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35287 Amöneburg
Visible from afar, the 365 m high basalt cone of the Amöneburg rises from the plain and towers above the valley of the Ohm. On the 25 m high eastern wall, which you can reach by car (road: Steinweg), flat lying cooling columns of basanite can be seen. Like a seemingly chaotic picture they po...
63679 Schotten
Der 665,5 m hohe Bilstein, oberhalb von Schotten-Busenborn, ist eine beeindruckende Felsklippe und die höchste Erhebung eines Nord-Süd streichenden Höhenrückens.
36355 Grebenhain
Like a secure and massive fortress, the Burg rock formation protrudes from the plateau above the Schwarzbach Valley. Blocky debris of basalt rock and loess cover the plateau around the natural monument. The oval formation has a size of about 20 m wide and 70 m long. They are not basalt colum...
36358 Herbstein
The Schwarza, a small river southeast of Herbstein-Schlechtenwegen, has cut its bed deep into the volcanic rocks found here, exposing some picturesque rock formations. These include the cliff Christines Häuschen, which is located on the southern slope of the Hardt north of the Salza. The app...
35315 Homberg (Ohm)
The Homberg district of Nieder-Ofleiden offers several geological sights. One kilometer east of the village there is a shelter at an idyllic little pond, right next to the natural monument "Dicke Steine\‘\‘. The stones, made of light gray, very solid sandstone, occupy an area of 20 x 30 mete...
36325 Feldatal
The mountain called Eckmannshain between Ulrichstein and Stumpertenrod has an altitude of 622 meters. On its northern slope, the Dicken Steine, a rocky cliff, protrudes. It reaches a height of up to 8 m and a width of 10 m with the length of 30 m. The columns, which often reach only 15-20 cm...
36358 Herbstein
Northwest of Herbstein, on the southern slope of the Kirchwald, lies the Felsenruhe, a cliff up to 8 m high. It begins not far from the Kolping settlement and can be traced a good 300 m in a west-northwest direction. The cliff is a former lava flow, of which today the erosion edge is exposed...
35305 Grünberg
In 1928 wurde die “Grube Deutschland” - heute bekannt als “Weickarthainer Schweiz” oder “Eisenkaute” als Tagebau von der Gewerkschaft Louise erschlossen um Brauneisenstein abzubauen. An verschiedenen Stellen sind Relikte der Verwitterung des vulkanischen Basalts zu finden. Diese Verwitterung...
Hessenstraße, 36358 Herbstein
Als Geotop des Jahres 2011 ist das Herbsteiner Gewölbe bekannt für das rote Gestein, welches sich damals leicht von Hand bearbeiten lies. Dieses Gestein ist Tuff, verfestigte vulkanische Asche, welche durch explosive Ausbrüche entstanden ist. In Herbstein handelt es sich um basaltischen Tuff...
36399 Freiensteinau
The summit of Hinterkippel reaches 469 m. On its western edge there is a quarry 100 m in diameter, which is no longer in operation. Surrounded by a small forest, a basanite was mined here, which contains a conspicuous number of olivine nodules. The rock is of a dense fine-grained groundmass....
36399 Freiensteinau
Green olivine in volcanic rock. A fascinating view under our landscape allows the former basalt quarry "Am Horst" in Gunzenau. The Bonifatius pulpit at 540m above sea level was built in summer 2007 - not to be confused with the natural monument and geotope of the same name on the Herchenhain...
Landenhäuser Straße 11, 36367 Wartenberg
Ein Naturdenkmal in Angersbach, als vor 240 Millionen Jahren Meeressaurier im Lauterbacher Graben schwammen, entstand eine abwechslungsreiche Gesteinssedimente. Die vielfältigen geologischen Schichten erzählen von einer bewegten Erdgeschichte. Denn hier sind verschiedene Gesteinsarten zu fin...
36355 Grebenhain
Not far from Hochwaldhausen, in the Hegholz district north of the Burgschneise, is the Nonnenstein. The rock has a diameter of a good 2 meters. It belongs to the sea of boulders formed during the ice age, which is still visible in many places in the Schwarzbach valley. The rock consists of f...
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Vulkaneum - Am Vulkaneum 1, 63679 Schotten
Öffentliche Führung im Vulkaneum Schotten
36355 Grebenhain
A group of rocks called Spitzen Stein protrudes from the leveling area of the Burgschneise to the east of Hochwaldhausen. Similar to the nearby Burg geotope, striking fissures with a curved shape can be observed here as well. Overall, the rock formation is of oval shape, which, together with...
36355 Grebenhain
Standing at the upper edge of this abandoned quarry, one has a magnificent distant view in the direction of Spessart and Rhön. The quarry, located between Grebenhain and Hochwaldhausen, occupies an area of about 300 x 150 m. Here a tholeiitic basalt was quarried. The rock is dark gray to bla...
Am Steinbruch 1, 35315 Homberg (Ohm)
The largest basalt quarry in Central Europe is located in Nieder-Ofleiden, a district of Homberg/Ohm. Two huge quarrying areas are connected by a tunnel. The large processing plant is located at the foot of the mountain, where mainly columnar basalts are quarried, most of which are steep. Ra...
63679 Schotten
The Taufstein is with 773 m above sea level the highest elevation of the Vogelsberg. Together with the Herchenhainer Höhe, the Nesselberg, the Hoherodskopf and the Geiselstein, the Taufstein forms a flat ridge, the Rhine-Weser watershed. Geology: The Taufstein is formed by a gray-black compa...
36355 Grebenhain
The Devil‘s Pulpit, whose platy formation is caused by flat-lying segregation joints, is an erosional edge. Steeply standing fissures determine its morphological shape. The material is a basalt, which is presumably a lava flow originating from the higher Oberwald. The Devil‘s Pulpit is a nat...
36355 Grebenhain
The Uhu cliffs are an impressive natural monument with a length of almost half a kilometer at a height of a good 10 m. The escarpment is fitted into the slope, at its feet a dump with block debris has formed. Many of the rock formations form - with a little imagination - exciting figures or ...
36358 Herbstein
A 5 m high and a good 30 m long rock cliff, called the Wilde Stein, is found in the forest not far from Herbstein-Altenschlirf. It consists of tholeiitic basalt, which is very fine-grained and includes olivines and clinopyroxenes. The fissures are steep to vertical with partly steep south di...