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a) 6th June 2019
b) 6th January 2020
c) 6th August 2018
d) 6th September 2018
On the 6th June 2019 the Reinhard & Sonja Ernst-Foundation received the building permit for the excavation support. Over 200 guests, including numerous representatives from politics and culture, celebrated the commencement of construction for the Museums Reinhard Ernst on 30th August 2019.
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a) A playground
b) A parking lot
c) A lawn
d) A dog hairdresser
Prior to the start of excavation work for the Museum Reinhard Ernst in August 2019, there was a large parking lot at the site. While excavating, the construction machinery uncovered the remains of a parking garage, believed to have been constructed in 1971.
However, just a few years later, the parking garage was demolished to make way for the construction of the Dresdner Bank building (now Commerzbank). A new parking garage was constructed a few meters away and, due to its distinctive façade featuring tall yellow piping, became popularly known as the “Giraffe Cage.”
Photo 1: Parking deck at Wilhelmstrasse, corner of Rheinstrasse (Source: City of Wiesbaden Press Office).
Photo 2: Rhein-Main-Hallen parking garage, the so-called “Giraffe Cage”. Many thanks to Daniel Becker for providing the photo.
a) over 1,000 tons
b) over 10,000 tons
c) over 2,222 tons
d) over 200 tons
The building façade weighs over 1,000 tons. Explore more about our white granite, its processing and installation here:
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a) 2,300 tons
b) 50,080 tons
c) 1,999 tons
d) 10,002 tons
The correct answer is 2,300 tons. That is more than 1/3 of the metallic structure of the Eiffel Tower!
