Cobbles (Czaple)

The present-day landscape of the Muskauer Faltenbogen has been distinctively shaped by glacial forces. The ice sheets advancing from Scandinavia ripped material from the bedrock and transported it southwards. Due to its high availability in the Muskauer Faltenbogen, this material has long been considered a valuable natural resource and utilised in the construction industry. Beside conventional buildings such as churches and residences, cobbled streets and paths also count among these fieldstone structures. In the area of the geopark exist a number of these streets which have been preserved unchanged but largely covered with tarmac. Examples include the very well-preserved cobbled street near Czaple made of basalt and fieldstones, a byproduct of ore smelting.