UrZeitReise Deutschland

The eventful history of the earth spans a period of 4600 million years. In Germany, too, diverse traces of prehistoric events and living environments have been preserved to this day as stone evidence in the landscapes from the Alps to the North and Baltic Seas. This book takes you to 36 of these sites and makes Germany's multifaceted geological history accessible and tangible. The long and eventful history of the Earth is divided into four major sections: the Early Earth Age, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Neolithic, which in turn are subdivided into various epochs such as the Carboniferous, Triassic and Quaternary periods. These are characterised by diverse landscape-forming processes such as continental drift, mountain building, sea advances, volcanic eruptions and climate change as well as the development and extinction of numerous animal and plant groups. This handy book presents places where you can discover these remarkable witnesses. It takes you to volcanoes, dinosaur tracks, information centres and museums, and leads you to natural monuments, geotopes, themed trails and fossil sites. Phenomena such as the petrified forest of Chemnitz, the remaining traces of the shell limestone sea on the Zugspitze and the UNESCO natural world heritage site Messel Pit near Darmstadt tell the story of Germany's diverse geological history.