A town in Germany is crumbling away by the minute

A town in Germany is crumbling away by the minute

The cracks are showing on the surface of this German town - and a new coat of paint will not fix the problem. 

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A town in southwest Germany is slowly falling apart at the seams.

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The residents of Staufen are witnessing the cracking and shifting of the buildings in their town little by little, all as a result of a geothermal drilling exercise. 

Measures were put in place to slow the bulging of the ground, and the cracks are now only growing at a few millimeters per month. 

However, even this supposedly small amount of cracking is too much for some buildings to withstand. 

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