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Franconian Line Outcrop

Franconian Line Outcrop

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Franconian Line Outcrop

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Location: Kemnath, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 14, 2024

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To cross more than 250 million years of earth's history in one step and lay your hand on one of the most significant fractures in the earth's crust in Central Europe is something that can only be done in Waldeck, between the Bavarian and Thuringian Forests. The outcrop on the Franconian Line was only discovered in 2013. A geological peculiarity.

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

April 26, 2020

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You can only smile tiredly about the brave little tailor, because "seven in one empire" is not against what you can do in the northern Upper Palatinate near Waldeck, effortlessly …

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Timber 👣 & Shakespeare 🐾

April 25, 2019

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The Frankish line is a major geological fault in Central Europe. It delimits the Tafeldeckgebirge of the South German stratified stage east and northeast against the Variscan basement of the …

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Elevation 680 m

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Monday 18 May

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30 %

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Location: Kemnath, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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