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Philip Gaißer has been living in the North of Germany for quite some time now. In a region without mountains and therefore, for someone who comes from a hilly area, in a landscape without too many exciting landmarks.
At least if we ignore the spectacle of high and low tide. The ice age seems to have flattened the ground here at high speed. Ultimately, the earth movements left behind large deposits of limestone, which can be found just below the earth’s surface today and the extraction of which is necessary for the production of cement.
Cement factories are occasionally built in the immediate vicinity of lime deposits – as is the case in Lägerdorf. These then stand alone in the flat landscape, as the proximity to the raw material is what makes this product so profitable. Gaißer discovered the lime pit by chance and, tired of the sight of the flat landscape, made his way down into the deep open space.
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Philip Gaißer has been living in the North of Germany for quite some time now. In a region without mountains and therefore, for someone who comes from a hilly area, in a landscape without too many exciting landmarks.
At least if we ignore the spectacle of high and low tide. The ice age seems to have flattened the ground here at high speed. Ultimately, the earth movements left behind large deposits of limestone, which can be found just below the earth’s surface today and the extraction of which is necessary for the production of cement.
Cement factories are occasionally built in the immediate vicinity of lime deposits – as is the case in Lägerdorf. These then stand alone in the flat landscape, as the proximity to the raw material is what makes this product so profitable. Gaißer discovered the lime pit by chance and, tired of the sight of the flat landscape, made his way down into the deep open space.
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