Courtesy translation. Only the German version of this page is legally binding (Die deutsche Fassung ist maßgeblich).

Information pursuant to Section 5 DDG

Die Lithothek gGmbH (a non-profit limited liability company under German law)
Am Brunnen 18
85551 Kirchheim
Germany

Represented by the management

Matthias Fieser (managing director)

Contact

Telephone: 089 28934873
Telephone (Stufenheim): 089 90198102
Email: info@die-lithothek.de

Entry in the commercial register

Registered in the commercial register.
Register court: Local Court (Amtsgericht) of Munich
Registration number: HRB 313739

VAT

No VAT identification number has been issued.

Exemption from tax because of charitable status

Die Lithothek gGmbH is recognised as a charitable organisation for the promotion of public education in the fields of mineralogy, the study of mineral deposits, geology, palaeontology and mining.

Responsible for the content pursuant to Section 18(2) of the German Interstate Media Treaty (MStV)

Matthias Fieser
(address as above)

Consumer dispute resolution

We are neither willing nor obliged to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

Liability for content

As a service provider we are responsible for our own content on these pages in accordance with Section 7(1) DDG and the general laws. Under Sections 8 to 10 DDG, however, we are not obliged to monitor transmitted or stored third-party information or to investigate circumstances that indicate unlawful activity. Obligations to remove or block the use of information under the general laws remain unaffected.

Liability for links

Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. We therefore cannot accept any liability for this external content. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for their content. If we become aware of any infringement, we will remove such links without delay.

Copyright

The texts and works created by the site operators on these pages are subject to German copyright law. Contributions by third parties are marked as such.

The photographs of the collection specimens were taken by the photographers named with each image, who hold the copyright. Author and licence are shown directly below every image. Where “CC BY-NC-ND 4.0” is stated, the licenceCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International applies: you may share the photographs unchanged and for non-commercial purposes if you name the author and the licence and refer to the licence text. Any other use requires the consent of the author.

If you find an image to which you hold rights and which is shown without your consent or with incorrect information, please write to us at info@die-lithothek.de. We will look into it without delay and remove the image from display until the matter has been clarified.

Image credits

The following credits apply to the images on the other pages (for example the home page, projects, news and profiles). Some mineral photographs are freely licensed images fromWikimedia Commons; the licences stated there areCC BY-SA 3.0,CC BY-SA 4.0and public domain: