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Andrea und Huskys 🐺
June 15, 2025
Hiking
Four years after the first Bavarian earthquake measuring station was established in the state capital of Munich, another measuring station was built in Hof at Theresienstein in 1909. The "Earthquake House" was financed with private donations and equipped with two seismographs. One of these old devices has been restored and is now on display in the Bavarian Vogtland Museum.
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Verschönerungsverein Hof
December 22, 2022
Hiking
The inconspicuous little house was once an earthquake measuring station a hundred years ago. And besides the one in Munich, the only one in Bavaria! But that's not all - …
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Harald Schramm (Schocker)
December 23, 2022
Hiking
Very few Hof residents should know this story: From 1909, there was an earthquake seismograph in Hof am Theresienstein as an absolute specialty. The name of the so-called "Earthquake House" …
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Best routes near Earthquake House (Erdbebenhäuschen) at Theresienstein
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