Local excursions

1-day excursion name (long):
Periglacial and glacial Phenomena in western SaxonyTopics:
Periglacial coverbeds, glacial striae, loess deposits, ice wedge casts, glacial deposits

Overview:
This excursion will present glacial and periglacial pheonomena in western Saxony, a region that was overprinted by the Elsterian and Saalian glacial stages and subsequently by periglacial conditions during the Weichselian period. The visited sites exhibit glacial and loess deposits, glacial striae, periglacial cover beds and ice wedge casts.

Programme:
Hohburg - Rehbach - Pegau
(depending on the actual accessibility of the sites changes of the program are possible) :

Premliminary schedule:
- 08.00am – 10.00am: Bus travel Potsdam-Hohburg
- 10.00am – 01.00pm: 1.Site - Hohburger Berge 
- 01.00pm – 02.00pm: Lunch at the manor house Röcknitz
- 02.00pm – 03.00pm: Bus travel Hohburg – Rehbach
- 03.00pm – 04.00pm: 2. Site - Gravel pit Rehbach:
- 04.00pm – 04.30pm: Bus travel Rehbach – Pegau
- 04.30pm – 05.30pm: 3. Site - Loam: pit Zauschwitz
- 05.30pm – 05.45pm: Bus travel Pegau – Zwenkau
- 05.45pm – 06.00pm: View point – Open-cast lignite mine lake Zwenkau
- 06.00pm – 08.00pm: Bus travel Zwenkau - Potsdam

Modes of travel:
Bus

Duration of trip:
08:00am - 20:00pm

max. number of possible participants:
32

Organizers:
Mathias Ulrich, University of Leipzig, Institute for Geography, Johannisallee 19a
D - 04103 Leipzig, Germany phone: +49 (0)341 9732962
Mail: mathias.ulrich@uni-leipzig.deContact:
Mathias Ulrich, mathias.ulrich@uni-leipzig.deContributors:
Hans von Suchodoletz, Annett Krüger, Christoph Zielhofer (University of Leipzig, Institute for Geography)

1-day excursion name (long): The type-region of the Saalian-Elsterian Glaciation (Saxony): Stratigraphy, sediments and glacial and periglacial deformation in Central Germany

Topics:
Saalian deposits, fluvial deposits, brown coal diapires, varved clays, recultivation of open-cast mines, mining lakes

Overview:
The excursion will present the type-region of the Elsterian and Saalian glaciation in Central Germany, the glacial and periglacial deformation of Tertiary and Quaternary deposits as well as the problems of recultivation of former brown-coal mines and the formation of new lake landscapes in this creation region.

Programme:
- Active open-cast brown coal mine Profen (Saalian fluvial sediments, brown coal diapires) 
- Geotope at the lake Stormthalcr See (Elsterian deposits and varved clays)
- The Tauchaer Endmorian (Saalian melt-water deposits, deformatioпen) 
- Central Germany's lake landscape (recultivation and minning lakes)

Modes of travel:
Bus

Duration of trip:
08:00am-08:00pm
max. number of possible participants:
19

Organizers:
Dr. habil. Frank W. Junge
Rösl Gewerbepark
Pönitzer Weg 2
04425 Taucha
http://www.junge-erdwissen.de 
Mobil: 0163 84 47 559
Mail: junge@junge-erdwissen.de

Contact:
Dr. habil. Frank W. Junge, junge@junge-erdwissen.de

Contributors:

1-day excursion name (long):
Quaternary palaeoenvironments in Thuringia

Topics: 
Fossil record of late Middle to Late Pleistocene plants, animals and humans, Pleistocene palaeoenvironments, fossil preservation in travertine

Overview:
In the frame of the palaeontological excursion to the classical Quaternary site Weimar-Ehringsdorf, we will visit former travertine quarries that once revealed rich faunas and floras existing from late Middle to Late Pleistocene. The locality is also known as the richest site of hominin remains in Germany and place of extensive Palaeolithic archaeological inventories. The Pleistocene sequence of Weimar-Ehringsdorf comprises 12 faunal complexes that represent different stages in the climate and evolutionary history. The plant species composition, preserved mainly by travertine incrustations of leaves and fructifications, indicates the presence of mixed oak forests and more or less open woodlands existing under interglacial conditions over most of the sequence. Important parts of the profile are still accessible in a scarp kept open for research purposes. Subsequent to the excursion to the travertine quarries, representative botanical and zoological specimens from the profile will be shown in the Museum for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology and in the collections of the Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology Weimar.

Programme:
8:00 start in Potsdam
Arrival in Weimar approx. at 11:00 
Starting point Belvedere: view over the Ilm River valley 
12:00 Excursion to the Weimar Ehringsdorf travertine profile, 1 h 30’
13:30 lunch break, 1h
14:30 visit of the Ehringsdorf collections at the Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology Weimar
16:00 visit of the palaeontological and Palaeolithic collections at the Museum for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology
17:00 Departure to Potsdam
20:00 Arrival in Potsdam

Modes of travel:
bus

Duration of trip:
travel and return 8h + 3h excursion

max. number of possible participants:
36

Organizers:
Senckenberg Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology Weimar, Am Jakobskirchhof 4
99423 Weimar, phone +49 (0) 3643 49309 3336
fax +49 (0) 3643 49309 3352 Frank.Kienast@senckenberg.de

Contact:
F. Kienast Frank.Kienast@senckenberg.de

Contributors:
F. Kienast, J.-A. Keiler

1-day excursion name (long):
From Eemian to Late Weichselian glaciation in NE-Germany - Ice age landscape model region Neubrandenburg -Feldberg

Topics:
• tunnel valley
• end moraine
• boulder wall
• Eemian peat
• Miocene rafts
• glaciotectonics

Overview:
The trip want to introduce the typical landscape of Late Weichselian glaciation between Neubrandenburg and Feldberg. The long shaped deep Tollense valley is the classical type of big subglacial tunnel valley. In gravel pit Neubrandenburg Hinterste Muehle is famous for nature protected sequence of Late Saalian and Eemian deposits. Close by in Fritscheshof is possible to visit in a sand pit where glaciotectonically uplifted rafts of Miocene quartz sands are on surface. Near Feldberg is one of the best preserved Weichselian ice age landscape model region in Northern Germany with subglacial incised channel valleys and typical features of Weichselian ice marginal zone like boulder walls.

Programme:
1. appr. 11:00 a.m. Arrival at view point Eugen-Geinitz-Sicht (Usadel): tunnel valley of Lake Tollensesee (0.5 h) 
2. 11.45 a.m. Sand pit NB-Fritscheshof, Miocene rafts (1 h),
3. 13:00 p.m. Lunch time (0.5 h)
4. 13:45 p.m. Gravel pit NB-Hinterste Mühle:Eemian sequence (1.5 h)
5. 15:45 p.m. Feldberg/Carwitz-Hullerbusch and Wittenhagen ice age centre (1.5 h) 
6. 17:30 p.m. Departure 
7. appr 20:15 p.m. Arrival Potsdam.

Modes of travel:
Bus

Duration of trip:
08:00 a.m. - 20:15 p.m.

max. number of possible participants:
48

Organizers:
State authority for Environment, Nature Protection and Geology of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - State Geological Survey 
Goldberger Str. 12
18273 Güstrow
GERMANY
phone: +49 (0) 3843 777351
fax: +49 (0) 3843 777 9351
email: andreas.boerner@lung.mv-regierung.de

Contact:
Andreas Boerner, andreas.boerner@lung.mv-regierung.de

Contributors:
Klaus Granitzki (geologist, Usadel), 
Torsten Röpcke (director, Porensteinwerk Neubrandenburg)

1-day excursion name (long):
Classic Quaternary sites northeast of BerlinTopics:
terminal moraines, glaciolimnic deposits, periglacial valleys, Eemian deposits


Overview:
The field trip will take us to classic sites of Quaternary geology and geomorphology around Eberswalde and Bad Freienwalde, NE of Berlin. We will visit Weichselian glacial landscapes and deposits, including terminal moraines, periglacial dry valleys, glaciofluvial and glaciolacustrine sediments, as well as Eemian interglacial lacustrine sequences.

Programme:
1. departure from Potsdam app. 8:30 a.m.
2. arrival at Chorin app. 10:00 a.m.; Terminal moraines around Chorin (2 h) 
3. 12:00 a.m. Eberswalde-Macherslust; glaciolacustrine sediments, warved silt (0.5 h)
4. 12:30 p.m. lunch time (30 min.; 30 min journey time)
4a. additional station (depends on time): Bad Freienwalde-Hammerthal: pushed Oligocene deposits (1 h); 
5. 1:30 p.m. Bad Freienwalde hospital: periglacial dry valleys (2 h); 
6. 3:30 p.m. Wriezen-Vevais; Eemian sequence (1.0 h)
7. 4:30 p.m. departure from Wriezen
8. arrival at Potsdam app. 6:00 p.m

Modes of travel:
Bus

Duration of trip:
app. 8-10 h

max. number of possible participants:
48

Organizers:
Dr. Olaf Juschus
Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (FH)
Fachbereich Landschaftsnutzung und Naturschutz
Schicklerstr. 3-5; H2.310
D-16225 Eberswalde
Tel. +49 (0)3334/657-323
Mail: Olaf.Juschus@hnee.de

Contact:
Dr. Olaf Juschus, Olaf.Juschus@hnee.de

Conntributors:
-

1-day excursion name (long): Ruedersdorf a classic geological key site near Berlin


Topics:
• Limestone open-cast mine - mining and Mesozoic and Quaternary outcrops
• outcrops outside the active opencast
• Use of limestone in Ruedersdorf
• Engineering monumentsOverview:
see: www.geo.tu-berlin.de/ruedersdorf and www.museumspark.de

Programme:
1. departure from Potsdam Kongress Hotel 7:30 a.m.
2. arrival at Ruedersdorf Kesselsee app. 9 a.m.
3. Limestone open-cast mine with actual outcrops from 9-12
4. use of limestone in Ruedersdorf Kalkberge church
5. lunch time
6. Museumspark with engeneering monuments
7. departure from Ruedersdorf app. 3 p.m.
8. arrival at Potsdam app. 4:30 p.m.

Modes of travel:
Bus

Duration of trip:
app. 7:30 am - 4:30 pm

max. number of possible participants:
19

Organizers:
Dr. Gerda Schirrmeister
Büro für Beratung
Gutachten und Stadtführung zu Natursteinen
Frobenstraße 9, 10783 Berlin
Tel: (030) 21005428
Fax: (030) 31479471
Mail: gerda.schirrmeister@gmx.de

Contact:
Dr. Gerda Schirrmeister, gerda.schirrmeister@gmx.de

Contributors:
Andreas Koszinski
Cemex OstZement

1-day excursion name (long): Natural and Cultural Heritage of Potsdam by bike

Topics:
• Potsdam history and culture 
• glacial, periglacial, postglacial land forms and deposits 
• anthropogenic impact

Overview:
There are three reasons to visit Potsdam: (1) the historical heritage of Prussian kings and emperors, (2) the dense concentration of manifold fields of research, and (3) the wonderful landscape around Potsdam, which was shaped during the last ice age until today.
There is no better opportunity rather than biking in spring to get a physical and mental impression of landforms and culture of the region. Preformed by natural processes, the country around Potsdam was strongly modified by different ways of land use, depending on geological substrates. 
The about 30 km long bike trip will lead us along rivers, lakes, and over hills, flanked by Prussian palaces, traditional villages, and open-air restaurants with tasteful domestic bear and food.
Geological aspects: Fluvial terraces, glacial and postglacial lakes, morainic arcs, dunes, kames forms and outcrops.

Programme:
(1) 8:30 am: Departure from Potsdam Kongress Hotel. 
(2) 9:00 am: Potsdam, geography and history. 
(3) 12:00 am: Glindow Alps, glaciolacustrine clays in older groundmoraine, ancientbrick industry. 
(4) 1:00 pm: Petzow Castle, 19th century village in a glacially formed landscape. 
(5) 2:00 pm: Ferch wetlands, former outwash mouth of the Lake Schwielow glacial lobe. 
(6) 3:00 pm: Wietkiekenberg, marginal moraine of the Lake Schwielow glacial lobe. 
(7) 4:00 pm: Caputh, Brandenburg village in kames landscape. 
(8) 5:00 pm: Lake Templin, glacial and periglacial landforms, domestic brewery. 
(9) 6:00 pm: Arrival at Kongress Hotel.

Modes of travel:
bike & walk. The bicycles will be provided by the organizers for free

Duration of trip:
app. 8:30 am - 6:00 pm

max. number of possible participants:
30

Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Diekmann
Alfred Wegener Institute
Telegrafenberg A43
D-14473 Potsdam
(Building A43-107)
Tel: +49(331)288-2170
Fax: +49(331)288-2122
Mail: Bernhard.Diekmann@awi.de

Contact:
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Diekmann, Bernhard.Diekmann@awi.de

Contributors:
-

1-day excursion name (long): Local sightseeing tour in Potsdam

Topics:
City tour, Potsdam history, Sanssouci Palace

Overview:
City tour through the historical district of Potsdam with inside visit of the Sanssouci Palace

Programme:
-

Modes of travel:
bus, walk

Duration of trip:
10 am - 1:30 pm

max. number of possible participants:
40

Organizers:
Potsdam Convention & Group Travel Office
POTSDAM TOURISMUS SERVICE

Contact:
Mathilda.Mueller@potsdamtourismus.de

Contributors:
-

1-day excursion name (long): A Scientific Stroll across the Telegrafenberg Potsdam


Topics:
"Albert Einstein Park" with:
• First Astrophysical Institute of the world 
• Einstein Tower 
• The Great Refractor 
• Polar history 
• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Overview:
On the Telegrafenberg the Royal Prussian Institutes for Astrophysics, Meteorology and Geodesy are founded between 1874 and 1892. They became birth places for their disciplines and world famous. Here, in 1881 Albert Michelson carried out his fundamental interferometer experiment for the first time what was the basis for Einstein’s theory of relativity. Polar researchers like Nansen, Amundsen and Wegener asked the institutes to support their expeditions with instruments and manpower. The impressive architecture of historical and modern buildings and historical information about the institutes are the aim of this guided tour.

Programme:
We are planning two tours one in the morning and one in the afternoon max. 25 participants each

Modes of travel:
walk

Duration of trip:
2,5 to 3 h

max. number of possible participants:
50

Organizers:
Dr. Diedrich Fritzsche
Alfred Wegener Institute
Telegrafenberg A43
D-14473 Potsdam
(Building A43-201)
Tel: +49(331)288-2117
Fax: +49(331)288-2122
Mail: Diedrich.Fritzsche@awi.de

Contact:
Diedrich.Fritzsche@awi.de

Contributors:
-

1-day excursion name (long): Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequences from Saxony

Topics:
Palaeosols in loess, Weichselian loess chronostratigraphy, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, ice wedge casts, biomarkers in loessOverview:
Participants will be introduced into the loess stratigraphy of Saxony. The stratigraphy will be illustrated at the Ostrau and the Rottewitz loess sections. The visited loess sections are located in the Central Saxon Loess Hills close to the city of Lommatzsch.
The first stop in the morning will be at Ostrau loess section where the major types of glacial pedogenesis in loess will be shown. Major properties of both the loess (grain size, carbonate content, OSL-ages) and of the embedded palaeosols (organic carbonate, biomarkers) will be presented and discussed. Furthermore the long walls of this pit enable to study the distribution of mollusc's shells in the relation to the former periglacial relief.
The second stop in the afternoon will be at the Rottewitz section near the city of Meißen. At this section an older loess package (ca. 60 - 70 ka) is preserved. This section is suitable for discussing biomarker results and their relation to the exposition of the site. Finally a model of loess deposition for the Saxon loess area will be proposed on the basis of the spatial distribution of loess.

Programme:
8:00 a.m. departure from Potsdam
app. 10:30 a.m. arrival at limestone pit Ostrau
13:30 lunch time at the bus (lunch packages)
app. 14:30 arrival at Rottewitz section
16:30 departure from Rottewitz 
app. 19:00 arrival at PotsdamModes of travel:
bus & walk (500m)Duration of trip:
8:00 - 19:00

max. number of possible participants:
(min/max) 15/48

Organizers:
Dr. Sascha Meszner
Dresden University of Technology
Faculty of Environmental Sciences
Department of Geography
Chair of Physical Geography
Tel: +49 351 643 32968
e-mail: sascha.meszner@tu-dresden.de

Contact:
sascha.meszner@tu-dresden.de

Contributors:
Michael Zech

1-day excursion name (long): Half-Day-Potsdam-Berlin-UNESCO-Worldheritage-Tour by bike

Topics:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and challenges of a growing community, protection of landmarksOverview:
In 1990 the UNESCO World Heritage Committee recorded the “Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin” on the World Heritage List at number 532 C i ii iv (Cultural Property). This was the first UNESCO entry following political reunification of Germany. The linking element is the Glienicke Bridge. The World Heritage sites have been expanded twice. Since 1954 Potsdam's World Heritage Site has also been the setting for the music festival “Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci".

Programme:
Departure from Potsdam Congress Hotel at 1 pm, 
stopp at "Kaiserbahnhof", 
stopp at New Palace, 
visit of "Teufelsgrabenbrücke" and "Krongut, 
strolling along the Sanssouci Park, 
visit of the Russian Colony Alexandrowka, 
visit of the "Neuer Garten", 
stopp at Cecilienhof Palace. 
The tour ends at the Glienicker Brücke. 
The guide will join you until your arrival at Congress Hotel at 5:30 pm.

Duration of trip:
4-4,5h

max. number of possible participants:
20

Estimated cost per person:
The bicycles will be provided by the organizers for free, restaurant on your own expenses

Organizers:
Dr. Sigrid Sommer, 
Landeshauptstadt Potsdam, 
Marketing Department, 
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 79/81, 
14469 Potsdam, 
Tel.: +49 331 1270, 
Fax: 49 331 3310, 
Mail: sigrid.sommer@rathaus.potsdam.de

Contact:
sigrid.sommer@rathaus.potsdam.de

Contributors: