Muschelkalk

The Muschelkalk is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata in the geology of central and western Europe. It has a Middle Triassic age and forms the middle part of the three-part Germanic Trias lying above the older Buntsandstein and below the younger Keuper.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Künsebeck station and Prunus avium.

Railway stop
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Künsebeck is a railway station located in Künsebeck, . The station is on the Osnabrück–Brackwede railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn. is situated 140 metres south of Muschelkalk.

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, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean, is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to western Eurasia and naturalized elsewhere. is situated 3½ km north of Muschelkalk.

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, the wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Ural Mountains, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the and , where the species reaches its southern limit in Europe; it is also found in Iran. is situated 3½ km north of Muschelkalk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Halle and Steinhagen.

Town
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, officially or Westfalen to distinguish it from the larger , is a town in the German state of , 15 km west of . It belongs to the in the region of Detmold. is situated 3 km northwest of Muschelkalk.

Town
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is a municipality in the in the state of , . It is located on the south slope of the , approx. is situated 4 km southeast of Muschelkalk.

Town
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is a town in the in the state of , Germany. It is located near the , approximately 10 km north-west of . is situated 4½ km northeast of Muschelkalk.

Muschelkalk

Latitude
52.03785° or 52° 2′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.38504° or 8° 23′ 6″ east
Open location code
9F4C29QP+42
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13963027851
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Wiki­data ID
Q1543962
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Muschelkalk” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Muschelkalk”
  • Bavarian: “Muschlkoich”
  • Catalan: “Muschelkalk”
  • Chinese: “壳灰岩”
  • Chinese: “殼灰巖”
  • Dutch: “Muschelkalk”
  • Dutch: “Muschelkalksteen”
  • French: “calcaire coquillier”
  • French: “Muschelkalk”
  • German: “Muschelkalk”
  • Japanese: “ムシェルカルク”
  • Japanese: “ムシェルカルク統”
  • Japanese: “殻灰統”
  • Japanese: “貝殻石灰岩”
  • Japanese: “貝殻石灰岩統”
  • Luxembourgish: “Muschelkallek”
  • Macedonian: “школкен варовник”
  • Macedonian: “школковаровник”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Muslingkalk”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Muslingkalk”
  • Norwegian: “Muslingkalk”
  • Polish: “wapień muszlowy”
  • Polish: “Wapień muszlowy”
  • Russian: “Раковинный известняк”
  • Russian: “Ракушечник”
  • Slovenian: “Školjčni apnenec”
  • Spanish: “Muschelkalk”
  • Swedish: “Musselkalk”
  • Turkish: “Muschelkalk”
  • Ukrainian: “Ракушняк”

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