At the Foot of the Inselsberg Volcano We look forward to seeing you! Explore the region around the GROssER INSELSBERG & visit our GEOINFOCENTRES ! On this GeoRoute you will discover the picturesque Contact: valley of the Ebersbach. Pele, the goddess of volcanoes Tourist Information Floh-Seligenthal will accompany you from the famous cow bell – the Bahnhofstraße 4 , 98593 Floh-Seligenthal largest of its type in the world and made by the local Tel.: +49 3683/408848, Fax: +49 3683/408850 bellfounders Venter Glocken GmbH – on to the Gold- Email: [email protected], www.floh-seligenthal.de born and up to the Kuhplatz and down again towards KleinschmalkaldenBurgenroute Volcano Trail Kleinschmalkalden. Opening hours: Without doubt, the best view can be had from the Monday and Friday: 9 am - 12.30 pm "Grauer Stuhl“, which, at 763 m above sea-level, marks Tuesday: 9 am - 12.30 pm and 1 pm - 4.30 pm GeoRouten-FührerGuide for GeoRoute 3 14 the highest point along the Kleinschmalkalden Volcano Thursday: 9 am - 12.30 pm und 1 pm - 5.30 pm Trail. You may also discover some native orchids and -55,192 mm herbs growing on the mountain meadows. Geopark-Geologist: Dipl. Geol. Stephan Brauner Tel.:+493623-332014 The Kleinschmalkalden Volcano Trail email: [email protected] Distance: approx. 8 km (main route only) Duration: approx. 3-4 hrs. Imprint: Difficulty : moderate (see elevation profile) 12 explanatory panels - especially suited for upper Community Floh-Seligenthal school pupils! Bahnhofstr. 4 Start/end: GeoInfopoint Kleinschmalkalden 98593 Floh-Seligenthal (Interactive rock park at the world's largest cow bell Professional advice and GeoPark management: -10,115 mm opposite the bridge Hirschbrücke) This circular route can be walked in both directions. e.t.a. Sachverständigenbüro Reyer However, it is recommended that you begin your walk Haarbergstrasse 37, 99097 Erfurt in the Ebersbach Valley, since the contents of the Tel.: +49361-4229000, Fax.: +49361-4229005 information panels build on one another. email: [email protected] There is one place to eat along the GeoRoute Authors: (see map and reverse side). Nancy Schröter, Stephan Brauner, Felix Ende, Arriving by bus: Yvonne Kasch, Rolf Danz, Dieter Usbeck, There is a bus stop at the start of the GeoRoute. Antje Rassloff (graphic design) Line 445 stops in Seligenthal, Kleinschmalkalden, Map: © mr-kartographie Gotha Hohleborn (Info: www.mbb-mgn.de) Photos: Arriving by train: S. Brauner, K. Fohlert, K. Kühn via Schmalkalden (Timetable: www.bahn.de) Come and also enjoy our other GeoRoutes in the GeoPark! Note: Our expert Geopark Guides are avail- able to enhance your experience on this trail. All information subject to typesetting and typographical errors. Information and booking: 1st edition december 2018 Note: The overview map of the GeoRoute is Tourist Information Floh-Seligenthal. not suitable for hiking. Trail maps can be ____________________________________ purchased in the tourist information offices. download the gpx-data for this GeoRoute at www.thueringer-geopark.de www.thueringer- geopark.de www.floh-seligenthal.de Nationaler GeoPark Thüringen Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen Nationaler GeoPark Nationaler GeoPark Thüringen Inselsberg - Drei Gleichen Nationaler GeoPark The Kleinschmalkalden Volcano Trail: Taking a deep dive into Stations along the Kleinschmalkalden 88 Viewpoint "Grauer Stuhl“ Additional Attractions nearby Timetable of the geological development Visit the nearby “Discovery Tower” on the Grosser the volcanic landscape of the Lower Permian (Rotliegend) Volcano Trail What type of eruption formed this peak? Gothaische Church (neoclassical church, completed 1854, of the Geopark Inselsberg with a Nature and GeoInfocentre built with typical regional rocks) Now, what was the difference again between magma and lava? This GeoRoute starts in the Interactive rock park directly at the 99 Life after the Volcanic Eruption Here you can enjoy a magnificent view of the entire geopark age There is magma and magma? What is the meaning of the saying Krötensteine (tor formed by volcanic rock: Rhyolite, approx. in Mio. years area and the Thuringian Forest and on clear days even to the world's largest cow bell. The information provided on GeoRoute What opportunities are there for life after a volcanic 1 today "Now I understand it, feldspar, quartz and mica that is granite"? 300 million years old) Quaternary Rhön and Harz Mountains. But there is more: you can also 14 is specially created for upper school pupils. eruption? 2 explore the exhibition "“Summit Meeting of Flora, Fauna and Does the Oberhof-Formation have anything to do with biathlon? GeoRoute 1: Long Haderholz Route (in the neighbouring Alpine Orogeny Fossils – The Inselsberg Show with a View”. Is it true that rocks can change? Are there different types of 10 Saurian Tracks in Kleinschmalkalden district Seligenthal with Interactive rock park) volcanoes? Are all eruptions the same? Which tetrapods lived in Kleinschmalkalden during the Mountain Lake at the Ebertswiese directly on the 190 Find out more about Lias Lower Permian? Jurassic Rennsteig volcanism on the Tabarz Spitterfall near the Rennsteig (largest natural waterfall Asche- und 11 Granite with a difference – The Granite Grus Mine 200 Volcano Trail (GeoRoute Gaswolke Bomben Krater Ascheregen of the Thuringian Forest) Guide 8) in the north of elier Lava Is granite really as hard as you think? t parasitärer Schlot A fuss n ape P Lavageröll pyroklastischer ation © Six churches and six architectural styles in the districts 210 the Rennsteig! r Strom llust I Schichten aus 12 Is it Time for the Next Eruption? Asche und Lava 12 Kleinschmalkalden (Gothaische and Hessische Church), Where and when was the most recent volcanic eruption Seligenthal, Hohleborn, Struth-Helmershof, Floh and 220 Keuper Magmakammer in Germany? Schnellbach Structure of a 1 The Creation and Transformation of Rocks - 230 Stud farm Hof Boxberg in the district Seligenthal Triassic volcano the Rock Cycle (Graphic: Y. Kasch) Guided tours on the Kleinschmalkalden Volcano Trail Upper What are the main types of rock? Tourist mine "Finstertal“ in Asbach Mid Lower with a certified GeoPark Guide are available regularly 240 Muschelkalk Industrial monument "Neue Hütte“ (neoclassic blast Upper H. Admittedly, some of these questions sound a bit crazy, but really, 2 What is Volcanism? between April and October. furnace from 1835) Mid V. 250 Lower the things rocks can "do" is even more incredible. And why do volcanoes exist? Buntsandstein The exact dates for the guided tours are available from the Museum Castle Wilhelmsburg in Schmalkalden Zechstein Copper shale Come and join Pele, the Polynesian goddess 3 An Excursion into Earth History – The Lower Permian Tourist Information, in a separate prospectus or in the monthly Mommelstein Bicycle Route (with the viaduct before 260 Neuenhof-Fm. (boundary conglomerate) The Rotliegend (Lower of volcanoes of Hawaii. She will show the (Rotliegend) around 280 Million Years Ago event schedule of Floh-Seligenthal. Kleinschmalkalden and an important geotope: Permian) plays a central different magmatic rocks and explain vol- role on this GeoRoute. What do geologists mean by a basement? - Start: 9 am, cow bell in the Rock park (Kleinschmalkalden, a "Zechstein unconformity“ in the approx. 200 m long 270 Eisenach-Formation canism to you. opposite bridge Hirschbrücke), duration: approx. 3-4 hrs old railway cutting) Permian 1 2 3 4 Tambach-Formation 4 Magma und Lava 8 9 10 11 - equipment needed: sturdy shoes, appropriate clothing, 280 Rotliegend Rotterode-Formation Some of these mag- At what temperatures do rocks melt to magma? 12 13 14 Opening hours of the tower (with Tourist Information): something to eat and drink Eating and Drinking along GeoRoute 14 Oberhof-Formation Goldlauter-Formation open daily from 10 am to 4 pm matic rock types can 290 15 16 17 18 be discovered along 5 Life and Death near the Volcano - Life in an Active - Please book one day ahead in the Tourist Information - Restaurant "Schöne Aussicht“ directly on the GeoRoute: Manebach-Formation (longer hours on request) (see contacts) Ilmenau-Formation Volcanic Landscape? ? the GeoRoute. Tel. +4936849/ 21239, Schulzenwiese 1, Georgenthal- u. Möhrenbach-Fm. November-March: closed Tuesdays Carboniferous 300 5 6 Was life possible near the active volcanoes back then? - Costs: 5 € p.pers., 2 € reduced district Kleinschmalkalden, G Variscan Orogeny Opening hours: Wed-Sat 11:30 am - 8 pm, break-up supercontinent Pangaea of formation THG 7 6 Types of Volcanoes ±1000 m Sun 10:30 am - 8 pm 400 Have you ever seen the Haderholz porphyry? Devonian - Bakery Ritzmann with Café (near GeoRoute 14): 420 Take a journey back in time to the Lower Permian (Rotliegend) Liebenstein- Group 440 7 Ebertshaide-Melaphyre – Dark Rock with colourful Tel. +4936849/21368, Friedrichrodaer Str. 39, Silurian ±2000 m around 280 million years ago - the highpoint of volcanic activities >3000 m? in this region. This is the time when the foundation of today's "Almonds" district Kleinschmalkalden, 460 Group Opening hours: Tue-Fri 6 am-5 pm, Sat: 6 am-11 am Ordovician 480 landscape of the Thuringian Forest was laid. What is the story behind this dark rock with colourful Group ±1000 m Ruhla- "almonds"? 500 Trusetal- 520 Cambrian 7 10 540 Brotterode-Group 560 Precambrian G - post-orogenic granites (e.g. Ruhla and Trusetal Granites) THG - Thuringian Main Granite.