Elbe Sandstone

Elbe Sandstone, like here on the Wartturm where there has been a rockfall, can be permeated by a finely-divided "marbling".
Quarry in the Lohm valley (Lohmgrund) near Cotta

Elbe Sandstone (German: Elbsandstein) describes sandstones that naturally occur in North Bohemia and those parts of Saxony within the area around Dresden. It is named after the River Elbe, which cuts through the sandstone region in a transverse valley, the Elbe Valley Zone. It reaches the surface most strikingly in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, which are divided into the regions of Saxon Switzerland on German soil and Bohemian Switzerland on Czech territory. The term Elbe Sandstone is used in both geological and economic contexts.