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Natural Monuments

Upper Palatinate

Basalt Horses

Natural Monuments

Upper Palatinate

Basalt Horses

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Basalt Horses

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Gravel riding

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Naturpark Steinwald

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

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January 20, 2022

Hiking

The basalt horses are a great feature. These are two smaller rocks made up of slender, slightly curved basalt columns. Both together look like a team of two horses.

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August 31, 2019

Mountain biking

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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June 5, 2022

Hiking

Stone formation made of basalt, said to resemble horse manes

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Elevation 780 m

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

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