New Geopark Geofoyer in the Borken Mining Museum

The GrenzWelten National Geopark has another geo-foyer. From now on, interested visitors can access a wealth of information about the Geopark at two interactive media stations in the Hessian Lignite Mining Museum in Borken, in the "Coal and Energy" theme park. The offer is supplemented by free flyers and brochures about the GrenzWelten and the events in the Geopark. With the Borken information station, the 3,700 km² area now has a total of seven geo-foyers.

Borken belongs to the "Eder- & Schwalmaue" region in the south-east of the GrenzWelten. In this geologically youngest area of the Geopark, the focus is on raw materials, which is also a unique selling point of the region. The leitmotif is "Between coal and gravel", derived from the former lignite mining and the most important gravel deposit in northern Hesse. But also the fossil finds of the Borken turtle shells and the settlement history of the "Ur-Hessenland" invite visitors to an exciting journey of discovery in the region.

Geopark Director Kim Peis emphasises that the new Geo-Foyer in Borken has created another central contact point for those interested in geology. "The potential of the region is huge, so we want to strengthen the cooperation with Eder- & Schwalmaue even more in the coming years and further develop their themes of coal and gravel." The establishment of the Geo-Foyer was supported by funds from the regional budget of the LEADER region Schwalm-Aue. "I am pleased that the GrenzWelten Geopark is now also becoming more visible in our region through the geo-foyer in the Lignite Mining Museum," says Sonja Pauly from the regional management of the Schwalm-Aue LEADER region.

There are other geo-foyers in the Wolfgang Bonhage Museum in Korbach, in the Haus des Gastes in Diemelsee-Heringhausen, in the "Haus der Natur" in Waldeck-Nieder-Werbe, in the Regional Museum Wolfhagen, in the museum "Haus Hövener" in Brilon and in the Geopark and History Portal in Medebach.


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Environment and Climate Protection Department Geopark GrenzWelten