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Waldershof

Basalt Horses

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Basalt Horses

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    August 31, 2019

    Directly at the Wanderparkplatz Hohenhard is the rock group "Basaltpferde". The basalt horses are a great feature. These are two smaller rocks made of slender, slightly curved basalt columns. Both act together like a team of two horses. The two rocks belong to a tertiary basalt production pit, which has a diameter of only about 20 - 30 meters. This can be reconstructed from the orientation of the basalt columns and their easy separation. It is one of the highest basalt deposits in the Bavarian part of the Geopark.

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      If you look at them properly, they might look like horse heads

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        August 17, 2025

        It's amazing what nature creates and what people see in it.

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          Location: Waldershof, Tirschenreuth, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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