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Checkpoint Schneckenstein

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Checkpoint Schneckensein
Photo: Ronny Schwarz, CC BY-SA, Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge

The checkpoint is located directly at the entrance to Topas Rock

Der weltweit einzige oberirdischer Topasfelsen ist eine geologische Besonderheit

Dieser Felsen, der die gelben Halbedelsteine enthält, ist einmalig auf der Nordhalbkugel. Vom Felsen eröffnet sich ein wunderschöner Blick über die vogtländischen Wälder.

Besonders: 485 Topase sollen in der englischen Königskrone verarbeitet wurden sein und auch im Grünen Gewölbe in Dresden kann man mehrere Schmuckstücke von August dem Starken mit dem sächsischen Diamanten bestaunen.

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Checkpoint Schneckenstein

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50.413232, 12.451302

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50°24'47.6"N 12°27'04.7"E

UTM

33U 318923 5587682

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