Frau Hitt, an old mermaid?

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Petrified Emmentaler? Far from it. This is a piece of limestone from the Nordkette, found not far from Frau Hitt. The elongated holes in this rock originate from minerals, which indicate a high evaporation in ancient shallow lagoons – similar to the Persian Gulf today.

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Around 240 million years ago, the sea floor of the Nordkette was home to a wide variety of life. The tower snail can easily be recognized by its windings in the longitudinal section. Can you also spot the two cross-sections of other snails?

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Petrified mud from the subtropical sea floor: this stone comes from Frau Hitt herself.

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Greetings from the lagoon: the cigarette-like lime algae called Dasycladaceae inhabited the protected, shallow lagoon that extended into the Karwendel mountain range behind the reef of the Nordkette.