Wie hängen sie zusammen

Despite ongoing protests, the conversion of the quarry into a landfill continued to advance. The researchers sought a compromise and negotiated for themselves a digging area where they could excavate for fossils undisturbed for 20 years. This compromise meant that the citizens' initiative had to continue the fight alone – and the argument for fossil protection had become moot. In 1982, the initiative took legal action but suffered a defeat.