List of geotopes in the district of Kulmbach

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Franconian district of Kulmbach in Bavaria . The list contains the official names and numbers of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as well as their geographical location. This list may not be complete. Around 3,400 geotopes (as of March 2020) are recorded in the Bavarian geotope register. The LfU does not consider some geotopes suitable for publication on the Internet. For example, some objects are not safely accessible or may only be entered to a limited extent for other reasons.

Surname	image	Geotope ID	Municipality / location	Geological unit of space	description	Area m² / extension m	geology	Digestion type	value	Protection status	comment
Former Basalt quarry on Patersberg NNE by Veitlahm		477A001	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	In the former quarry in the tertiary basalt, a 4–5 m wide basalt dike and in the contact zone fritted Opalinus Clay of Dogger Alpha are exposed.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Contact, Rock Type: Basalt, Mudstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former Sand pit NW of Burghaig, Lindig		477A002	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The former sand pit is laid out in the Rhaetian sandstone, lively cross-stratification can be seen in places, and plant fossils can be found in clay lenses. In the non-filled areas there is heather-like succession vegetation.	6000 150 × 40	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Former Muschelkalkbruch SE from Herlas		477A003	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	In the abandoned quarry in the main Muschelkalk, the kinking of the layers by 90 degrees, contrary to the original location, can be seen due to the action of the Kulmbach disturbance. The strata are rich in fossils. Access to the quarry is blocked by a gate.	4800 120 × 40	Type: Flexure, Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, natural monument
Former Sand pit NNE from Kessel		477A004	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The former sand pit is located in the lower red sandstone, the hanging wall is formed by Kulmbach conglomerate. Well recognizable cross stratification and clay barrels, isolated basement gravel.	900 30 × 30	Type: Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Sandstone rocks at the Küfner inn in Buchau		477A005	Mainleu's position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The Rhaetian sandstone rocks are in the garden of the Küfner inn.	200 40 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Former Sandstone quarry at Veitsgraben (southern part)		477A008	Ködnitz position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Abandoned quarry in the upper (light) slab sandstone.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former Sandstone quarry at Veitsgraben (northern part)		477A009	Ködnitz position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Abandoned quarry in the lower and upper slab sandstone, upward transition to the myophoric layers.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former Shell limestone quarry NE of Feuln		477A010	Trebgast position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	In the disused, partially overgrown quarry, Upper Muschelkalk is pending. Trace fossils (bioturbation) are common. Occasionally, signs of (paleo -?) Karst phenomena, such as B. sinter formation can be observed (Fig. 3: Calcite crystals in a crevice). The break became particularly important in 1910, when parts of the skull of the dinosaur Placodus gigas were found here. From 1895 to 1987 the lime was processed into building material and fertilizer lime in two directly adjacent lime kilns. The Trebgast-Feuln geo-path created as part of a school project leads, among other things, to the break ground (geo-point no. 6 - Fig. 4).	3000 100 × 30	Type: Animal Fossils, Trace Fossils, Lime Kiln, Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former Sand pit SW of Pechgraben (Meyersche Sandgrube)		477A013	Neudrossenfeld position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	In the vicinity of the abandoned sand pit there are others, e.g. Some sand pits are still being mined.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area
Former Sand pit N of Sandreuth		477A014	Harsdorf position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The only outcrop in the Lower Buntsandstein in the district of Kulmbach is in the abandoned sand pit.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area
Road outcrop between Gumpersdorf and Untersteinach		477A015	Below by position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The corrugated limestone outcrop is located on a road embankment.	150 30 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	embankment	precious	no protected area
Former Quarry NE of Gumpersdorf		477A016	Below by position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Old quarry in the Wellenkalk.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Outcrop at the Rauschenhammermühle		477A018	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	Greywacken and slate alternation with slip folds and sliding bodies of different ages. Fossil finds are possible in the lower graptolite schists. A large sandstone block probably comes from the Ordovician .	250 50 × 5	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Animal Fossils Type: Mudstone	embankment	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Limestone quarry E from Köstenhof		477A019	Presseck position	Franconian Forest	The former quarry in the Upper Devonian Flaserkalk shows a cephalopod and conodont fauna. The lime is covered by sub-carbon clay slates (with fauna).	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Pinging of the Carl Wilhelm colliery at the Forstmeister jump		477A020	Stadtsteinach position	Franconian Forest	The Schurf lies above the Forstmeistersprung rock. Between the scrape and the rock there is a complete profile with diabastuff, red iron border camp, lime tuber slate and lime.	2000 100 × 20	Type: Sequence of layers, Pinge / nfeld Type: Limestone	Ping	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Weinleite E from Burghaig		477A021	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The impact slope and an old quarry are in the area of the lower and middle castle sandstone and are strongly overgrown and collapsed.	6000 150 × 40	Type: Sequence of layers, impact slope Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Former Diabase quarry Schindelbachtal NE from Unterauberach		477A022	Stadtsteinach position	Franconian Forest	The former diabase quarry opens up massive diabase sandstone, some sections with pillows and a storage area for scarf stones.	22500 150 × 150	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Rocks below the Nordeck ruins		477A023	Stadtsteinach position	Franconian Forest	The reference profile of the cephalopod stratigraphy of the Upper Devonian in the Franconian Forest is open. An approximately 1 km long hiking trail leads to the ruin, which has now been exposed. On the northeast side there is access to a short karst cave.	500 50 × 10	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Animal Fossils, Karst Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Pinge E of the Nordeck ruin		477A024	Stadtsteinach position	Franconian Forest	In the partially overgrown and dilapidated outcrop, the transgressive overburden with chute fillings of carbonic coal lime on lime lime of the deeper Upper Devonian is exposed.	35 7 × 5	Type: sequence of layers, pinge field, karst chimney, karst crevice Type: limestone	Ping	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Street embankment at the blast furnace NE of Stadtsteinach		477A025	Stadtsteinach position	Franconian Forest	The profile of the Thuringian Ordovician, which is now heavily overgrown with trees, can still be seen in numerous outcrops.	2000 200 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: Mudstone	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Keratophyrbruch on Torkel NW of Vogtendorf		477A026	Guttenberg position	Franconian Forest	The heavily fissured rock is quite fresh and shows typical feldspars.	150 15 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Trachyte	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Profile in Streichengrund SE from Guttenberg		477A027	Guttenberg position	Franconian Forest	The profile shows diabase overlaid with dark slates and greenish sandstones (with Lower Devonian fauna and microflora).	5000 250 × 20	Type: Layer sequence Type: Basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Cambrian on Galgenberg S of Premeusel		477A028	Presseck position	Franconian Forest	The Central Cambrian Galgenberg Strata are among the oldest fossil-bearing rocks in Bavaria. They are only known on Galgenberg. Small pits are here z. Currently still kept open by collectors.	500 50 × 10	Type: Type locality, Animal Fossils Type: Mudstone	Schurf	especially valuable	Natural park
Elbersreuther Orthoceratenkalk S from Schübelhammer		477A029	Presseck position	Franconian Forest	The profile includes strata from the Silurian to the Upper Devonian in patchy threshold facies. Only the fossil-rich Orthoceratenkalk is visible today, but the profile could easily be excavated.	50 10 × 5	Type: Type locality, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry in the Flemersbachtal SW of Elbersreuth		477A030	Presseck position	Franconian Forest	The former quarry shows a profile in overturned storage, which contains the following layers: tuffites with graptolites with silica slate concretions, Silurian orthocerate limestone, vents in orthocerate limestone filled with black silica limestone and fossil-rich tentaculite limestone.	8 4 × 2	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Animal Fossils, Karst Vent, Karst Fissure Type: Limestone, Mudstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarries in the Trebgaster Buntsandstein		477A031	Harsdorf position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	On the hilltop between Trebgast and Harsdorf there are several quarries in the Trebgaster Buntsandstein (Upper Slab Sandstone) with partly very good, otherwise hardly any outcrops.	3000 150 × 20	Type: type locality, rock type, layer sequence type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
Amphibolite quarry in Schorgasttal		477A032	Wirsberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	In the Schorgasttal east of Wirsberg, coarse-grained Rand amphibolite was mined as gravel and for masonry until 1960. The abandoned quarry is located on the geological nature trail through the Schorgasttal and was released in 2011. This is the best exposure in the coarse-grained variety of the Rand amphibolite in the entire Münchberg mass.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock type, Metamorphic structure Type: Amphibolite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Prasinitbruch in Schorgasttal		477A033	Wirsberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	At the entrance of the Schorgasttal there is a small former quarry in Prasiniten der Münchberger Masse. Today the area has been redesigned into a park, a plaque commemorates the Wirsberg honorary citizen Johannes Rode. The break is on the geological nature trail through the Schorgasttal and shows the Prasinite in well-preserved outcrops.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock type, Metamorphic structure Type: Prasinite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Algae lime clod in the Rauschbachtal S Heinersreuth		477A034	Presseck position	Franconian Forest	At the foot of the slope east of the Rauschbach there is a hardling rib with sparse outcrops of dark gray, laminated limestone. Sub-Cambrian archaeocyathids were found in this rock, which only occurs here in Bavaria in the form of a sliding block. These are the oldest macrofossils in Bavaria. The subcarbone matrix (Grauwacken clay slate series) can only be guessed from a few reading stones. About 50–100 m north and south there are small outcrops and frequent reading stones from coarse Heinersreuth block conglomerate. This is also on the opposite side of the stream in the embankment of a new forest road. The property is particularly protected as a natural monument (ordinance of the Kulmbach District Office of June 6, 2016, Az .: SG 34-1733-518 / pü). Damage or changes (including the taking of samples) will be punished as an administrative offense with a fine of up to 50,000 euros.	5 5 × 1	Type: Standard / reference profile, layer sequence, sediment structures, animal fossils Type: Limestone, breccia, conglomerate	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Natural monument, nature park
Meta-gabbronorite on the cairn NW of Höflas		477A035	Marktschorgast position	Münchberger Gneissasse	The cairn near Streitau is built from Meta-Gabbronorite, which is interpreted as an intrusive body in the paragneiss of the reclining series. This extremely hard and weather-resistant rock forms a sea of boulders in the summit area of the stone hill, which is, however, heavily overgrown. There is a small quarry on the western slope of the summit. This is the only good outcrop in this rare rock of the Münchberg mass. The outcrop is remote and can only be reached without paths.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock, Sea of Boulders Type: Meta-Gabbro	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Keratophyrtuff in Wirsberg		477A036	Wirsberg position	Franconian Forest	Directly on the hiking trail KU14 of the Franconian Forest Association there is a scenic outcrop in Keratophyrtuffen of the marginal slate series on the outskirts of Wirsberg. This is the best outcrop of these rocks in a wide area.	150 15 × 10	Type: Rock type, rock wall / slope Type: Meta-Trachyte, Meta-Tuffit	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural park
Quarry south of Tannfeld		477A037	Thurnau position	Northern Franconian Alb	Limestone blocks were mined in the small, abandoned quarry south of Tannfeld. The sponge limes of the Lower Malm are exposed in the quarry.	900 30 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Gäbelein-Schmiedel gallery in Kulmbach		477G001	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The medieval tunnel system in the Kulmbach conglomerate was built as a beer cellar.	4000 80 × 50	Type: rock cellar, tunnel, rock type: sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	no protected area
Steinerner Vogelherd NE from Leuchau	more pictures	477G002	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The age and function of the anthropogenic, circular depressions with steps in the rock sandstone is unknown.	9 3 × 3	Type: Wrought Rock Type: Sandstone	Schurf	significant	no protected area
The Langheimer Amtshof gallery in Kulmbach		477G003	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The medieval tunnel system in the Kulmbach conglomerate is located under the Langheimer Amtshof in Kulmbach. It is a main corridor with 7 secondary tunnels (walkable corridor length 250 m), which were created largely following the natural fissures.	500 250 × 2	Type: rock cellar, tunnel, rock type: sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	no protected area
Engelhardt tunnel system, Schwanenbräukeller, in Kulmbach		477G004	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The old tunnel system in the main red sandstone was used to mine sand and sandstone and as a cellar. It is one of 70 tunnels in Kulmbach.	540 90 × 6	Type: rock cellar, tunnel, rock type: sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	no protected area
Adventure mine St.-Veit-Zeche Kupferberg		477G007	Kupferberg position	Franconian Forest	This new show mine will open in April 2015 in the area of the historic St. Veit - colliery of the copper mining area Kupferberg-Wirsberg.	0 not specified	Type: Stollen Type: non-ferrous metal ore, slate, meta-basalt	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Natural park
Karst spring Weihersbrunnen N of Alladorf	more pictures	477Q001	Thurnau position	Northern Franconian Alb	The karst spring from the lower Malm shows strong fluctuations in discharge (average approx. 50 l / s).	100 10 × 10	Type: layer source, rock type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Friesenquelle SW of Kasendorf	more pictures	477Q002	Kasendorf position	Northern Franconian Alb	There is little tufa formation below the strong karst spring from the lower Malm.	100 10 × 10	Type: Layer Source Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Natural monument, FFH area, nature park
Teufelsfelsen WNW von Veitlahm (Big Stone)	more pictures	477R001	Mainleu's position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The Teufelsfelsen show limonite rinds and Tafoni weathering.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock wall / slope, Tafoni / honeycomb weathering Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area
Waterfall NW from Veitlahm	more pictures	477R002	Mainleu's position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	A 5 m high waterfall falls over a steep step in the Rhätsandstein. By fluvial erosion, harder layers were prepared here, so that covings were created.	90 3 × 30	Type: Waterfall, Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area
Steinachklamm SSW from Wildenstein	more pictures	477R003	Presseck position	Franconian Forest	To the south of Wildenstein there is a large quartz keratophyr slide within the sub-carbonic sediments. The gorge represents the breakthrough of the Steinach through the hard quartz keratophyr.	3750 150 × 25	Type: Klamm Type: Meta-Rhyolite, Meta-Trachyte	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 64
Waterfall E from Eggenreuth		477R004	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	In the lower flat sandstone (Kulmbacher facies) a steep step is formed, over which a small waterfall pours.	15 3 × 5	Type: Waterfall, Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Schwedenschanze SE rock slope from Höfstätten		477R005	Kulmbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The rock formation in the Rhätsandstein shows a fissure spring and cavernous weathering forms.	400 40 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, Tafoni / honeycomb weathering, constriction source Type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area
Dolinenfeld on the Great Espich NW of Untersteinach		477R006	Below by position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The sinkhole field consists of several sinkholes of various sizes. The largest (Hutweiher) is filled with water and has a biotope function.	90000 300 × 300	Type: Dolinenfeld Type: Limestone	no information	precious	no protected area
Hollow road near Menchau		477R007	Thurnau position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Iron-bearing horizons and limonite rinds can be seen in the ravine in the Dogger beta sandstone. It is planned to protect the ravine as a LB.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Sandstone	Pit / canal / ravine	significant	Natural park
Sanspareil rock garden	more pictures	477R008	Wonsee's position	Northern Franconian Alb	The rock area contains several caves, is developed for tourists and is a listed building.	10500 700 × 15	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Monument protection, landscape protection area, nature park
Long stone (Zschokke rock) SE from Sanspareil	more pictures	477R009	Wonsee's position	Northern Franconian Alb	The rock tower in the spongy limestone of the Middle Kimmeridge strata shapes the landscape.	600 20 × 30	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock slope E by Wonsees		477R010	Wonsee's position	Northern Franconian Alb	The distinctive rocky slope in the massive dolomite of the Middle Kimmeridge Strata (Malm Delta) characterizes the eastern valley slope. Bank joints suggest a dome-shaped reef structure.	2100 70 × 30	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Rocks and caves in the NSG Kainachtal S of Wonsees		477R011	Wonsee's position	Northern Franconian Alb	The valley is bordered by rocks made of massive dolomite of the Middle Kimmeridge layers (Malm Delta), in which small karst caves and karst forms are formed.	40000 400 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Losauer Felsen NW of Losau		477R012	Rugendorf position	Franconian Forest	The Losau rock allows a very nice view of the foreland.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Schwalbenbachtal NNE from Schirradorf		477R013	Wonsee's position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Jura dry valley is very scenic due to its rocks. The karst treasure trove also includes hunger wells and caves (e.g. bell hole cave).	100000 500 × 200	Type: dry valley, rock tower / needle, karst horizontal cave, narrowing source Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Serpentinitkuppe Peterleinstein NE by Kupferberg	more pictures	477R014	Kupferberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	The Peterleinstein is a predominantly wooded rocky hilltop, which, however, offers good outcrops of serpentinite in the summit area. Various mineral finds, such as bronzite and chrysotile, have been described from the dark green rock. The name of the Peterleinstein can be traced back to the paterln (glass beads for rosaries), which were previously made from the stone.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Crag, Type of Rock, Mineral Type: Serpentinite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape component, FFH area, nature park
Prasinite rocks at Kosereck NE of Wirsberg		477R015	Wirsberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Along the steep slopes in the area of the Kosereck north of Wirsberg there are numerous natural rock formations in green schists of the prasinite-phyllite series. The area is crossed by the hiking trail KU 14 of the Franconian Forest Association. At the southwestern end of the area there are large outcrops of massive prasinites directly on the hiking trail and on a newly built forest road (2015). Rock varieties, layer structures and fold formation can be studied particularly well here. These are the best freely accessible prasinite outcrops in the entire Münchberger mass.	22500 450 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, metamorphic structure, type: prasinite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ilsestein NE from Wirsberg		477R016	Wirsberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Around the Ilsestein above the Golden Eagle Hut, there are several rock formations and outcrops in green schists of the Prasinit-Phyllit series. The rock pulpit of the Ilsstein offers a beautiful view of the Kosertal.	100 20 × 5	Type: Ridge Type: Greenschist	block	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Phyllite rock Adlerstein NE from Wirsberg		477R017	Wirsberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	To the northeast of Wirsberg is the rock castle of the Adlerstein on the slope of the Kosertal. It consists of phyllites of the prasinite-phyllite series and forms one of the few good outcrops of this rock in the entire Münchberg mass. The circular hiking trail KU12 (Goldener Falk Weg) of the Franconian Forest Association leads past the Geotop.	300 30 × 10	Type: rock castle, rock type, metamorphic structure, type: phyllite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Görauer Anger SE from Görau		477R018	Kasendorf position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The northeastern edge of the Franconian Jura forms a distinctive eaves along the Weismain Fault in the mass limestone of the Lower White Jura (Oxfordium), with a jump height of more than 50 m. The high plateau shows typical karst flora and numerous outcrops in the Malm limestone. The foot of the nw-se-running Görauer Angers is formed by Doggersandstein (Middle Jura, Upper Aalen layers). Iron ore was mined here in early and prehistoric times. The supraregional Frankenweg hiking trail runs right on the edge of the plateau. Numerous recesses on the hiking trail approx. 1000 m north of Zultenberg are of anthropogenic origin: After the end of the Second World War, explosive remains of the Wehrmacht were blown up in a controlled manner by the occupying forces. Several information boards provide information about geology, biology and history.	960000 3200 × 300	Type: Layer level, Fault type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area
Köstlerberg (Inselberg) SW of Trebgast		477R019	Trebgast position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The Köstlerberg in the Lindau basin SW of Trebgast is a morphologically striking relic of the otherwise uninstructive Pleistocene gravel terraces in the Trebgasttal. The shape and position of the mountain clearly show its origin. Today's Trebgasttal was created in the Pleistocene by the Steinach, which at that time still flowed north to the White Main. The Steinach initially formed a meander arch extending to the west, which was later cut off east of the Köstlerberg. The Köstlerberg was eroded as an island mountain out of the ice age gravel, which was up to 25 m high. The vegetation (forestry use) additionally increases the morphological conspicuousness of the property. Some small-scale, rolled and overgrown extraction points (Fig. 3) are former extraction points for deposited sand.	30000 200 × 150	Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain Type: Sand, gravel	no information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, FFH area