... travelling on Europe's largest volcanic field!

Sunrise at Ulrichstein
Block heaps at the Geiselstein geotope (Source: C. Marx)
Bonifatiuskanzel
Excursion visitors in the quarry Ober-Ohmen
View towards the reservoir close to Schotten
Geological Tree Hedge, Schotten-Eichelsachsen
Basalt plates in Europe's largest open pit basalt mine, Homberg/Ohm
Sonnberg, Angersbach
Peridotite in Basalt
Stopping for a little rest close to Rudingshain
Basalt wall in the open pit basalt mine near Nieder-Ofleiden
Trail at the Steiger
Rosehips in the Vogelsberg Garden geostation
A break along one of our hiking trails - Vogelsberg water is not to be missed!
View of the local mountain Hoherodskopf (Source: C. Marx)
Quarry Ober-Ohmen
A little Vogelsberger says Hello! (Source: C. Marx)
Amoeneburg East Wall Geotope
Inside the geoinformation center Vulkaneum, Schotten
Quarry Ober-Ohmen
Autumn feeling in the volcano region (Source: Hessen Tourismus)
Outcrop in the Lower Quarry Mitte, Schwalmtal
The "Black Brook" (Schwarza)
View over Hopfmannsfeld towards the Rhoen Mountains
Alteburgkopf, Schotten
Volcanic Region Water Reservoir
Upper quarry east, Schwalmtal (closed down)
Peridotite in Basalt in fron of the geoinformation center Vulkaneum in Schotten
Hohmichelstein at Lauterbach

Sunrise at Ulrichstein

Sunrise at Ulrichstein

Oberwald-School Grebenhain

The Oberwaldschule (OBW) in Grebenhain has been an environmental school since 2008 and has already won the award for the 7th time.

The comprehensive school supports various campaigns, e.g. "Bienenfreundliches Hessen" and "Wildes Hessen" with various projects - an "ecotopia meadow", flower strips, a flower meadow, fruit tree plant campaigns and a "volcano garden".

The starting signal for the "volcano garden" was given in 2012 with an information board about the local basalt. 2016 was the year to really get going - pupils, the department of environmental education and Grebenhain's mayor Stang all sat at the same table.

The school receives support for all projects and project days from the Grebenhain community and makes an important contribution to the "Sustainability Strategy Hessen - Learning and Acting for our Future". In this respect, OBW is active in the ESD networks East Hesse and Vogelsberg.

Parts of the volcano garden on the schoolyard (Source: C. Plass)