Three Brothers (Schneeberg)

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Three Brothers Rock, 1996

The Drei Brüder , also known as the Drei-Brüder-Felsen , are a rock ensemble in the municipality-free area of Meierhöfer Seite in the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains in Bavaria .

location

The Three Brothers are located 840  m above sea level near Meierhof , a district of Weißenstadt in the state forest between the Schneeberg mountains in the southwest and Rudolfstein in the northeast. The hiking trail Höhenweg of the Fichtelgebirgsverein leads past the rocks, which are protected as a natural monument.

description

The Drei-Brüder-Felsen on Rudolfstein are three mighty granite rocks standing next to each other in the Hohe Fichtelgebirge . They were created in the New Earth Age through weathering and erosion. Due to the horizontal fracturing of the granite rock, the characteristic forms of mattress weathering have emerged in an impressive way .

Geotope

The rocks are designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as a geoscientifically valuable geotope (geotope number: 479R020) and natural monument . It was also awarded the official seal of approval for Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes by the LfU .

legend

According to a legend , the rocks are about three petrified noble brothers who were petrified by an evil spirit while fleeing from robber barons.

literature

  • Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 .
  • Dietmar Herrmann: Award-winning geotope - three brothers rocks . In: Der Siebenstern 2006, p. 267

Web links

Commons : Three Brothers  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy , State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation Bavaria : Digital Topographical Map 1:50 000, BayernViewer ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 18, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geodaten.bayern.de
  2. ^ Government Vice President Wenning: Seal of approval for Drei-Brüder-Felsen , Bavarian State Office for the Environment, joint PRESS RELEASE with the government of Upper Franconia No. 45 / Monday, July 3, 2006, accessed on June 18, 2011
  3. ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment, Geotope Drei-Brüder-Felsen SSE von Weißenhaid (accessed on December 9, 2017).
  4. ↑ Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes, Drei-Brüder-Felsen (accessed December 9, 2017)
  5. ↑ Myths and legends from the Fichtelgebirge ( memento of the original from January 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ti-fichtelgebirge.de, accessed on June 18, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ti-fichtelgebirge.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′  N , 11 ° 52 ′  E