page_title: Geology of Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Geology of Germany
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Sandsteinfelsen in Stadtroda, Deutschland. English: Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany. Svenska: Sandstenklippa nära Stadtroda, Tyskland.
context_page_description: The geology of Germany is heavily influenced by several phases of orogeny in the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic, by sedimentation in shelf seas and epicontinental seas and on plains in the Permian and Mesozoic as well as by the Quaternary glaciations.
context_section_description: The geology of Germany is heavily influenced by several phases of orogeny in the Paleozoic and the Cenozoic, by sedimentation in shelf seas and epicontinental seas and on plains in the Permian and Mesozoic as well as by the Quaternary glaciations.
caption: Sandstone layers of Triassic age in Thuringia
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