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Severozápad
Karlovarský kraj

Goethe Rocks

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Goethe Rocks

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    1. Goethe Rocks – Elster Spring loop from Bärendorf

    12.1km

    03:20

    210m

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

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

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

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    May 5, 2025

    The Czechs call these bizarre quartz rocks "Goethe's Rock Garden." A more fitting name than "Goethe Rock" for the 400-meter-long and 10-meter-wide rock formation.

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      The “Goethe rock”, designated as a natural monument, consists of several rock groups on a mighty “quartz reef” belonging to the Bohemian pile. The outcrop is about 400 m long and up to 15 m high. Because of its strength, the vein quartz was quarried in several quarries, the largest of which was in operation until the 1960s.

      At the southern end of the quartz train, a marked junction leads from the blue hiking trail to the inconspicuous Goethe stone. On this boulder there is a memorial plaque, which the police advisor, amateur scientist and mineral collector Joseph Sebastian Grüner from Eger (1780–1864) put in honor of the visit of the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Marija Pawlowna Romanowa (1786–1859) let.
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      m.taggmanager.cz/de/3313

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        November 16, 2024

        The area was formerly called Rommersreuther Schweiz after the nearby town of Rommersreuth (now Skalka).

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