European Geoparks Week in Swabian Alb Geopark Germany 2018 Dates of geoparks week: 19th May to 03rd June 2018 Contact person: Siegfried Roth, [email protected] Further information: www.geopark-alb.de Category Date Activity / Event dd.mm. 1. Geo & Geo 20.05. Guided tour through Balingen and its geology and history, organized by our Geopark Infocenter Holcim company, Balingen 26.05. Guided tour into the untouched cave Felsenhöhle, Swabian Alb hiking association, Mühlheim 20.05. Immerse yourself into the underwater world of the Jurassic sea, Geopark Infocenter Reef-museum Gerstetten 23.05. “Nature reserve Randecker Maar”, special guided tour to the most important remnat of the Swabian volcano, Bissingen-Ochsenwang 23.05. “Wells, ponds, water tap - water supply in former times”, Geopark Infocenter Open air museum Beuren, Beuren 25.05. “With pastor Gußmann in the Gutenberger Cave”, special guided tour, Gutenberg municipality, Lenningen-Gutenberg 01.06. Special guided tour on the meteor crater geotrial and in the crater museum, Geopark Infocenter Crater Museum, Steinheim 2. Geo & Culture/Music/ 19.05. - Medieval market and knight jousting, Geopark Infocenter Burg Katzenstein, Literature/Arts 22.05. Dischingen 22.05. Wine walking tour through the Metzingen-Neuhäuser vineyards and a visit to the viticultural museum afterwards, Bad Urach und Metzingen. 02.06. “Water - healing water – thermal water”, guided tour about the value of water for mankind and nature, Geopark Infocenter Thermal Bath Beuren, Beuren municipality 31.05. Festival at the show cave “Olgahöhle” with guided tours in the cave, Swabian Alb hiking association, Honau 03.06. Geopark-Festival, organized by Geopark Infocenter Prehistorical Museum Blaubeuren, guided tours to karst spring “Blautopf”, Blaubeuren 23.05 Slide show about the most beautifully places on the Swabian Alb, its landscapes, castles, caves and mountains, Bad Urach 3. Geo & Education 01.06. Preparation of Fossils in the Fangowerk pit and learning about the healing effects of Jurafango, Geopark Infocenter Jurafangowerk, Bad Boll. 19.05. Guided and unguided tours through the herbal garden of Geopark Infocenter 03.06. ALB-GOLD, Trochtelfingen. 31.05. A slide show about the giant landslides on the Swabian Albs, Bad Urach 26.05. “With queen Charlotte from Württemberg in the Charlottenhöhle”, Geopark Infocenter Charlottenhöhle. Giengen-Hürben 24.05. “Hiking with compass and map” for children between ages of 7 to 10, Geopark Infocenter Natural history museum Göppingen-Jebenhausen 4. Geo & EGN/GGN .