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Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab
Floß

Girnitz Stream in the Doost Nature Reserve

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Girnitz Stream in the Doost Nature Reserve

Recommended by 380 hikers out of 395

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Nördlicher Oberpfälzer Wald

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

    9.10km

    02:30

    150m

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

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    September 27, 2023

    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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      September 17, 2015

      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

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

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

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