Katzenbuckel Volcano Earthcache EarthCache
Katzenbuckel Volcano Earthcache
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The coordinates refer to parking place. Follow the trail named way of Crystals “Weg der Kristalle”. The Katzenbuckel is with 626m asl the highest point in the Odenwald.
You must bring a measuring tape and a camera .
Ihr müsst ein Massband und eine Kamera dabei haben!
The Katzenbuckel Mountain as a flat hilltop nowadays tower above by about 100 m the Triassic “Buntsandstein”-Plain of the Odenwald.
In the area of the Katzenbuckel hilltop you can find much younger fossils of the Jurassic age, this leads to the conclusion that the current surface level of the landscape was covered by a 600-700m thick succession of rocks when the Katzenbuckel volcano erupted about 60 million years ago. This eruption caused a tremendous explosion which created a hole in the earth of approximately 400 m depth and 1000 m wide. This hole collapsed and was filled with erupted volcanic rocks and the surrounding sedimentary rocks. Gradually the rock layers above were eroded to the present surface made of Buntsandstein sandstones.
The harder volcanic rocks of the Katzenbuckel were harder to erode and thus formed a shallow hill.
Some of the volcanic rocks were mined in a quarry and used as gravel in the construction of roads. In 1974 the mining was discontinued and in the former quarry a small lake formed (not to be mixed up with a crater lake). The tour has a length of about 1,5 kilometres and good shoes are recommended, Please do not leave the path as in some parts you are walking close to the cliff (not risky at all if you stay on the paths!).
At the final station of the path you should climb the tower (if it’s open) and enjoy the view!
Since the signs and the descriptions are all in German it should not be a problem to answer the questions below.
English Questions
For claiming this cache send me an email (using the send message function in my Profile) answering the following questions:
What’s the name of the office that made the concept of the path?
Which number has the sign covering the volcanic bombs?
Send the coordinates of the location of the sign regarding the volcanic bomb.
In this area you can find a big rock, is it a volcanic bomb or something else?
Please use your tape measure and measure the diameter and circumference of that rock next to the sign. Include these dimensions in your mail.
Use your GPS to determine the elevation of the sign covering the information about the botany.
In addition you should provide with you log a Photo of yourself clearly showing the measuring tape, gps and either the lake or the tower in the background.
If you do not want to post a photo with your log send it via the messenger.
You can provide the answers either in english or german,
PLEASE do sent your email address along so that I can answer!
German version of the questions:
Damit ihr die Fragen beantworten könnt folgt bitte dem Weg der Kristalle, dann kommt ihr an allen notwendigen Stationen vorbei.
Um den Cache loggen zu dürfen sendet mir bitte eine Email (nutzt die send message Funktion im GC Profil) mit den Antworten zu den folgenden Fragen:
Wie lautet der Name des Büros, dass den Weg konzeptionell erarbeitet hat?
Welches ist die Nummer der Station die sich mit den vulkanischen Bomben befasst? Sende mir bitte die Koordinaten von dem Schild der vulkanischen Bombe. In der Naehe des Schildes befindet sich eine grosser Stein. Bitte messt den Durchmesser und Umfang dieses Steins und übersendet mir die Messwerte in eurer mail.
Handelt es sich um eine vulkanische Bombe oder etwas anderes?
Was ist die Höhe in Metern über NN des Schildes zur Botanik ? Nutzt hierfür euer GPS.
Zuseatzlich solltet ihr mit eurem log ein Photo von euch das deutlich das Massband und GPS und euch vor dem See oder Turm zeigt hochladen.
BITTE sendet eure Email adresse mit sodass ich euch antworten kann, ansonsten riskiert ihr das euer Log gelöscht wird. Antworten koennen auf deutsch oder english uebermittelt werden, was immer einfacher fuer euch ist!
Wenn ihr diesen Earthcache gemacht habt: Gratulation ihr habt Deutschlands ersten Earthcache und somit ältesten Earthcache in Deutschland besucht!
Die Beschreibung und Fragen wurden, nachdem im Juli 2025 neue Schilder aufgestellt wurden, im Juli 2025 überarbeitet.
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