Early saurian site Bromacker

As part of his summer tour this year, Thuringia's Minister President Bodo Ramelow visited the Bromacker early saurian site in the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen on 27 July 2024. Sylvia Reyer-Rohde, Head of the Geopark Management Office, moderated the programme of visits on site. Also on site were numerous Geopark participants and representatives of the BROMACKER research project from Gotha, Jena and Berlin.

After a brief thematic introduction to the UNESCO Geopark, the tour continued along the popular saurian discovery trail to the Steinhauerhütte, where the Minister President was given presentations explaining the scientifically significant history of the Bromacker excavation site and the endeavours to further explore it and integrate it into the tourist infrastructure. Thanks to the presence of the District Administrator of the district of Gotha, Onno Eckert, and the mayors Marcus Schütz (Tambach-Dietharz, member of the steering committee of the Geopark), Florian Hofmann (rural municipality of Georgenthal, ) and Ralf Holland-Nell (municipality of Floh-Seligenthal, member of the Geopark Steering Committee) and other representatives of the Geopark municipalities discussed other important topics relating to the cooperation between the Free State of Thuringia and the municipalities with the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen in the areas of tourism, research and education.

"We are delighted with the visit from our Minister President," said Sylvia Reyer-Rohde. "It shows us that the Bromacker, and with it the UNESCO Global Geopark Thuringia Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen, is held in very high regard and has become an important tourist attraction for visitors from near and far, and therefore also an economic driver for the region. However, many efforts will also be required in the future to further develop the Geopark in order to make the geological and palaeontological heritage of the Thuringian Forest and the Drei Gleichen region a tangible experience. "Thuringia is Saurian land, and we simply have to raise this scientific treasure and show it to the world," said Sylvia Reyer-Rohde.