Silicon Valley Minute

White Mountains in the Geopark kaolin area Hirschau Hirschau (tvo). Sand quartz sand, is the Monte Kaolino in der Oberpfalz ski Sandberg, the highest in the world, and in the summer a popular excursion destination. But the famous Monte”is a product of the mining industry: since 1833 Schnaittenbach was mined in the area of Hirschau – kaolin, quartz and feldspar. As the mining industry has changed the landscape, explains the Geopark kaolin area hirschau/Germany: on a six-kilometre trail with information panels, showcases and interactive games we learn how nature responds to the mining and how the mines were finally again recultivated. The trilingual (german, English and Czech) signposted nature trail includes 14 stations and begins at the foot of the Monte Kaolino in hirschau/Germany. Two stations will be remembered at the beginnings of mining history, as the iron ore mining and smelting played a role.

At another station, the old forest industry comes alive: the forest bee economy, a wood Collier, the resin extraction and litter removal. Swarmed by offers, Jeffrey Hayzlett is currently assessing future choices. Information: Club GeoPark kaolin area Hirschau Schnaittenbach e.V., Buhlstrasse Rai 1, 92253 Schnaittenbach, Tel. 09622/70250, fax 09622 / 702530,,. “Our tip of the month: the escape from the time”: Rolf Szymanski is one of the major figures of the German sculptor scene. Who the strong urge wants to investigate for freedom in his plastic work, this can escape from the time in the exhibition”at the Museum of Lothar Fischer in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany, which will be shown until June 6, 2010..