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Kammerbühl Volcano

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Kammerbühl Volcano

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Kammerbühl Volcano

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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1. Waldsassen Abbey – Lourdes Grotto loop from Františkovy Lázně

47.1km

02:53

350m

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2. Cheb Castle (Eger Castle) – Krajinka Covered Wooden Bridge loop from Waldsassen

49.7km

03:03

390m

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3. Skalka Dam – Františkovy Lázně Spa Park loop from Františkovy Lázně

50.8km

03:08

340m

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BioMann

September 11, 2019

The Kammerbühl (503 m above sea level) and the nearby Eisenbühl are the only volcanoes active in prehistoric times in the Czech Republic. The two mountains are about three kilometers southeast of Eger. The cinder cone Kammerbühl is with 72,000 years one of the younger volcanoes in Europe. Located at the bottom of a dry lake, today's Cheb Basin, it was created by an eruption with so-called Strombolian activity. The loose masses that had become ash and slag at the eruption settled eastwards, while the lava that flowed out after the outburst of gas filled the volcanic gap and solidified into basalt.
Already Goethe visited the volcano. In 1951 the Kammerbühl was placed under nature protection. He is a Czech natural monument. Taking along volcanic rocks is a punishment.

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

September 12, 2019

Goethe, himself a follower of Neptunism, visited the volcano in 1808, 1820 and 1822 to conduct scientific studies in connection with this dispute.[2] He described the volcano as follows:
“The Kammerbühl (hill), otherwise also Kammerberg, takes its name from a neighboring forest district and a complex of few houses there, called the Kammer. It shows up when you walk from Franzensbrunn to Eger, about half an hour to the right of the path.”
At his suggestion, a few years after his death (1834-37), Kaspar Maria von Sternberg dug a tunnel system through the hill. When the crater filled with basalt was encountered, the volcanic origin of Komorní hůrka (Kammerbühl) could finally be established
be proven.

Source and more info
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komorn%C3%AD_h%C5%AFrka

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

July 17, 2022

Goethe, himself a follower of Neptunism, visited the volcano in 1808, 1820 and 1822 to conduct scientific studies in connection with this dispute.[2] He described the volcano as follows:
“The Kammerbühl (hill), otherwise also Kammerberg, takes its name from a neighboring forest district and a complex of few houses there, called the Kammer. It shows up when you walk from Franzensbrunn to Eger, about half an hour to the right of the path.”
At his suggestion, a few years after his death (1834-37), Kaspar Maria von Sternberg dug a tunnel system through the hill. When the crater filled with basalt was encountered, the volcanic origin of Komorní hůrka (Kammerbühl) could finally be established
be proven.
Source and more info
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komorn%C3%AD_h%C5%AFrka

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Elevation 530 m

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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Kammerbühl Volcano

1. Waldsassen Abbey – Lourdes Grotto loop from Františkovy Lázně

2. Cheb Castle (Eger Castle) – Krajinka Covered Wooden Bridge loop from Waldsassen

3. Skalka Dam – Františkovy Lázně Spa Park loop from Františkovy Lázně

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