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| Location: | Meurin |
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11-MAR to 04-NOV Tue-Fri 9-17, Sat, Sun, Hol 11-18. Guded Tours Sun 15:30. [2007] |
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| Classification: | Roman tufa mine |
| Light: | electric |
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Vulkanpark GmbH, Infozentrum Rauschermühle, Rauschermühle 6, 56637 Plaidt, Tel: +49-2632-9875-0, Fax: +49-2632-9875-20.
E-mail: Info-Hotline: +49-180-1885526. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/04/20 22:49:48 $ |
The tufa quarries at Meurin are called Römerbergwerk (Roman Mines) and that's not just a name. The Romans were mining tufa here some 2,000 years ago. The tufa is volcanic rock, lava which erupted from the Laacher See volcanoe, some 13,000 years ago. The result was resembling the surface of the moon. Ash raining on the once fertile landscape forming a thick layer of porous rock. Later it was covered by layers of lava, which cooled and formed basaltic rocks. To mine the tufa the romans had to go underground.
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