Drewer quarries

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#deinsauerland / Neusta POIs / Drewer quarries
Merken Vorgemerkt

After the quarries were closed down, groundwater formed the beautiful lake surrounded by steep cliffs as a natural gem; later often referred to as the "Blue Lagoon" near Drewer. The quarry walls are very steep, up to 20 meters high and hardly overgrown. At the bottom is a clear, deep body of water covering an area of around 8,000 m², which takes up almost the entire floor of the quarry.

Striking viewpoint on the "Steine und Mehr" cycle route





Blick auf den Steinbruch




Aussichtspunkt

Address

Drewer quarries

Wiebusch

59581 Warstein

tourist@warstein.de

URLs

Homepage

Limestone, which is characterized by its great hardness, was first quarried here in the Drewer quarry 140 years ago for road construction.

After cleaning and clearing, the quarry was placed under nature protection in 1997 and closed off with a massive gate. This measure serves to preserve communities or biotopes of certain wild animal and plant species, in particular rock-breeding bird species, bats and amphibians as well as plant and animal communities of semi-arid grassland. Today, the Drewer quarry is a vivid example of the renaturation of a former quarry through natural succession. Nature has reclaimed the site.

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