Wartha landslide
A rockslide near the Silesian town of Wartha on the border with the County of Glatz is known as a landslide of Wartha .
On August 24, 1598 , after several days of heavy rain and flooding, there was a rock fall on the mountain slope above the Glatzer Neisse . The steep, bare stone walls can still be seen today.
The Leaning Tower of Frankenstein in the Silesian town of Frankenstein , ten kilometers away , which had already inclined after the Neulengbach earthquake in 1590 , sank further due to the tremors caused by the landslide and reached an incline of 150 centimeters.
literature
- August Leppla : Geological-hydrographic description of the precipitation area of the Glatzer Neisse (above the stone estuary). Taking into account the purpose of the committee for the investigation of the water conditions in the river areas particularly exposed to the risk of flooding (= treatises of the Prussian Geological Institute. New series, issue 32, ZDB -ID 504585-x ). Schropp, Berlin 1900, p. 300.
Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 9 ″ N , 16 ° 44 ′ 26 ″ E