Basaltpark, Geological museum in Bad Marienberg, Germany.
Basaltpark is an outdoor museum in Bad Marienberg featuring numerous basalt columns and rock formations from a former quarry. The site has a learning trail around a lake that formed in the lowest section of the old mining site.
The site was a major basalt quarry for centuries, shaping the economy of Bad Marienberg. Its transformation from an active mining area into a public park shows how industrial sites can be reclaimed for community use.
The park displays mining equipment from the Westerwald region, including small locomotives and carts that once moved stone. These objects show what daily work was like for people who extracted and processed basalt here.
The park is free to access year-round with no entrance fees. Visitors should wear sturdy shoes since the learning trail goes over rocky terrain and uneven ground around the lake.
The park displays basalt columns in five and six-sided shapes arranged in different sizes that form striking geometric patterns. These regular structures formed naturally through cooling processes that occurred millions of years ago.
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