A large number of large, rounded granite boulders lie along the Girnitz stream in the flat valley. It represents an impressive example of the effect of eroding forces on a granite rock body.

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The Doost (also: Dost) is a relatively small but very impressive nature reserve near Weiden i. d. Upper Palatinate. His countless roundish granite blocks were probably not transported by a glacial stream here, but emerged on the spot by weathering and grinding. The wooded ravine through which the small stream Girnitz, sometimes invisible because of the piled up blocks, flows through, is in superstition the place of the devil and the underworld.

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April 25, 2021

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A very interesting and impressive natural highlight, currently little water in the Girnitz

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1. Doost Granite Boulder Field – Devil's Butter Churn loop from Wilchenreuth

5.74km

01:35

100m

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2. Doost Granite Boulder Field – Devil's Butter Churn loop from Störnstein

9.10km

02:30

150m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Doost Granite Boulder Field – Devil's Butter Churn loop from Floß

11.8km

03:11

160m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Elevation 500 m

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Location: Floß, Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Girnitz Stream in the Doost Nature Reserve

1. Doost Granite Boulder Field – Devil's Butter Churn loop from Wilchenreuth

2. Doost Granite Boulder Field – Devil's Butter Churn loop from Störnstein

3. Doost Granite Boulder Field – Devil's Butter Churn loop from Floß

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