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Posta Sandstone (german: Postaer Sandstein) also called Wehlen Sandstone (''Wehlener Sandstein''), only occurs on the eastern banks of the River Elbe at
File:Dresden HBF Empfangshalle.jpg, Dresden central station
File:Schloss Albrechtsberg Dresden.jpg, Albrechtsberg Castle, Dresden
File:Schloss-Eckstein.JPG, Eckstein Castle, Dresden
File:Annenkirche Dresden Eingang.jpg, Entrance to Anne's Church, Dresden
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Technical data on Posta SandstoneLaser cleaning of Posta Sandstone during restoration measures
Posta Sandstone (german: Postaer Sandstein) also called Wehlen Sandstone (''Wehlener Sandstein''), only occurs on the eastern banks of the River Elbe at Alte Poste
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, near Herrenleithe, Wehlen, Zeichen and Posta. The thickness of the deposit is between 30 and 50 metres. It is also known as ''Überquader'' ("Over Ashlar") and has the smallest deposit of all the Elbe sandstones. In 2008 it was being quarried in the areas around the village of Lohmen and in Wehlen.
Quarrying and use
In 2008, Posta Sandstone was being won in two quarries in the Wesenitz valley and it was being used for solid window and door frames, façade slabs, sculptor's blocks and high-profile masonry work. It is used especially in restoration work and sometimes also in new structures. The following is a selection of the structures built in Posta Sandstone: * Berlin: ** Ground floor of the Berlin Institute of Technology in Charlottenburg * Dresden: ** Old Town (''Altmarkt'') (rebuilding after the Second World War) ** Bismarck towers ** Dresden Bank buildings ** Anne's Church ** Eckberg Castle ** Dresden central station ** Cosel Palace **Church of Our Lady Church of Our Lady may refer to:
Belgium
* Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)
* Church of Our Lady, Bruges
*Church of Our Lady (Kortrijk)
* Church of Our Lady of Laeken, site of the royal crypt, Brussels
*Church of Our Lady, Melsele
Canada
* Church ...
** Zwinger Palace, brown studio
** Albrechtsberg Palace
* Hamburg:
** Villa Offen
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* Magdeburg:
** Alte Wache
* Senftenberg:
** War memorials for the dead of World War I
See also
* List of sandstones *Cotta Sandstone
Cotta Sandstone (german: Cottaer Sandstein, also called ''Mittelquader''), is found in the Elbe Valley and in its numerous tributary valleys. Its main deposit lies in the west of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, where it runs up to the Bohemian bor ...
* Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone
Reinhardtsdorf Sandstone (german: Reinhardtsdorfer Sandstein, also ''Oberquader'' or ''Hauptsandstein'') is quarried in the vicinity of Reinhardtsdorf near Pirna in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in the German Free State of S ...
* Wehlen Sandstone
Sources
* W. Dienemann und O. Burre: ''Die nutzbaren Gesteine Deutschlands und ihre Lagerstätten mit Ausnahme der Kohlen, Erze und Salze,'' Enke-Verlag, Stuttgart 1929, p. 304ff * Siegfried Grunert: ''Der Elbsandstein: Vorkommen, Verwendung, Eigenschaften''. In: Geologica Saxonica Journal of Central European Geology 52/53 (2007), p. 143-204Digitalisat
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