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you getthere…. to thetopofhighesthill–youwillseewhywhen Tipp: ficent viewsofthe . “Howete”, andtheHaderholzsteinpresentmagni- peaks of the Hohe Warte, locally known as the the trailpassesthroughanoldcoalminingarea. The You mightevenfindasmallpieceofBlackGold,since diversity oftheGeoparkisunfolding. Here, inthissmallareaabigpartofthegeological years old. metamorphic rocks.Someofthemare300Million types ofrocks:volcanicrocks,sedimentaryrocksand Thuringian Forest Mountains you can see different At theLongHaderholzRouteinheartof Kleinschmalkalden andthesportsfieldSeligenthal. te. Busservicesareavailableforthesectionbetween There arenoplacestoeatdirectlyalongtheGeoRou- Note: (Info: www.mbb-mgn.de) Seligenthal, Kleinschmalkalden,Hohleborn Bus lines448,452,453servethestopsin Arriving bybus: Haderholzstein. recommended tobeginyourwalktowardsthe The routecanbehikedinbothdirections.Itis Start: SportsfieldinSeligenthal Degree ofdifficulty: medium(seeelevationprofile ) Duration: 5-6hours Length: approx.11 km GeoRoute: Touristinformation inFloh-Seligenthal. to enhanceyourGeopark experience. take astonefromtheHaderholzgrundwithyou Booking &moreinformation: Please askforourqualified Geopark Guides Stephan Brauner,AnkePenndorf,SylviaReyer-Rohde, We arelookingforwardtoseeingyou! All informationsubjecttotypesettingand typographicalerrors. Expert consultantsandGeoParkmanagement: Birgit Fuhrmann,AntjeRaßloff(Graphikdesign) Visit ourotherGeoRoutesintheGeoPark! D. Usbeck,S.Brauner,K.Fohlert,C.Höfer Dieter Usbeck,RolfDanz,NancySchröter, Übersichtskarte: ©mr-kartographieGotha Tel.: 0361-4229000,Fax.: 0361-4229005 Tel.: 03683/408848,Fax:03683/408850 Tourist informationFloh-Seligenthal Bahnhofstr. 4,98593 Thursday: 9-12amund15.30pm e.t.a. SachverständigenbüroReyer Tuesday: 9-12amand14.30pm Haarbergstraße 37,99097Erfurt [email protected] Email: [email protected] Gemeinde Floh-Seligenthal Monday andFriday:9-12am Dipl. Geol.StephanBrauner E-Mail: [email protected] Wednesday: 1-4.30pm First editionSeptember2019 Tel.: 03623-332014 Geopark geologist: www.eta-reyer.de Opening hours: Bahnhofstraße 4 Contact: Imprint: Authors: Fotos: Floh-Seligenthal Attractions along the GeoRoute 1 5 View of the Falkenburgstein hill 129 Rhyolite spur 15 Granite porphyry dike at the Wire Factory Hohleborn - Museum Schloss Wilhelmsburg in Timetable of the geological development of the Geopark - lookout with a view of the Falkenburgstein hill - Rhyolith of the type “Haderholz porphyry“ is a very - Granite porphyry dike penetrates the gneisses of the “Long Haderholz Route“ - Mommelstein Cycle Route with the viaduct outside of age in Mio. years (composed of Haderholz porphyry (see No. 7 ) hard and resistant volcanic rock that often forms rock Hohleborn formation (around 295 million years ago) 1 Kleinschmalkalden and an important geotope: a “Zechstein today 1 Well in Haderholzgrund - historic monument with archaeological remains of an spurs and buttes (see No. 77 ) - Granite porphyry has been fractured tectonically and discontinuity“ exposed along the 200 m long former railway Quaternary 2 - artesian well ancient fortification partially deformed cutting Alpine Orogeny - original enclosure from 1831, renewed later - Breeding ground for peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) 10 Lake horizon - Gneiss was formed by metamorphism around 350 million - Mudrocks from the Ilmenau Formation (approx. 295 million years ago To learn more about Inns and restaurants near the Long Haderholz Route 190 Lias 2 6 Münzhöhle (colloquially: Moinzehöhle) years old) Jurassic volcanism you can walk Granite grus pit in the Silgetal Café und Pension Leffler - Kleinschmalkalden granite - natural cave (eroded joint in the Haderholz porphyry) - Sapropel deposits of a former lake, 16 Quarry and rock spur at the Hundsrück the nearby Volcano Haderholzstr.13, OT Seligenthal, 03683/ 608101, 200 - presumed location of a counterfeit coin production - typical fossils: fish, newt-like amphibians - gneisses of the Hohleborn formation penetrated by thick Route Kleinschmalkal- - Age: approx. 335 million years (Carboniferous) open: daily from 12 am workshop around 1600 (branchiosaurs) and ostracods “mixed” dikes den, or the Volcano Trail - Granite is a magmatic rock composed of quartz, feldspar 210 and mica - Winter quarter for e.g. fire salamander, crested newt - the hard dike rocks were extracted as a hard, resistant, Café Aschenbach in Tabarz on the other and various bat species 11 Grenzborn construction stone Hauptstr. 23, OT Kleinschmalkalden, 036849/ 21260, side of the . - here the granite is weathered to a great depth as a result of 220 subtropical weathering in the geological past - all-year habitat of the European cave spider (Meta menardi) - enclosed artesian well open: Wed-Sa from 3 pm, Sun from 10 am Keuper - is a “specially protected biotope” - well type: perched spring More attractions nearby Berghotel Ebertswiese am Rennsteig - feldspar and mica are less resistant to weathering 230 than quartz 03683/ 606451, Triassic Church of Gotha Upper 7 Haderholzstein (713 m above sea-level) 12 Hohe Warte (colloquially: Howete) Mid open: daily except Tue and Wed Lower - neo-classical church, completed in 1854 240 Muschelkalk Upper 3 - highest elevation of the Long Haderholz Route - Stone look-out, built in 1905 H. Gakenstein - built of typical regional stone: green sandstone - Type locality for the resistant Rhyolite - located at 602 m above sea level Mid V. - Rock spur of highly deformed Kleinschmalkalden granite 250 Lower (see No. 88 ), tuffs from the quarries on the Rennsteig Buntsandstein (see No. 22 ) type “Haderholz porphyry“ in the Ilmenau-Formation - locally known as “Henkeltöpfchen – pot with handles“

and Bunter Sandstone from the foothills Zechstein - rock is approx. 295 million years old - Rocks consist of Haderholz porphyry (see No. 77 ) Copper shale Guided tours along the Long Haderholz 260 Neuenhof-Fm. (boundary conglomerate) 4 - here the Haderholz porphyry is around 200 m thick „Giant Stone“ Lamprophyre dike Route with certified GeoPark Guides - the peregrine falcon breeds in the rock faces 13 Historic mining in the Altal valley - a big rock consisting of andesite (a volcanic type of rock) - dark, fine-grained and very hard rock found in dikes 270 Eisenach-Formation

- regularly from April to October Permian - also formerly known as “Melaphyr“ in - the “Tamburg”, the protected remains of a former castle - numerous remains of historic coal mining activities - formed approx. 300 million years ago in the Georgenthal Tambach-Formation 7 crowns this hill are found in the Altal valley formation - Start: 8 am, Sports field (district Seligenthal), (see No. 7 ) 280 Rotliegend Rotterode-Formation - a small cave is located at the foot of the Haderholzsteins - first officially recorded in the 16th century - mountain lake at the Ebertswiese – direct connection to duration: approx. 4-5 h Oberhof-Formation 8 sandstone - essential equipment: sturdy shoes, suitable clothes (see No. 77 ) - Base sediment of the Georgenthal formation Goldlauter-Formation the Rennsteig 290 10 lake horizon Did you know that dikes are a relict of volcanic Manebach-Formation (approx. 300 million years old) - Spitterfall near the Rennsteig - largest natural waterfall of according to weather, bring your own food and Ilmenau-Formation 5 7 9 12 eruptions? drinks ? 8 Plattenbruch on the Hausmasse - coal seam thickness varies between 20-25 m Georgenthal- u. Möhrenbach-Fm. Haderholz porphyry the Thuringian Forest Carboniferous 300 Magma from deep down rises through fractures in - old quarry on the Hausmasse hill (683 m above sea level) - most recent mining attempt made in 1904 – 1910 by the - Please book at least one day ahead at the Tourist G Coal of Kleinschmalkalden - biggest cowbell in the world in Kleinschmalkalden Variscan Orogeny 13 formation of Pangaea supercontinent break-up supercontinent Pangaea of formation THG 2 3 the surrounding rock. However the magma usually - extracted rock is the green-grey sandstone from the Association “Hohe Warte“ information, phone: 03683/408848 16 „Giant stone“ - 6 churches built in different styles in the districts ±1000 m (Andesitic volcanism) does not reach the surface of the Earth. Goldlauter Formation (approx. 290 million years old) Seligenthal, Kleinschmalkalden, Hohleborn, Struth- - Cost: 5 € p.P., 2 € reduced 400 14 Devonian In mixed dikes this process is repeated several - sandstone occasionally contains trace fossils and 14 Granite porphyry rock Helmershof, Floh and Schnellbach - exact schedule is available in the Tourist informa- 420 Liebenstein- Group plant remains - multi-phasic (“mixed“) dike penetrating the Kleinschmal- 440 tion, on a separate leaflet or in the monthly event Silurian ±2000 m times in sequence with different magma compo- - Stud farm Hof Boxberg in the district Seligenthal >3000 m? - Sandstone primarily used as cut stone (“Waldplatten“), kalden Granite (see Infobox) calendar of Floh-Seligenthal 460 sitions. In this case the dike consists of several - Visitor mine “Finstertal“ in Asbach 4 14 15 16 15 Group

see No. 15 - the outer zone consists of Kersantite the centre of Ordovician 480

Group metamorphic basement ±1000 m rock types. - Technical monument “Neue Hütte“ - historical - Granite porphyry 500

blast furnace complex built in 1835 Trusetal- 520 Cambrian

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G - post-orogenic granites (e.g. Ruhla and Trusetal Granites) THG - Thuringian Main Granite