Augmented Reality on the Eisenberg on 22 April

The GrenzWelten National Geopark and the district and Hanseatic town of Korbach cordially invite you to the ceremonial inauguration of their new joint augmented reality project. On Saturday, 22 April 2023, the "Earth Day", the project will be presented from 2 pm on the summit of the Eisenberg and in the Zechenhaus, Turmweg 4, in Korbach-Goldhausen. On this day, the gold mine will also open its doors and offer special guided tours to mark the opening of the season. The Eisenberg hut will provide refreshments.

What did our landscape look like 250 million years ago? How were the regional rocks formed and under what conditions did the famous Korbach prehistoric dachshund Procynosuchus actually live? Visitors to the Korbach Iron Mountain near Goldhausen can now not only get answers to these and many other questions, but also a precise and realistic picture. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology, they can immerse themselves in the earth's history and its secrets on the Georg Viktor Tower, live on a smartphone or tablet.

What is it about?
The landscape history of the Waldeck-Frankenberg region and the surrounding areas holds many exciting secrets. But the traces of the past are often difficult to read and can only be interpreted by specialists. So how does one enable access to the earth's history and regional landscape development.

The GrenzWelten National Geopark and the district and Hanseatic city of Korbach dealt with this question. They are now using modern augmented reality technology to bring times long past into the present. A smartphone or tablet is all that is needed to open up a completely new world of a primeval sea, long-extinct plants and animals, desert landscapes and mountain ranges to visitors. 250 million years of Earth's history become alive and tangible as they are integrated into the present landscape - a completely new form of knowledge transfer. The digitally reconstructed Eisenberg Castle can be explored as well as the changes in climate in the geological past and a possible future in times of climate change.

Funding
The implementation of the landscape reconstructions could be realised thanks to the funding programme "Strong Homeland" of the Hessian Ministry for Digital Strategy and Development. Costs of 150,000 euros were incurred, which were subsidised with a grant of 135,000 euros. The "Strong Homeland" programme supports municipalities in important projects for the future. Around 400 million euros are available for this purpose from 2020 to 2024, of which around 100 million euros alone are for the digitalisation of the municipalities. In addition, the digital reconstruction of Eisenberg Castle was supported by the European LEADER programme in the Diemelsee-Nordwaldeck region.


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