The Gohrisch (wrongly also called the ''Gohrischstein'', 440 m) is a
table hill
A table or tableland is a butte, flank of a mountain, or mountain, that has a flat top.
This kind of landform has numerous names, including:
* Butte
* Mesa
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* Potrero
* Tepui
* Terrace
* Tuya
A tuya is a flat-topped, steep-sided vol ...
in the German region of
Saxon Switzerland, left of the
River Elbe in
Saxony.
Location and surrounding area
The Gohrisch is located about four kilometres southeast of
Königstein and some four kilometres south of
Bad Schandau in the centre of a plateau (''Ebenheit'') that is dominated by similar rocky hills. It is surrounded by the hills of the
Papststein
Papststein is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany
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, the
Kleinhennersdorfer Stein and the
Lasensteine. Touristically this micro-region in
Saxon Switzerland is often called the "Region of Rocks" (''Gebiet der Steine'').
At the foot of the Gohrisch lie the small villages of
Kurort Gohrisch and
Papstdorf, which belong to the municipality of
Gohrisch
Gohrisch is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany
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. On the east side is the Speckstein Gallery (''Specksteinstollen'') which bears witness to former
prospecting in this area. In the immediate vicinity there is a small, overgrown quarry where
basalt used to be extracted for used as road ballast.
References
Sources
* Bernd Ullrich, Dieter Kutschke: ''Historische und Mineralogische Aspekte des Bergbauversuchs am Gohrisch ("Specksteinstollen") im Elbsandsteingebirge (Sachsen)'', in: Geologica Saxonica 52/53(2007), S. 69-90
Digitalisat
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External links
Website of the municipality of Gohrisch
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Mountains of Saxon Switzerland
Elbe Sandstone Mountains
Hills of Saxony