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Middle Franconia

Wernloch Sky Ponds

Middle Franconia

Wernloch Sky Ponds

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Wernloch Sky Ponds

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Cycling

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Location: Wendelstein, Roth, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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July 11, 2021

Hiking

....The Wendelstein quartzite was used for millstones, waterworks of the Ludwig Canal, towers, city walls and street paving because of its resistance. Numerous important Nuremberg buildings such as the city theater, the artists' house, the St. Sebaldus Church and the Palace of Justice (Nuremberg) were built from this simple stone...

...In the center of the abandoned pits, three smaller lakes with a total area of about 0.6 hectares were formed. These are so-called sky ponds, which have neither an inflow nor an outflow and get their water exclusively from precipitation and penetrating groundwater...- Wikipedia -

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March 12, 2022

Hiking

Former quarries. The quarrying jagged the landscape. Nature has taken everything back and created an idyll. Caution! Some very steep cliff edges with quite a height. Better to stay on the paths.

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November 1, 2022

Hiking

The path here is often very muddy, even if it hasn't rained. There are several ponds next to each other here. Also very nice as a night hike with older children, eerily beautiful 🎃🪦💀⚰ 😉👍

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Wernloch Sky Ponds – Old Quarry loop from Kettelersiedlung

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Elevation 370 m

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Location: Wendelstein, Roth, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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