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The Dark Side - Codename "Marmor"

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door aj-gps     Oostenrijk > Steiermark > Graz

N 47° 11.877' E 015° 21.452' (WGS84)

 andere coördinaatstelsel
 Grootte: klein
Status: Beschikbaar
 Verborgen op: 12. november 2008
 Listed since: 15. december 2008
 Laatste verandering: 26. oktober 2016
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC7157
Ook gepubliceerd op: geocaching.com 

11 Gevonden
0 Niet gevonden
0 Opmerkingen
4 Maintenance logs
1 Watcher
0 Negeerders
330 Bekeken
0 Log pictures
Geokrety verleden
2 Aanbevelingen

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Beschrijving    English (Engels)

Date: August 17th, 1944
Location: Seized territory of the monastery of Vorau, 12 km northwest of Graz - "Peggau Hinterberg"
Project code name: Marmor
Project purpose: Establishment of a satellite camp of Mauthausen in order to provide manpower to construct a large tunnel system in the rock face behind Peggau for the purpose of producing strategic arms and aircraft parts
Inmate population: 880
Closure: April 2nd, 1945
Death toll: ~100
Publicity: Almost non-existent
The Dark Side

Disclaimer: This cache will lead you to an area that might be quite interesting to explore. Note that I'm not endorsing these activities and they are not necessarily required to find the cache. The cache attributes might not apply to your way of solving this cache but should prevent people from being too careless. Even though you might enjoy this cache please don't forget its past.


Stage 1
Parking coordinates:
N47°11.871
E015°21.395

Stage coordinates:
N47°11.877
E015°21.452


There is not much to write about this place. The sign should be pretty much self-explanatory.

Stage 2
This stage can be found at a bearing of 85 degrees and a distance of 135 meters from stage 1.



There is a small sign on a nearby bench.
A=Number of letters of the last word on the sign on the bench.
B=Number of metal screws in the backrest of the bench.
C=Number of words in the first line of the sign on the bench.


Stage 3
New parking coordinates:
N47°1C.AA1
E015°20.(2xB)0A
Go uphill at the parking coordinates.

Final coordinates:
N47°1C.A(B-2xC)9
E015°20.(2xB)3(A+1)
GPS reception might be quite bad. Please see the spoiler picture and the note below.

Update October 2016:
Unfortunately this cache used to be located in "forbidden territory". As it turned out there is a nature protection area covering the rock face including the tunnels. Per law it's forbidden to enter this area even though there are no signs about that on site (Landesgesetz #20000492 #20001228). Because of that this cache is now hidden outside of that area and I strongly urge you not to enter any of the nine tunnels!
Stage 3 was changed to "Final", stage 4 (a few meters south) and the old final (further south) both removed.



GPS reception might be quite bad. You are now in front of a portal of one of the tunnels - there are 9 tunnels with approximately 9.400 square meters.
Tunnel #9 is a nature protection area for bats (such as Rhinolophidae, Myotis, Miniopterus schreibersi, Pipistrellus) and is also used for scientific research (measurement of earth crust movement).

A spoiler picture is available. Good luck.


(You might also be interested in Datenbunker - Codename "Syenit" (GC1AQ09))

Gecodeerde hint   Decoderen

[Final:] orgjrra pbapergr naq zrgny - [siehe Spoiler]

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

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Logs van The Dark Side - Codename "Marmor"    Gevonden 11x Niet gevonden 0x Opmerking 0x Maintenance 4x

Gevonden The geocache is in good or acceptable condition. Aanbevolen 16. november 2022 Zoidberg73 heeft de cache gevonden

Heute stand ein gemeinsamer Cacherausflug mit Pimi1, smile64 und EllisSunny auf dem Programm. Dabei machten wir bei prächtigem Spätherbstwetter eine größere Wanderung rund um Peggau; danach kehrten wir bei einer sehr bekannten Konditorei in Gratkorn zu Kaffee und Kuchen ein und ließen den Tag noch mit ein paar Funden in Gratwein ausklingen... Ein herzliches "Danke" an die ganze Runde für einen weiteren schönen Caching-Tag!

Anmerkung zu diesem Cache: Eine sehr stimmige Runde um ein dunkles und trauriges Thema aus unser aller Vergangenheit! Auch ich habe nicht gewußt, was sich dort in der Vergangenheit ereignet hat - eine sehr gute Idee, das so in Erinnerung zu halten. Die Werte konnten problemlos ermittelt werden und am Final (dort mit einer wahrlich beklemmenden Stimmung...) war die Dose rasch gefunden. Der Cache hat sich wahrlich ein blaues Herzale verdient!

TFTC an aj-gps für Idee, Realisierung und Wartung dieses Caches!

Gevonden 17. maart 2022 Maki Graz heeft de cache gevonden

Rätsel schnell gelöst und Cache schnell gefunden.
TFTC Maki

Beschikbaar 26. oktober 2016 aj-gps has maintained the cache

Listing updated - enjoy.

OC-Team Gearchiveerd 01. juni 2016 Opencaching.de has archived the cache

This cache has been "temporarily unavailable" for more than 12 months now; therefore it is being archived automatically. The owner may decide to maintain the cache and re-enable the listing.

Tijdelijk niet beschikbaar 24. mei 2015 aj-gps has disabled the cache

As I was told that parts of this cache are located on "forbidden territory" - a nature protection area that exists by law but doesn't have any information- or prohibition signs - this cache is disabled until I'm able to relocate the final and adjust the description.
It must be coincidence that sometimes nature protection seems to be quite handy to hide the past ..