A few months ago, the Geseke cement plant (North Rhine-Westphalia) inaugurated the “Mythos Stein” park, which extends along a 750-meter itinerary in a disused part of the plant’s quarry. Designed in close collaboration with the Nature Conservation Foundation of Geseke, the site is open to visitors 24 hours/7 days per week allowing them to experience a unique symbiosis between man, nature, industry and culture. Sculptures by artist Renate Geschke, carved mainly from Anröchte dolomite or limestone from Geseke, are situated harmoniously among the local flora and fauna. The park hosts approximately 40 species of animals and plants on the “at risk of extinction” list. In some areas, visitors can see different types of orchids such as the early purple orchid or the bee orchid, and from the animal kingdom the predominantly amphibian species which inhabit the park. On the walls of the quarry, visitors can see the traces of history left by the various geological eras over millions of years. Embedded in the rocks are numerous fossils, the remains of life that existed in the epicontinental sea in Northern Germany.
Besides sculpture, nature and geology, Dyckerhoff also wants visitors to discover the company and cement plant so various descriptive panels have been installed in the park illustrating the characteristics of “Cement and Concrete” and the “Dyckerhoff Geseke Plant”. In other words, a complete itinerary, full of information in the middle of nature.