White stone (Spitzkunnersdorf)

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White stone
White stone Spitzkunnersdorf.jpg
height 420  m above sea level NN
location Free State of Saxony , Germany
Mountains Lusatian highlands
Coordinates 50 ° 55 ′ 41 ″  N , 14 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 ′ 41 ″  N , 14 ° 40 ′ 13 ″  E
White Stone (Spitzkunnersdorf) (Saxony)
White stone (Spitzkunnersdorf)
rock Quartzite
particularities Karasek Cave
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The White Stone is a rock formation up to six meters high in the Hofebusch near Spitzkunnersdorf in Upper Lusatia . The so-called Karasek cave was formed in this rock through erosion .

geology

The white stone consists mostly of quartzite and muscovite flakes . It belongs to the same corridor that also passes the Waldschlößchen near Seifhennersdorf and continues west to Šluknov . The rock with a thickness of up to 50 meters has a white to yellow, sometimes reddish or brown color. Due to the steep collapse of the rock layer, it acts as a groundwater barrier, causing the springs to the north to dry up in summer.

Due to the different degrees of hardness of the rock, blocks, rock debris and shaft-like cavities were created during the erosion of the rock.

Karasek Cave

At the end of the 18th century, the robber chief Johannes Karasek set up a meeting point for his gang on this rock massif, which also included a cave in the White Stone. It is also popularly said that Karasek should have buried a treasure here.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Karasek Cave. Retrieved April 2, 2012 .