Archaeopteryx_1991_Geological environment of Rieskrater Museum

Some 15 Mill. of years ago a unique geological structure was created by the impact of an asteroid in Southern Germany: one of the best known meteorite craters of the globe. Since the end of the 18th century the strangeness of the Nördlinger Ries in the centre of the Swabian-Franconian-Alb has initiated geological research activities. By the opening of the Rieskrater-Museum Nördlingen in May 1990 t…