Messel pit

Messel pit - disused quarry near the village of Messel, paleontological site. Article “Messel pit” in Simple English Wikipedia has 49 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 11 references and 6 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Messel pit”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 823 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 23 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2938 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #1653 in April 2019
• Global: #5242 in March 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #15814 in April 2026
• Global: #21042 in May 2009

There are 33 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	German (de) Grube Messel		100
2	Catalan (ca) Jaciment de Messel		97.3161
3	English (en) Messel Pit		66.9222
4	Galician (gl) Pozo de Messel		56.2406
5	Hebrew (he) בור מסל		56.0231
6	Spanish (es) Sitio fosilífero de Messel		55.3701
7	Chinese (zh) 梅塞尔坑		49.6664
8	Polish (pl) Kopalnia skamielin w Messel		49.3549
9	Simple English (simple) Messel pit		49.0465
10	Slovak (sk) Nálezisko Messel		36.4974

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Messel pit" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Grube Messel		776 806
2	English (en) Messel Pit		563 822
3	Japanese (ja) メッセル採掘場		83 574
4	Spanish (es) Sitio fosilífero de Messel		71 800
5	Polish (pl) Kopalnia skamielin w Messel		53 672
6	Russian (ru) Карьер Мессель		51 884
7	French (fr) Site fossilifère de Messel		46 086
8	Italian (it) Pozzo di Messel		39 460
9	Dutch (nl) Groeve Messel		36 456
10	Chinese (zh) 梅塞尔坑		24 456

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Messel pit" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	German (de) Grube Messel		2 531
2	English (en) Messel Pit		1 775
3	Chinese (zh) 梅塞尔坑		239
4	Italian (it) Pozzo di Messel		137
5	French (fr) Site fossilifère de Messel		134
6	Russian (ru) Карьер Мессель		130
7	Japanese (ja) メッセル採掘場		110
8	Spanish (es) Sitio fosilífero de Messel		86
9	Dutch (nl) Groeve Messel		72
10	Polish (pl) Kopalnia skamielin w Messel		56

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Messel pit" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Grube Messel		247
2	English (en) Messel Pit		147
3	French (fr) Site fossilifère de Messel		58
4	Italian (it) Pozzo di Messel		41
5	Dutch (nl) Groeve Messel		39
6	Spanish (es) Sitio fosilífero de Messel		32
7	Polish (pl) Kopalnia skamielin w Messel		23
8	Catalan (ca) Jaciment de Messel		21
9	Swedish (sv) Messels gruva		21
10	Japanese (ja) メッセル採掘場		19

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Messel pit" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Hebrew (he) בור מסל		3
2	German (de) Grube Messel		2
3	Arabic (ar) حفرة ميسيل		1
4	Catalan (ca) Jaciment de Messel		1
5	English (en) Messel Pit		1
6	Basque (eu) Messelgo aztarnategia		1
7	Azerbaijani (az) Messel karxanası		0
8	Czech (cs) Messelský důl		0
9	Danish (da) Messelgruben		0
10	Greek (el) Πεδίο Απολιθωμάτων Μέσσελ		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Messel pit" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Messel Pit		427
2	German (de) Grube Messel		293
3	French (fr) Site fossilifère de Messel		176
4	Dutch (nl) Groeve Messel		151
5	Turkish (tr) Messel Çukuru		132
6	Hebrew (he) בור מסל		131
7	Italian (it) Pozzo di Messel		130
8	Polish (pl) Kopalnia skamielin w Messel		105
9	Chinese (zh) 梅塞尔坑		104
10	Norwegian (no) Messelgruven		99

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حفرة ميسيل
az	Azerbaijani Messel karxanası
ca	Catalan Jaciment de Messel
cs	Czech Messelský důl
da	Danish Messelgruben
de	German Grube Messel
el	Greek Πεδίο Απολιθωμάτων Μέσσελ
en	English Messel Pit
eo	Esperanto Messel (eksminejo)
es	Spanish Sitio fosilífero de Messel
eu	Basque Messelgo aztarnategia
fa	Persian گودال میسل
fi	Finnish Messelin kaivos
fr	French Site fossilifère de Messel
gl	Galician Pozo de Messel
he	Hebrew בור מסל
id	Indonesian Lubang Messel
it	Italian Pozzo di Messel
ja	Japanese メッセル採掘場
ka	Georgian მესელის ორმოები
lt	Lithuanian Meselio fosilijų radimvietė
nl	Dutch Groeve Messel
no	Norwegian Messelgruven
pl	Polish Kopalnia skamielin w Messel
pt	Portuguese Sítio fossilífero de Messel
ru	Russian Карьер Мессель
simple	Simple English Messel pit
sk	Slovak Nálezisko Messel
sv	Swedish Messels gruva
tr	Turkish Messel Çukuru
uk	Ukrainian Мессельський кар'єр
vi	Vietnamese Hố Messel
zh	Chinese 梅塞尔坑

Best Rank

Simple English: #15814 04.2026

Global: #21042 05.2009

Best Rank

Simple English: #1653 04.2019

Global: #5242 03.2003

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