Ries Tour Start at Nördlingen

Panoramic view of Nördlingen from the top of Daniel Tower
Photo: G. Osinski, University of Western Ontario
Location: Town of Nördlingen, along the margin of the structure's "inner ring"
Scale: Distance is several hundreds of meters from left to right across the picture

In the far distance you can see the wooded hills that represent the crater rim of the Ries structure.

Close-up of the top of Daniel Tower
Photo: G. Osinski, University of Western Ontario
Location: Town of Nördlingen, along the margin of the structure's "inner ring"
Scale: Height of the balcony wall to the left is 1 meter

All the small black patches in the blocks of suevite are impact glasses.

Medieval fortification wall around Nördlingen
Photo: G. Osinski, University of Western Ontario
Location: Town of Nördlingen, along the margin of the structure's "inner ring"
Scale: Height of the fortification wall is 10 meters

This is the only town in Germany where you can walk all the way around the medieval fortification ring. Completed in the 14th century, it is made almost entirely of suevite!