Vlčí hora (Černošín)
| Vlčí hora | ||
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 Vlčí hora |
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| height | 703.6 m nm | |
| location | Czech Republic | |
| Mountains | Plaská pahorkatina | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 48 '38 " N , 12 ° 51' 19" E | |
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| Type | Kegelberg | |
The volcanic dome Vlčí hora (German Wolfsberg , 703 m) is located west of the town of Černošín in Okres Tachov , Czech Republic . The ruins of the Volfštejn castle are located on a south-eastern foothill . The basanite was formed around 11.7 million years ago.
Goethe and the Wolfsberg
From 1823, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dealt with the rocks of the Bohemian volcano as part of his mineralogical studies. He was particularly interested in both the large Augites and the amphiboles (Kaersutit). Since Goethe was particularly interested in the formation of these idiomorphic crystals, the chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner in Jena carried out melting tests on these crystals. It was also Frédéric Soret commissioned by Goethe to characterize the augite and amphibole of Wolfsberg morphologically. His results were then published in a journal published by Goethe ( Zur Naturwissenschaft Ever ) in French under the title Catalog Raisonné des variétés d´Amphiboles et Pyroxène rapportées de Bohème par HE Monsieur le Ministre d´État de Goethe . By Hans Prescher this work has been translated into German language and published.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johannes Baier: Goethe and the Wolfsberg (Vlčí hora; Czech Republic). - Z. geol. Wiss., 41/42, 209-216; Berlin, 2013/14 ( summary ).
- ↑ Johannes Baier: Goethe's mineralogical studies in Bohemia. - Geohistor. Leaves, 30, 29-47; Berlin, 2019.
- ↑ Hans Prescher: Goethe's collections on mineralogy, geology and paleontology . - Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1978.