Toad stone
| Toad stone | ||
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| height | 531.5 m above sea level NN | |
| location | District of Lichtenfels , Upper Franconia , Bavaria , Germany | |
| Mountains | Upper Mainland / Franconian Alb | |
| Dominance | 1.725 km → Little Kordigast | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 '9 " N , 11 ° 11' 27" E | |
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| Development | Hiking trail / dirt road to the summit | |
| Normal way | from Siedamsdorf in 15 minutes | |
The Kröttenstein is 531.5 m above sea level. NN high mountain in the Franconian Alb near Altenkunstadt in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels ( Bavaria ).
Geographical location
The Kröttenstein rises around 135 meters above Siedamsdorf and the Schöpfleinsgrund valley in the northern foothills of the Franconian Alb in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park . The dominance to the next higher mountain, the Kleiner Kordigast , is 1.725 km.
geology
The valley floor consists of rocks from the Lias . Dogger rocks lie above it . Up to the foot of the mountain, the gently rising valley slopes consist of Opalinus Clay , followed by an iron sandstone step over which there is a thin layer of regalia . Reefs of the Malm Delta form the actual mountain above. The upper layers contain numerous fossils such as silicified sponges , trochitic rubble and shells .
Protected areas
Like the Kordigast, the Kröttenstein is located in the multi-part fauna-flora-habitat area of dry grasslands, meadows and forests around Weismain (FFH no. 5933-371). The mountain lies entirely in the northern part of the 1021.64 km² protected landscape area of Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest, founded in 2001 (LSG no. 322697).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Kröttenstein in the Bayern Viewer ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , geodaten.bayern.de, accessed on December 16, 2011
- ↑ The small village of Siedamsdorf - as of 1999 , mbienlein.de, accessed on December 16, 2011
- ↑ Google Maps rangefinder Kröttenstein-Kordigast , maps.google.de, accessed on December 21, 2011
- ↑ Walter 1999, pp. 6-8.
- ↑ The Kordigast in the Bavarian Environmental Catalog, uok.bayern.de, accessed on December 16, 2011 (uses the same structure as the toad stone, see also the diagram)
- ↑ Map services ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the BfN
