Meteorite falls in Germany
Germany has 31 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the seventh-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Treysa (63 kg, 1916). The earliest is Ortenau in 1671. The most recent is Neuschwanstein in 2002.
- Median recovered mass
- 1.9 kg
- Different class labels
- 16
- Falls with their own page
- 3
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 31, 19 are dated before 1900 and seven are from 1950 or later. The busiest period there is before 1800, with three falls. The median distance from a fall in Germany to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 62 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Glanerbrug in the Netherlands, 36 km from Ramsdorf.
What fell in Germany
The most common class is L6 (six falls), followed by H5 (5). Together the falls recorded in Germany recovered 166 kg.
- L chondrites 8
- H chondrites 11
- LL chondrites 4
- Intermediate and ungrouped ordinary chondrites 1
- Enstatite chondrites 1
- Eucrites, howardites and diogenites 3
- Iron meteorites 1
- Unclassified stones 2
Every fall in Germany
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1671 | Ortenau | Unclassified stone | 4.5 kg |
| 1775 | Rodach | Unclassified stone | 2.9 kg |
| 1785 | Eichstädt | H5 | 3 kg |
| 1803 | Mässing | Howardite | 1.6 kg |
| 1804 | Darmstadt | H5 | 100 g |
| 1812 | Erxleben | H6 | 2.2 kg |
| 1819 | Pohlitz | L5 | 3 kg |
| 1843 | Klein-Wenden | H6 | 3.2 kg |
| 1846 | Schönenberg | L6 | 8 kg |
| 1851 | Gütersloh | H3/4 | 1 kg |
| 1854 | Linum | L6 | 1.9 kg |
| 1855 | Bremervörde | H/L3.9 | 7.2 kg |
| 1862 | Menow | H4 | 11 kg |
| 1869 | Krähenberg | LL5 | 17 kg |
| 1870 | Ibbenbüren | Diogenite | 2 kg |
| 1877 | Hungen | H6 | 112 g |
| 1880 | Aachen | L5 | 21 g |
| 1886 | Barntrup | LL4 | 17 g |
| 1897 | Meuselbach | L6 | 870 g |
| 1900 | Forsbach | H6 | 240 g |
| 1916 | Treysa | Iron, IIIAB-an | 63 kg |
| 1920 | Simmern | H5 | 1.2 kg |
| 1927 | Oesede | H5 | 1.4 kg |
| 1930 | Oldenburg (1930) | L6 | 17 kg |
| 1953 | Peckelsheim | Diogenite-pm | 118 g |
| 1956 | Breitscheid | H5 | 1.5 kg |
| 1958 | Ramsdorf | L6 | 4.7 kg |
| 1962 | Kiel | L6 | 738 g |
| 1985 | Salzwedel | LL5 | 43 g |
| 1988 | Trebbin | LL6 | 1.2 kg |
| 2002 | Neuschwanstein | EL6 | 6.2 kg |