Mnichovské hadce
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Cheb
Village:
Mnichov
Cadastre:
Mnichov u Mariánských Lázní
Map sheets:
11-41 Mariánské Lázně, 11-411 Mariánské Lázně
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
quarry, old mine workings
ID:
365
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrop of a serpentinite which belongs to the Mariánské Lázně Complex of metabasites. Petrologically important, also botanical locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Mariánské Lázně complex
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
petrology, botany, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
serpentine
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Slavkovský les
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 316 (Planý vrch)
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 530, Praha.
- Tvrdý J. (2012): Geologické zajímavosti, Česko-bavorský geopark, V srci Slavkovského lesa, Muzeum Sokolov, 44 str.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Žáček, 18.10.1994
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 30.07.2010, Vajskebrová Markéta, 21.03.2025
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 365 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/365.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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