Seen Nördlingen from bird’s eye view, a gigantic crater with a diameter of about 25 km can be guessed: the Nördlinger Ries. How this was created, why the astronauts of the Apollo Mission rehearsed here for their moon landing and which advantage the FC Bayern promises of this extraordinary area, are just some of the many regional features to which the film is dedicated.

The fact that praying mantises can also live in Germany is no longer a secret in the Kaiserstuhl region. But not only the local climate and the flora and fauna are special, but also the geomorphological processes of the past, wich gives perfect surroundings for excellent wines and other culinary specialties  

Today known to many as a popular holiday region, the appearance of the Allgäu was created a long time ago by the great forces of nature. It is all the more astonishing that one of the different consequences of these processes can have a flavor effect.

The film score for "Traces in the Stone: The History of the Volcanic Eifel" was honored at this year's International Sound & Film Music Festival as the best music in documentary film.

In the second episode of the series "Spuren im Stein" everything revolves around the peculiarities of the Upper Rhine Graben. Here Sven Plöger encounters hummingbirds, prospectors and many other surprises, which, on closer inspection, naturally belong to the Upper Rhine.

The Saarland has a turbulent history, not only from a political but also from a geological point of view. Thus, in the deeper layers of the earth, it can be traced back over several hundred million years, as e.g. the coveted raw materials of the Saarland have arisen.

The Eifel, which looks so idyllic today, does not necessarily suggest at first glance that the most powerful volcanic eruption in Central Europe over the last million years took place here, just under 13,000 years ago. But the natural disaster at this time also had positive side effects that the Romans already knew how to use.

The Swabian Alb has much more to offer than their already beautiful landscapes. So researchers discovered fossils of marine animals from the Jurassic era, when the Alb was still covered by a sea, or flute fragments of what is believed to be the oldest musical instruments of humanity.