Top 7 Caves ヴァイセンシュタッターフォルストノールでの

The Gefrees Hiking Club (FGV Gefrees), in cooperation with the Gefrees Historical Forum, has erected an information panel here, providing details about the royal pearl fishing operations at this location. The small passage was hewn into the rock for this purpose and is accessible to slender and agile individuals.

A small side path leads from the main path down to the tunnel. An information panel provides information about the tunnel's origins, dating back to the 18th century. At the upper end, there is a ford through the Ölschnitztal valley, which may be passable when the water level is low.

Here you will find a small, approximately 10 m long rock breakthrough from the old pearl fishery in the Ölschnitz valley. The straight breakthrough is accessible, but adults can only do so in a crouched position. The river-side entrance bears the year 1770. Further information on the historical reference can be found on a new, small information board above the rock tunnel.

Many such rocks of enormous proportions can be found in the Fichtelgebirge; a few, so-called wobbling stones, can even be rocked using a lever.

A large egg-shaped boulder that forms a large cave with another rock in the back

Earth and rock cellars were built in the Fichtel Mountains to store potatoes, turnips, beer and meat. The cellars are important ecological structural elements of nature conservation, but also symbols of building tradition and stonemasonry. In addition, as artificially created caves, they bear witness to the geological conditions in the rocky landscape of the Fichtelgebirge.

The Nußhardt Stube is a cover cave. It is formed from the huge boulders of the Blockmeer on the summit. The entrance to the interior of the Nußhardt Stube is easy to miss. There are only two places where you can squeeze your way inside between the granite blocks.

The Cellar Hill and a Cellar Hollow contain several 19th-century rock cellars. The earth and rock cellars are important ecological structural elements of nature conservation, but also symbols of local building tradition and stonemasonry. In addition, as artificially created caves, they bear witness to the geological conditions in the rocky landscape of the Fichtelgebirge. Rock cellars were of great importance for storing food, such as potatoes. They are mostly abandoned, partly dilapidated monuments of the agricultural landscape. Barely used cellars are well-known habitats for animals (winter quarters of bats) and small biotopes in near-natural surroundings.