News from the Geopark

25 Nov 24

20 years Global Geoparks Network

This year, the Global Geopark Network is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The global network of geoparks was founded in 2004 to preserve the…

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25 Nov 24

50 years after the first bone was found at Bromacker

A mystery that has lasted for decades has finally been solved – the bone turns out to be a pelvic bone from an early saurian.

Today, the…

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04 Oct 24

Review of the Geotope Day 2024 in the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen

Entire Geopark

On the occasion of the Day of the Geotope on Sunday, 15 September 2024, a variety of events were again offered at the UNESCO Geopark…

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12 Sep 24

Students develop new ideas for the dinosaur adventure trail in the Thuringian Forest

Georgenthal and Tambach-Dietharz

The UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen is planning, in consultation with the rural community…

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03 Sep 24

Students at the University of Jena investigate Donnershauk

Steinbach-Hallenberg

The long-standing collaboration between the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen and the Institute of…

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19 Aug 24

New finds of early saurians during research excavation at Bromacker

Museum of Natural History Berlin

This year's excavation at the world-famous Bromacker fossil site in Thuringia has come to an end and was a complete…

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24 Jul 24

Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen masters 1st UNESCO re-evaluation visit

Entire Geopark

In July 2024, something big happened once again in our rather small Geopark - it underwent its first re-evaluation visit to check…

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24 Jul 24

Sparkling stones and bright children's eyes

Ruhla, local area Kittelsthal

The young speleologists in Kittelsthal can confirm that nature is a good teacher. They meet under the expert guidance…

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15 Jul 24

Future forest Unterschönau - visit by State Secretary Dr Vogel and joint maintenance campaign

Würzburg / Steinbach-Hallenberg / Erfurt

At the end of 2020, the mountain forest project and the Greenpeace environmental foundation purchased 200…

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08 Jul 24

New Bromacker early saurian named after UNESCO Geopark in Thuringia

Museum of Natural History Berlin

New early saurian species from the 290-million-year-old Bromacker fossil site (Lower Permian) sheds light on the…

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28 Jun 24

Thuringia's Minister President Bodo Ramelow visited the BROMACKER excavation site

Early saurian site Bromacker

As part of his summer tour this year, Thuringia's Minister President Bodo Ramelow visited the Bromacker early saurian…

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21 May 24

BROMACKERgeschichten for Download

Friedenstein Foundation Gotha

A creative writing workshop was held as part of the BROMACKER project in 2023. Pupils of various age groups from the…

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25 Apr 24

New offer for children in the Kittelsthal Dripstone Cave

‘Feldspar, quartz and mica - I'll never forget those three’(This saying only rhymes in German;-)

Some people will remember this saying from their…

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15 Apr 24

Enigmatic fossil Tambia spiralis is fossil of the year 2024

Ehrenstein Castle, Ohrdruf

The Palaeontological Society has named Tambia spiralis, a small, mostly spiral-shaped trace fossil that was first…

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15 Apr 24

Bergwaldprojekt e.V. honoured as an outstanding UN Decade project

Steinbach-Hallenberg OT Unterschönau

The Bergwaldprojekt e.V. receives the award for its work as an outstanding project in the UN Decade of Ecosystem…

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