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Landkreis Bad Kissingen

Riedenberg

Basalt Cableway Transfer Station at Tintenfass

Landkreis Bad Kissingen

Riedenberg

Basalt Cableway Transfer Station at Tintenfass

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Basalt Cableway Transfer Station at Tintenfass

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Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

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Location: Riedenberg, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Nico

May 28, 2023

Deflection station for the transport railway in basalt mining

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Kaffee_schmeckt_auch_aufgewärmt

April 6, 2024

Lost place at the inkwell - not open to the public. Witnesses of a bygone era (basalt mining)

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June 13, 2024

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The Inkwell Basalt Lake - or Devil's Inkwell Mountain Lake - is an idyllic mountain lake in a former basalt quarry on the Farnsberg. Today, the area around the former basalt quarry is home to the "Am Farnsberg" recreation area, with the Farnsberg youth campsite and the Rhön mountain house. The Karl Straub House in Würzburg is also located on the Farnsberg. Swimming in the Inkwell Basalt Lake is strictly prohibited due to the rocky cliffs and the subsoil.

The Farnsberg is near Riedenberg, a district of Wildflecken in the Bad Kissingen district. The mountain and thus also the mountain lake are also located in the "Black Mountains Nature Reserve", the second largest nature reserve in Bavaria outside the Alps.

At the spot where the basalt lake today continues to amaze hikers with its beauty and the numerous basalt formations and columns, there used to be a basalt hill. However, in 1908 - as in many other places in the Rhön - the mining of basalt began at Farnsberg. The original Berghaus Rhön also dates back to this quarry and was originally an overnight accommodation with a canteen for the quarry workers.

In 1937, however, the quarry was exhausted and was subsequently closed. Only the existing cable car remained in operation and was used as a diversion station for the basalt from the other quarries at Gebirgsstein and Kellerstein. In 1970, however, basalt mining at Farnsberg was completely stopped.
Source: rhoentourist.de/bergsee-tintenfass

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Location: Riedenberg, Landkreis Bad Kissingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Basalt Cableway Transfer Station at Tintenfass

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