{"id":79038,"date":"2017-06-25T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/africa\/seychelles\/the-messel-mine-a-window-into-prehistory-germany"},"modified":"2020-06-19T13:15:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T11:15:41","slug":"messel-pit-fossil-window-into-prehistory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/germany\/messel-pit-fossil-window-into-prehistory","title":{"rendered":"The Messel Pit Fossil Site &#8211; A window into prehistory (Germany)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we made a trip <strong>to the Messel pit,<\/strong> which is only about 20 minutes by car from our home in Darmstadt.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy\" alt=Grube Messel Header image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild-800x200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild-400x100.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild-200x50.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-headerbild-100x25.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/germany\/messel-pit-fossil-window-into-prehistory\/#the-unesco-world-heritage-site-%e2%80%9cgrube-messel%e2%80%9d\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The UNESCO World Heritage Site &#8220;Grube Messel&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/germany\/messel-pit-fossil-window-into-prehistory\/#the-history-of-the-messel-pit\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The history of the Messel pit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/germany\/messel-pit-fossil-window-into-prehistory\/#the-visitor-and-information-centre\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">The Visitor and Information Centre<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4 noicon\" href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/germany\/messel-pit-fossil-window-into-prehistory\/#guided-tour-of-the-messel-pit\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\">Guided tour of the Messel pit<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-unesco-world-heritage-site-%e2%80%9cgrube-messel%e2%80%9d\"><\/span>The UNESCO World Heritage Site &#8220;Grube Messel&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Germany has a total of 42 <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/travel-reports\/unesco-world-heritage-sites\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">UNESCO World Heritage Sites<\/a> (as of July 2017). Of these, 39 are cultural heritage sites and 3 natural heritage sites. In Hesse there are a total of 4 world heritage sites of mankind: the <a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/en\/germany\/felsenmeer-see-of-rocks-monastery-lorsch\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\">Lorsch Monastery<\/a>, the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, the Upper Germanic-Raetic Limes and the fossil deposit Grube Messel.<\/p>\n<p>The Messeler Grube is an important window of time in the prehistory of the earth. It is located about 10 kilometres northeast of Darmstadt and is an open-cast mine that has been closed since 1970 and has been mining ore and oil shale since 1859. The pit is 60 meters deep, has a diameter of 800 meters and is known mainly for well-preserved fossils from the Eocene era (about 50 million years ago). The most famous find is the primal horse (Propalaeotherium). In addition, more than 150 other species such as birds, insects, reptiles, primates and many plant species have been found as fossils.<\/p>\n<div id=\"jig1\" class=\"justified-image-grid jig-18902e725de103b24712866932fbb5cf jig-preset-global jig-source-wp-gallery\"><div class=\"jig-clearfix\"><\/div><noscript id=\"jig1-html\" class=\"justified-image-grid-html\" data-lazy-src=\"skiplazyload\" data-src=\"skipunveillazyload\"><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-38.jpg\" title=\"The location of the Messel mine near Darmstadt\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-38-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"The location of the Messel mine near Darmstadt\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">The location of the Messel mine near Darmstadt<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-01.jpg\" title=\"Welcome to the Messel mine\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-01-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Welcome to the Messel mine\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Welcome to the Messel mine<\/p><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-02.jpg\" title=\"Welterbe Grube Messel\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-02-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Welterbe Grube Messel\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p class=\"jig-HTMLdescription\">Welterbe Grube Messel<\/p><\/li><li><a 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}.jig-last {margin-right: 0 !important;}.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overlay,.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overlay-icon-wrapper,.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overlay-icon{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;}.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overflow,.jig-ua-old-ie.justified-image-grid .jig-overflow div {cursor: pointer;}.jig-ua-old-ie.jig-caption-wrapper{margin:0 !important;}.jig-ua-ie .jig-caption-wrapper-clone {filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important;}\r\n<\/style>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-history-of-the-messel-pit\"><\/span>The history of the Messel pit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>About 48 million years ago, hot magma from below and groundwater from above collided at the site of today&#8217;s pit, igniting in a massive explosion. In the resulting steep and up to 300 meters deep crater (Maarvulkan von Messel) later ground and rainwater formed a low-oxygen lake. Over time, at the bottom of the lake, all the dead were deposited, solidified and became oil shale &#8211; with everything that once lived in it. Today, crocodiles, bone pike, primal horses, monkeys, birds as well as everything that slipped down the steep crater walls and did not come up again can be found in the deposits.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16954\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16954\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the Messel mine, fossil, excavation, Messel mine, Hesse, Germany, World Heritage, travelreport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-05-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map of the Messel mine<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the-visitor-and-information-centre\"><\/span>The Visitor and Information Centre<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The visitor and information centre &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grube-messel.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" class=\"extern matomo_link wpel-icon-right\">Zeit und Messel Welten<span class=\"wpel-icon wpel-image wpel-icon-3\"><\/span><\/a>&#8221; was opened only in 2010 and offers its visitors an insight into the different layers of the planet and exciting details about geology, volcanism, landscape forms and climate. In addition, you can see some excavation finds of the Messel mine here. The visitor centre is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and admission is \u20ac10 per person.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16952\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow\" class=\"noicon\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16952\" src=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03.jpg\" alt=\"Entrance to the Visitor Centre, Fossil, Excavation, Messel Mine, Hesse, Germany, World Heritage, Travelreport\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/one-million-places.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/deutschland\/grube-messel-03-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrance to the Visitor Centre<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The various excavations and fossil finds can be found in the visitor centre of the Messel mine, in the local history museum of the municipality of Messel, in the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt, in the Geo-Naturpark Bergstra\u00dfe-Odenwald and in the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am Main. There is a freely accessible viewing platform about 100 meters behind the visitor centre, from which you can take a look into the pit. 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