Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth
The Luisenburg Rock Labyrinth () is a felsenmeer made of granite blocks several metres across and is part of the "Großes Labyrinth" Nature Reserve near Wunsiedel in Germany. For a long time its formation was believed to have been caused by natural disasters such as earthquakes. Today it is known that processes such as weathering and erosion over a long period are much more likely to have been responsible for the formation of the rock labyrinth.

Goethe wrote in 1820
The well-rounded shapes of the individual blocks were formed by spheroidal weathering ("Wollsackverwitterung") in the tropical, humid climate of the Cenozoic era. Over the course of time they were left behind as the ground around was eroded; they became unstable and began to shift. This resulted in the jumble of rocks with wild, romantic paths through the narrow clefts and steep steps.
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