page_title: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
section_title: Geology
hierarchical_section_title: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis / Geology
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gudensberg (Hessen), Basaltkegel „Scharfenstein“
context_page_description: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a Kreis in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Waldeck-Frankenberg.
context_section_description: In the east, the geology of the Knüllgebirge is dominated by the clastic Triassic strata of the Middle Buntsandstein, as is the western region around the Gilserberg.
  Soils of weathered Buntsandstein are generally acidic to slightly basic and nutrient-poor. For the most part the land is forested.
  In the district of Fritzlar there are outcrops of younger Upper Buntsandstein, known as the Röt Formation, because of its red colour. These strata consist of clay beds and various kinds of calcareous beds, interbedded with clayey marls.
caption: The Scharfenstein, an outcrop of an extinct volcano near Gudensberg
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