Photos from Germany and its volcanic regions

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Aerial images of the German volcanoes in the nature park Siebengebirge near Germany's former capital city Bonn. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Siebengebirge, Germany: aerial images Nov 2021 (18 Images)

Siebengebirge (31 Images)

Volcán de Kaiserstuhl (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Volcán de Kaiserstuhl (2 Images)

The northeastern Germany's Saarland and adjacient parts of Rheinland-Pfalz are saw very intense volcanic activity in the Permian period, approx. 280 million years ago. Both large-scale magmatic intrusions as well as important volcanic activity on the surface of the back-then desert-like landscapes created important plutonic (intrusive) bodies (such as granites, diorites etc) as well as a vast plateau of lava flows and pyroclastic rocks that covered older sediments (mainly sand- and mudstones).
Today, this layer of magmatic rocks forms a beautiful plateau of small mountains and hills reaching approx. 4-600 m elevation and carved by carved by gentle valleys such as the Nahe valley. The exposed and eroded volcanic and plutonic rocks are rich in a variety of minerals, in particular quartz and agate. Exploration and treatment of these minerals gave rise to an important mineral-cutting industry that flourished for centuries especially in the area around Idar-Oberstein, which became (and in parts still is) a hot-spot for mineral treatment and trade.
During a visit in Aug 2020, Tobias and Tom explored some of the hidden volcanic treasures of the northern Saarland (St. Wendel region). (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

St. Wendel region, Saarland: traces of old volcanic activity, impressions Aug 2020 (20 Images)

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Eifel excursión 30.8.2008 (23 Images)

Wingertsbergwand: depósitos de la ca de erupción (East-Eifel, Alemania) Laacher See. y. 10.000 B.P. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Wingertsbergwand: depósitos de la ca de erupción (East-Eifel, Alemania) Laacher See. y. 10.000 B.P. (33 Images)

Excursión a Eifel 27 de septiembre de 2008 (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Excursión a Eifel 27 de septiembre de 2008 (60 Images)

El geysir agua fría de Andernach (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

El geysir agua fría de Andernach (14 Images)

Occidental de Eifel (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Occidental de Eifel (26 Images)

A powerful Plinian explosive volcanic eruption took place about 13,077 years ago (or at about 11,057 BC) at the Laacher See caldera in the Eifel (western Germany). It was one of Central Europe's largest eruptions during the past 100,000 years and ejected around 20 cubic kilometers of ash and pumice into an eruption column that rose to at least 20 km height, comparable to the Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines in 1991.
The Laacher See is considered dormant today. Signs of volcanic life can be found at the lake shore in form of CO2 emissions.
The products of the eruption 13,000 years ago left thick deposits of pumice and welded ignimbrite, that has been used as building material since Ancient times. Here are some impressions of the area, taken during a series of excursions: (Photo: Tobias Schorr)

Eifel volcanic field (Germany): Laacher See caldera, ignimbrite, gas emissions July 2008 (28 Images)

On the crater rim of Bellerberg volcano in the Eifel region

Hauyn crystals (photo Stefan Wolfsried)

The Laacher See volcano lake

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