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Quark stones, drawing by Heini Scheffler (1957)
The quark stones

The quark stones are a granite formation near Niedercrinitz in the Zwickau district in Saxony . These are coarse-grained biotite granite rocks in wool sack weathering . They are a geological natural monument .

location

The quark stones are located northwest of the district road 9301 leading from Niedercrinitz to Wolfersgrün , in the triangle where the Voigtsbach flows into the Crinitzer Wasser . The mill ditch of the Leonhardtsmühle branches off from the Crinitzer water directly at the quark stones.

geology

The quark stones lie on the northwestern edge of the Kirchberg granite pluton and are an offshoot of the same. The original overlying metamorphic contact zone, which presumably consisted of gneiss , has been completely eroded in this area . After the overburden had been removed, the granite rock continued to weather, which, together with its use for stone quarrying , gave it its current appearance.

etymology

The name Quarksteine (from mhd. Querh ; cf. Querx ) refers to the dwarfs living here and means dwarf stones .

use

The quark stones were formerly used as a quarry for the extraction of granite . Today they are part of the conservation area "Kirchberger Granite". They are a popular hiking destination.

Dwarf saga

According to legend, dwarfs live in the caves under the quark stones. At night, when people were sleeping, they got ready for work and ran over to the Leonhardtmühle to grind flour. The miller's wife served them a soup every evening. Before dawn they went home to the quark stones. So it went night after night, year after year, until the millers grew old and died. The new miller's wife was stingy and did not want to allow the dwarfs their soup. To get rid of the dwarfs, she heavily salted the soup. The dwarves resented her and have not been seen since.

literature

  • Wolfgang Thoß: Erosion and weathering forms in the Kirchberg granite area . 1st edition. GRIN, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-668-14684-6 .
  • Ulrich Sebastian: The geology of the Ore Mountains . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8274-2977-3 , pp. 246 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b GC67356 Coarse-grained biotite granite "Quark stones". In: geocaching.com. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
  2. ^ Zwickau district in Saxony. Niedercrinitz. In: tourbee.de. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Niedercrinitz district. In: hirschfeld-sachsen.de. Hirschfeld community, accessed on November 7, 2017 .
  4. ↑ LSG "Kirchberger Granit". Zwickau district, accessed on November 8, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Insects Saxony. In: insekten-sachsen.de. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Erich Weller: From the dwarfs in the quark stones near Niedercrinitz . In: Pedagogical District Cabinet Zwickau-Stadt (ed.): Local history reading sheets for the city and district of Zwickau . Legends from the Zwickau district. Issue 1. Volksdruckerei Zwickau, Zwickau 1957, p. 19-20 (based on: Max Jochen, “Heimatliches Lesebuch”, Leipzig 1904, p. 68; Paul Seidel, “Eine Sage aus Niedercrinitz” in “Unser Heimat”, supplement to the Wilkauer Generalanzeiger, 1930, no. 6/7, p 37.).
  7. ↑ Leisure & Tourism. In: hirschfeld-sachsen.de. Retrieved November 7, 2017 .

Web links

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Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 59.1 ″  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 15.4 ″  E