Nature experience area Mergelgrube Misburg

Lookout container

An overhanging lookout was created from 2 Euro shipping containers, secured by a support calculated by the structural engineer (KREUTZFELDT Ingenieurbüro für Bauwesen GbR).

View into the marl pit

According to the specifications of the maintenance and development plan, the bottom of the pit, which was closed down in the 1960s, was cleared of trees, various deposits were removed and a site mosaic with varying moisture and lime-salt content was created.

former conveyor belt bridge marl pit

After crossing the pit still provided possibility to leave the pit.

Walk along the marl pit

The development concept includes a walk along the edge of the pit, which is freely accessible up to the fence, and a walk through the pit (as part of guided tours by the Department of Environment and Urban Greenery, LH Hannover).

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  1. Lookout container
  2. View into the marl pit
  3. former conveyor belt bridge marl pit
  4. Walk along the marl pit