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Entrance to the Former Marble Mine (Marmoritwerk)

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Entrance to the Former Marble Mine (Marmoritwerk)

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Entrance to the Former Marble Mine (Marmoritwerk)

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  • Location: Bensheim, Kreis Bergstraße, Karlsruhe District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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    August 2, 2021

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    It has been known for decades that the mine tunnel is an important winter roost for bats. In the 1950s and 1960s, bats were counted and ringed by staff of the Senckenberg Institute in Frankfurt. Records from that time show that even the lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) and the barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus) hibernated here, species that have since become extremely rare.

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    In 1842, this tunnel was driven 150 meters into the mountain to extract marble.

    But even the ancient Romans quarried Auerbach marble in this area.

    And in 1865, the foundation stone for industrial marble mining was laid here.
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    December 29, 2022

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    Marble was quarried here. Auerbach marble, a metamorphic rock, occurs in a strip about two kilometers long in the Odenwald, south of Hochstädten near Auerbach. Auerbacher marble is important in terms of architectural history because it played a role as a stone and there are few occurrences in Germany. It is believed to have been mined in Roman times.
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