Baumberger-Sandstone-Museum panoramic virtual tour, Muensterland-Baumberge

Gennerich 9 D-48329 Havixbeck
April-Okt./Di.-So. 11-18 Uhr, Okt.-März/Di.-So 13-18 Uhr, Montags geschlossen
www.sandsteinmuseum.de
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The Museum of Sandstone in Havixbeck introduces a stone with history.Baumberger Sandstone - that''s not only a building material, but also a high-classsculpture material.This fine-grained stone has been worked in the quarries nearby Havixbeck (at the Baumberge, wich means tree mountains) for 1000 years. Since that time it has been used - especially in the medieval age - in Northern Germany, in the Netherlands and in the Baltic States.The museum p...(more)

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Baumberger Sandstone Museum Havixbeck - Treatment of the sandstone and who this did

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The museum presents beautiful sculptures and fine masonry. At the same time we try to explain, how these products have been made - and who did it. Fossils in Baumberger sandstone
tell us something about the origin of the stone. Heavy machines and tools from the Hesselmann''s quarry give us idea of the trouble, that the daily work with stone meant for quarrymen and stone masons.