Karsdorf Fault
The Karsdorf Fault (german: Karsdorfer Störung or ''Karsdorfer Verwerfung'') is a striking tectonic fracture line, which is part of the Central Saxon Fault, and is located in the eastern Ore Mountains and the Elbe Valley Slate Mountains of Germany. It forms the northern geological boundary of the Eastern Ore Mountains in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge with the Elbe zone, where it is adjoined by the Döhlen Basin and the Kreischa Basin. It derives its name from the town of Karsdorf near Rabenau, formerly also known as ''Wendisch-Carsdorf''. As a result, the fault line is also called the Wendisch-Carsdorf Fault Line (''Wendisch-Carsdorfer Verwerfungslinie'') in historical literature. Near Karsdorf the fault line runs in a southeasterly direction where it is geomorphologically outlined by the following clearly visible features: * Windberg near Freital, 352 m above NN. * Lerchenberg near Possendorf, 425 m * Quohrener Kipse, 452 m * Hermsdorfer Berg, 447 m ...
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