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Basalt Horses

Basalt Horses

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Basalt Horses

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

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Söhni 🏃

January 20, 2022

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The basalt horses are a great feature. These are two smaller rocks made up of slender, slightly curved basalt columns. Both together look like a team of two horses.

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Rombea

August 31, 2019

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Directly at the Wanderparkplatz Hohenhard is the rock group "Basaltpferde". The basalt horses are a great feature. These are two smaller rocks made of slender, slightly curved basalt columns. Both act together like a team of two horses. The two rocks belong to a tertiary basalt production pit, which has a diameter of only about 20 - 30 meters. This can be reconstructed from the orientation of the basalt columns and their easy separation. It is one of the highest basalt deposits in the Bavarian part of the Geopark.

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Thomas

June 5, 2022

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Stone formation made of basalt, said to resemble horse manes

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

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