in great demand for building stones of springs and due to its erosion, contributes si- ping away by so-called „downslope hook-like along the northern side of the Swabian Alb, between e.g. for the construction of the Ulm Minster. These gnificantly to the periodic landslides of parts of the Alb. bending“. the flat Black Jurassic plain and the steep rise of the sandstones are among those contributing to the When observing the landscape, it is usually quite easy White Jurassic. Its brownish, mainly ferruginous sand­ formation of the so-called ferruginous sandstone. to see the between the Brown Jurassic (pictu- stone gave it the distinguishing name of Brown Juras- Iron ore deposits can be found here, washed out of resque hills in the Alb foreland) and the White Jurassic sic, in contrast to the dark oil shales of the Black Juras- the rivers of the neighbouring mainland. As these (craggy Alb rise). We can also see the Brown Jurassic in sic and the white compacted of the White layers have an iron content of over 30%, they had the extensive meadow orchards at the edge of the Alb Jurassic. Compared to the Black or White Jurassic, the been an interesting mining source. For example, as this has always been the main use of the land. Brown Jurassic layers were deposited around 160 mil- about 30,000 tons of ore a month was excavated lion years ago in a shallower sea which was nearer to from the „Karl“ mine near Geislingen up to 1963. the mainland and in particular much cooler. At a water temperature of only 13 to 18°C, it was simply too cold for corals and other tropical creatures. Nevertheless, a Mining activities from the past can be ex- number of mussels and ammonites have been found, perienced at first hand in the Visitor Mine some of which have opalescent shells. „Tiefer Stollen“ near Aalen. Brown Jurassic iron ore was mined here from 1608 to 1939. The mine train takes visitors 400 m down into the 6 km-labyrinth of underground passage- ways. However, the old mine now also has a medical function. With the help of so-called „speleotherapy“, that is by using the healing effects of the extremely pure air in the mines, it is possible to treat illnesses such as asthma, respiratory diseases and allergies.

Typical ammonite of the Brown Jurassic period Meadow orchards in the Neidling valley PALAEOZOIC BUNTER MUSCHELKALK KEUPER BLACK JURASSIC BROWN JURASSIC WHITE JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY 1 bn - 251 m 251 - 243 m 243 - 235 m 235 - 200 m 200 - 178 m 178 - 156 m 156 - 142 m 142 - 65 m 65 - 2,6 m 2,6 m - Today 16 | 17

White Jurassic - seashores and juniper heaths

Coral from a former reef in the Jurassic Sea „There were a lot of stones and not much bread,“ The Bahamas south of Stuttgart: a tropical sea with The former reefs of the Jurassic Sea can now be this is how the Härtsfeld plateau near Neresheim was water temperatures of 19 to 23°C, coral reefs in seen as crests on the Alb plateau or etched out used to be described and an observer today may well the water, palm ferns and ginkgo trees on islands. as rocky stacks, the most beautiful of which still ask how crops could grow between the stones A tourist‘s paradise right on our doorstep? Not any can be seen in the wildly romantic canyon of which are almost completely covering the fields. longer, but 150 million years ago, during the White the Danube river cutting through the Swabian Jurassic period, a tropical sea existed where now the Jurassic between Fridingen and Sigmaringen. The water-soluble and „water-swallowing“ limestone Swabian Alb is located. These protruding rocky outcrops were used by of the Alb is not just a geological phenomenon but humans in former times. Hardly anywhere else also forces humans, animals and plants to make Nowadays, if you look to the south from the Stutt- you can find so many concentrated as special adjustments. The Alb is famous for its bright gart television tower, you get a completely different on the Swabian Alb. For example: Hohenzol- colourful meadows, known as limestone grasslands, picture. An escarpment of several hundred metres lern, Teck, Neuffen, on outliers in front of the with numerous orchids and carline thistles. The exten- in height rises up from the foreland. This is what escarpment; and 20 castles alone in the sive juniper heaths, virtually typical of the „original“ remains, as it were, of the tropical sea that once valley over a stretch of just 35 kilometres. Alb, would not normally occur here. They have been covered large areas of Europe. The layers of the Alb laid out, as it were, by man. Flocks of sheep preven- escarpment are composed of solidified sea mud and ted the growth of deciduous trees which otherwise numerous remains of shells and calcareous secretions As there were so many limestone outcrops, this would have formed a sparse beech forest here. The of sponges, algae and corals. Alternating with the understandably encouraged people to think of variety prickly juniper which no sheep would want to bite, limestones there are thin layers of marl, a succession usages. For example, large quarries can still be seen although hungry, was the only plant that remained. related to rhythmic climate fluctuations. Together with in the area to the present. Limestone gravel was and Typical juniper heath, Riegelberg the thin layers of marl, the limestone beds give the still is exploited here for building purposes as well as impression of stacked-up walls. This „well-bedded limestone as a raw material for the cement industry. limestone“ is so beautifully stacked in parts that an As the long-distance transport of limestone would The Mössingen landslide is an imposing war- observer could easily doubt it is the result of nature have been too expensive, large cement works are ning for the erosion of the Alb escarpment and wonder if it may in fact be the work of man. usually located near quarries, for example in Allmen- and the movement of the Swabian Alb. In Some rocks look completely different: from indistinct dingen, Dotternhausen and Schelklingen. The quarries April 1983, 4 million cubic metres of earth layers to compact, massive limestones. The sponges are admittedly an intrusion in the natural landscape, and rocks started to move in less than a few were at work there, marine animals that were widely but after a while they are an important habitat for hours. In the nature reserve today, you can distributed throughout the Jurassic Sea and which peregrine falcons, eagle owls and other rare animals see how a totally destroyed landscape has have built reefs similar to those of corals. and some of them have therefore even become been recaptured by the flora and fauna. protected nature reserves.

Due to the shallow soils, the limestones of the Alb are visible on the surface in almost every bank of a path or can be found collected together in large clearance cairns or in walls at the edge of fields. Famous landslide of Mössingen PALAEOZOIC BUNTER MUSCHELKALK KEUPER BLACK JURASSIC BROWN JURASSIC WHITE JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY 1 bn - 251 m 251 - 243 m 243 - 235 m 235 - 200 m 200 - 178 m 178 - 156 m 156 - 142 m 142 - 65 m 65 - 2,6 m 2,6 m - Today 18 | 19

Tertiary Period - volcanoes erupt, meteorites strike

Former volcanic crater Randecker Maar After 50 million years it finally happens − the Jurassic Sea recedes and the Alb becomes a land mass. However, A greeting from outer space leaves its mark there are now only a few remaining traces from this era of the Cretaceous and early Tertiary periods. The reason for this is the strong erosion which has almost completely removed every trace of this period. The most exciting rem- It only lasted a few minutes and happened 15 million The impact caused shock waves to be released, the nant of the Tertiary is the result of two natural catastrophes which both had a massive impact on the landscape. years ago − a natural catastrophe of immense propor- crater was blasted out and a huge amount of debris tions that destroyed all life within a wide radius. was expelled. Similar to a drop of water landing on the The Swabian volcano Two meteorites struck the ground at a speed of about water surface, a peripheral rim was created and as a In the Tertiary, between 18 and 10 million years ago, Spitzberg and Engelberg near Beuren, the Georgenberg 25 km per second, only about 40 km away from the consequence of the rebound, the clearly visible cone many volcanoes erupted on the Swabian Alb and some near , the Metzinger Weinberg and the plateau of the Swabian Alb. The impact of the larger of the central hill emerged which can be seen today. of these can still be seen in the present landscape. and several others, they all have a core of meteorite led to the formation of the famous Nördlin- The rock was crushed and melted within seconds – The basaltic magma rose up through the fissured earth volcanic origin. The volcanic rock filling of these hills ger Ries. The smaller meteorite had a diameter of about from the hard White Jurassic layer on the surface deep crust and tore away pieces of rock from the bedrock is more resistant to weathering than the surrounding 80 m and left behind a circular crater of 3.5 km diame­ down to the bedrock in the interior of the Earth. Rock and the overlying Triassic and Jurassic layers. When it layers of the Brown Jurassic and so they stand out as ter in the area of today‘s municipality of Steinheim am ejecta, for example of White Jurassic limestones, were came into contact with the groundwater in the White flat cones on the foreland of the Swabian Alb. When Albuch. On impact, pressures of over 100,000 atm. hurled for kilometres through the air and then inclined, Jurassic, there were immense steam explosions which humans settled on the Swabian Alb, the volcanic diatre- and a temperature of some 10,000°C were generated. compressed and folded on impact. Finally, a freshwater blasted away the overlying rock layers. In this way, big mes were particularly important for them as this is the Consequently the meteorite and the surrounding rock lake formed in the explosion crater, where then new life calderas were formed which later filled with water and place where they found water. The groundwater accu- evaporated on impact giving rise to a crater of around quickly evolved. The outcrops of sand in the Steinheim became freshwater lakes on the plateau of the Swabian mulated on the water-impermeable volcanic tuffs and 250 metres in depth. Basin with their freshwater snails are particularly Alb. The most famous of these former freshwater lakes did not drain away as quickly as it is usually the case famous, but fossil fish, turtles and mammals were also is the Randecker Maar, a volcanic crater now located on the karstified Alb plateau. The thermal springs and found there. directly along the Alb escarpment. It left behind finely mineral springs containing carbonic acid in Bad Imnau, laminated limestones with beautifully preserved fossils: Bad Überkingen, Bad Ditzenbach, Bad Boll, , flowers and leaves of subtropical plants, insects, frogs Beuren and Aalen are probably the latest consequences and salamanders, and even the remains of mammals. of the volcanic activity during the Tertiary. In the Alb foreland, the volcanic diatremes appear as cone-shaped mountains. For example the Limburg, the Turmberg, the Sulzburg near Oberlenningen, the

The thermal springs and mineral springs contai- ning carbonic acid in Bad Imnau, Bad Überkin- gen, Bad Ditzenbach, Bad Boll, Bad Urach, Beu- ren and Aalen are probably the consequences of the volcanic activity in the Tertiary Period.

Volcanic vent Limburg Meteor crater Steinheimer Becken PALAEOZOIC BUNTER MUSCHELKALK KEUPER BLACK JURASSIC BROWN JURASSIC WHITE JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY 1 bn - 251 m 251 - 243 m 243 - 235 m 235 - 200 m 200 - 178 m 178 - 156 m 156 - 142 m 142 - 65 m 65 - 2,6 m 2,6 m - Today 20 | 21

Quaternary Period - Ice Age hunters and early artists

Bärenhöhle (Bear’s cave), Sonnenbühl

Breathing heavily, the Ice Age hunters made their way The most sensational finds and oldest art- The landscape and the plants and animals were home. Still, it had all been worthwhile − they were works are the nearly 40,000 year-old Venus completely different from those of the present: returning with quite a quarry. They carried pieces from in the Ach valley, the legen- a seemingly endless tundra landscape extended of several mammoths with them. Just imagine the dary lion man from the Hohlenstein in Lone almost as far as the horizon. Hard to imagine that delight of the tribal members they had left behind. valley or the little horse, the mammoth and a lot of water used to flow through the now „dry They gave their hunters a rapturous welcome. This many other small figures from the caves in valleys“, because the Alb streams could not drain into scene could have taken place in the Swabian Alb area the Ach and Lone valleys. There are also the karstic bedrock due to the permanently frozen about 30,000 years ago, that is in the middle of the some old tools and remains of hunting quarry ground. Only masters of survival such as lichens and last Ice Age. which bear witness to how people used to grasses and dwarfish bushes and trees survived the live on the Alb. You can get a real feeling of ice-cold winter. In a few exceptional locations on For more than 2 million years, that is since the begin- what life was like for the people of the Alb at the Alb, some of these types of plants were able to ning of the Quaternary Period, ice ages had alterna- this time if you visit the Prehistoric Museum survive thousands of years until today. Some animals ted with warm periods at almost regular intervals. Blaubeuren and the Archeopark Vogelherd or that have become extinct long ago while others are A new creature had appeared on the Alb who we the Hohle Fels cave near Schelklingen. still around today used to live on the Alb, such as would hear a lot more about: man. A number of mammoths, woolly rhinos, bisons, wild horses and things left behind by man during the last Ice Age reindeers, and all of them were hunted intensively by have been found in recent times and continue to be man. At Petersfels near Engen, animal bones were found today on the Alb. The caves in the Alb region found which suggested that thousands of reindeers represent a unique archive of history of civilization. had been hunted and slaughtered in a narrow section World-famous discoveries were made in the caves of the valley! And maybe it was the Neanderthal man Bone flute, Hohle Fels of the Ach and Lone valleys − the oldest artworks that drove the Alb marmot to extinction all those created by man. The early Stone Age people created years ago. Stone Age man may have come across one figures and instruments from mammoth ivory and of the powerful cave bears as Weinland explains so animal bones. In fact, they even played tunes on the well in his novel „Rulaman“. In the Bärenhöhle near carved flutes! Erpfingen, bones of hundreds of giant cave bears were discovered.

„Caves and Ice Age Art in the “ 6 caves of the Lone- and Ach vallye are part of the UNESCO World­ heritage since 2017. Venus from Hohle Fels Mammoth, Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart

PALAEOZOIC BUNTER MUSCHELKALK KEUPER BLACK JURASSIC BROWN JURASSIC WHITE JURASSIC CRETACEOUS TERTIARY QUATERNARY 1 bn - 251 m 251 - 243 m 243 - 235 m 235 - 200 m 200 - 178 m 178 - 156 m 156 - 142 m 142 - 65 m 65 - 2,6 m 2,6 m - Today 22 | 23

Karst formation - where rocks and water disappear

Charlottenhöhle, Giengen-Hürben When it rains on the Swabian Alb, the rainwater dissolves the limestones. Cracks in the mountains are then Water plunges down - for kilometres in the „subterranean streams“. It was widened to become passages and shafts. Finally, these processes led to the development of large cave systems only when experiments were carried out with colou- within the rock. The water does not stay in the bedrock for long but quickly drains away via aquifers or even and re-emerges red water and diving expeditions were made through underground rivers. Since the end of the Tertiary, a barren karst landscape evolved − the Swabian Alb. The extensive underground cavities of the Alb are caves that some of these channels could be detected famous for the large number of show caves and notori- and retraced. The water normally accumulates in two A fabulous underworld ous for the dolines, fairly small sink holes which in ext- karst levels. The water in the lower level flows towards reme cases may suddenly cave in when a tractor passes the River while the water from the higher level As a result of the dissolution of limestone inside the over them. And finally there is another phenomenon to Swabian Alb, extensive and impressive cave systems mainly ends up in the Danube. Both karst water reser- mention concerning the „hollowed out“ Alb − despite voirs are extremely important for the supply of drinking were formed over millions of years. These are often a fairly high level of precipitation, the Swabian Alb is adorned with rich and stalagmite forma- water in the Swabian Alb which is intrinsically a very the most arid landscape in Germany. Before the Alb arid area due to karst formation. tions. Because when the water containing calcium water supply system was put in place, many inhabitants carbonate drips down from the cave ceiling, the of the Alb were dependant on rainwater collected in calcium carbonate is precipitated again. Thin stalacti- tanks and ponds, and during a summer drought, water tes gradually grow down from the cave ceilings. When sometimes had to be transported in barrels from far the water drop lands on the ground, stalagmites start away over the plateau for months. At the same time, to grow upwards over thousands of years until they the Alb has the most productive springs in Germany, both meet in the middle and form a column. Cave system Nordblau with the Aach spring and the Blautopf. During flooding, Rocks formed from water the Aachtopf fills up at a rate of up to 24,800 litres per Some of the most beautiful caves in the Swa- second and the Blautopf at up to 32,000 litres per The opposite of what happens in cave formation is also second. This can be explained by the water draining bian Alb have been turned into show caves. possible and rock can be formed from water. Drips- They include for example the Bärenhöhle, away into the hollowed-out underground. What is tone forms in the caves and tufa forms on the earth‘s particularly impressive is the sudden disappearance Charlottenhöhle, Wimsener Höhle, the Nebel- surface. The calcium carbonate in karst springs, which höhle, the Sontheimer Höhle, Schertelshöhle, of the entire water of the Danube near Immendingen, mostly rise in the deeply carved valleys at the edge the so-called Danube seepage. The water of the Karstic spring Blautopf Kolbinger Höhle and the Laichinger Tiefenhöh- of the Swabian Alb, is mainly precipitated on mosses le: the latter is the deepest accessible show Danube resurfaces in the Aachtopf spring about twelve and algae. Although the plants become increasingly kilometres away. cave in Germany. „petrified“ from below, they can continue growing upwards so that several metres of thick tufa deposit can develop. This highly porous limestone is quite striking River valleys without rivers on a number of older buildings. It can easily be cut with There are impressive river valleys all over the Alb a wet circular saw and has a strong insulating effect − plateau but the rivers you expect to see are nowhere to it is therefore no surprise that it used to be a popular be found. Where are the rivers buried by these valleys? building stone. These valleys were formed during the Tertiary and the Ice Age. At that time, large rivers surged over the Alb until they disappeared into the extensive systems of caves and crevices that developed as a result of the karstification. Water flows along mysterious channels Dry valley near Neresheim 24 | 25

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Cave Museum Educational trail Lake/Spring Geological Infocentre Fossil hunting site Visitor mine Highlight Singen 26 | 27

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[email protected], www.urmu.de [email protected] Ortsverwaltung Bad Niedernau Giengen-Hürben, Lonetalstr. 61 Schillerhöhle Neuffen Visiting rules for caves: „Don‘t Bopfingen www.laichingen.de Tel. 074 72 - 74 12 oder WTG, take anything away, don‘t leave 89537 Giengen-Hürben Koordinaten 48.4697, 9.4266 Barnberghöhle www.landkreis-esslingen.de Museum im Seelhaus Touristinfo Tel. 074 72 - 91 62 36 anything behind, don‘t destroy Tel. 073 24 - 98 72 37 oder Tourist-Info Bad Urach Giengen an der Brenz Koordinaten 48.5431, 9.4029 Spitalplatz 1, 73441 Bopfingen [email protected] anything and don‘t kill anything.“ 073 22 - 95 22 920 Tel. 071 25 - 94 320 Irpfelhöhle Stadt Neuffen, Tel. 070 25 - 10 60 Aalen Tel. 073 62 - 38 55 oder 80 10 [email protected] [email protected] Koordinaten 48.6272, 10.2230 [email protected], www.neuffen.de Schelklingen Urweltmuseum für Geologie www.bopfingen.de oder [email protected] www.badurach.de Fossil hunting sites und Paläontologie Touristinfo, Giengen an der Brenz Niederstotzingen Hohler Fels - Hütten www.baerenland.de Tel. 073 24 - 98 71 46 Koordinaten 48.3699, 9.6407 Reichsstädterstr. 1, Dettenhausen Bartholomä Vogelherdhöhle [email protected] Stadt Schelklingen, Tel. 073 94 - 248-0 73430 Aalen, Tel. 073 61 - 65 56 Schönbuchmuseum Göppingen-Jebenhausen Falkenhöhle Koordinaten 48.5590, 10.1940 www.baerenland.de www.schelklingen.de [email protected] Ringstr. 3, 72135 Dettenhausen Naturkundliches Museum Koordinaten 48.7434, 9.9262 Touristinfo Niederstotzingen www.museen-aalen.dee Tel. 071 57 - 12 632 oder 66 214 Boller Str. 102, 73035 Göppingen Tel. 073 25 - 10 20 Bärentalhöhle Blaubeuren Grabenstetten [email protected] Tel. 071 61 - 47 42 oder 65 01 93 Falkensteiner Höhle [email protected] Koorinaten 48.3762, 9.6364 Limesmuseum www.dettenhausen.de Brillenhöhle [email protected] Koordinaten 48.5140, 9.4526 www.niederstotzingen.de Stadt Schelklingen St.-Johann-Str. 5, 73430 Aalen Koordinaten 48.4054, 9.7779 www.zollernalb.com www.museen.goeppingen.de ARGE Grabenstetten Tel. 073 94 - 248-0 Tel. 073 61 - 52 82 870 Dotternhausen Urgeschichtliches Museum Lauterach [email protected] www.schelklingen.de [email protected] Fossilienmuseum Werkforum Blaubeuren, Tel. 073 44 - 92 860 Wolfstalhöhle Bad Boll www.arge-grabenstetten.de www.limesmuseum.de Dormettinger Str. [email protected], www.urmu.de Gemeinde Lauterach Schmiechenfelshöhle Jurafangowerk 72359 Dotternhausen Tel. 073 75 - 227 Koordinaten 48.3662, 9.7014 Reuteweg 6, 73087 Bad Boll Besucherbergwerk Tel. 074 27 - 79 211 [email protected] Stadt Schelklingen, Tel. 073 94 - 248-0 Tel. 071 64 - 90 29 63 73430 Aalen, Tel. 073 61 - 97 02 49 [email protected] www.gemeinde-lauterach.de www.schelklingen.de [email protected] [email protected] www.holcim.de/sued www.erlebnisgeologie.de www.bergwerk-aalen.de 28 | 29

Museums Mengen-Ennetach Reutlingen Ulm Balingen-Zillhausen - Neuffen Wiesensteig Zollernalbkreis Römermuseum Naturkundemuseum Naturkundliches GeoWanderweg Geologischer Pfad GEOPFAD Alb-Guides Zollernalb Grabenstetten Kastellstr. 52, 88512 Mengen Am Weibermarkt 4, 72764 Reutlingen, Bildungszentrum Stadt Balingen Touristinfo Metzingen Stadt Wiesensteig Martina Lögler, Tel. 01 72 - 34 67 225 Frühgeschichtliches Museum Tel. 075 72 - 60 70, [email protected] Tel. 071 21 - 30 32 022 Kornhausgasse 3, 89073 Ulm Tel. 074 33 - 17 01 19 Tel. 071 23 - 92 53 26 Tel. 073 35 - 96 200 [email protected] Böhringer Str. 7 www.roemermuseum.mengen.de [email protected] Tel. 07 31 - 16 14 742 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.alb-guides-zollernalb.de 72582 Grabenstetten www.reutlingen.de www.naturkunde-museum.ulm.de www.balingen.de www.metzingen.de www.wiesensteig.de Tel. 073 82 - 387 Mühlheim/ Donau Donaubergland Fossilienfunde im Museum im Riesbürg-Goldburghausen Ulmer Museum Beuren Donautal-Guide [email protected] Nusplingen Guided Tours Vorderen Schloss Goldbergmuseum Marktplatz 9, 89073 Ulm Bodenlehrpfad „Verborgene Armin Hafner, Tel. 075 78 - 23 70 www.grabenstetten.de Geolehrpfad „Im Reich der Schlossstr. 1, 78570 Mühlheim Ostalbstr. 33 Tel. 07 31 - 16 10 Horizonte - Böden am Albtrauf“ [email protected] Meerengel“ Heidenheim Tel. 074 63 - 99 400 73469 Riesbürg-Godburghausen [email protected] Landkreis Esslingen Bürgermeisteramt Nusplingen www.donautal-guide.de Museum im Römerbad [email protected] Tel. 090 81 - 29 350 www.ulmer-museum.ulm.de Tel. 07 11 - 39 02 20 82 Tel. 074 29 - 93 10 920 Theodor-Heuss-Str. 3 www.muehlheim-donau.de [email protected] [email protected] Alb-Donau-Kreis Veringenstadt [email protected] 89518 Heidenheim www.goldbergmuseum.de www.bodenlehrpfad-beuren.de SPUREN Heimatmuseum Veringenstadt www.nusplingen.de Tel. 073 21 - 32 74 720 Nattheim Hannes Wiedmann Im Städtle 116, [email protected] Korallenmuseum Steinheim am Albuch Blaubeuren Reutlingen-Gönningen Tel. 073 44 - 91 79 62 Neresheimer Str. 9, Meteorkrater-Museum 72519 Veringenstadt, Höhlenwanderweg www.museum-im-roemerbad.de Kalktuffpfad im Wiesaztal [email protected] 89564 Nattheim Hochfeldweg 5 Tel. 075 77 - 93 00 Urgeschichtliches Museum Gesamte Schwäbische Alb Schwäbischer Albverein www.spuren.org Herbertingen- Tel. 073 21 - 73 248 oder 97 840 89555 Steinheim-Sontheim [email protected] Blaubeuren, Tel. 073 44 - 92 860 Wanderführer des Schwäbischen Tel. 070 72 - 29 38 oder 71 86 Hundersingen [email protected] Tel. 073 29 - 96 06-0 www.veringenstadt.de [email protected], www.urmu.de Albvereins Schw-Alb-en e.V. [email protected] Barbara Rüd, Tel. 072 44 - 17 94 33 Freilichtmuseum Keltischer www.nattheim.info [email protected] Hauptgeschäftsstelle Stuttgart Eislingen www.schwaebischeralbvereingoen- [email protected] Fürstensitz Heuneburg www.steinheim-am-albuch.de Tel. 07 11 - 22 58 526 Neuhausen ob Eck Geologie Lehrpfad ningen.de www.gf-bw.de Holzgasse 6, 88518 Herbertingen akademie@schwaebischer- Freilichtmuseum Stuttgart Educational trails Förderverein Eislinger Tel. 075 86 - 92 08 38 Schömberg abverein.de Gewann Ödenreute Staatliches Museum für Saurierfunde e.V. Ostalbkreis [email protected] Geologischer Lehrpfad www.schwaebischer-albverein.de 78579 Neuhausen ob Eck Naturkunde Tel. 07161-88564 Ostalb-Gästeführerinnen www.heuneburg.de rund um den Ölschiefer Tel. 074 67 - 13 91 oder Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart info@foerderverein-eislinger- Mittlere Schwäbische Alb Touristinfo Neresheim Touristikgemeinschaft Oberes 074 61 - 92 63 205 Tel. 07 11 - 89 360 saurierfunde.de Alb-Guides Mittlere Tel. 073 26 - 81 49 Holzmaden Schlichemtal, Tel. 074 27 - 94 980 [email protected] [email protected] www.foerderverein-eislinger- Schwäbische Alb [email protected] Urwelt-Museum Hauff [email protected] www.freilichtmuseum-neuhausen.de www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de saurierfunde.de Alb-Guides, Tel. 073 81 - 18 21 45 www.gf-bw.de Aichelberger Str. 90 www.oberes-schlichemtal.de www.heidenheimer-brenzregion.de [email protected] 73271 Holzmaden Niederstotzingen Trossingen Gerstetten Schwäbisch Hall Tel. 070 23 - 28 73 Schwäbisch Gmünd www.alb-guide.de Archäopark Vogelherd Auberlehaus Urmeer-Pfad Limes Cicerones [email protected] Aalen Geologischer Lehrpfad Tourist-Information, Im Städtle 26 Marktplatz 6, 78647 Trossingen Bürgermeisteramt Gerstetten Landkreise Esslingen, Verband der Limes Cicerones e.V. www.urweltmuseum.de Geologischer Lehrpfad Langert Touristinfo Schwäbisch Gmünd 89168 Niederstotzingen Tel. 074 25 - 55 50 Tel. 073 23 - 84 45 Tel. 079 03 - 94 02 56 Tourist-Info Aalen Tel. 071 71 - 60 34 250 Göppingen Tel. 07325- 1020 www.museum-auberlehaus.de [email protected] [email protected] Laichingen Tel. 073 61 - 52 23 58 tourist-info@schwaebisch- Schwäbische Landpartie [email protected], www.gerstetten.de www.limes-cicerones.de Museum für Höhlenkunde Tübingen [email protected] gmuend.de, www.schwaebisch- Tel. 070 23 - 90 87 18 oder 89146 Laichingen www.archaeopark-vogelherd.de 071 61 - 12 559 Museum d. 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Universität Bad Überkingen Felsen-Lehrpfad www.steinheim-am-albuch.de Landkreis Tübingen www.langenau.de Tübingen Mineralogische Tel. 073 81 - 18 21 45 Schelklingen Wald- und Wasserweg Gemeinde Inzigkofen Landschaftsführer im Sammlung Tübingen [email protected] Erlebniswelt Grundwasser Stadtmuseum Gemeinde Bad Überkingen Tel. 075 71 - 73 070 LK Tübingen Wilhelmstr. 56 (Lothar-Meyer-Bau), Geologischer Lehrpfad www.alb-guide.de Wasserwerk Langenau, Spitalgasse 6, 89601 Schelklingen Tel. 073 31 - 20 090 [email protected] Verkehrsverein Tübingen 72074 Tübingen Kirnbach Am Spitzigen Berg 1, Tel. 073 94 - 16 40 [email protected] www.inzigkofen.de Tel. 070 71 - 91 36 13 Lonetal Tel. 070 71 - 29 72 600 Touristinfo Tübingen 89129 Langenau, Tel. 07 11 - 21 750 [email protected] www.bad-ueberkingen.de [email protected] Eiszeitjäger [email protected] Laichingen Tel. 070 71 - 91 36 21 [email protected], www.lw-online.de www.museum-schelklingen.de www.tuebingen-info.de Dr. Wolfgang Bausch www.geo.uni-tuebingen.de/ Karstwanderweg [email protected] Bad Urach-Hengen Tel. 070 23 - 90 82 02 Lichtenstein Schwäbisch Gmünd sammlungen Tiefenhöhle Laichingen www.tuebingen-info.de Landkreis Heidenheim, Dolinenweg [email protected] Privates Mineralienmuseum Museum für Natur- und Tourist-Info Bad Urach Tel. 073 33 - 5586 Veringenstadt Ostalbkreis MIMUS Stadtkultur Tuttlingen-Möhringen www.eiszeitjaeger.info Tel. 071 25 - 94 320 [email protected] Heimatgeschichtlicher ALB-GUIDE Östliche Alb Reißenbachstr. 13, Johannisplatz 3, Prediger, 73525 Geologische Sammlung im [email protected] www.tiefenhoehle.de Rundweg Landratsamt Heidenheim 72805 Lichtenstein, Schwäbisch Gmünd Rathaus Möhringen www.badurach.de Gemeinde Veringenstadt Tel. 073 21 - 32 12 593 Tel. 071 29 - 51 64 Tel. 071 71 - 57 37 Hermann-Leiber-Str. 4 Tel. 075 77 - 93 00 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www. 78532 Tuttlingen, Tel. 074 62 - 94 822 [email protected] www.nabu-heidenheim.de www.museum.mimus-lichtenstein.de schwaebisch-gmuend.de [email protected] www.tuttlingen.de www.veringenstadt.de 30 | 31

Guided Tours Bad Ditzenbach Geological Highlights Blaubeuren Lonsee Legal notice Concept and design Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Vinzenz- Therme, Thermal- Blautopf Lonetopf burkert gestaltung Alb, Alb-Donau-Kreis Tourismus, Publisher Gemeinde Steinheim am Albuch, Lonetal Mineral-Bewegungsbad Touristinfo Blaubeuren Gemeinde Lonsee, Tel. 073 36 - 810 riedwiesenweg 6 Geopark Swabian Alb Tourist-Info Schwäbisch Gmünd, Lustwandeln Kurhausstrasse 18 Tel. 073 44 - 96 690 [email protected], www.lonsee.de 89081 ulm Lustwandeln GbR 73342 Bad Ditzenbach [email protected] Mössingen National, European and Global Walburg Speidel, Bad Boll Info Geopark under the auspices of [email protected] Tel. 073 36 - 6660 Tel. 073 34 - 76 600 www.blaubeuren.de Mössinger Bergrutsch Print [email protected] [email protected] UNESCO www.burkert-gestaltung.com Bodelshausen Stadt Mössingen, Tel. 074 73 - 37 00 SV Druck + Medien, Balingen www.lustwandeln.net www.vinzenztherme.de www.kreis-tuebingen.de [email protected] Von der Osten Straße 4,6 Cover page Arietenplatte Edition www.moessingen.de (Altes Lager) Große Grotte near Blaubeuren, Gästeführer im Lonetal und im Bad Immau Aach im Hegau Gemeinde Bodelshausen 2. 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Please enquire about any Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Alb-Guide www.sonnenhof-therme.de [email protected] www.bergwerk-aalen.de Gemeinde Immendingen possible sources of danger before Stuttgart (SMNS), Urweltmuseum Georg Häußler, www.ofterdingen.de This brochure was compiled Bad Überkingen Tel. 074 62 - 240 visiting the attraction concerned. Hauff, Holcim (Süddeutschland) Tel. 073 45 - 23 88 37 Altheim, Heldenfingen, with the kind assistance of Mineral-Therme gemeindeverwaltung@ GmbH, Ostalbkreis, Armin Dieter, [email protected] Heuchlingen Seeburg Texts the Ministerium für Ländlichen Bad Überkingen immendingen.de Rasser - SMNS, Eberhard Stabenow, www.georg-haeussler.de Hungerbrunnen Kalktuff Dr. Hermann Behmel, Armin Dieter, Raum und Verbraucherschutz Bahnhofstr. 14 www.immendingen.de Fremdenverkehrsgemeinschaft Bürgermeisteramt Gerstetten Tourist-Info Bad Urach Rolf Hauff, Dr. Elmar P. J. 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Tel. 073 35 - 96 200 Tel. 073 61 - 94 930 Schwefelbad Tel. 073 31 - 20 09 25 Herbrechtingen [email protected] [email protected] Hechinger Str. 26 [email protected] Eselsburger Tal www.wiesensteig.de www.limes-thermen.de 72116 Mössingen www.helfensteiner-land.de Stadt Herbrechtingen Bad Boll Tel. 074 73 - 37 830 Bissingen/Teck, Schopfloch Lange Str. 58, 89542 Herbrechtingen [email protected] Tel. 073 24 - 95 50 Thermal-Mineralbad, Randecker Maar, Schwäbischer Gauinger Traverlin www.bad-sebastiansweiler.de [email protected] Schwefelquelle, Jurafango Vulkan Lauster Steinbau GmbH www.herbrechtingen.de Am Kurpark , 73087 Bad Boll Tuttlingen Naturschutzzentrum Schopflocher Enzstr. 46, 70376 Stuttgart Tel. 07 11 - 59 670 Tel. 071 64 - 810 Freizeit- und Thermalbad Alb, Tel. 070 26 - 95 01 20 Königsbronn [email protected] [email protected] TuWass info@naturschutzzentrum- Brenzursprung www.laustersteinbau.de www.badhaus-bad-boll.de Mühlenweg 1-5, 78532 Tuttlingen schopfloch.de, Gemeinde Königsbronn Tel. 074 61 - 96 65 566 www.naturschutzzentrum- Tel. 073 28 - 96 250 [email protected], www.tuwass.de schopfloch.de [email protected] www.koenigsbronn.de 32 | 33 Seit der Eiszeit unberührt – das schmeckt man! entdecken sie die heidenheimer brenzregion

Auf den Spuren VON URZEIT, EISZEIT & KULTUR

Warum das Mineralwasser aus der Eiszeit so wertvoll ist ...

EiszeitQuell ist das Mineralwasser aus der Eiszeit. Damals versickerten riesige EiszeitQuell-Steckbrief: archäopark vogelherd Mineralstoffe Gesetzliche Mengen Gletscherschmelzwasser im Gestein der Schwäbischen Alb. Durch eine und sonstige EiszeitQuell Obergrenze für Inhaltsstoffe (Menge in mg/l) Babynahrung (in mg/l) eröffnung 2013 seltene Erdverschiebung wurde dieses eiszeitliche Wasserreservoir in rund 400 m Calcium 135,0 - Tiefe eingeschlossen und für immer von der Außenwelt abgeriegelt. Mächtige Stadt Niederstotzingen wasserundurchlässige Felsschichten beschützen es seitdem vor nachsickerndem Magnesium 35,0 - wir informieren sie gerne: Im Städtle 26, 89168 Niederstotzingen Regenwasser und sonstigen Umwelteinfl üssen. Hydrogen- Tel.: 07325 102-33 carbonat 354,0 - Darum ist EiszeitQuell heute noch genau so rein wie vor über 10.000 Jahren: Tourist-Information Giengen www.archaeopark-vogelherd.de Nitrat, Nitrit und sämtliche Schadstoffe unserer modernen Zeit (z.B. Hormone oder Chlorid 3,2 - Marktstraße 9, 89537 Giengen Pestizide) sind darin nicht nachweisbar. Es ist ausgewogen mineralisiert, natrium- Sulfat 200,0 240,0 Tel.: 07322 952-2920 und kochsalzarm und für Babynahrung bestens geeignet. www.giengen.de Kieselsäure 14,8 -

Kalium 3,8 - Heidenheimer Brenzregion EISZEIT Landratsamt Heidenheim Natrium 6,9 20,0

Quell Felsenstraße 36, 89518 Heidenheim gav-werbeagentur.de Fluorid 0,6 0,7 Tel.: 07321 321-2593 www.heidenheimer-brenzregion.de Erdver- schiebung Wasser mit Umwelteinfl üssen Besondere Qualitätsmerkmale von EiszeitQuell:

Nitrat nicht 10,0 Keuper (Wasserundurchlässige nachweisbar besuchen sie die geopark-infostellen Gesteinsschicht) HöhlenErlebnisWelt mit Charlottenhöhle, Riff- und Eisenbahnmuseum Gerstetten Meteorkrater-Museum Burg Katzenstein – staufische Erlebnisburg Schloß Brenz Nitrit nicht 0,02 nachweisbar HöhlenSchauLand und HöhlenHaus Am Bahnhof 1 Hochfeldweg 5 Oberer Weiler 1-3 89567 Sontheim an der Brenz Lonetalstraße 61 89547 Gerstetten 89555 Steinheim-Sontheim i. St. 89561 Dischingen Tel.: 07325 170 Uran nicht 0,002 nachweisbar 89537 Giengen-Hürben Tel.: 07323 84-0 Tel.: 07329 9656-58 Tel.: 07326 919656 www.sontheim-an-der-brenz.de Tel.: 07324 987146 www.gerstetten.de www.steinheim-am-albuch.de www.burgkatzenstein.de www.baerenland.de

EZQ_AZ_GEOPARK_A4_02.indd 1 08.10.12 10:13 AZ_DinA4_Hochformat_4c.indd 1 01.10.12 09:13 The Laichingen Pothole (Laichinger Tiefenhöhle)

The Laichingen pothole is the deepest in Germany. The tourist route descends to a depth of 55 m. Vast chambers and huge passageways captivate visitors during their tour of the cave. In the visitor’s centre above the cave entrance, there is a Museum of providing interesting information on the mysterious subterranean world of caves.

Opening hours cave and museum Palm Sunday until end of autumn holidays, daily9-18Uhr

Informations: Höhlen- und Heimatverein Laichingen Phone: 07333 - 5586 [email protected] www.tiefenhoehle.de 36 | MF