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ISPH 2015 Field Trip Itinerary Bonn, Germany → Opole, Poland July 6 and 7, 2015 Day 1 Day 2 Departure from Bonn: 8:00 am Departure from Limbach: 8:40 am Arrival in Münchehagen: 12:00 am Arrival in Chemnitz: 9 am Lunch 12 pm -12:45 pm Petrified Forest in Chemnitz 10:30 am Münchehagen 1 pm-3 pm Departue from Chemnitz: 10:45 am Departure from Münchehagen: 3:15 pm Lunch break: Görlitz 1 pm -2 pm Arrival in Limbach: 8:15 pm Arrival in Opole: 5:30 pm 1. Bonn (PoppelsdorferAllee) – Münchehagen (Alte Zollstraße 5, 31547 Rehburg): 300km 2. Münchehagen – Limbach-Oberfrohna (Landhotel "Goldener Becher", Chemnitzer Straße 123, 09212): 385km 3. Limbach- Oberfrohna – Chemnitz (Versteinerter Wald, Moritzstraße 20, 09111): 15km 4. Chemnitz –Görlitz: 81 km 5. Görlitz – Opole (Oleska 22, 46-020): 250km Route 1. Bonn 2. Münchehagen 3. Limbach- Oberfrohna 4. Chemnitz 5. Görlitz 6. Opole Stop 1 : Münchehagen In a quarry close to Münchehagen (located in Lower Saxony), numerous dinosaur tracks have been found. The site was recognized as a natural heritage site and a museum was built to present the finds to the public. Most objects on display are life sized dinosaur models. The dinosaur tracks date to the Lower Cretaceous and were most likely created in the muddy flood plains of a river delta. Most tracks have been made by sauropods, but some belong to ornithopods and theropods as well. Additionally, Europasaurus fossils, which were dwarfed sauropods from the Late Jurassic, are stored and prepared in the Dinopark Münchehagen Overnight: Limbach-Oberfrohna The overnight will take place in the Hotel Goldener Becher in Limbach-Oberfrohna. It is a small city located in Saxony near to Chemnitz. The biggest tourist attraction is the 12th century Wolkenburg palace. Stop 2: Chemnitz Almost 300 years ago, a petrified forest was found in Chemnitz. The plants (mostly tree ferns and giant horsetails) and animals died 291 million years ago due to a volcanic eruption. They were covered with hot tephra and the silicic acid from the tephra ensured preservation. We will visit the Naturkunde Museum in Chemnitz, which houses a large collection of petrified wood, not only from Chemnitz itself, but from all over the world. Lunch Break: Görlitz – Zgorzelec In Görlitz (German) – Zgorzelec (Polish) we will stop for a lunch break. In is the easternmost town in Germany, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the state of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. The town has a beautiful renovate architectural heritage (Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Historicist, Art Nouveau). One example of this rich architectural heritage is the Schönhof, which is one of the oldest civic renaissance buildings in Germany. Another medieval heritage is a model of the Holy Sepulchre which was constructed in the late 15th Century. Final Stop: Opole, Poland The city lies on the border of Upper and Lower Silesia. You can visit the charming historical city center and, of course, take part in the 13th annual meeting of the Eurpean Association of Vertebrate Palaeontology.
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