Hollerkanzel : mineralization in Buntsandstein
veins. can be observed in many places of the Buntsandstein. They appear predominantly in the lower and middle strata. A special. A good example can be seen in the Hollerkanzel with circular and ribbon-shaped formations. Iron rinds are also called similar structures. The formation is based on iron and manganese solutions that penetrated into the still unpaved sand layers during flooding.
Level: Karlstal layers
Age: 180 to 200: million years
The Hollerburg
In 1950, the Saarland local historian Robert Seyler discovered the site of a former wood-earth castle (refuge for the population) on the north-eastern spur of the Hirschberg (381m) behind it. The early medieval predecessor of Kirkel Castle, first mentioned in a document in 1075, dates back to the 9th century. Robert Seyler gave it the name "Hollerburg" because it is in the immediate vicinity of the Kirkeler forest department "Hollerlöcher". The Kirkeler Felsenpfad, marked with the ibex, leads around the "Hollerburg" mountain spur. The former military and trade route "strata regia", today's Kaiserstraße, has run along the village and valley side since time immemorial. It connected the cities of Metz and Mainz. Robert Seyler describes the remaining remains of the "Hollerburg" as follows: "An approximately 25 m long wall seals off the equally wide ridge from the rest of the Hirschberg. The Burgplatz is thus given the shape of a long, narrow triangle. In front of the wall, which is only 50 cm high and 3 m wide, is a ditch of the same width and 30 cm deep. A wall had only been built on this one side. The steepness of the two long sides of the triangle offered sufficient protection.” The end point in the northeast is the rock group of the so-called "Hollerkanzel". The front rock outcrop has broken off from the rock that is still overhanging today and is below the rock path on the slope. The exposed rock is made of sandstone and belongs to the Karlstal strata (180 - 200 million years old). The people of Kirkel call the small plateau on the castle site “beautiful view”. On a clear day you can see the highest mountain in the Saarland, the Schaumberg (568m) near Tholey, in a north-westerly direction. Source: text information board