The infopoints on the industrial trails
The Industrial Trail has 14 Stations 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.
Station 1: Introduction, the GeoPark project, geology, mineral deposits, products
Station 2: Measuring groundwater levels
Station 3: Restoring streams to their natural state
Station 6: Traditional woodland trades Charcoal-burning, resin-gathering, the harvesting of wild honey
Station 7: Safeguarding reserves, landscape and vegetation
Station 9: Processing kaolin in the past (the ‘Faberschlemm’) and in the present.
Station 10: A Cultural Landscape – the Hirschau – Schnaittenbach District
Station 11: Sedimentation ponds: the natural way of cleaning used water
Station 12: The Kaolin Mine in 2006
Station 13: Krausöd Quarry, an important geotope
Station 14: Measuring the outflow from the Weitzendorf Stream