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Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Kirchenlamitz

Granite Splitting Site

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Granite Splitting Site

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    Location: Kirchenlamitz, Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    July 18, 2022

    Hiking

    The large stone shows how a boulder was split. It is an indication of how difficult it was to extract granite between 1640 and 1890.
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    June 24, 2020

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    This boulder clearly explains how granite extraction used to work. Between 1640 and 1890 the stones were split by hand.
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    June 8, 2022

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    Here you can see how hard work used to split granite.
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