News from the Geopark
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…
mehr lesen50 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…
mehr lesenReview 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…
mehr lesenStudents 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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Steinbach-Hallenberg
The long-standing collaboration between the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen and the Institute of…
mehr lesenNew 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…
mehr lesenGeopark 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…
mehr lesenSparkling 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…
mehr lesenFuture 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…
mehr lesenNew 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…
mehr lesenThuringia'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…
mehr lesenBROMACKERgeschichten 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…
mehr lesenNew 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…
mehr lesenEnigmatic 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…
mehr lesenBergwaldprojekt 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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