슈타인바흐 암 발트‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

렌슈타이크(Rennsteig)의 자연공원 정보 센터 "칼테 퀴헤(Kalte Küche)"에서는 세 개의 자연공원뿐만 아니라 존네베르크(Sonneberg), 크로나흐(Kronach), 잘펠트-루돌슈타트(Saalfeld/Rudolstadt) 세 지역이 만납니다. 이곳에서는 풍경, 공예, 독일-독일 역사에 대한 유익한 정보와 함께 수많은 무료 등산 지도를 얻을 수 있습니다. 휴식이 필요한 분들은 렌슈타이크(Rennsteig) 간이식당에서 간단한 음식, 음료, 커피와 케이크를 즐기며 기운을 차릴 수 있습니다. 운영 시간: 4월~10월: 화요일~금요일 오전 10시~오후 4시, 토요일 및 일요일 오전 11시~오후 4시. 11월~3월: 화요일~금요일 오전 10시~오후 3시 30분. 월요일은 휴무입니다.

This is the former Lehesten roofing slate opencast mine. Its dimensions alone are impressive; along with the nearby Oertelsbruch, it was one of the largest slate quarries on the continent (approximately 800 m long, 300 m wide, and up to 80 m deep). Source: Wikipedia

The tower is located on the Wetzstein hill. A circular hiking trail to Staatsbruch Lehesten also runs here.

A beautiful region 🤩 If you like, you can also take a detour to the Alvater Tower.

The "Kalte Küche" (Cold Kitchen) also offers hot food. 😅 A wonderful place for a rest and break with refreshments.

Very interesting quarry with explanations.

The tower on the Wetzstein was built as a memorial against the expulsion of people and as a place of remembrance of a lost homeland. After the expulsion of the Germans from Czechoslovakia in 1945/46, local friends founded the Altvaterturmverein Langgöns in 1976. In 1999, the association rebuilt the Altvaterturm, which collapsed on May 2, 1959 and was not rebuilt, on the Wetzstein in a true-to-original manner.

In the "Land of Blue Gold," as the slate is called here because of its distinctive color, the tradition of Thuringian-Franconian slate mining can still be experienced today. This extraordinary industrial complex, located at what was once one of Europe's largest open-cast slate mines, provides a hands-on experience of the history and processing of slate. The entire Staatsbruch Slate Park area is a nature reserve. 170 Red List species have now been confirmed to have settled in this partially inaccessible area.