Tag: quarry
Hell made of stone: After 79 years, granite mining ends at the Flossenbürg concentration camp quarry – Bavaria
79 years after the liberation of the Flossenbürg concentration camp, granite mining at the former concentration camp quarry ends. Many prisoners died during the inhumane work. About the long struggle…
A young man missing after a fall in a quarry
The alert was given at 3:30 p.m. People who were spending the afternoon near an old quarry in Laillé, south of Rennes, saw one of their friends fall into the…
Heuberg: Authority rejects quarry expansion – Bavaria
The district office of Rosenheim will not approve the controversial expansion of the Heuberg quarry above Nußdorf am Inn. The authorities announced this to representatives of the Nußdorf citizens’ initiative…
Nußdorf: nature conservation against quarry – Bavaria
In the dispute over the planned expansion of the Heuberg quarry above Nußdorf am Inn, the Bavarian environmental authorities have given the “Rettet den Heuberg” initiative and the municipality of…
Without a quarry there would be no Apollo butterfly and no mountain witch – knowledge
Of Marlene Knobloch Fate sometimes creates strange bonds. There are burly, bearded quarrymen who hammer and chisel, break stones and wash down roast pork with beer at lunchtime. And there…
She probably couldn’t swim: young couple found dead in quarry pond
Apparently she couldn’t swim Young couple found dead in quarry pond 08/01/2022, 08:35 am More than a week ago, a young couple got into trouble on a quarry pond in…
28-year-old man dies bathing in former quarry
The firefighters couldn’t do anything. On Sunday, a 28-year-old man died while swimming in an old quarry in Saint-Malo-de-Phily, south of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). According to the emergency services, the man…
Will we soon be able to swim in the former Bougrières quarry?
“We have no solution for Apigné”. After having tried everything to improve the water quality of the Prévalaye ponds, the city of Rennes gave up. She will never be able…
In Meudon, the filling of an old quarry is not unanimous
An “underground cathedral”. About 300 people, including environmental activists, speleologists or simple inhabitants demonstrated on Sunday in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine) to request the abandonment of the filling of former Arnaudet chalk…
a young man dies while bathing in an old quarry in Brittany
Although access is prohibited, the former Calan quarry near Lorient (Morbihan) has become a popular bathing spot for young people in recent years. This is where a tragedy happened on…