Chamber holes
The chamber holes are a series of rockfalls in the valley of the Zahmer Gera between Angelroda and Geraberg in the middle Ilm district . The site is a natural monument .
Emergence
In the course of the so-called Saxon mountain formation about 140 million years ago, when the Thuringian Forest also rose out of the sea at this point, extensive shell limestone plateaus were created north of the ridge , which are known as the Ohrdrufer Platte. The resulting rivers then formed individual floes. The mountain from which the rocks of the Kammerlöcher originate belongs to the so-called Reinsbergscholle .
The Zahme Gera digging further and further into the rock created a gorge-like terrain. Due to the weathering of the relatively soft shell limestone and the effect of gravity, individual clods of rock over a length of 100 meters broke off from the up to 532 meter high Kirchberg , which today have formed a bizarre rocky landscape. The rock demolition process continues, so great caution should be exercised when hiking in the area. The boulders have a height of up to 30 meters above the Zahmer Gera, which is 390 meters above sea level at this point, separated by gaps up to 20 meters wide. The various rock layers that have formed over millions of years can be clearly observed through the break-offs, so that the chamber holes represent a representative section of the geological sequence of layers of the lower Muschelkalk.
Vegetation
Due to the extremely different solar radiation in small rooms, a very varied shell limestone flora has formed in the area of the chamber holes. The slopes of the mountain and the boulders are covered with a protective forest. This also includes around 50 yew trees .
Say
The bizarre rock world, which includes a number of tiny depressions in steep walls, and the ignorance of their origin has repeatedly inspired the people of the area to stories and legends about the chamber holes. The best known of these legends is that of the dwarves of the chamber holes , which was written down by Ludwig Bechstein in the 19th century (see web links).
Web links
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 59 ″ N , 10 ° 51 ′ 36 ″ E
