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Merkenbach, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Germany

Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Region:	Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Germany
Latitude:	50° 39' 22" N
Longitude:	8° 17' 42" E
Lat/Long (dec):	50.65626,8.29513
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Population:	1,600 (2015)
Mindat Feature ID:	2871805
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2871805:1
GUID:	def9a37e-6ced-4da5-be76-9f0d04564673

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Neuhoffnung smelter, Sinn (Hesse), Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 39' 24" N	8° 19' 27" E	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Roth, Driedorf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 39' 6" N	8° 13' 22" E	5.1km (3.2 miles)
Basalt quarry, Roth, Driedorf, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 39' 20" N	8° 13' 18" E	5.2km (3.2 miles)
Beilstein basalt quarry, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 37' 7" N	8° 14' 52" E	5.3km (3.3 miles)
Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 42' 23" N	8° 19' 45" E	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Medenbach, Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 41' 58" N	8° 14' 4" E	6.4km (4.0 miles)
Erdbach, Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 41' 22" N	8° 13' 6" E	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Ballersbach, Mittenaar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 40' 59" N	8° 23' 3" E	7.0km (4.3 miles)
Limestone quarry, Medenbach, Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 41' 33" N	8° 12' 33" E	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Niederscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 20" N	8° 18' 29" E	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Ludwigs Zuversicht mine, Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 40' 45" N	8° 11' 28" E	7.8km (4.8 miles)
Breitscheid meteorite, Breitscheid, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 40' 0" N	8° 11' 0" E	7.9km (4.9 miles)
Donsbach, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 17" N	8° 14' 14" E	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Haus Nassau Mine, Donsbach, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 42' 59" N	8° 13' 24" E	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Diabase quarry, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 35" N	8° 20' 32" E	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Laufenderstein Mine, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 5" N	8° 17' 48" E	8.8km (5.4 miles)
Schöner Anfang mine, Breitenbach, Ehringshausen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 37' 44" N	8° 24' 45" E	8.8km (5.5 miles)
Oberscheld blast furnace, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 53" N	8° 20' 15" E	8.9km (5.5 miles)
Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 34' 28" N	8° 15' 52" E	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 3" N	8° 20' 38" E	9.3km (5.8 miles)
Stangenwage Mine, Donsbach, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 36" N	8° 13' 8" E	9.5km (5.9 miles)
Constanze Mine, Langenaubach, Haiger, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 42' 55" N	8° 11' 43" E	9.6km (6.0 miles)
Junger Stein quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 34' 9" N	8° 15' 53" E	9.9km (6.2 miles)
Prinzkessel mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 15" N	8° 21' 22" E	10.0km (6.2 miles)
Auguststollen mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 8" N	8° 21' 52" E	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Werdorf, Aßlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 35' 57" N	8° 25' 1" E	10.7km (6.6 miles)
Beilstein Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 53" N	8° 21' 1" E	10.9km (6.8 miles)
Agnesen smelter, Haiger, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 38" N	8° 13' 7" E	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Ypsilanta Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 34" N	8° 22' 30" E	11.1km (6.9 miles)
Diabase quarry, Stockhausen, Leun, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 33' 17" N	8° 20' 6" E	11.6km (7.2 miles)

View of the quarry

Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

situation in Jan. 2011

Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

situation in Jan. 2011

Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Alter Stein Quarry, Allendorf, Greifenstein, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Minerals recorded nearby (within 11.6 km)

ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'

ⓘ 'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Erionite Subgroup'

ⓘ Erythrite

ⓘ 'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ 'Phillipsite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Plagioclase'

ⓘ Prehnite

ⓘ 'Pumpellyite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 11.6 km)

ⓘ Basalt

ⓘ Bituminous-coal

ⓘ Coal

ⓘ H5 chondrite meteorite

ⓘ Limestone

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Europe	Continent
Rhenish Massif, Europe	Massif
Germany	Country
Hesse, Germany	City-State
Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	Region
Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	District
Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	Town
Lahn Valley, Germany	River Valley

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Germany, Hessen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis	86.7.175.0.0.0
Germany, Hessen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Herborn	86.7.175.2409.0.0
Germany, Hessen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Herborn, Herborn	86.7.175.2409.3945.0

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