The Nördlinger Ries is an impact crater [1] and large circular depression in western Bavaria and eastern Baden-Württemberg. It is located north of the Danube in the district of Donau-Ries. The city of Nördlingen is located within the depression, about 6 …

It was built in an impact crater 15 million years old and 25 km in diameter—the Nördlinger Ries—of a meteorite which hit with an estimated speed of 70,000 km/h, and left the area riddled with an estimated 72,000 tons of micro-diamonds. [3] …

2024年6月6日 · Nördlingen is the main town of Ries Crater, located in the middle. It’s famous for its complete Medieval walls that surround the old town, forming an almost perfect circle. The walk around the walls is about 4km, after which you can explore more of the historic town centre .

2022年1月10日 · The Ries crater is well developed for tourism. Interested visitors can explore the crater on hiking and biking trails, geological nature trails and in signposted geotopes. In the historic old town of Nördlingen, the RiesKraterMuseum offers the opportunity to learn more about the cosmic catastrophe. The region is a national geopark.

2024年6月3日 · Nördlingen, nestled in the German state of Bavaria, boasts a rich tapestry of history stretching back over 1100 years. This town is uniquely situated in the middle of the Nördlinger Ries, a massive crater formed by a meteorite impact over 14 million years ago.

2008年8月12日 · This pretty medieval town, with a population of 20,000, is situated entirely inside a massive meteorite crater 25 km across. This crater called the Nördlinger Ries, was formed some 14.5 million years ago when a meteor about a mile across slammed into Earth.

2022年6月29日 · Heute liegt die Stadt Nördlingen genau im Krater. Das gesamte Ries liegt etwa 150 Meter tiefer als die Umgebung. Der das Ries umgebende Wall besteht aus ehemaligem Auswurf. Suevit, das Gestein aus der Glutwolke der Explosion, lagerte sich bis zu dreißig Kilometer im Umkreis um den Krater ab und schuf für Nördlingen ein einzigartiges ...

Relief Model of Ries Crater, which is an impact structure located 100 kilometers east of Stuttgart. The crater is 25 km across, with the medieval town of Nördlingen on the crater floor. Ries Crater is about 15 million years old.

The Rieskrater Museum, sometimes known in English as the Ries Crater Museum, focuses on meteors and their collisions with Earth. The museum is housed in a 16th-century barn in Nördlingen , Germany which was part of the medieval city's center.

2016年3月26日 · Nördlingen is one of the few remaining medieval towns with an intact city wall. It is located in the center of Germany’s Romantic Road and lies within Nördlinger Ries, an impact crater created by a meteorite believed to have hit earth around 14.5 million years ago in the Miocene period.