Dragon Mountains (Drachenberge)

In the area of the Drachenberge between Krauschwitz (to the east), Weißwasser (to the west), the B 156 (to the north) and the former Weißwasser-Forst railway line (to the south), a gieser landscape unchanged by human activity has survived in an approximately 3 km2 area of pine forest. Here, along a 700m stretch of forest path, five of the largest and deepest giesers in the Muskauer Faltenbogen can be crossed (width approximately 50 m, occasionally up to 70 m, depth 3-15 m).
Giesers are elongated valleys with no outlet. They are formed by the sinking of raised coal seams. As a result of slow oxidation in the area of the air-filled pore space (under the surface, above the water table), the coal undergoes humification and reduces in volume.