Wunsiedel Marble (german: Wunsiedler Marmor) is a group of metamorphic

carbonate rocks Carbonate rocks are a class of sedimentary rocks composed primarily of carbonate minerals. The two major types are limestone, which is composed of calcite or aragonite (different crystal forms of CaCO3), and dolomite rock (also known as doloston ...

, which were, and are, mainly extracted in the German town

Wunsiedel (; Northern Bavarian: ''Wåuṉsieḏl'' or ''Wousigl'') is the seat of the Upper Franconian district of in northeast Bavaria, Germany. The town is the birthplace of poet Jean Paul. It also became known for its annual Festival and the Rudol ...

at several quarries. This

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle F ...

n calcite marble occurs both in this region and beyond, particularly in

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

. It is found in a northern band (around Wunsiedel) and southern band (at

Marktredwitz Marktredwitz () is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Bavaria, Germany, close to the Czech border. It is situated 22 km west of Cheb, 50 km east of Bayreuth and 50 km south of Hof/Saale. Marktredwitz station is at the juncti ...

and Arzberg).

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Wunsiedel * Cemetery, grave slabs * Town hall, flooring * Courtyard design of the primary and secondary school (extension) Fuchsmühl * Mariahilf pilgrimage church, flooring

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* F. Eder / U. Emmert / G. v. Horstig / G. Stettner: ''Geologische Übersichtskarte 1:200.000, CC 6334 Bayreuth''. Hannover (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe) 1981 * C. Gäbert / A. Steuer / Karl Weiss: ''Die nutzbaren Gesteinsvorkommen Deutschlands''. Berlin (Union Dt. Verlagsgesellschaft) 1915 * Dietmar Herrmann: ''Vom Bergbau im Fichtelgebirge (Teil 2)''. Beiträge zur Geschichts- und Landeskunde des Fichtelgebirges 12 (1990), Wunsiedel (Buchhandlung Kohler) 1990 * Arndt / Henrich / Laubmann et al.: ''Die nutzbaren Mineralien, Gesteine und Erden Bayerns''. I. Bd. Frankenwald, Fichtelgebirge und Bayerischer Wald. München (Oldenbourg und Piloty&Loehle) 1924 * Friedrich Müller: ''Bayerns steinreiche Ecke''. Hof (Ackermann Verlag) 1990 * Otto M. Reis:''Die Gesteine der Münchner Bauten und Denkmäler''. Veröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft für Bayerische Landeskunde, e.V. München. München 1935

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