Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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The city of Nördlingen was unknowingly built on the site of a terrifying natural disaster. Let's explore the city and, most importantly, learn about the event that created the landscape about 15 million years ago.

Many thanks to the Ries Crater Museum in Nördlingen for their help with the making of this video. Visit the museum's official website here:
rieskrater-museum.de (in German)
rieskrater-museum.de/?lang=en (in English)

Chapters:
00:00 A Free Imperial City
01:59 Mediaeval defences
04:44 Suevite
06:23 The witch hunt
08:15 It's a crater!
09:38 The sheer scale of it
12:06 Limescale and astronauts
13:40 A downturn and a sportsman
14:48 Tips for visitors


Music:

"On My Way Home"
by The 126ers
YouTube Audio Library

"Style Funk"
"Hot Swing"
by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com
Creative Commons Attribution licence

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