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Path of Painted Stones (Bärenbachpfad)

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Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Landkreis Birkenfeld

Baumholder

Path of Painted Stones (Bärenbachpfad)

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Path of Painted Stones (Bärenbachpfad)

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Location: Baumholder, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Badgers' Trail – Forsthaus Hennemühle Rest Area loop from Baumholder

3.66km

01:02

80m

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

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2. Bärenbachpfad Trail Gateway – Baumholder Town Lake loop from Baumholder

9.15km

02:30

140m

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

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3. Friedelbrunnen – Badgers' Trail loop from Baumholder

6.23km

01:45

120m

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

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Hunsbuckel 🇺🇦

June 23, 2019

Above the quarries operated by the German Armed Forces at the Baumholder military training area, this path leads through forest passages as a singletrack. Occasionally there are quartzite whippers.
But there were also some almond stones placed with well visible quartz and colored andesite.

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

February 5, 2022

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐡 - "𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐦ü𝐡𝐥𝐞"

At the beginning of the 1920s, the quarry was leased to the construction company Josef Schahn in Baumholder, which then in 1923 built a house for their demolition engineer as a service building on the hillside of the Mühlenberg. Apparently, after a few years, this house had lost its significance for the Schahn company, because the municipality of Ronnenberg took it over as early as 1928 and used it as a forest service farm. The building probably got its name “Forsthaus Hennemühle” (Hennemühle because it was close by) from this use. The quarry was taken over by the Bundeswehr in the 1960s and has been operated by them ever since. For many years, the "Forsthaus Hennemühle" served as an apartment for the family of the retired field commander, Colonel a.D. Ernst Baumgart. After he moved to Offenbach am Glan, the house was demolished in 1960. Source: text information board

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

February 5, 2022

Part 1. 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻

𝑽𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒉

Around 285 to 280 million years ago, during the Rotliegend age, the area around Baumholder looked very different than it does today. It was a time marked by strong volcanism. Molten rock from chimneys and large fissures penetrated to the earth's surface and formed lava flows up to 1000 meters thick. "The volcanic rocks that were formed in this way can also be found in the area of the Bärenbach path. They are called andesites because of their chemical and mineralogical composition. They are similar to basalts and essentially consist of the minerals plagioclase (feldspar) and pyroxene. When they are fresh, they are Andesites are dark grey-greenish in colour, they take on brownish to reddish hues when weathered.They are mostly dense and compact, in some cases larger feldspar crystals are present as phenocrysts, which "swim" in a fine-crystalline to glassy, dense matrix.Rock sections that look like this are often found like a dark bath sponge or as if they were studded with peas. As the lava cools, the volcanic gases collect in bubbles below the surface of the lava flows. As the molten rock solidifies, they become trapped like in a Swiss cheese. These former gas bubbles can be empty, mostly found in it, however, ve Various minerals that crystallized out of mineral-containing, aqueous solutions after the solidification of the lava. The rocks with filled gas bubbles are also called "almond stones". Rock crystal, smoky quartz, amethyst, agate, chalcedony and jasper are often found in the almonds. These minerals used to form the basis of the Idar-Oberstein gemstone industry Collector's item for lovers of beautiful minerals Source: Text info board

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Path of Painted Stones (Bärenbachpfad)

1. Badgers' Trail – Forsthaus Hennemühle Rest Area loop from Baumholder

2. Bärenbachpfad Trail Gateway – Baumholder Town Lake loop from Baumholder

3. Friedelbrunnen – Badgers' Trail loop from Baumholder

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