List of geotopes in the district of Ansbach

This list contains the geotopes of the Central Franconian district of Ansbach 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 is incomplete. 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 Quarry on the Hesselberg NE of Gerolfingen	more pictures	571A001	Gerolfingen position	Southwest Albrand region	The quarry on the Hesselberg opens up the border between Malm Gamma and Beta and is rich in fossils.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 28
Quarry NE of Wittelshofen		571A002	Wittelshofen position	Southwest Albrand region	In the quarry, the layer sequence Posidonia slate / Jurensis marl / Opalinus Clay is exposed. The outcrop is fenced in to prevent the overexploitation of fossils. Information boards are set up. Fossil-rich Posidonia schist fragments can also be found outside the fence.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Mudstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Former SSE quarry in Illenschwang		571A003	Wittelshofen position	Southwest Albrand region	Former quarry on the edge of a rubble dump that opens up the border between ariet sandstone and angulate sandstone . The Angulate sandstone here is rich in rounded concretions that are locally called Swedish spheres.	1200 40 × 30	Type: Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Former Quarry SE from Wilburgstetten		571A004	Weiltingen position	Southwest Albrand region	Former break in ariet sandstone, today almost completely overgrown.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Former sand pit NE von Winden		571A005	Leutershausen position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Former sand pit near Winds , on the outcrop wall of which sedimentary structures in the bubble sandstone are clearly visible.	40 20 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry NW of Vorbach		571A006	Rothenburg ob der Tauber position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The quarry near Vorbach provides an insight into the rock sequence of the Upper Muschelkalks at the transition to the rectangular limestone facies.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary, nature park
Gypsum break SSE from Endsee	more pictures	571A007	Steinsfeld position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The lower myophoric layers are exposed in the gypsum quarry , it is one of the “100 most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria” . Marl banks and plaster layers follow over base gypsum (7 m). Haunschild described here galena Bank as light gray, fossil-free stone marl location with Kalkspatdrusen .	16000 200 × 80	Type: Rock type, tunnels, carts / fields, folds / troughs / saddles Type: plaster, mudstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 10
Marl pit N of Cadolzhofen		571A008	Windelsbach position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In the marl pit north of Cadolzhofen , layers of estheria are exposed . The rock consists mainly of dark gray clays and marls with white plaster strings.	3000 150 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former clay pit N of Burghausen		571A009	Windelsbach position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In the former clay pit north of Burghausen , mainly gray to greenish black clay stones and marls from the Estherian layers have been developed. Plaster layers are occasionally turned on in the lower area.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Clay Marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Clay pit NE of Bellershausen		571A010	Diebach position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In the clay pit near Bellershausen , the border between myophoria and estheria layers is exposed.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Layer sequence Type: Mudstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former clay pit N von Gastenfelden		571A011	Book at the forest position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In the former clay pit near Gastenfelden , a displacement of approx. 150 cm can be seen in the outcrop in the Lehrberg layers .	4000 200 × 20	Type: Rock type, Fault type: Clay marl	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Street outcrop N of Seitendorf		571A012	Heilsbronn position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The road outcrop near Seitendorf shows the type locality of the Seitendorf intermediate layers. According to Fuchs (1959) this is a sequence of bubble sandstone in which sandstone and Latvian layers alternate.	150 50 × 3	Type: Standard / Reference Profile Type: Sandstone	embankment	precious	Natural monument
Former marl pit SW of Auerbach		571A013	Colmberg position	Sandstone Keuper Region	In the overgrown part of the Auerbach marl pit , the "Frommetsfeldener fault" was previously exposed, where the Lehrberg layers bordered on sandstone reeds. Today only Lehrberg layers are recognizable, in 2010 only the northern part was preserved. The rest is completely overgrown and partly recultivated.	40 20 × 2	Type: fault, rock type: marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former sand pit NE of Rühlingstetten		571A014	Wilburgstetten position	Southwest Albrand region	Former sand pit near Rühlingstetten , in which white to reddish, mostly unsolidified sandstones with kaolinized feldspars from the Upper Castle sandstone are exposed .	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Gorge SE from Schlierberg		571A015	Ehingen position	Southwest Albrand region	In the valley of the Kesselbach , the complete sequence of layers of the hettangium (psilonate layer, angulate sandstone) is exposed. The outcrops are easily accessible on the upper stream, but are partly covered by debris. The lower stream is heavily overgrown. Some of the outcrops are rich in fossils.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Rock type, stream / river course Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument
Clay pit NNE by Schwand		571A016	Leutershausen position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In the clay pit near Schwand , the Lehrberg layers are open. They are up to 10 m thick here, and their benches are easily recognizable over a length of 100 m. The pit is used by the city of Leutershausen.	2000 100 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Bubble sandstone outcrop at Rüdern		571A017	Dietenhofen position	Sandstone Keuper Region	In the case of Rüdern , inclined sandstone is exposed in alternation with clay stones.	80 20 × 4	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type: sandstone, mudstone	embankment	precious	Natural park
Dogger outcrop on Hesselberg NW of Wittelshofen		571A018	Gerolfingen position	Southwest Albrand region	In the middle part of the geological nature trail on the Hesselberg, a small dig opens up the approximately 1 m thick sand-lime brick of the Dogger Gamma, including the overlying and underlying layers. Information boards point out the fossils in the sand-lime brick.	12 6 × 2	Type: Layer sequence Type: sandstone, marlstone	Schurf	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Castle sandstone outcrop NE of Fürnheim		571A019	Wassertrüdingen position	Southwest Albrand region	At the outcrop near Fürnheim you can see coarse-grained, sloping upper castle sandstone with numerous mudstone rubble.	200 40 × 5	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type: sandstone, gravel	embankment	precious	no protected area
Road exposure SSE from Oberoestheim		571A021	Diebach position	Gypsum Keuper Region	High road embankment near Oberoestheim , where layers of plaster of paris are exposed . Easily accessible for good excursions because of the parking lot opposite.	250 50 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Marl, Gypsum	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gypsum karst spring Bottomless hole	more pictures	571Q002	Diebach position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The karst spring Bodenlos Loch SW of Unteroestheim lies in the area of the base gypsum. It is a 15 m wide spring pot with a depth of approx. 6 m.	300 20 × 15	Type: Constriction Source Type: Plaster of Paris	no information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 40
Hill slide W from Obergailnau	more pictures	571R002	Wettringen position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In February 1958 there was a landslide west of Obergailnau below the Schloßberg . An approximately 120 m long and 20 m wide floe made of sandstone reed slid about 10 m. The reed sandstone is strongly fissured, which is why seeping water soaked the layers of estheria and myophoria underneath, which then served as a sliding surface.	7500 150 × 50	Type: landslide, rock type: claystone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Malmkalkscholle Turtelberg W from Ostheim		571R003	Wassertrüdingen position	Southwest Albrand region	Distinctive little knoll west of Ostheim from Malmkalk on Bunter Breccia . The limestone clod was thrown into this place by the Ries event .	400 20 × 20	Type: Ejecta Material (Impact) Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	no protected area
Doline N by Bettenfeld		571R004	Rothenburg ob der Tauber position	Eastern Franconian Plates	Ponordoline north of Bettenfeld (Rothenburg ob der Tauber) , which is only temporarily active. It is located in the Lower Keuper , in the subsoil there is karstified shell limestone .	80 10 × 8	Type: sinkhole Type: mudstone, limestone	no information	precious	Natural park