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The infopoints on the industrial trails
The Industrial Trail has 12 InfoPoints and begins at the foot of Monte Kaolino in Hirschau, although visitors can also set out from Schnaittenbach, since the Trail follows a circular route.

1 Introduction, the GeoPark project, geology, mineral deposits, products

2 Measuring groundwater levels

3 Restoring streams to their natural state

4 The forest, the quarrying of mineral ore and the smelting of iron in Eastern Bavaria in prehistoric and primeval times

5 The forest, its water, the quarrying and smelting of iron ore in the late meiaeval and early modern periods

6 Traditional woodland trades Charcoal-burning, resin-gathering, the harvesting of wild honey

7 Safeguarding reserves, landscape and vegetation

8 Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow. The development of the kaolin mines from the earliest times to the present-day. The post-industrial landscape. Environmental protection and sustainability.

9 Processing kaolin in the past (the ‘Faberschlemm’) and in the present.

10 A Cultural Landscape - the Hirschau - Schnaittenbach District

11 Sedimentation ponds: the natural way of cleaning used water

12 The Kaolin Mine in 2006

13 Krausöd Quarry, an important geotope

14 Measuring the outflow from the Weitzendorf Stream