Mammutmuseum Niederweningen

The Mammutmuseum Niederweningen, lit. 'Mammoth Museum Niederweningen', is a paleontological and geological museum in the municipality of Niederweningen in the Wehntal (Wehn Valley), canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and one of the few mammoth museums in Europe. == Background == About 185,000 years ago (Pleistocene epoch), a side lobe of the Walensee/Rhine glacier overlapped on the threshold at the present Pfannenstiel eastern slope from Hombrechtikon into the Glatttal towards Niederweningen, and eroded the overdeepened rock rut of the present Wehntal area.

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Mammutmuseum Niederweningen

The Mammutmuseum Niederweningen, lit. 'Mammoth Museum Niederweningen', is a paleontological and geological museum in the municipality of Niederweningen in the Wehntal (Wehn Valley), canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and one of the few mammoth museums in Europe. == Background == About 185,000 years ago (Pleistocene epoch), a side lobe of the Walensee/Rhine glacier overlapped on the threshold at the present Pfannenstiel eastern slope from Hombrechtikon into the Glatttal towards Niederweningen, and eroded the overdeepened rock rut of the present Wehntal area.

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