The geological subsoil of the "Twelve Apostles" is formed by thick layered limestone of Treuchtlingen Marble, a type of rock from the White Jura. The so-called "sponge limestone" weathers harder and therefore remained as prominent rocks. Since 1984 a protected area with vegetation worth seeing.

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Location: Solnhofen, Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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