Environment
At the Rüdersdorf Museumspark, visitors can learn about the significant importance of resources such as limestone and fuels for environmental history: Ever since quicklime was extracted from limestone, the process has been associated with CO2 emissions, which have grown steadily over the centuries. As early as the 18th and 19th centuries, widespread deforestation led to a so-called timber shortage, which even affected some of the architecture, such as the plank-and-timber-roof house. Meanwhile, in the 20th century, inadequate filtration systems led to extreme environmental pollution, which fortunately is no longer evident today. Even though production processes and energy sources have changed over time, environmental issues remain central to Rüdersdorf's history and make the site particularly relevant for environmental education.
Find out more on site – for example on a historical tour or in our exhibitions .
Further reading
Köhler, Eva (1994): Rüdersdorf: The Lime Capital on the Outskirts of Berlin. Berlin: Stapp Verlag.
750 Years of Limestone Mining in Rüdersdorf: Limestone extraction and processing shape a region. A presentation of mining history and its foundations, interrelationships, and impacts on the Rüdersdorf site (geology / mining / infrastructure / local development / raw material utilization / post-mining landscape). Published by Rüdersdorfer Zement GmbH, 2004.