Robert Weis will answer this question on Sunday, the 5th of September. The geologist Robert Weis is working at the “National Museum of Natural History” as manager of the palaeontological collections and who has specialised as a researcher on invertebrate marine animals of the Jurassic age.
In addition to his professional passion, he wishes to share his love for geology. Promoting and protecting the geological heritage is one of his priorities. Robert Weis regularly organises field trips to show the public landscapes and to interpret with the visitors the pages that the Earth has written in its book.
This is exactly what you can expect when you come to the “Giele Botter” geological tour. The former open-cast mining area is an Eldorado for geological discovery. It is an ideal place to understand the events that made Minett the region it is today.
Located on a hill between Petange and Niederkorn, the “Giele Botter” is today a site that allows to understand the distant past as well as the more recent past of the Minett, with its former open-cast mines.
The “Giele Botter” geological trail, which will be modernised this year with adapted and modern signage, was created in 1991. During the approximately two-hour walk through one of the core areas of the Minett UNESCO Biosphere, Robert Weis will provide much more concrete explanations than the ones that can be found on the explanatory panels of the geological tour.
The researcher from the “National Museum of Natural History” will certainly give you an answer to the following questions: How did iron accumulate in our soil? Are there other places on earth where iron accumulates in the same way in the soil today? As well as answers to all other questions related to the geology of the Luxembourg Mining Basin.
The geological tour on 5 September “Wéi kënnt d’Eisen an de Buedem” (in Luxembourgish) starts at 9.30 am. Prior registration is required. Bring good footwear and wear weather-appropriate clothes.
After visiting this fascinating geosite, you can extend your Sunday at Fonds-de-Gras, or discover the Minett mountains from the inside, by taking the old mining train that connects Fonds-de-Gras with the village of Lasauvage through an abandoned mine.
Also visit our partners for this event, the “National Museum of Natural History” and the “Minett Park Fonds-de-Gras“:
