Karst in the Harz

The Harz has several limestone and gypsum areas with different and difficult geology. Small areas of lower Devonian limestones, former corall reefs, are found at Bad Grund and Herzberg.

Around Rübeland is a larger area of Devonian limestones, which are used for making cement. But most rocks of the Harz are not soluble, like the granite of the Brocken massif, lower Carbon slates, greywacke and quartzite.

The Gypsum Karst at the southern rim of the Harz are decribed in an own page.