The miniature model of a quarry on Falchen is the pride of the Lechbruck rafting museum.
The presentation of the new achievement now took place in a small group.
Lechbruck
- The Lechbruck rafting association had chosen an idyllic setting for the presentation of a miniature model: the quarry up on the Falchen, one of a total of five quarries in the village.
This is exactly what the model ultimately shows.
A hobby artist from Roßhaupten had recreated the quarry and donated it to the association of the rafters' museum in March of this year.
The model was presented in a selected group.
The model as well as old pictures and plans were exhibited in front of a small garden shed.
Hostess Annemarie Grünert, the granddaughter of the last quarry owner Magnus Gündhart, arranged everything.
With 13,000 square meters, according to Ingrid Kahlert, second chairwoman of the development association, it is the largest quarry on the Falchen.
"Mr. Altmannshofer managed to conjure up these 13,000 square meters on 60 centimeters", Kahlert honored the work of the artist, which can be admired in the museum in the future.
“Created in just 60 hours - you can't believe it when you see this level of detail.
That turned out to be a really great thing ”, praised the first chairman, Gerd Ludwig.
The artist Walter Altmannshofer, himself director of the village museum Roßhaupten, as an enthusiastic model maker, gladly implemented Ingrid Kahlert's request, he explained. His work was based on plans and photos from the last quarry owner Magnus Gündhart. The model is shown a little shortened and due to the size does not have the original length as it would be in the plan. "But the essentials are shown here: the crane to haul up and load the stones, a truck and the demolition master's hut," the model maker explained the self-designed and painted work of art. Hermann Ungurean from Lechbruck took care of the wooden substructure.
“I got an exclusive tour here a few weeks ago and was enthusiastic about the quarry,” said Mayor Werner Moll and assured the museum that the community would continue to support the museum: “I think it's an important thing that we preserve traditions for the children .
I have already enjoyed guided tours in the rafters' museum myself and am always learning new things, ”says Moll.
The history of the quarry was explained by the second chairwoman of the friends' association, Ingrid Kahlert: When the Alps were formed 35 million years ago, the gravel from the mountains formed a large molasse pit.
This was flooded twice by the sandy sea.
In the so-called Murnauer Mulde (from Murnau to the Grünten) this sand compacted and became a sandstone that has been popular since Roman times.
Since the Via Claudia also ran through Lechbruck, one could assume that the Romans may have broken sandstone here as well, explained Kahlert. Two examples would prove that sandstone was quarried in Lechbruck very early on. In Dasing near Augsburg one came across old mills from the seventh century during construction work. According to scientific research, the millstone fragment came from the Lechbruck quarry. This also proves that rafting already existed at that time - the simplest type of transport at the time.
As a further example, Kahlert cited the basilica in Altenstadt, built in the twelfth century, whose altar and portal are made of Lechbruck sandstone. Lechbruck sandstone was used again for current renovation work, following the mediation of Lechbruck's former mayor Dieter Hollmann. "The sandstone was then also needed for a repair on the archway of Neuschwanstein Castle - because that is also Lechbruck sandstone," said former mayor Dieter Hollmann.
Old records from parish vicar Gschwind from 1846 are also interesting: “There are now more than five quarries that deliver their products all over the world and bring in good money.
A very desirable branch of food for Lechbruck.
Unfortunately, these workers are deeply immoral and particularly insatiable drinkers. "
The last quarry owner was Magnus Gündhart.
His granddaughter Annemarie Grünert took over the property from her stepbrother, who had previously looked after the property until his death.
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