Sea of rocks
Numerous extensive stone or rock collections and landscapes are generally referred to as a sea of rocks . The term “Felsenmeer” is popularly used regardless of its origin and form. The geotopes named in this way can be, among other things , rock heaps , rock glaciers , collapsed cave systems or larger collections of prominent rocks.
In the geosciences , “Felsenmeer” is a synonym for Blockmeer , i. H. a dense cluster of blocks that has arisen autochthonously through weathering on areas with a slight incline .
In past centuries they were used as quarries in some places . Today many rocky seas are under nature protection and are also considered tourist attractions.
The rocky landscapes called rocky seas include:
in Germany:
- Felsenmeer (Hemer) , in Hemer, in the Sauerland, Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Felsenmeer (Lautertal) , on the Felsberg, near Reichenbach (Lautertal), in the Odenwald, Bergstrasse district, Hesse
- Schannenbacher Felsenmeer in Schliefenbach , near Schannenbach , in the Odenwald, Bergstrasse district, Hesse
- Felsenmeer, near Ebersberg (Erbach) , in the Odenwald, Odenwaldkreis, Hesse
- Felsenmeer Hüttenberg , on the Hüttenberg (Kalmit), near Maikammer, in the Palatinate Forest, Südliche Weinstrasse district, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Felsenmeer (Murrhardt) , near Murrhardt, near the Riesberg Tower, in the Murrhardter Forest, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
- Felsenmeer in the Wental , near Bartholomä , on the Swabian Alb, Ostalbkreis, Baden-Württemberg
The name Felsenmeer is related to:
- Felsenmeer Museum , in Sundwig (Hemer), Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Felsenmeer (nature reserve) , in Würm, Pforzheim district, Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Felsenmeer, Russenstein, Michelsbrunnen Nature Park , nature reserve on the Königstuhl massif, near Heidelberg, in the Kleiner Odenwald, Rhein-Neckar district and the city of Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
- Granite rock-sea of stone rubble , extensive natural monument in the municipality of Groß-Bieberau
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Sea of rocks . In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . tape 6 , 1908, pp. 406 ( zeno.org ).
- ^ Sea of rocks . In: Der kleine Brockhaus: Handbook of knowledge in one volume . Edition 2 edition. FA Brockhaus, 1930.
- ^ Wolf Tietze and Ernst Weigt: Westermann Lexicon of Geography . Georg Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1968, p. 460 .
- ↑ Eg Blockmeer Upper Rollwassertal near Bad Wildbad. May 23, 2011, accessed February 23, 2018 . or Károly Henrich: The Odenwälder Felsenmeer and the “forgotten” Felsberg nature reserve . Kobra, Kassel 2008.