List of geotopes in the Bad Kissingen district

This list contains the geotopes of the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen 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 Sodenberg SW von Diebach	more pictures	672A001	Hammelburg position	Western Franconian Plates	A chimney filling was deeply dismantled on the Sodenberg. There is a columnar, secreting basalt covered with a mantle of tuffy breccia. The numerous extensive spoil heaps testify to an unfavorable (i.e. high) spoil / usable rock ratio. The extraction from the very deep pit floor is unclear, as there is no entry / exit. The mining had developed into a narrow hole with steep, no longer stable embankments.	21600 180 × 120	Type: Rock, Quarry / Pit Type: Basalt	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Former Basalt quarry Knürzchen NE from Schildeck		672A003	Schondra position	Rhön	The small quarry is located in a basalt chimney. The small columnar secretion leads to angular to rounded blocks that are weathered in a spherical shell. A vent breccia is exposed at the edge, formerly also areas with adjacent rock breccia.	225 15 × 15	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Rudelberg E quarry by Schondra		672A004	Schondra position	Rhön	In the abandoned quarry, layers of the lowest lower shell limestone are pending. Typical of this section is the high proportion of marly areas as well as conglomerate benches and benches with sea lily stems. The border limestone (the border bank to the Upper Buntsandstein) can be found twice in the path below the quarry.	800 100 × 8	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Clay pit SE from Untereschenbach		672A005	Hammelburg position	Western Franconian Plates	The abandoned clay pit opens up the upper parts (approx. 5 m) of the lower red clay stones in the lower part of the pit wall (red-brown clay silt stones with gray-green reduction horizons) as well as excellently preserved white-gray red quartzite (at the top) 2.5-3.0 m thick with bleached layers below its base. A special geotope due to the rarity of outcrops in red quartzite.	4000 100 × 40	Type: Layer sequence Type: claystone, sandstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	no protected area
Former Ofenthaler Berg quarry near Hammelburg		672A006	Hammelburg position	Western Franconian Plates	The abandoned quarry is divided into a lower and an upper area. In the lower area of the myophoric layers of the uppermost red sandstone are the red intermediate and the hanging part of the myophoric layers, followed by the basal layers of the lower shell limestone. The upper area opens up the layers to below the terebratel benches in a dismantling wall. The oolite bank is visible in the upper third.	36000 300 × 120	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Disturbance Type: Limestone, Claystone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry SE from Stralsbach		672A007	Burkardroth position	Rhön	In two quarries near Stralsbach, there is a lot of sloping lower Muschelkalk in great thickness in a trench-like fault system. Here it is lowered to the level of the upper red sandstone. Due to its higher resistance to weathering, the red sandstone forms a morphological high area (relief reversal).	120 20 × 6	Type: Fault, Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry Kehlmetze E von Nüdlingen		672A008	Nüdlingen position	Northern Franconian Plates	In the former small quarry, Wellenkalk is exposed to the Beta 2 oolite bank. The bench is oolithic-fine conglomerate with a characteristic wavy surface. Best exposure from this bank in the whole region and easily accessible.	8000 200 × 40	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Rock type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former Quarry Höret SE von Arnshausen		672A009	Bad Kissingen position	Western Franconian Plates	Folded corrugated limestone from the foam limestone region is exposed in the Höret quarry. In the west, the folded layers change into undeformed limestone. In the east, the folds are limited by a fault that shifts the Lower Muschelkalk to the Upper Muschelkalk with a jump height of approx. 100-130 m. In the meantime, only a very small wrinkled area can be seen at the Bruch entrance. The exposed sloping layer surfaces are still impressive.	3600 60 × 60	Type: fold / trough / saddle, fault, rock type: limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former Quarry at the Platzer Kuppe NE of Geroda		672A011	Geroda position	Rhön	In a small quarry on the northwest side of the Platzer Kuppe, Unterer Muschelkalk (wave limestone) was mined, namely Unterer Muschelkalk 1 with a conglomerate bank and (above) a prominent oolite bank. The profile connects stratigraphically to the Schondra profile at the top.	900 30 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former Bellevue SE basalt quarry from Wildflecken	more pictures	672A012	Wildspot position	Rhön	The abandoned quarry shows beautifully formed basalt columns on various levels.	54000 180 × 300	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Basalt quarries at Hegkopf S from Schönderling		672A013	Geiersnest-East position	Rhön	The former main quarry on basalt is completely overgrown and can be addressed as a biotope through the formation of a lake. A small shallow pit southwest of the former main quarry shows overburden and overgrowth as well as basalt with numerous weathered olivine tubers.	3600 60 × 60	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Basaltsee am Farnsberg (inkwell) ESE von Riedenberg	more pictures	672A014	Riedenberg position	Rhön	A lake has formed in a crater-shaped former basalt quarry. There are still old factories on the western edge of the lake. A house for friends of nature makes the geologically and ecologically interesting quarry accessible for leisure purposes. The quarry shows basalts in predominantly columnar formation. Location of the former Spitzer Steinküppel quarry.	40000 200 × 200	Type: basalt columns, quarry / pit, rock type: basalt	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve
Volcanic crater on the ESE mountain rock in Oberbach	more pictures	672A017	Wildspot position	Rhön	Abandoned basalt quarry, on the walls of which the contact between black basalt columns and red slag is repeatedly opened up. This interface dips towards the center of the fracture. Obviously lava has filled a depression in the slag here. The basalt columns that were mined here may have been created as a filling of a lava lake within the crater of a small cinder cone.	16000 200 × 80	Type: Contact, Igneous Structure, Basalt Columns, Type of Rock Type: Basalt, Tuff / Tuffite	Quarry	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 84
Chirotherien sandstone NE from Euerdorf		672A018	Your village position	Rhön	At the Saalrangen northeast of Euerdorf, tread seals of dinosaur precursors were uncovered, which can be assigned to the Thuringian chirotheria sandstone. The way through the time from Bad Kissingen to the Terra Triassica Museum in Euerdorf leads past the geotope.	400 20 × 20	Type: trace fossils, sequence of layers, rock type: sandstone	other information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 98
Aufgel. Shell limestone quarry NE from Rannungen		672A020	Rannungen position	Northern Franconian Plates	The easily accessible abandoned quarry opens up Lower Muschelkalk (mostly wavy limestone), which occasionally contains fossils, both traces of bioturbation and fauna.	500 50 × 10	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, trace fossils, animal fossils Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Aufgel. Muschelkalkbruch SE from Ramsthal	more pictures	672A021	Ramsthal position	Western Franconian Plates	In the abandoned quarry, shell pavement and a lime bank with a stromatolithic character are exposed. There are opportunities to find fossils.	600 30 × 20	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, trace fossils, animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component
Aufgel. Arnshausen quarry NE		672A022	Bad Kissingen position	Rhön	Rock sandstone was extracted from the abandoned quarry. Above the rock sandstone, layers of carnelian dolomite and Thuringian chirotheria sandstone are exposed. The violet-brown color in the upper section of the carnelian-dolomite layers is interpreted as soil formation (violet horizon). Occasionally clay siltstone layers are interposed.	0 not specified	Type: layer sequence, fossil soil, rock type: sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park
Aufgel. Limestone quarry Kalkofen W von Poppenlauer		672A024	Maßbach position	Northern Franconian Plates	In the extensive quarry area, Lower Muschelkalk is exposed, which occasionally shows ripples.	21000 300 × 70	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Aufgel. Limestone quarry S of Münnerstadt		672A025	Münnerstadt position	Northern Franconian Plates	The partially overgrown break opens up Lower Muschelkalk (wave limestone series, mu2) and is difficult to access.	1200 60 × 20	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock, sedimentary structures Type: limestone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve
Aufgel. Limestone quarry in the former StOÜbPl E von Reiterswiesen		672A026	Bad Kissingen position	Northern Franconian Plates	The relatively well preserved, easily accessible and little overgrown quarry opens up Lower Muschelkalk (Terebratel and foam limestone banks).	3200 80 × 40	Type: quarry / pit, rock type, layer sequence type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Aufgel. ESE limestone quarry in Reiterswiesen		672A027	Bad Kissingen position	Northern Franconian Plates	The small quarry, located right next to a forest path in the nature reserve, opens up Lower Muschelkalk (mu2 - mu3).	400 40 × 10	Type: quarry / pit, rock type, layer sequence type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Former Barite mine, Grube Marie SW in Wildflecken		672G001	Wildspot position	Rhön	In a total of 3 old tunnels, one of which was blasted (two are still accessible but secured by grids), barite was mostly mined before the war. Stratigraphically, the barite deposits are located in the Middle Buntsandstein, their formation is probably of a hydrothermal type. A viewing gallery can be viewed by appointment (information in the House of the Black Mountains in Oberbach).	100 50 × 2	Type: Tunnels, Minerals Type: Vein mineralization , sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kothener Sauerbrunnen NE by Kothen		672Q001	Moth position	Rhön	The Kothener Sauerbrunnen is freely accessible. It is framed and covered with a brick pavilion.	1 1 × 1	Type: Mineral Spring Type: Sandstone, Basanite	no information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Volcanic cone Mettermich NNW from Schondra	more pictures	672R001	Schondra position	Rhön	Above a relatively small central cone, the two closely adjacent peaks of the volcanic cone rise approx. 5 m above the surrounding area with the columnar basalt. There is a wide sea of blocks around it. At the top of the protected part of the landscape there is a ring wall from early human history, as well as a wide driveway and other peculiarly arranged basalt walls.	40000 200 × 200	Type: volcanic vent Type: basalt	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Dreistelz WNW volcanic cone from Oberleichtersbach	more pictures	672R002	Dreistelzer forest position	Rhön	The Dreistelz is the highest volcanic cone in the region. The steep central area is oriented EW like a walkway. It has small rock formations at the top (right next to the observation tower) and a small basalt quarry at the western end of the steep area. Remnants of Lower Muschelkalk are present around the edge of the cone. On the east side of the cone, enormous areas of basalt rubble have started to slide down to the Dreistelz-Modlos road.	160000 400 × 400	Type: volcanic vent Type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt quarry on the stump of lime tree N of Schondra	more pictures	672R003	Schondra position	Rhön	The quarry was created solely for the purpose of supplying the A7 motorway construction. A whole basalt cone was artificially removed except for a kind of crater wall. The different types of basalt secretion are interesting, especially the fan-shaped basalt columns (piles) at the quarry entrance. As the occurrence of a clod of pyroclastic rocks shows, the columnar basalts arose from a former lava lake.	70,000 350 × 200	Type: basalt columns, volcanic vent, rock type: basalt	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 7
Pilster stone NE from Kothen	more pictures	672R004	Moth position	Rhön	To the north-east of Kothen is the scenic Pilsterstein, a morphologically carved out from weathering, running east-west, like volcanic vent. The rock here does not show the typical formation of mostly six-sided basalt columns typical of basaltic rocks, but rather it exudes more irregularly and sometimes rather in platy layers. Since a platy segregation is typical for the likewise volcanic rock phonolite, it was at times assumed that the pilster stone would consist of this rock, which is widespread in the Hessian Rhön. In fact, it is a basalt-like basanite.	3600 60 × 60	Type: rocky dome, volcanic vent, basalt columns Type: basanite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Falkenwand WSW from Elfershausen		672R005	Elfershausen position	Western Franconian Plates	The Höhenweg (circular route 5 of the Rhön Nature Park) runs below the wave limestone-Saaleprallhangs always in red tone on the rubble (border yellow limestone) of the Lower Muschelkalk. Thanks to the landscape management of the Bad Kissingen care association and the Bad Kissingen section of the DAV, the Falkenwand is easily accessible and visible again. There is constant traffic noise from the nearby motorway.	360000 1200 × 300	Type: Impact slope, type of layers : dolomite stone, limestone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Long stones NW of Riedenberg	more pictures	672R007	Römershager Forst-Nord position	Rhön	Blocks of the rock sandstone of the uppermost Middle Buntsandstein, which forms a step in the terrain about 20 m higher, have gravitationally slid down the slope. The largest block of the medium to coarse-grained to fine gravel rock sandstone is 15 m long (without transverse fissures) and up to 2 m thick and its longitudinal axis is adjusted in the direction of the slope. About 100 m above is the rock group Steinhaufen	400 40 × 10	Type: landslide, rock type: sandstone	other information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rock group The large stones NW of Riedenberg	more pictures	672R008	Great Auersberg position	Rhön	The large stones consist of white, medium to coarse-grained to fine gravel rock sandstone from the uppermost middle colored sandstone. The striking inclined stratification was removed by the weathering. The rocky sandstone at the upper edge of the valley forms a mighty block flow down the slope that extends down to the bottom of the valley. In the gorge, sections of the deeper Middle Buntsandstein are exposed.	7500 50 × 150	Type: rock group, rock type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Steinernes Meer at Berghaus Rhön SE von Riedenberg		672R009	Riedenberg position	Rhön	The basalt block field consists partly of blocks without intermediate substance (sea of blocks), partly of blocks that float in a loamy base. The consistently sharp-edged blocks indicate short hiking trails (i.e. the place of origin of the blocks very close). The restless surface morphology speaks for sliding masses. The block field is located directly above the Berghaus Rhön car park.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Sea of Boulders, Basalt Columns, Type of Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Vulkanschlot Lösershag SE from Oberbach		672R010	Wildspot position	Rhön	The summit structure of the Lösershag consists of a steep summit (volcanic vent made of adjacent basalt columns). Several impressive block seas at the foot of the slope, very scenic. Remote, but easy to reach via hiking trails. Small, abandoned quarry on the north-western slope of the mountain with radial basalt columns.	160000 400 × 400	Type: volcanic chimney, basalt columns, sea boulders, rock type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Buntsandsteinschlucht Dörflinger Ruh SSW from Bad Brückenau		672R012	Bad Brückenau position	Rhön	The upcoming occurrence of large clods (blocks and slabs) of rock sandstone in the gorge is due to a tectonic subsidence within an approximately north-south-facing ditch.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Canyon, Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sinkhole SW of Maßbach		672R013	Maßbach position	Northern Franconian Plates	The circular hole is about 10 m deep and overgrown with old trees. Presumably this collapse doline results from leaching in the underlying Lower Muschelkalk.	225 15 × 15	Type: sinkhole Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Landscape component
Wichtelhöhlen SW of Bad Kissingen		672R014	Your village position	Rhön	On the Alte Euerdorfer Straße, in the area of the Saale-Prallhangs Batzenleite, there is a larger outcrop in the rock sandstone. Individual blocks up to 10 m in size that have been detached from the association also occur. Pronounced gaps and cavities between the blocks represent the legendary Wichtelhöhlen. The way through the time from Bad Kissingen to the Museum Terra Triassica in Euerdorf leads past the geotope.	15000 300 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, boulder sea, tafoni / honeycomb weathering, sedimentary structures, type of rock type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Neuwiesgraben-Schlucht S from Dittlofsroda		672R015	Wartmannsroth position	Rhön	The Neuwiesgraben has partly deepened like a gorge into the red sandstone of the Röt succession and occasionally forms small waterfalls.	5000 500 × 10	Type: Canyon, Waterfall Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock clearance Wildweibstein N von Völkersleier		672R016	Forst Detter-Süd position	Rhön	On the Wildweibstein there are extensive rock exposures and rock seas in the rock sandstone of the Hardegsen range.	0 not specified	Type: Felsburg, Blockmeer Type: Sandstone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
A crack of the Schindeller fountain ENE from Kleinbrach		672R017	Bad Kissingen position	Rhön	The Schindeller Graben, which slopes steeply west to the Franconian Saale, has dug itself deep into the intensely red-brown sandstone of the Hardegsen range, which forms striking banks (thicknesses in the dm area). Several waterfalls up to two meters high were created. The water flow varies greatly depending on the weather.	1500 100 × 15	Type: Storage conditions, rock type, sequence of layers, waterfall Type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park