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Landscapes: Mine dump at the Wintershall potash works in Heringen [2/29]

OBJECT INFORMATION

Info

November 9 - 10 1989
Heringen (Werra)
Created By: Heike Schade

License: Creative Commons License

Mine dump at the Wintershall potash works in Heringen, the largest potash mining district in the world, also known as "Mt. Kali" or "Kalimandscharo"

Depicts

industry, mountain, nature

Context

fall of the Berlin Wall

Places

Heringen (Werra)

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Original Caption

"The salt hill has always been a striking and clearly visible site from both the Thuringian and Hessian side. The potash salt field also denotes the area otherwise known as "land of the white hills". The hill is clearly visible from the A4 freeway, connecting East and West (Germany).