Helfensteine on the Dörnberg: New Geopark flyer provides information

If you set out on foot to explore the Hoher Dörnberg northwest of Kassel, you will see them from afar: the Helfensteine, a national geotope in the GrenzWelten Geopark and the Habichtswald Nature Park. They tower imposingly high above the Wolfhager Land, seeming to be giant sentinels left over from ancient times. Various shapes and figures can be discovered in the Helfensteinen - for example, the largest of the stones looks like the head of a St. Bernard dog from a certain angle. There is now an informative pocket-sized flyer on these "witnesses of Tertiary volcanism", jointly published by the Geopark and the Nature Park.

The new flyer not only has exciting things in store for those interested in geology, for example that the Helfensteine date back to a phase of strong volcanic activity around 19 to 7 million years ago or that they are solidified lava that has become basalt rock. Nature lovers also learn more about the flora-fauna habitat in the Dörnberg cultural and natural landscape, to which the Helfensteine belong. Supplemented by tips for hikers and amateur archaeologists, the flyer is a practical companion for exploring the Wolfhager Land natural area.

The flyer on the Helfensteinen is now available at the GrenzWelten National Geopark project office and at the Habichtswald Nature Park Centre. It can also be downloaded from the Geopark website www.geopark-grenzwelten.de under "Infothek".