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Rock massif "Am Hohen Stein"

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Rock massif "Am Hohen Stein"

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Rock massif "Am Hohen Stein"

Name: Rock massif "Am Hohen Stein"
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Location: Fürstenstein, Landkreis Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Forest Stream in Lower Bavaria – Hoher Stein (Fürstenstein) loop from Unterpolling

8.07km

02:21

220m

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2. Bavarian Forest Open-Air Museum – Kollnbergmühlweiher loop from Goben

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03:59

310m

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3. Kollnbergmühlweiher – Hoher Stein (Fürstenstein) loop from Unterpolling

11.1km

03:15

310m

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Fürstenstein

April 25, 2023

The natural monument "Hoher Stein" right next to our beautiful Fürstenstein Castle is listed in the geotope register of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (No. 275R001). The granite summit cliffs show pronounced weathering of the "Felsburg - woolsack formation" type with block flows in the foothills. These were created in the last ice age.

The rock massif at the "Hoher Stein" is a unique and bizarre-looking rock formation and is reminiscent of the bow of a ship from prehistoric times and is therefore popularly known as Noah's Ark.
Here is a short film about the "Hoher Stein"

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November 3, 2025

The Hohe Stein von Fürstenstein – a Geotope

The summit cliffs, composed of Saldenburg granite, exhibit pronounced spheroidal and mattress weathering. Several block flows lie at the foot of the rocky outcrop. Cliffs and block flows are the result of erosion, particularly by soil creep and weathering in the periglacial zone (permafrost region) of past ice ages. They are typical of higher elevations in the low mountain ranges between glacial zones. Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU).

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Elevation 570 m

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Tuesday 23 December

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Location: Fürstenstein, Landkreis Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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Rock massif "Am Hohen Stein"

1. Forest Stream in Lower Bavaria – Hoher Stein (Fürstenstein) loop from Unterpolling

2. Bavarian Forest Open-Air Museum – Kollnbergmühlweiher loop from Goben

3. Kollnbergmühlweiher – Hoher Stein (Fürstenstein) loop from Unterpolling

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