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Jean Paul Spring

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Jean Paul Spring

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Location: Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. View of Fichtelsee – Fichtelsee loop from Vordorfermühle

4.57km

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2. Seehaus Fichtelgebirge – Fichtelsee Moor Nature Reserve loop from Neubau

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3. Seehaus Fichtelgebirge – Fichtelsee loop from Vordorfermühle

11.2km

03:19

330m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

September 8, 2022

The spring of the Jean Paul fountain consists of a small granite pyramid on a stone base. Long wooden benches for hiking groups and a wellness lounger are set up next to the fountain.

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Birgit

September 28, 2017

Ideal resting place at the Jean Paul fountain with benches and a wooden deckchair.

The Jean Paul fountain is, as you can see from the reddish color of the water, a slightly radioactive iron sorrel. It is already described in 1792 by the electoral mountain and Münzrat Mathias Flurl as "vitriolsauere source". The bishop green pastor Johann Heinrich Scherber reports in 1811 that the forest people knew of a sour well, there was already a source version, which was "but so far with a special consideration was not further treated". Because of its natural radioactivity, at the beginning of the century an English company wanted to buy the area and build a spa there on a grand scale. The buyer's request, however, was rejected by the then Bavarian State Ministry.

bayern-fichtelgebirge.de/gewaesserkunde/JeanPaulBrunnen.pdf

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Rosi_1

February 11, 2021

The water is ferrous like all the rocks in the area. There was an iron mine in nearby Fichtelberg as early as the Middle Ages.

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Elevation 760 m

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Fichtelgebirge

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Location: Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Jean Paul Spring

1. View of Fichtelsee – Fichtelsee loop from Vordorfermühle

2. Seehaus Fichtelgebirge – Fichtelsee Moor Nature Reserve loop from Neubau

3. Seehaus Fichtelgebirge – Fichtelsee loop from Vordorfermühle

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