List of the "most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria"

This sortable list contains the 100 " most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria ". The award was made by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU). The data and information in the table were taken from the LfU. The list shows the selected geotopes with their serial numbers, their names and their geographical location. The numbering does not express an order of precedence , but only follows the order of the opening.

The objects were selected as Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes because of their beauty, rarity, individuality or their high scientific value. They are easily accessible to the public. The project of the same name by the State Office for the Environment began in 2002 and was completed in 2011. 100 important geotopes in Bavaria were presented to the public.

There is an information board at each geotope and a leaflet is available for each.

No.	Surname	image	Geotope ID	Geotope type	Administrative district	district	Municipality / location
01	Large stake near Viechtach	more pictures	276R002	Härtling, rock wall / slope, rock tower / needle, fault, rock type	Lower Bavaria	Regen district	Viechtach position
02	Glacier cut near Fischbach	more pictures	187R004	Glacier cut, round humps, glacier mill, Kolk	Upper Bavaria	Rosenheim district	Flintsbach am Inn position
03	Burgstein near Dollnstein	more pictures	176R006	Rock tower / needle, rock castle	Upper Bavaria	District of Eichstätt	Dollnstein position
04	Falkenberg Castle Hill	more pictures	377R012	Rock castle	Upper Palatinate	Tirschenreuth district	Falkenberg position
05	Broken diabase on Galgenberg	more pictures	475A003	Shift sequence, pillows	Upper Franconia	Hof district	Schwarzenbach am Wald position
06	Former quarry in the Pingarten porphyry	more pictures	376A007	Type locality, minerals, disorder	Upper Palatinate	Schwandorf district	Bodenwoehr position
07	Basalt quarry on the stump of linden	more pictures	672R003	Basalt columns, volcanic vent, type of rock	Lower Franconia	Bad Kissingen district	Schondra position
08	Lechfall and Klamm near Füssen	more pictures	777R016	Gorge, waterfall, stream / river course	Swabia	District of Ostallgäu	Feet position
09	Aumühle quarry	more pictures	779A013	Standard / reference profile, ejection material (impact)	Swabia	Donau-Ries district	Hainsfarth position
10	Gypsum break Endsee	more pictures	571A007	Type of rock, tunnels, carts / fields, folds / troughs / saddles	Middle Franconia	Ansbach district	Steinsfeld position
11	Sandstone cliffs Nuremberg Imperial Castle	more pictures	564A002	Type locality	Middle Franconia	Nuremberg	Nuremberg position
12	Frickenhauser lake	more pictures	673R001	Sinkhole, type of rock	Lower Franconia	District of Rhön-Grabfeld	Mellrichstadt position
13	Weltenburger narrow	more pictures	273R005	Breakthrough valley, rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave	Lower Bavaria	District of Kelheim	Kelheim position
14th	Horwagen marble quarry	more pictures	475A009	Layer sequence, type locality, type of rock	Upper Franconia	Hof district	Bad Steben position
15th	Boulder Dengelstein	more pictures	780R018	Boulder	Swabia	District of Oberallgäu	Through position
16	Partnach Gorge	more pictures	180R002	Gorge, sequence of layers, rock fall	Upper Bavaria	Garmisch-Partenkirchen district	Garmisch-Partenkirchen position
17th	Silberberg Bodenmais	more pictures	276G002	Studs, minerals	Lower Bavaria	Regen district	Bodenmais position
18th	Baierbrunn climbing garden	more pictures	184A001	Standard / reference profile, fossil soil, layer sequence, geological organ	Upper Bavaria	District of Munich	Baierbrunn position
19th	Growing rock from Usterling	more pictures	279R004	Stone channel, layer source	Lower Bavaria	Dingolfing-Landau district	Landau on the Isar position
20th	Basalt cone High park stone	more pictures	374R004	Basalt columns, volcanic vent, type of rock	Upper Palatinate	Neustadt an der Waldnaab district	Park stone position
21st	Oertels broken roof slate	more pictures	476A030	Rock type	Upper Franconia	District of Kronach	Ludwigsstadt position
22nd	Schwarzach Gorge	more pictures	574R001	Tafoni / honeycomb weathering, type of rock, bank / surf cave	Middle Franconia	District of Nürnberger Land	Schwarzenbruck position
23	Wilhelmine copper mine	more pictures	671G001	stollen	Lower Franconia	Aschaffenburg district	Summer bald position
24	Scheidegger waterfalls	more pictures	776R007	Waterfall, sequence of layers	Swabia	District of Lindau (Lake Constance)	Scheidegg position
25th	Stone Agnes	more pictures	172R012	Rock tower / needle	Upper Bavaria	District of Berchtesgadener Land	Bischofswiesen position
26th	Buchberger Leite on the Bavarian stake	more pictures	272R003	Canyon, fault, shift sequence	Lower Bavaria	Freyung-Grafenau district	Hohenau position
27	Luisenburg rock labyrinth	more pictures	479R014	Block flow, wool sack formation	Upper Franconia	District of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains	Wunsiedel position
28	Hesselberg	more pictures	571A001	Layer sequence, animal fossils	Middle Franconia	Ansbach district	Gerolfingen position
29	Felsburg Tüchersfeld	more pictures	472R156	Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain, rock castle	Upper Franconia	Bayreuth district	Pottenstein position
30th	Wengenhausen impact rocks	more pictures	779A012	Layer sequence, gravel (impact), ejection material (impact), inner wall (impact)	Swabia	Donau-Ries district	Marktoffingen position
31	Breitachklamm	more pictures	780R017	Gorge, waterfall, scour, shift sequence, disturbance	Swabia	District of Oberallgäu	Oberstdorf position
32	Sea of blocks on the Lusen	more pictures	272R016	Block sea	Lower Bavaria	Freyung-Grafenau district	Neuschönau position
33	Ice crumbling landscape Osterseen	more pictures	190R035	Kames, Toteisloch, Os, terrace, fen, source of folds	Upper Bavaria	Weilheim-Schongau district	Iffeldorf position
34	Karlsgraben	more pictures	577G003	Ditch, canal	Middle Franconia	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Treuchtlingen position
35	Kalbenstein shell limestone profile	more pictures	677A009	Sequence of layers, rock wall / slope, rock fall, karst horizontal cave, impact slope	Lower Franconia	Main-Spessart district	Karlstadt position
36	Kreuzberg in Pleystein	more pictures	374A015	Minerals, hard rock, type of rock	Upper Palatinate	Neustadt an der Waldnaab district	Pleysteine position
37	Dead ice hole wolf pit	more pictures	179R001	Dead ice hole	Upper Bavaria	Fürstenfeldbruck district	Grafrath position
38	Open caves	more pictures	779H001	Karst horizontal cave	Swabia	Donau-Ries district	Nördlingen position
39	Eclogite on the Weißenstein	more pictures	475A029	Type of rock, cliff	Upper Franconia	Hof district	Stammbach position
40	Gypsum karst spring Bottomless hole	more pictures	571Q002	Constriction source	Middle Franconia	Ansbach district	Diebach position
41	Stone woman at Walberla	more pictures	474R036	Rock tower / needle	Upper Franconia	Forchheim district	Kirchehrenbach position
42	Steinwies boulder	more pictures	187R020	Boulder	Upper Bavaria	Rosenheim district	Bad Feilnbach position
43	Devil's Kitchen Obergünzburg	more pictures	777R001	Landslide, rock wall / slope, sequence of layers	Swabia	District of Ostallgäu	Obergünzburg position
44	Rotenhan castle ruins	more pictures	674G001	Machined rock	Lower Franconia	Haßberge district	Boars position
45	Bodenmühlwand	more pictures	462A001	Sequence of layers, discordance, animal fossils	Upper Franconia	Bayreuth	Bayreuth position
46	Ramsau magic forest	more pictures	172R009	Landslide	Upper Bavaria	District of Berchtesgadener Land	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position
47	Black moor	more pictures	673R008	High moor, low moor	Lower Franconia	District of Rhön-Grabfeld	Hausen position
48	Molasse profile Eistobel	more pictures	776R001	Gorge, standard / reference profile, fold / trough / saddle, scour, waterfall	Swabia	District of Lindau (Lake Constance)	Maierhöfen position
49	Big perforated stone	more pictures	472R086	Rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge	Upper Franconia	Bayreuth district	Veldensteiner Forst position
50	Serpentinite-Härtling at Föhrenbühl		377R008	Härtling, metamorphic structure, contact	Upper Palatinate	Tirschenreuth district	Erbendorf position
51	Malmschichten on the Arzberg	more pictures	176A017	Shift sequence	Upper Bavaria	District of Eichstätt	Beilngrie's position
52	Mill quarry Hinterhör	more pictures	187G001	Quarry / pit	Upper Bavaria	Rosenheim district	Re-firing position
53	Blockstrom Kaser Steinstuben	more pictures	277R001	Block stream	Lower Bavaria	Rottal-Inn district	Triftern position
54	Three Brothers Rock	more pictures	479R020	Rock tower / needle, wool sack formation	Upper Franconia	District of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains	Meierhöfer page position
55	Coal seam on the Bühlach	more pictures	190A012	Minerals, type of rock, animal fossils, sequence of layers	Upper Bavaria	Weilheim-Schongau district	Peiting position
56	Protection rock Pentling	more pictures	375R032	Rock wall / slope, type locality, sequence of layers, discordance	Upper Palatinate	Regensburg district	Pentling position
57	Shift levels on the Schwanberg	more pictures	675A001	Layer sequence, sediment structures	Lower Franconia	Kitzingen district	Iphofen position
58	Granite on the three armchair	more pictures	272R024	Rock castle, wool sack formation, type of rock	Lower Bavaria	Freyung-Grafenau district	Neureichenau position
59	Mica schist on the Osser	more pictures	372R010	Crag, hard rock, type of rock	Upper Palatinate	Cham district	Lohberg position
60	Wellheim dry valley	more pictures	176R001	Dry valley, Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain, rock tower / needle	Upper Bavaria	District of Eichstätt	Wellheim position
61	Riesenburg cave ruins	more pictures	474R064	Rock wall / slope, karst shaft & horizontal cave, sinkhole	Upper Franconia	Forchheim district	Wiesenttal position
62	Twelve Apostles Rock	more pictures	577R008	Rock group, rock tower / needle, rock castle, sediment structures	Middle Franconia	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Solnhofen position
63	Riesseekalke Hainsfarth	more pictures	779A015	Standard / reference profile, animal fossils, crater rim (impact)	Swabia	Donau-Ries district	Hainsfarth position
64	Steinachklamm	more pictures	477R003	Klamm	Upper Franconia	District of Kulmbach	Presseck position
65	Kaolin pits near Hirschau and Schnaittenbach	more pictures	371A022	Kaolinization, type of rock	Upper Palatinate	Amberg-Sulzbach district	Hirschau position
66	Aubenham tertiary world		183A003	Standard / Reference Profile, Plant Fossils, Animal Fossils	Upper Bavaria	District of Mühldorf am Inn	Oberbergkirchen position
67	Stockheim coal	more pictures	476G003	Tunnels, sequence of layers, plant fossils	Upper Franconia	District of Kronach	Stockheim position
68	Humpback meadows near Mittenwald	more pictures	180R013	Humpback meadow	Upper Bavaria	Garmisch-Partenkirchen district	Mittenwald position
69	Doggerfelswand Niederhofen	more pictures	373A030	Sediment structures, type of rock, rock cellars	Upper Palatinate	District of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate	Pilsach position
70	Flysch in the Röthenbachtal	more pictures	777A017	Layer sequence, type of rock, standard / reference profile	Swabia	District of Ostallgäu	Halbch position
71	Solnhofen limestone fossil site	more pictures	577A008	Type locality, animal fossils	Middle Franconia	Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district	Langenaltheim position
72	Volkacher Mainschleife	more pictures	675R004	Stream / river course, impact slope, circulation / breakthrough mountain	Lower Franconia	Kitzingen district	Volkach position
73	Schlossberg Flossenbürg	more pictures	374A009	Type locality, wool sack formation, hardness, rocky hilltop	Upper Palatinate	Neustadt an der Waldnaab district	Flossenbürg position
74	Law profile Staffelberg	more pictures	478R029	Inselberg / Zeugenberg	Upper Franconia	Lichtenfels district	Relay stone position
75	Chalk transgression Obertrübenbach		372A059	Discordance, layer sequence, standard / reference profile, animal fossils	Upper Palatinate	Cham district	Roding position
76	Ammergau whetstone quarries	more pictures	180G004	Quarry / pit, type locality	Upper Bavaria	Garmisch-Partenkirchen district	Unterammergau position
77	Nagelfluh on the Hochgrat	more pictures	780R029	Härtling, shift sequence, carts / fields	Swabia	District of Oberallgäu	Oberstaufen position
78	Sand dune Seeholz Abensberg	more pictures	273R011	Dune field	Lower Bavaria	District of Kelheim	Abensberg position
79	Ruhpolding marble	more pictures	189A021	Shift sequence	Upper Bavaria	District of Traunstein	Ruhpolding position
80	Gneiss on the high rock	more pictures	376R002	Crag, type of rock, boulder stream	Upper Palatinate	Schwandorf district	Stadlern position
81	Röslauschlucht Gsteinigt	more pictures	479R027	Canyon, rock type, metamorphic structure, tunnels	Upper Franconia	District of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains	Arzberg position
82	Geological organs rugged	more pictures	171R001	Geological organ, fossil soil, quarry / pit	Upper Bavaria	Altötting district	Untereukirchen position
83	Lime quarry Kleinochsenfurt		679A012	Rock type, layer sequence, sediment structures, gorge	Lower Franconia	Würzburg district	Ochsenfurt position
84	Volcanic crater mountain stone	more pictures	672A017	Contact, igneous structure, basalt columns, type of rock	Lower Franconia	Bad Kissingen district	Wildspot position
85	Main meadows near Ziegelanger	more pictures	674A016	Vegetable fossils, breakthrough valley	Lower Franconia	Haßberge district	Zeil am Main Position
86	Hoechberg sandstone quarry	more pictures	679A007	Rock type, layer sequence, plant fossils, animal fossils, sedimentary structures	Lower Franconia	Würzburg district	Höchberg position
87	Sulzheimer gypsum hill	more pictures	678R005	Subrosion landscape, sinkhole, sinkhole, layer level	Lower Franconia	Schweinfurt district	Sulzheim position
88	Helvetikum near Burgberg	more pictures	780A001	Standard / reference profile, fold / trough / saddle	Swabia	District of Oberallgäu	Burgberg in the Allgäu position
89	Granite center in Hauzenberg	more pictures	275A039	Rock type, quarry / pit	Lower Bavaria	District of Passau	Hauzenberg position
90	Seltenbach Gorge near Klingenberg am Main	more pictures	676R003	Rock type, layer sequence, sediment structures	Lower Franconia	Miltenberg district	Klingenberg am Main position
91	Soil formation on the Heusterzbühl		377A035	Soil profile, kaolinization, sequence of layers	Upper Palatinate	Tirschenreuth district	Leonberg position
92	Marble quarry Unterwappenöst	more pictures	377A003	Rock type, sequence of layers	Upper Palatinate	Tirschenreuth district	Kulmain position
93	Isar valley wild river landscape	more pictures	173R005	Alluvial fans	Upper Bavaria	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district	Lenggrie's position
94	Mistelgau fossil pit		472A016	Layer sequence, animal fossils, standard / reference profile	Upper Franconia	Bayreuth district	Mistelgau position
95	Historic quarries in Wernsbach	more pictures	576A001	Rock type, quarry / pit, tunnel	Middle Franconia	District of Roth	Georgensgmünd position
96	Bogenberg	more pictures	278R005	Impact slope, type of rock, disturbance	Lower Bavaria	District of Straubing-Bogen	Bow position
97	Shale coal on the Uhlenberg	more pictures	772A007	Plant fossils, fossil soil, sequence of layers	Swabia	District of Augsburg	Spelled shards position
98	Dinosaur tracks in your village	more pictures	672A018	Trace fossils, sequence of layers, type of rock	Lower Franconia	Bad Kissingen district	Your village position
99	Wackersdorfer brown coal	more pictures	376A031	Layer sequence, type of rock	Upper Palatinate	Schwandorf district	Wackersdorf position
100	Watzmann east face with ice chapel	more pictures	172R025	Glacier / Firnfeld	Upper Bavaria	District of Berchtesgadener Land	Schönau am Königssee position

Individual evidence

↑ Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes - coordinates / data (accessed on October 10, 2013; MS Excel ; 35.7 kB)
↑ Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes (accessed on October 10, 2013)

literature

Bavarian State Office for the Environment: One hundred masterpieces - the most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria. Augsburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-936385-89-2 .

Web links

Commons : Geotopes in Bavaria - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

[1] Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes - coordinates / data (accessed on October 10, 2013; MS Excel ; 35.7 kB)

[2] Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes (accessed on October 10, 2013)