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Geological Trail Gambach–Edelweiss

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Geological Trail Gambach–Edelweiss

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Geological Trail Gambach–Edelweiss

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Grainberg-Kalbenstein und Saupurzel

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Location: Karlstadt, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Best Hikes to Geological Trail Gambach–Edelweiss

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1. Hiking loop from Gambach

9.83km

02:53

280m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Hiking loop from Gambach

4.66km

01:33

190m

Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Lourdes Grotto Gambach loop from Gambach

4.17km

01:19

170m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Breggi

October 8, 2018

A narrow path starting at the parking lot of the Gambachs wastewater treatment plant leads to the spot where a lower jaw of a Mastodonsaurus was found. This find can be visited in Munich in the Bavarian State Collection of Paleontology.

The Mastodonsaurus is a genus of Temnospondyler amphibians from the Middle to Upper Triassic of Europe. This genus was one of the largest amphibians in the history of the earth, but was surpassed by Prionosuchus. Wikipedia

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Vanessa

April 28, 2019

Exciting and worth knowing about the extraordinary geological conditions of the region, shows you the geological nature trail, on which one finds not only interesting facts about the Muschelkalk, but also about the here for the first time found two amphibian or dinosaur species "Mastodonsaurus ingens" and "Saurichnites gambachensis" ,

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Udo Spessarträuber♠︎

June 18, 2025

The geo trail is superbly laid out.

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Elevation 140 m

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Location: Karlstadt, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Geological Trail Gambach–Edelweiss

1. Hiking loop from Gambach

2. Hiking loop from Gambach

3. Lourdes Grotto Gambach loop from Gambach

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