Fossils / Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Fossils: Kühlungsborn
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From the western end of the beach, walk west along the shore below the cliff. Look for the gravel bands a storm leaves behind and fresh debris at the foot of slumps. Wet a flint to see the outline of a sea urchin more clearly. The local museum in Rerik runs fossil-hunting workshops.
What you can find
sea urchins in flint, belemnites, sponges in flint
Best wind: N, NW, NE
Rules and safety
Take only loose stones from the beach and do not dig into the cliff. Check the signs in case a stretch lies in a nature reserve. The cliff falls after storms, heavy rain and thaws, so walk the beach away from its foot and stay away during storms.
About the cliff
Kühlungsborn is a seaside resort on the Mecklenburg coast, west of Rostock. West of the town, towards Meschendorf and Rerik, runs a low cliff of glacial till. As on the Polish cliffs, the fossils sit in flints and pebbles carried by the ice sheet.
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