List of geotopes in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Franconian district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge . The list contains the official names and numbers of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as well as their geographical location. This list may not be complete. Around 3,400 geotopes (as of March 2020) are recorded in the Bavarian geotope register. The LfU does not consider some geotopes suitable for publication on the Internet. For example, some objects are not safely accessible or may only be entered to a limited extent for other reasons.

Surname	image	Geotope ID	Municipality / location	Geological unit of space	description	Area m² / extension m	geology	Digestion type	value	Protection status	comment
Former Redwitzitbruch Grafenstein NE from Rathaushütte	more pictures	479A001	Marktredwitz position	Fichtel Mountains	The former Grafenstein quarry opens up the only remaining old Redwitzite mining in the type area. A pond has been created in the mining area. On the bank you can see wool-sack-weathered Redwitzite.	2100 70 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Granodiorite	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Former Marble quarry Stemmaser Bühl NW from Stemmas		479A002	Thiersheim position	Fichtel Mountains	The long-abandoned quarry is located in the northern part of the Wunsiedler marble range. The terrain is overgrown and only one wall still offers a good view of the outcrop. A little to the northwest is an active quarry in the marble.	4550 130 × 35	Type: Rock Type: Marble	Quarry	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Former Granite quarry Bibersberg-Süd NE by Habnith		479A003	Market people position	Fichtel Mountains	The fracture forms one of the few larger outcrops in the Weißenstadt-Marktleuthen porphyry granite.	2100 70 × 30	Type: Rock type, Igneous structure Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarry Bibersberg-Nord SE from Marktleuthen		479A004	Market people position	Fichtel Mountains	The fracture forms one of the few larger outcrops in the Weissenstadt-Marktleuthen porphyry granite.	4000 80 × 50	Type: rock type, igneous structure, quarry / pit type: granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Basalt quarry on Schloßberg NW of Neuhaus adEger		479A005	Hohenberg at the Eger position	Fichtel Mountains	The columnar secretion of basalt, e.g. Sometimes in a pile-shaped arrangement, is particularly open-minded here.	2100 70 × 30	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Showstone quarry at Häusellohe near Selb	more pictures	479A006	Same position	Fichtel Mountains	The light, fine-grain Selber granite was mined in the Häusellohe from 1898 to 1976. Due to the uniform fine grain, it was particularly suitable for the production of writing plates and technical bodies such as rollers, pan mills and mass impact tables, which z. B. found in the porcelain industry use. After the quarry was closed, the Fichtelgebirgsverein converted it into a museum quarry. Old machines are evidence of the earlier working techniques.	11900 170 × 70	Type: Rock Type , Quarry / Pit Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Southern Wartberg quarry near Längenau	more pictures	479A007	Same position	Fichtel Mountains	On the eastern and southern wall of the deep, water-filled quarry in the porphyry granite, penetrating basalt veins with columnar discharge can be found. The quarry is part of the Geotour Volcanoes in Geopark Bavaria-Bohemia and is equipped with a corresponding information board.	8000 100 × 80	Type: corridor, rock type, basalt columns Type: granite, basalt	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Northern Wartberg quarry near Längenau		479A008	Same position	Fichtel Mountains	The deep, water-filled former quarry in porphyry granite opens up a thin basalt dike on the northeast wall. The quarry is partly overgrown and not very accessible.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Granite, Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarry Mühlbacher Waldung NE of Längenau		479A009	Same position	Fichtel Mountains	The larger, abandoned quarry field is located in the northeastern distribution area of the Holzmühl granite and currently forms the best outcrop of the same.	2000 50x40	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarries Neudesberg ENE from Niederlamitz		479A010	Martinlamitzer Forst-Süd position	Fichtel Mountains	Several abandoned steep-walled fractures in the medium-grain core granite.	30000 200 × 150	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Wolfsgarten granite quarry		479A011	Martinlamitzer Forst-Süd position	Fichtel Mountains	The abandoned quarry is the main outcrop in the Wolfsgarten type of core granite. It has overgrown and is no longer accessible. From the edge of the quarry, one can look into the water-filled kettle to a limited extent due to the thick spruce vegetation. A dismantling wall can be seen. There are still a few processed granite workpieces next to the quarry.	4500 150 × 30	Type: type locality, rock type: granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarry Hoher Rainstein (-Ost) W of Schönwald		479A012	Schönwald position	Fichtel Mountains	The core granite shows incipient weathering of wool sacks.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Sand pit NNW of Weißenstadt		479A013	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	The granite gravel with embedded blocks is covered by flowing earth (with a thickness of up to two meters).	22500 150 × 150	Type: Rock type, wool sack formation Type: Crystalline gravel to rubble	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Former granite quarry on the Kleiner Kornberg		479A014	Kirchenlamitz position	Fichtel Mountains	In the summit area of the Kleiner Kornberg there are several abandoned stone quarries in the medium-grain G3 core granite. The largest of the breaks is still easily accessible, but filled with water. Anatase, albite and fluorite were previously found in pegmatites.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock Type , Minerals Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarry Schauerberg ESE from Tröstau		479A016	Tröstauer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	The abandoned granite quarry offers the most accessible outcrop of the Kosseine-type granite.	1800 60 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Fuchsbau - Quarries NW of Tröstau		479A017	Tröstauer Forst-West position	Fichtel Mountains	The so-called tin granite was mined here, a pure orthoclase granite with a lot of muscovite and little biotite, which was valued as an architectural stone because of its pleasantly light tone. However, its low compressive strength soon led to a waning of interest and thus to the cessation of quarrying activities in the burrow. Since 1984 the collection of minerals in the natural monument has been prohibited in order to preserve this information in the tin granite for posterity.	75000 500 × 150	Type: Rock, Dike, Minerals Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Basalt columns at the Thierstein sports field		479A018	Thierstein position	Fichtel Mountains	In the former mining site, which is now used as a sports field, vertical basalt columns are exposed on the east side.	2000 100 × 20	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Redwitzite outcrop E from Marktredwitz	more pictures	479A019	Marktredwitz position	Fichtel Mountains	In 1998, during the construction of the motorway east of Marktredwitz, Redwitzite with porphyry granite apophyses was cut through a hill cut. The rock was partly covered with fissures. Between the buried areas lie hard wool-sack-like blocks, some of which were deposited in the nearby parking lot. The enormous formations of wool sacks attracted great public attention.	1500 300 × 5	Type: rock type, wool sack formation, gait type: diorite, gabbro, granite	embankment	precious	Natural park
Johanneszeche NE from Göpfersgrün		479A020	Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge position	Fichtel Mountains	Famous soapstone deposits at the contact of Marktleuthen granite and dolomite marble of the Arzberger series, of gang diabas and rhyolite gang. In the past there was also an underground construction on three tunnels (maximum 67 m depth). Two other opencast mines are in the immediate vicinity. The operation was shut down in 2003. Since the end of the dewatering, the soapstone deposits have been below the groundwater level again. An information board on site gives explanations about the property. The site is fenced, outcrops and spoil heaps are neither accessible nor visible. Unauthorized entry is prosecuted as trespassing.	15000 200 × 75	Type: Minerals, Contact Type: Talc slate, marble, granite	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park
Outcrops in the Röslautal near Elisenfels		479A021	Arzberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the Röslautal there are numerous good outcrops of embankments along the road in Elisenfels, and in the further valley towards Arzberg there are also large natural rock formations. Strongly folded and banded andalusite-biotite-gneiss is open, partly with deposits of mica schist and quartzites.	100000 1000 × 100	Type: sequence of layers, breakthrough valley, rock wall / slope Type: gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Alberts break at the Epprechtstein WSW of Kirchenlamitz	Albert's break	479A023	Kirchenlamitz position	Fichtel Mountains	The Kirchenlamitz quarry circular route opens up several historical granite quarries on the Epprechtstein. The Alberts break shows in an exemplary way the mattress-shaped secretion, caused by pressure relief fissures. The historical break is very neat and hardly overgrown.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock type, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry SW of Kleinwendern	more pictures	479A024	Bad Alexandersbad position	Fichtel Mountains	In the Kleinwendern quarry, Kosseine core granite used to be mined. In the upper areas of the break walls, the formation of wool sacks can be seen particularly well in situ. However, the break is already quite overgrown and filled with water. The best exposure wall is therefore not reachable and can only be viewed from the opposite side.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock type, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss rocks at the Feisnitz reservoir		479A025	Arzberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the area around the Feisnitz reservoir, banded gneisses, mica schist and quartzite, which are heavily folded, are widespread. They are more metamorphic and more deformed than the overlapping Ordovician schists and quartzites of the Frauenbach and Phycoden formations. Therefore, this Elisenfels series is interpreted as the oldest rock unit of the Fichtelgebirge (? (Pre) Cambrian). On the banks of the Feisnitz reservoir, these rocks can be studied particularly beautifully in the area of the dam between the preliminary and main reservoir at the Seeklause. The scenery is reminiscent of the Scandinavian archipelago.	5000 100 × 50	Type: metamorphic structure, type of rock, type of layer sequence : gneiss, mica schist, quartzite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Exposure on bike path W from Sinatengrün		479A026	Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge position	Fichtel Mountains	In the former railway cuttings (today the cycle path) west of Sinatengrün there are calcium silicate stones from the Wunsiedler marble range (metamorphic marl). A distinct foliation can be seen, which is traced by different colored green and brown bands. This is the best outcrop in calcium silicate rocks in the entire Fichtelgebirge. It is also very well developed through the cycle path.	500 100 × 5	Type: Rock type, metamorphic structure Type: Lime silicate rock	embankment	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Getbrunn marble quarry		479A027	Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge position	Fichtel Mountains	Until recently, Wunsiedler marble was mined in the Holenbrunn quarry . This is one of the best-preserved outcrops in this rock. Noteworthy are karst phenomena, v. a. large karst vents filled with striking red sediments.	27000 180 × 150	Type: Rock type, karst chimney, karst crevice. Type: marble	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Aufgel. Vogelherd SE basalt quarry from Brand		479A028	Marktredwitz position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The abandoned Vogelherd basalt quarry is located south of Brand. There are larger areas of basalt outcrop. Partly there are columnar secretions. The basalt partly contains large olivines.	15000 150 × 100	Type: quarry / pit, basalt columns, rock type: basalt	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Marble outcrop in the Wunsiedel moat	more pictures	479A029	Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge position	Fichtel Mountains	In the moat there is a small outcrop in the white Wunsiedler lime marble that is integrated into the wall of a house. Foliation and the typical granular marble structure are clearly visible.	7 7 × 1	Type: rock type, metamorphic structure, rock wall / slope, type locality type: marble	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Former Granite quarry on the Lehstenberg N of Weißenstadt		479A030	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	The abandoned quarry on Lehstenberg opens up shell-like secreting medium-grain granite (G3). A quartz vein runs through the former south-westerly mining face, which occasionally contains smaller rock crystals, e.g. T. also contains smoky quartz. Obviously, the quarry is therefore frequently visited by collectors.	1400 70 × 20	Type: Rock Type , Gang Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarry on Mittelberg N of Weißenstadt		479A031	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	The beautifully situated, abandoned quarry on Mittelberg develops core granite (G3 granite). In the area there are partly processed blocks, partly heaps (heap material).	1800 60 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarry Waldstein-Ost NNW from Weißenstadt		479A032	Weißenstadter Forst-Nord position	Fichtel Mountains	The typical medium-grain core granite of the Fichtelgebirge (so-called G3 granite) was mined in the abandoned eastern quarry at Waldstein. In the immediate vicinity, numerous pings and blockworks testify to earlier extensive mining sites. Tourmalines can occasionally be found in these blocks, sometimes as tourmaline suns. The area is also swarmed by a multitude of quartz veins.	1500 60 × 25	Type: Rock Type , Gang Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Forest meadow break SW of Kirchenlamitz		479A033	Kirchenlamitz position	Fichtel Mountains	In the abandoned forest meadow break on the southwest flank of the Epprechtstein, the core granite of the Fichtelgebirge, so-called G3 granite, was mined. Like other former granite quarries in the area, it is well developed by a hiking trail (quarry path).	3300 110 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quartzite quarry on Lindenberg		479A034	Arzberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	On the southern slope there is an old quarry in Frauenbach quartzite just below the summit of Lindenberg. The quarry walls are still well preserved in the rear part of the quarry and offer the best outcrop in this rock in the southern Fichtel Mountains. The quarry floor is greened.	400 20 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Quartzite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Tin trenches W from Vordorfermühle		479G001	Vordorfer Forst position	Fichtel Mountains	Dumps and ditches in the forest are reminiscent of the largest tin laundry in the area. It was operated from the High Middle Ages to around 1820. The trenches are 50 to 80 m wide. The spoil heaps, which are up to 10 m high, are still clearly visible today. The area is z. Sometimes overgrown.	600000 1200 × 500	Type: Soap Laundry Type: Kristallingrus to -blockschutt	no information	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Aufgel. Rock crystal mine in Weißenstadt		479G002	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	From 1450 to 1719 (with interruptions) rock crystals were mined to a depth of approx. 10 m underground on an approx. 25 cm thick, SE-striking quartz vein. Among other things, the mined rock crystals were used in the construction of the New Palace in the Bayreuth Hermitage. The driveways extend over several properties in the city center and are known as the crystal cellar. Guided tours are possible on request at the Sack distillery, Kirchenlamitzer Str. 12. An increased radon content has been proven in the tunnel air. A druse is unlocked in the corridor.	60 30 × 2	Type: Adit, Minerals, Type of Rock Type: Vein quartz, granite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Natural park
Show mine Werra S in Weißenstadt	more pictures	479G003	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	An exploration tunnel for tin ore was excavated on Rudolfstein in 1940 and operated from 1950 as exploratory and experimental mining on uranium ore (uraninite and torbernite). A total of 3250 m of stretches were excavated, 443 m of blind shafts were sunk and the deposit was investigated to a depth of 240 m below the tunnel floor. Despite the uranium content of a maximum of 6000 g / t in the heap, the operation was unprofitable (approx. 50 to 60 t uranium output forecast). Until autumn 2014, a barred mouth hole, a leveled heap and dilapidated buildings were evidence of mining. A plaque commemorates Dr. Albert Kummer, the first uranium seeker in the Fichtel Mountains. The tunnel was expanded into a show mine and opened in July 2016. It is possible to visit the mine on guided tours. Registrations via the spa and tourist information office in Weißenstadt.	200 20 × 10	Type: Adit Type: Vein mineralization	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Tin trenches W from the Fuchsbau quarry		479G004	Tröstauer Forst-West position	Fichtel Mountains	The soaps around the Zinnschützweiher were exploited in the 15th and 16th centuries. The weathering of the pewter granite and the short transport had concentrated the tin, which was otherwise finely distributed in the rock, in a way that was worth mining. The pond created by a simple dam between soap mounds dammed the water of a brook, so that the gradient necessary for soaking the earth was reached below. The area is under protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5937-0022).	550000 1000 × 550	Type: Soap Laundry Type: Kristallingrus to -blockschutt	no information	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Tin trenches near Kirchenlamitz	more pictures	479G005	Kirchenlamitz position	Fichtel Mountains	The first written mention of a pewter works in the Fichtelgebirge comes from 1356 and refers to the mining of pewter soaps here on Lauterbach near Kirchenlamitz. The geotope is protected as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5837-0030).	90000 900 × 100	Type: Soap Laundry Type: Granite	no information	significant	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Soap laundry in the Seidig W of the Black Pond		479G006	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	Several historical tin mining areas are known in the Seidig south of Weißenstadt, traces of which have been preserved to this day. The trenches, heaps and embankments above the Black Pond are particularly impressive. Ullmann (1736) referred to the mining as old soaps. The last dismantling in this area was carried out by the Werra union during World War II until 1942. 750 kg of a pre-concentrate with 30% tin stone and 12% wolframite were obtained. The metal tungsten was particularly important in the war effort. The mining area is crossed by the Geo Adventure Trail on the trail of tin mining at Rudolfstein and explained by an information board from the Bavaria-Bohemia Geopark.	30000 300 × 100	Type: Soap Laundry Type: Granite Gravel, Greisen	Schurf	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Tin ore mine SW of Schönlind		479G007	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	An extensive Pingen area has been preserved in the high forest south of Schönlind. Its origin can be traced back to the formerly important mining of tin ore. While elsewhere in the Fichtel Mountains the tin stone was extracted exclusively by washing out in so-called soap works (in short: soaps), this is the only civil engineering on tin ore in the Fichtel Mountains. Pewter soap was probably exploited as early as the 14th century until around 1624. Civil engineering began before 1733. From 1919 to 1923 and 1935/36 civil engineering was finally carried out using two shafts (Constantin and Freiburg). Old mine workings were encountered at a depth of 14 m. The tin contents found were 0.5 to 0.8 kg / ton. In individual nests and lenses, the so-called Greisen had tinstone contents of 60%. Individual blocks of pewter granite, some with beautiful feldspar crystals, can be found in the surrounding area. The site is specially protected as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5937-0020).	10000 100 × 100	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Granite	Ping	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Girgelhöhle NW of Nagel	more pictures	479H001	Tröstauer Forst-West position	Fichtel Mountains	The Girgelhöhle lies in a rock labyrinth with large sacks of wool and can be crossed via a hiking trail with stairs.	100 20 × 5	Type: Eruption / weathering cave, wool sacking Type: Granite	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Wenderner stone E from Kleinwendern	more pictures	479R001	Bad Alexandersbad position	Fichtel Mountains	The rock group made of small crinkled phyllite of the Arzberger series shows z. T. quartzite lenses.	1200 60 × 20	Type: rocky dome, rock type: phyllite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Finkenstein S from Rügersgrün		479R002	Höchstädt in the Fichtelgebirge position	Fichtel Mountains	The rock group is made up of slightly crinkled mica slate from the Arzberger series, which is embedded in the G1 granite.	1800 60 × 30	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: mica schist	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks in the Egertal SW of Silberbach	more pictures	479R003	Kaiserhammer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	The granite rock (Selber granite) shows clear storage and transverse fissures, and wool sack weathering can also be seen in the approach.	20000 1000 × 20	Type: Rock wall / slope, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Heiligenberg W of Hohenberg ad Eger		479R004	Hohenberg at the Eger position	Fichtel Mountains	The tertiary basalt ridge consists of the basalt variety olivine-melilite-nephelinite.	4000 400 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, hard rock type: alkali basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Weißenhöhe near Oberweißbach		479R005	Same position	Fichtel Mountains	The wooded hilltop consists of calcium silicate gneisses with marble layers (Arzberger series).	4800 80 × 60	Type: Hard rock, Type of rock : Metamorphic calcium silicate rock	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Zellerfels NW from Ruppertsgrün	more pictures	479R006	Weißenstadter Forst-Nord position	Fichtel Mountains	The Zellerfels represents a free-standing rock castle in the core granite. What is noticeable is a camp fissure falling to the south, which created thick banked steps.	350 35 × 10	Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Felsburg The Rondell NNW of Weißenstadt		479R007	Weißenstadter Forst-Nord position	Fichtel Mountains	Coarse-grained core granite forms the thick banked rock castle Das Rondell, which disintegrates into large round blocks due to the weathering of wool sacks. Further west towards Waldstein there are more wool sack formations with names such as B. the Napoleon hat and the whale from Waldstein.	1200 80 × 15	Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Hetschlarfelsen with quarry W of Kirchenlamitz		479R008	Kirchenlamitz position	Fichtel Mountains	The loose rock group in the core granite has a narrow storage fissure that plunges to the north. Pancake stacks and tower rocks have emerged in weathered areas. The rock area changes directly into an abandoned quarry.	5000 100 × 50	Type: rock group, wool sack formation, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Epprechtstein summit	more pictures	479R009	Kirchenlamitz position	Fichtel Mountains	The Epprechtstein is famous for its wealth of pneumatolytic-pegmatitic mineral formations. Tourmaline, topaz, apatite and fluorite occur here on transverse fissures and in miaroles.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock Castle, Minerals Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Neudorfer Fels NW of Dürnberg		479R010	Market people position	Fichtel Mountains	The Neudorfer Fels is one of the few rock formations in the Weissenstadt porphyry granite. The elongated rock rib with wool sack weathering forms the mountain top.	4000 200 × 20	Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Buchberg summit SW of Reicholdsgrün	more pictures	479R011	Kirchenlamitz position	Fichtel Mountains	The loose rock group is one of the few rock formations in the Weissenstadt porphyry granite. The thin-banked storage system gives it an almost sedimentary appearance.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Large Haberstein rock in the Kosseine massif	more pictures	479R012	Tröstauer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	The imposing rock castle made of Kosseine granite is located in the middle of a rocky sea.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Small Haberstein rock (Kosseine massif) W by Kleinwendern		479R013	Tröstauer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	The two rock towers in the Kosseine-edge granite show storage fissures and z. Partly close, steep crevices.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock labyrinth Luisenburg SSW von Wunsiedel	more pictures	479R014	Wunsiedel position	Fichtel Mountains	The largest and best-known granite block field in the Fichtelgebirge is not only of touristic importance but also of cultural and historical importance as the oldest open-air theater in Germany. Goethe and Humboldt already studied the rock formations.	100000 500 × 200	Type: Block Stream, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	other information	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 27
Burgsteinfelsen at the Luisenburg SW of Bad Alexandersbad	more pictures	479R015	Wunsiedel position	Fichtel Mountains	The cone-shaped granite rock castle in the Kosseine edge granite shows north-dipping storage fissures and transverse fissures. The scouring at the top can be reached by stairs.	1500 60 × 25	Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Kosseine summit SE from Tröstau		479R016	Tröstauer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	Mountain peaks made of Kosseine granite with a sea of boulders and rock ruins.	120000 400 × 300	Type: Blockmeer Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Kleine Köseine SE from Tröstau		479R017	Tröstauer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	Due to the roughly right-angled system of fissures, the rock group in the Köseine granite has a brick-looking structure.	400 20 × 20	Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Felsburg Püttnersfels SW of Kleinwendern		479R018	Tröstauer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	The Püttnersfels consists of numerous rock castles in the edge granite, which rise over an extension of 300 m along a striking Härtlings. The name is said to go back to a Büttner journeyman who was murdered here. Due to the roughly right-angled fracture system, some of the rocks have a brick-looking structure.	6000 300 × 20	Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Block flow millstones SW from small turner		479R019	Tröstauer Forst-Ost position	Fichtel Mountains	The Blockstrom millstones consists of spherical granite wool sacks arranged in groups and with a diameter of up to 10 m.	6000 300 × 20	Type: Block Stream, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	other information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Three Brothers Rock SSE from Weißenhaid	more pictures	479R020	Meierhöfer page position	Fichtel Mountains	Three closely spaced rock towers in the tin granite form the Three Brothers Rock. The warehouse fissure is impressively weathered here.	500 25 × 20	Type: Rock tower / needle, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 54
Rudolfstein summit SE von Schönlind	more pictures	479R021	Weißenstadt position	Fichtel Mountains	The summit group is formed by ten separate rock castles in the tin granite. Some important minerals of the pegmatite and miarolitic druze were found in the Rudolfstein quarry. Today the break is one of the sites that can be regarded as extinct.	22000 220 × 100	Type: rock castle, wool sack formation, minerals Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Härtling E from Göpfersgrün		479R022	Wunsiedel position	Fichtel Mountains	To the east of Göpfersgrün, the Wunsiedler marble emerges as a distinctive hardened back. Several small former mining sites and rocky knolls open up the rock. A small karst cave is cut into the largest excavation in the southwest part of the ridge. The area is used as a sheep pasture.	8000 200 × 40	Type: Hard rock, type of stone, karst half-timber / natural bridge Type: marble	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural park
Redwitzitkuppe Bühl W from Wölsauerhammer	more pictures	479R023	Marktredwitz position	Fichtel Mountains	The Bühl forms a small, wooded rocky knoll, at the top of which there is a natural outcrop of Redwitzite. The rock, weathered into sacks of wool, rises up to two meters from the ground. At the edge of the crest there is another outcrop of the rock in a small former quarry.	200 20 × 10	Type: rocky dome, rock type: diorite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural park
Prinzenfelsen SE from Silberhaus	more pictures	479R024	Tröstauer Forst-West position	Fichtel Mountains	The Prinzenfelsen are a group of rock towers made of granite with wool sack formations. An ascent system leads to the highest tower. From the viewing platform on the summit you have a comprehensive view.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sea of blocks at the summit of the Platte WNW von Tröstau	more pictures	479R025	Tröstauer Forst-West position	Fichtel Mountains	On the eastern slope of the Platte summit there is an extensive sea of boulders that have not been overgrown. At the summit are the remains of a rock castle that collapsed in the 18th century.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Blockmeer Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve
Maple rocks NE from new building	more pictures	479R026	Neubauer forest south position	Fichtel Mountains	The maple rocks represent an extensive area with rock exposures with wool sack formations in the tin granite.	12000 150 × 80	Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Röslauschlucht G`steinigt near Arzberg	more pictures	479R027	Arzberg position	Fichtel Mountains	The Röslau flows through a pronounced gorge with rock exposures made of phyllites from the Frauenbach alternating position. In the gorge is the mouth of the St. Georg tunnel, which passes under the neighboring western Arzberger district. The tunnel water is taken as a silver source. The Arzberger Rundwanderweg 6 (AvHumboldt-Weg) leads through the area.	30000 300 × 100	Type: gorge, rock type, metamorphic structure, gallery type: phyllite, quartzite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 81
Hiking blocks SW of small-scale users	more pictures	479R028	Bad Alexandersbad position	Fichtel Mountains	Above Kleinwendern there are extensive areas of Pleistocene fluid earth in which hiking blocks of granite (sacks of wool) up to several cubic meters in size swim. These are particularly easy to see in a meadow area without trees.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Boulder, solifluction phenomenon, wool sacking Type: Granite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quartz hardened WNW from Sinatengrün		479R029	Wunsiedel position	Fichtel Mountains	On the northern edge of the Bibersbachtal there is a hardling formed by a quartz vein. The rock is excellently exposed at the edge of the forest. The multiphase of the quartz growth can be seen here. This quartz vein breccia indicates ongoing movement in the area of a fault zone.	200 20 × 10	Type: hardness, fault, rock type, gait type: quartz	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt hardening rest mountain WSW from Preisdorf		479R030	Arzberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The summit of the Ruhaberges is formed by an elongated basalt rock. The basalt shows partly columnar secretion. A sea of blocks has formed on all sides below the immediate summit area.	4000 100 × 40	Type: Härtling, basalt columns, rock type, block sea type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Granite rocks in the Egertal near Thusmühle		479R031	Röslau position	Fichtel Mountains	In the Egertal northwest of Thusmühle there are large rock exposures in the Weißenstadt-Marktleuthen porphyry granite. The porphyry structure with white potash feldspars up to 10 cm in size can be clearly seen in fresh cracks. Opposite the rock face is the Thusfall, an artificial waterfall (drainage of a canal), which is only turned on once a year for the Thusfest on Whitsunday.	10000 200 × 50	Type: rock group, wool sack formation, rock type, igneous structure Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Pigeon bowl rocks WSW from Kirchenlamitz		479R032	Weißenstadter Forst-Nord position	Fichtel Mountains	The pigeon bowl rock (pictures 1 and 2) is a stately granite block of approx. 9 m × 5 m × 3 m in size. In its immediate vicinity there are two further erratic blocks (pictures 3 and 4), but of significantly smaller dimensions. All blocks consist of wool sack weathered, medium-grain core granite (G3 granite).	2500 50 × 50	Type: Boulder Type: Granite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Valley of the Old Eger S from Weißenhaid		479R033	Weißenstadter Forst-Süd position	Fichtel Mountains	The valley of the Alte Eger is designed as an asymmetrical valley above the Weißenhaider Mühle. While the western flank is very steep at 45 to 75 degrees, the eastern flank is extremely flat with less than 40 degrees. But geology is particularly important. In the west there is a metamorphite (presumably Ordovician muscovite-biotite-mica schist), which is often exposed due to the slope of the terrain. The eastern valley area, on the other hand, is made up of a plutonite (here: tin granite), which is mostly hidden under diluvial moving debris. However, the granite is found both in the stream bed and in individual larger blocks.	82500 550 × 150	Type: Asymmetrical Valley Type: Granite, Mica Slate	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park