 Local history and fossil museum in Messel | ||
| Messel | ||
| federal state | Hesse | |
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| Residents | 4.090 (2019) | |
| height | 172 m | |
| Tourist info web | http://www.messel.de - Official website of Messel | |
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Messel is a small one east of Darmstadt located, residential community in Hesse. Surrounded by wide mixed forests, it is located on the northernmost foothills of the Odenwaldes. Is known worldwide Fossil site "Messel Pit".
getting there
By train
Messel is on the railway line Darmstadt - Aschaffenburg. Regional trains stop in Messel. It is a 1–1.5 km walk from the train station to the Messel Pit.
By bus
The U bus runs every two hours between Darmstadt-Kranichstein via Messel to the Messel pit. At the weekend, the OF-96 bus leaves from Heusenstamm above Dietzenbach and Dreieich to the pit.
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Tourist Attractions
- Local history museum Messel (including a small collection of fossils from the Messel pit) · Open: April - October: daily 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Nov. - March: Sat., Sun. and public holidays: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free admission, but a donation is required gladly accepted.
Messel Pit
The Messel Pit, the former open-cast mine, in which oil shale was extracted and which has become world-famous for the fossils from the Eocene that were found here, is located approx. 2 km south of the village. After the end of the dismantling, the large hole was to serve as a garbage dump. The plans could be prevented at the last minute. The mine has been recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.
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Web links
- http://www.messel.de - Official website of Messel
