Forbach Granite
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Facade cladding of red Forbach granite on the German Federal Archives in Koblenz
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Schwarzenbach Dam with cladding of Raumünzach granite
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Murg valley. Foreground: Bermersbach. Left, in the valley, Gausbach. Right rear: Forbach.
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Bridge made of Forbach granite over the Murg near Raumünzach
Forbach Granite (German: Forbachgranit), also called Raumünzach-Granite (Raumünzach-Granit), is a type of granite rock that occurs in the Northern Black Forest. It is part of the Northern Black Forest's granitic massif, to which Bühlertal granite and Wildbad granite also belong. Forbach granite predominantly outcrops in the counties of Calw and Rastatt. The most important quarrying area for Forbach granite used to be the middle Murg valley near Forbach. Today it is only quarried near Raumünzach.
Literature
- W. Dienemann und O. Burre: Die nutzbaren Gesteine Deutschlands und ihre Lagerstätten mit Ausnahme der Kohlen, Erze und Salze, Enke-Verlag, Stuttgart, 1929, p. 2
- Otto Franz Geyer, Manfred P. Gwinner: Geologie von Baden-Württemberg. 3rd fully revised edition, Schweizerbart, Stuttgart, 1986, ISBN 3-510-65126-X.
- Wolf-Dieter Grimm: Bildatlas wichtiger Denkmalgesteine der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Published by the Bayerischen Landesamt für Denkmalpflege, Lipp-Verlag, Munich, 1990, ISBN 3-87490-535-7, Rock no. 011.
