List of geotopes in the Bayreuth district
This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Franconian district of Bayreuth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section of the street Königsstuhl near Bad Berneck | 472A001 |
Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | The street section contains a profile through the Berneck gneiss wedge with strong folds and steep faults. In the east (at the old quarry behind the gas station) the so-called hanging wall series with blastomylonitic hornblende gneisses is exposed. In the west there are outcrops of the so-called reclining series made of muscovite - biotite gneiss and garnet-bearing eye gneisses in isolated street sections . The increased traffic does not allow stopping on the B 303 . | 5000 500 × 10 |
Type: sequence of layers, fold / trough / saddle, disturbance type: gneiss |
Quarry | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Sawmill profile Hohenknoden | 472A002 |
Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | The profile in the sawmill begins in the north in the phyllite-prasenite series of the Münchberg gneiss mass and points south to the contact with the Bavarian Lower Carboniferous. The lower carbon is a tectonic mélange of individual blocks of prasinite, marginal slate and silica slate. | 2000 400 × 5 |
Type: Layer sequence Type: Prasinite, Phyllite |
Quarry | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Proterobas fractures on the ox head | 472A003 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | There are numerous abandoned, ravine-like quarries on the northwest and southeast side of the Ochsenkopf. The elongated shape can be traced back to a gangue that was previously intensively mined despite its small thickness (<20 m) (trade name: green porphyry). In addition to the extraction of natural stone, the stone was of great importance for glass production in the region (including buttons, etc.). Gümbel (1874) recognized the rarity of this rock and called it Proterobas. The ox head is thus the type locality of this type of rock. The breaks on the northwest side of the summit are most impressive. | 8000 400 × 20 |
Type: type locality, quarry / pit, rock type: lamprophyr |
Quarry | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Muschelkalk outcrop on the Bindlacher Berg | 472A004 |
Bindlach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The shell limestone quarry on Bindlacher Berg is the largest still preserved in the district. Part of the Graf zu Munster vertebrate fauna of the Bayreuth natural history collection comes from the fossil-rich layers of the Upper Muschelkalk. | 6000 120 × 50 |
Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Trace fossils Type: Limestone |
Quarry | precious | Landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Former Hohenknoden-Entenhügel quarry | 472A005 |
Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | The outcrop at Hohenknoden is behind a woodshed. Interestingly, here flasher lime lies on top of the diabase sandstone and thus shows that it was tipped over. | 500 50 × 10 |
Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone, Basalt |
Quarry | precious | Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park | ||
| Former Quarry Reut SE from Gefrees (Middle Quarry) | 472A006 |
Gefrees position |
Fichtel Mountains | The Reut quarry opens up the type locality of the so-called Reutgranite (a variety of the Variscan G1 granite). The fracture is mostly filled with water and enclosed with steep walls. | 10000 100 × 100 |
Type: type locality, rock type: granite |
Quarry | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Shell limestone outcrop on the Kulmberg | 472A007 |
Weidenberg position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | Trochitic layers were exposed in small outcrops south of the Weidenberg market. These hard limestone banks contain numerous stems of sea lilies ( trochites ), which give these layers of the lower main shell limestone the name. The outcrop is now overgrown. | 50 50 × 1 |
Type: Rock, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone |
Quarry | precious | Landscape protection area | ||
| Former Kühloch ESE quarry from Neustädtlein | 472A008 |
Heinersreuther Forst position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | A complex of mostly massive, rarely banked bulk bodies with sloping boundaries that are nested within one another is open. The yellow, fine to medium-grained sandstone (Lias Alpha 1 + 2) was quarried as an engineered stone until the 1950s. | 3200 80 × 40 |
Type: rock type, sediment structures, quarry / pit type: sandstone |
Quarry | precious | Natural monument | ||
| Outcrop in the Posidonia slate WSW from Schwürz | 472A009 |
Creussen position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | In an inconspicuous forest path (on the road between Creußen and Lindenhardt) there is a small Posidonia schist outcrop. The variety available as paper slate is lined with lime banks above and below. | 39 39 × 1 |
Type: Rock Type: Limestone Marl |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | significant | Natural monument, FFH area, nature park | ||
| Höllfelsen near Oberwarmensteinach | 472A010 |
Warmensteinach position |
Fichtel Mountains | Type locality of the hell rock quartzite of the Lower Warmensteinacher series. Some of the quartzites lead to pebbles. | 300 20 × 15 |
Type: Type locality, Härtling, Felsburg Type: Quartzite |
Slope crack / rock wall | especially valuable | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Outcrop in the Posidonia slate near Hintergereuth | 472A011 |
Maple valley position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The outcrop in Posidonia schist (bituminous marl schist interspersed with limestone banks) is located on the slope of a small dirt road between Vorder- and Hintergereuth. | 140 70 × 2 |
Type: Rock Type: Limestone Marl |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Moosmüller-Keller in Goldkronach | 472A012 |
Goldkronach position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | In the back of the rock cellar, very heavily sheared Devonian diabase is exposed. The movement areas are clearly visible. The front part of the cellar is lined and possibly still traverses Rotliegend sediments. | 50 25 × 2 |
Type: Fault, Rock Type: Basalt |
Rock cellar | precious | Natural park | ||
| Former quarry on the Otterleite ENE von Goldkronach | 472A013 |
Goldkronach position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | The former quarry opens up Upper Devonian diabase as well as tuff and tuffite (subordinate to slate). Several small faults move the rocks against each other. The pillows stored here come from a quarry near Bad Berneck. | 75 15 × 5 |
Type: Layer sequence Type: Basalt, Tuff / Tuffit, Slate |
Quarry | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rotliegend cellar under Nemmersdorf Castle | 472A014 |
Goldkronach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The locked rock cellar provides a good access point in the Upper Rotliegend. The fanglomerate has a sandy-clay base, into which numerous angular quartz fragments of several centimeters in size are interspersed. The front part of the cellar is lined, it ends in a chapel-like extension in the area. | 125 25 × 5 |
Type: rock type, tunnel type: conglomerate |
Rock cellar | precious | Natural park | ||
| Mistelgau clay pit |
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472A016 |
Mistelgau position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | In the former Mistelgau brickworks, the Lias / Dogger transition area is open. The sequence of layers extends from the Lias Delta to the Dogger Alpha. The layers, some of which are very fossil-rich, represent an important reference profile. The Belemnite battlefield, which is open across the whole of the pit floor and from which spectacular finds of ichthyosaurs originate, is of particular importance. | 37500 250 × 150 |
Type: Layer sequence, animal fossils, standard / reference profile Type: claystone, siltstone |
Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit | precious | Natural park | Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 94 |
| Kellergasse in Goldkronach | 472A017 |
Goldkronach position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | Four of the six cellars in Kellergasse can be accessed on guided tours (contact City of Goldkronach). The cellars allow an insight into the history of the development of the Franconian line (deformation and strain structures, armor). Due to the steep position of the layers, you can get from the lower to the upper end of the Kellergasse into increasingly older sections of the Middle Buntsandstein. The cellars were carefully cleaned. Two information boards. | 4500 100 × 45 |
Type: layer sequence, fault, rock cellar Type: sandstone, conglomerate |
Rock cellar | precious | Natural park | ||
| Felsenkeller in Bad Berneck | 472A018 |
Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | This rock cellar, which is unique from a geological point of view, is accessed through a house in Bahnhofstrasse. The basement is laid out in heavily deformed and sheared diabases. The walls are covered with lime sinter, giving the impression of a stalactite cave. The cellar is privately owned and is locked. It is entered in the topographic map as the Bad Berneck crystal grotto. | 100 20 × 5 |
Type: rock type, metamorphic structure, rock cellar type: meta-basalt, cataclasite, limestone |
Rock cellar | precious | Natural park | ||
| Impact slope on the Red Main SW of Emtmannsberg | 472A019 |
Creussen position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | On the left bank of the Red Main, the Upper Benker Sandstone is exposed. The Franconian Mountain Trail leads past the opposite slope. | 10 10 × 1 |
Type: Impact slope Type: Sandstone |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | precious | Landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Felsenkeller in Gefrees | 472A020 |
Gefrees position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | In the relatively large, branched rock cellar, Hornblende ribbon gneisses of the Münchberg mass are exposed with embedded albite pegmatites. This is the only remaining outcrop in this once economically important rock in Bavaria. The cellar is privately owned and locked. | 90 30 × 3 |
Type: metamorphic structure, type of rock, minerals, rock cellar Type: aploid, pegmatoid, hornblende gneiss, amphibolite |
Rock cellar | especially valuable | no protected area | ||
| Felsenkeller in Weidenberg | 472A021 |
Weidenberg position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | There are numerous rock cellars in the red sandstone under the Obermarkt Weidenberg. As early as 1935 Goller recorded the sequence of layers from the upper to the middle red sandstone in 23 cellars almost completely. The irregular sandstone layers are broken up by clay layers. Small sinter formations arise in the top cellars. Individual cellars have recently been re-accessible for guided tours. | 10000 100 × 100 |
Type: rock cellar Type: sandstone |
Rock cellar | precious | no protected area | ||
| Former broken diabase from fire wood | 472A022 |
Goldkronach position |
Fichtel Mountains | To the east of Goldkronach, intrusive meta-basalts (diabase) of Ordovician age occur within the phycode layers. The broken diabase near Brandholz is part of the Goldkronacher geopoints and is explained with an information board. | 100 20 × 5 |
Type: Rock Type , Dike Type: Meta-Basalt |
Quarry | precious | Natural park | ||
| Red quarry SE sandstone quarry from Hartmannsreuth | 472A024 |
Weidenberg position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | Old former quarry in the red sandstone of the Lower Keuper. Importance for monument preservation (natural stone). Partly filled. | 450 30 × 15 |
Type: Rock, Quarry / Pit Type: Sandstone |
Quarry | significant | no protected area | ||
| Lochau - Neustädtlein hollow path | 472A025 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The iron sandstone of the Dogger Beta forms a striking steep step in the landscape in which the ravine has cut. The various light gray to ocher-colored sandstone layers of the iron sandstone are exposed in the ravine. The layers of deposits are clearly visible in a half-cave. Thin layers of clay were deposited between the sandstone layers. The ravine was also carved through a longer section of rock in the middle part, as shown by traces of processing in the sandstone (Fig. 4). In the lower part, the path flattens in the softer rock of the Opalinus Clay (Dogger Alpha). The half cave may not be entered because of the risk of collapse. | 6000 300 × 20 |
Type: sequence of layers, ravine Type: sandstone, claystone |
Pit / canal / ravine | precious | Natural park | ||
| Gleißinger Felsen - Alter Schacht, Fichtelberg | 472G001 |
Fichtelberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | The Gleißinger Felsen consists of a quartz hematite dike from the Gleißinger Fels district. There are numerous trenches and pings in front of the rock. Silver iron (hematite) used to be mined there. Good evidence of hematite ore can still be found today. | 3000 100 × 30 |
Type: shaft, gear, minerals Type: vein quartz, granite |
Tunnel / gallery / shaft | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Gleißinger Fels visitor mine |
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472G002 |
Fichtelberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | Quartz veins with hydrothermal hematite mineralization were mined on Gleißinger Fels. While iron luster or iron mica (silver iron) used to be extracted for iron production, it was later used as a component of corrosion protection paints. Mining on Gleißinger Fels was mentioned as early as 1478. In addition to open-cast mining, ore was also extracted underground from 1802 onwards. Mining was not stopped until 1939. Part of the tunnel system is now accessible as a visitor mine. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: Galleries, Vein, Minerals Type: Vein Quartz, Granite |
Tunnel / gallery / shaft | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Schmutzler-Stollen E by Goldkronach |
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472G003 |
Goldkronach position |
Fichtel Mountains | Besides the Middle Name-Gottes-Stollen, the Schmutzler tunnel is the only accessible part of the old Goldkronach mine. The gold-bearing quartz-antimony-arsenic veins were mined from the 14th to the 20th century. The appr. 40 m long main gallery shows the gold-bearing quartz vein, which was coveted at the time, but is deaf here. The tunnel can be visited as a show mine from May to September. | 80 40 × 2 |
Type: tunnel, vein, dump, minerals Type: phyllite, vein quartz, vein mineralization |
Tunnel / gallery / shaft | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Alum mine in Rother Park near Bad Berneck | 472G004 |
Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | The tunnel of the alum mine, which was closed in 1841, is located in the dendrological garden of Rother Park. Alexander von Humboldt tested self-developed equipment (lights and a breathing apparatus) during a tour. The tunnel, which is still passable for approx. 170 m, is not open to the public. Above the tunnel there is a shaft with a reconstructed bucket and reel system. Explanatory boards provide information about the mine. | 1000 50 × 20 |
Type: tunnel, shaft type: slate |
Tunnel / gallery / shaft | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Tunnel on Mittelberg N of Warmensteinach | 472G005 |
Warmensteinach position |
Fichtel Mountains | Mining has been practiced on Mittelberg N of Warmensteinach at least since the beginning of modern times. First the iron ore (siderite and brown iron stone, partly pseudomorphic after siderite) occurring on a hydrothermal vein was extracted, later - up to the 19th century - also fluorspar. Side rock is a presumably Cambrian phyllite. The neglectful middle day tunnel was made accessible as part of a nature trail, secured and explained by an information board. The site is under protection as a ground monument (tunnel: monument no. D-4-5936-0038, shaft: monument no. D-4- 5936-0037, Pingenfeld: monument no. D-4-5936-0036) . | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: Stollen Type: Phyllite |
Tunnel / gallery / shaft | precious | Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Name-Gottes- und Ritter-Sankt-Georg-Zeche S von Brandholz |
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472G006 |
Goldkronach position |
Fichtel Mountains | The Middle-Name-Gottes-Stollen in the historic Goldkronach-Brandholz mining area is now used as a show mine. A roasting oven was excavated next to the tunnel mouth hole. | 400 200 × 2 |
Type: Pinge / nfeld, tunnel, tunnel, dump, shaft Type: phyllite, vein quartz |
Tunnel / gallery / shaft | especially valuable | Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Eisenglimmer-Bergwerk Resistance ESE from Bischofsgrün | 472G007 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | From the beginning to the middle of the 18th century, iron mica was mined from a quartz passage east of today's federal highway. The mouth hole, which has been restored and barred by the Fichtelgebirgsverein, belongs to a tunnel that drained the mines under the B303 and is still the origin of a brook (tunnel well) today. The mining area is clearly explained on display boards with maps and profiles. The timber of the tunnel could be dated to 1722 and 1723 (fell time). Burglary and mining pegs with heaps are located along the quartz corridor that runs parallel to the main road. The geotope and natural monument sacrificial tub is located 70 m southeast of the mouth hole. The geotope is under protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5937-0060). | 150,000 500 × 300 |
Type: Stollen, Pinge / nfeld Type: Iron ore, vein quartz |
Tunnel / gallery / shaft | precious | Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Historic feldspar mine at Bärenbühl NW of Streitau | 472G008 |
Gefrees position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | At Bärenbühl near Streitau, albite pegmatoid was mined from 1938 to 1945 in several small pits as feldspar raw material for the ceramic industry. Dumps still bear witness to the mining, in the former open-cast mine the pegmatoids (Hornblende band gneiss) are located. This is the only one of a total of around 30 former feldspar pits in the Münchberger Masse from which traces of mining have been preserved. The geotope can be easily reached from a hiking trail (marking: blue point) that passes just below it via a forest path. | 5500 110 × 50 |
Type: dump, opencast mining, rock type: aploid, pegmatoid, hornblende band gneiss |
Open pit | precious | Natural park | ||
| Tin mines in Glückauf and Friedrich-Carls-Glück | 472G009 |
Neubauer forest north position |
Fichtel Mountains | To the north of the hiking trail between the Seehaus parking lot and the Seehaus there is an extensive soapy hill area, some of which can be seen from the path. Tin stone used to be mined here in the pits Friedrich-Carls-Glück (in the lower part) and Glückauf (in the upper part). In the area directly below the lake house, mining was also carried out underground. The tunnel mouth hole is no longer there, but heaps are still clearly visible. This last tin mine in the Fichtelgebirge was in operation with interruptions until 1924. | 85000 850 × 100 |
Type: Soap Laundry, Dump Type: Granite Gravel, Granite |
Open pit | significant | Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary | ||
| Schwalbenloch (B5) NE by Pottenstein | 472H001 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Schwalbenlochhöhle (B5) is registered in the cave register of the Franconian Alb. At 12 m wide, the cave entrance is one of the largest in the Franconian Alb. | 20000 200 × 100 |
Type: Karst horizontal cave, rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
cave | significant | Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area | ||
| Large rabbit hole (D92) ESE by Pottenstein |
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472H002 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Großer Hasenloch lies in the area of the massive dolomite. The 31 m long cave is registered in the cave register of the Franconian Alb (D 92). | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: Karst horizontal cave, rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
cave | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, bird sanctuary | |
| Voithshöhle (D83) NW of Pegnitz | 472H003 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Approx. 100 m long karst cave. | 500 100 × 5 |
Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone |
cave | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Passage cave Klauskirche (D32) W of Betzenstein |
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472H004 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Klauskirche is a 32 m long, spacious through cave, which is crossed by a hiking trail. It has typical hydromorphic forms. | 160 32 × 5 |
Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone |
cave | significant | Natural park | |
| Kühkirche near Loch (C49 and C98) | 472H005 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomites east of the hamlet of Loch contain a cave that was known as a prehistoric site of the Bronze, Hallstatt and La Tène periods. | 32 8 × 4 |
Type: karst halfway / natural bridge, rock wall / slope Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Big and Small Devil's Hole (C139a / b) W from Schnackenwöhr | 472H006 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The two caves consist of massive dolomite, the larger of which has a 26 m long, passable crevasse with leaching forms. In the smaller cave an early post-glacial fauna and animal cuts were found. | 52 26 × 2 |
Type: Karst horizontal cave, rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
cave | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Försterhöhle (B28) WNW from Zeubach |
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472H007 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The natural access to the 92 m long forester's cave is formed by a 20 m deep shaft. Today the cave is accessible through an 18 m long tunnel. | 460 92 × 5 |
Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave, rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, FFH area, nature park | |
| Devil's Cave near Pottenstein (show cave) |
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472H008 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The most visited show cave in Bavaria is also used for cave therapies. Above all, sinter formations are shown. The cave is also important because of its prehistoric finds. | 30000 1500 × 20 |
Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone |
cave | significant | Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park | |
| Sophienhöhle NE von Rabenstein (show cave) |
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472H009 |
Maple valley position |
Northern Franconian Alb | In several large rooms, visitors to the show cave can marvel at various sinter formations, but also cave bear bones. | 22500 900 × 25 |
Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone |
cave | precious | Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary | |
| Source outlet Seeweiher (D68) WSW from Michelfeld |
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472Q001 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | When the water level is normal, the spring cave has a considerable amount of backfill, but it acts as a snake when the Pegnitz floods. It is therefore an Estavelle. | 84 14 × 6 |
Type: Narrow source, karst horizontal cave, rock wall / slope, rock type, Estavelle type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area | |
| Weißmainquelle SE from Bischofsgrün |
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472Q003 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | The source of the White Main is set in granite. | 1 1 × 1 |
Type: Reservoir Type: Granite |
no information | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Fürstenstein E from Goldkronach |
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472R001 |
Goldkronacher forest position |
Fichtel Mountains | The Fürstenstein near Goldkronach is made up of Epigneisen, Ordovician meta-rhyolites. | 900 30 × 30 |
Type: rock castle, rock type: gneiss, meta-rhyolite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Diabase rock at Frankenberg NE von Brandholz | 472R002 |
Goldkronach position |
Fichtel Mountains | Natural exposure in the Ordovician metadiabas train from Escherlich. Also accessible from above due to the hillside location. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: meta-basalt |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Hill rock E of Bischofsgrün | 472R003 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | Typical granite rocks developed for tourists with bench and railing (weathered like wool sacks and mattresses). | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: wool sack formation, rock castle Type: granite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Goethefelsen at the Ochsenkopf |
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472R004 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | Part of a rock ridge that runs from the Ochsenkopf to the SE. The porphyry edge granite has rhombic segregation bodies, which are created by two intersecting bearing fissures. Goethe drew the rock in 1785, but the works were not rediscovered until 1986 by forest director Anton Böhm. | 600 40 × 15 |
Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Weißmain rocks at the Ochsenkopf | 472R005 |
Neubauer forest north position |
Fichtel Mountains | The two-peaked rock castle in the core granite offers a beautiful view of the snow mountain ridge, wool sack weathering, storage and transverse fissures in the core granite are clearly formed. | 6000 100 × 60 |
Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Sacrificial tub at Karches | 472R006 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | In the granite block known as the sacrificial tub there is a hollow shape of natural origin (sacrificial kettle). It is believed that the boulder was used to process the ores from a nearby iron luster mine (tunnel well, geotope number 472G007). The bowl-shaped indentation ends in a slot-like, arguably artificially processed drain. The sacrificial tub is provided with an information board. | 6 3 × 2 |
Type: Boulder, Machined Rock Type: Granite |
block | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Kaiserbergfelsen N of Fichtelberg | 472R007 |
Fichtelberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | Thick granite rock group (G2) with wool sack weathering and overhangs. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: wool sack formation, rock castle Type: granite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Sachsenruh-Felsen E from Fichtelberg | 472R008 |
Fichtelberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | Mattress-like weathered granite rock (G2), which has been broken through by a saigeren chasm. | 80 20 × 4 |
Type: wool sack formation, rock castle Type: granite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Luginsland-Felsen E from Fichtelberg | 472R009 |
Fichtelberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | The granite (G2) rock castle with overhang shows storage and transverse fissures, the rock is accessed by stairs and railings. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Semmelstein NE from Fleckl | 472R010 |
Fichtelberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | The granite (G2) rock castle rises from flat terrain, the fissures of the camp are clearly visible. | 1200 60 × 20 |
Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocksaumfelsen N of Fleckl | 472R011 |
Warmensteinach position |
Fichtel Mountains | The northwest-sweeping, free-standing core granite wall lies in a dense forest. | 1200 60 × 20 |
Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Fire and fire hearth rock NNW from new building | 472R012 |
Fichtelberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | The loose rock group in the core granite shows strongly rounded wool sack shapes. | 900 30 × 30 |
Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Nusshardt Summit SE von Bischofsgrün |
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472R013 |
Neubauer forest north position |
Fichtel Mountains | At the Nusshardt summit there is an extensive sea of mountain blocks with rock ruins. The main part consists of coarse-grained core granite (G3), at the SE end this is in contact with very coarse-grained (ortho) eye gneiss. | 25000 250 × 100 |
Type: Blockmeer, Felsburg, Wollsackbildung, Contact Type: Granite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area | |
| Haberstein on Schneeberg E from Bischofsgrün |
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472R014 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | The Haberstein consists of a rock ruin and a block flow from it. The porphyry fine-grain edge granite (G2) is thin-banked, so it weathered into angular plates and rhombic shapes. | 20000 200 × 100 |
Type: Blockstrom, Felsburg Type: Granite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area | |
| Wachstein SW rock group from Truppach | 472R015 |
Mistelbach position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock group with the highest elevation Wachstein (516 m) consists of several light gray, massive spongy lime stumps of the Lower Malm. In contrast to the dolomitized sponge reefs, such limestone rocks are rather rare. | 1500 150 × 10 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Limestone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Keilsteinfelsen near Gossenreuth | 472R016 |
Weidenberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | Rock formation in a metarhyolite plateau, directly east of the tectonic boundary to the Rotliegend. Part of the vein quartz was cut out by erosion. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: Ridge Type: Meta-rhyolite, vein quartz |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Judenfriedhof SW von Plech |
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472R017 |
Plech position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Beautiful rock pinnacles made of reef dolomite of the Upper Kimmeridge with horizontal building structures. | 800 100 × 8 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Dolomite rocks with Wirtsteinhöhlen S of Freienfels | 472R018 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | At the Schafhof there is a mighty steep wall that is perforated by numerous caves (Wirtstein caves, C93 - C95). A rich glaciar fauna was recovered from one of the caves. | 50 50 × 1 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Nature park, natural monument | ||
| Teufelslochgraben N of Oberwaiz |
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472R019 |
Heinersreuther Forst position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | At the layer boundary between Rhät and Lias Alpha 1 and 2, the brook cut about 20 m deep. Cross stratification and graded stratification can be seen in the impressive rocks and blocks. | 16000 400 × 40 |
Type: Gorge, rock wall / slope, sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | precious | Nature reserve, FFH area | |
| Quarter stone S from Mistelbach |
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472R020 |
Mistelbach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The free-standing sandstone rock of the Rhätolia (Gümbelsch sandstone) was created by natural weathering of the hard sandstone layer. These sandstones are particularly weather-resistant in individual areas and form rocky slopes and gorges. Between the weathered round depressions in the rock surface, lattice-like or net-like raised sections of rock remain (honeycomb weathering). The rock is right on the bike path. | 120 15 × 8 |
Type: Boulder, Tafoni / weathered honeycomb Type: Sandstone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Hautschgrund (C92) SE from Freienfels | 472R021 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The entrance to cave C92 is in the reef dolomite rock. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | inferior | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Arzloch gorge NW of Mistelbach |
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472R022 |
Mistelbach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The gorge lies in the area of the strata between Rhaet and Lias Alpha 1 and 2, the grain size changes between fine and coarse-grained, with coarse grains predominating. | 6000 200 × 30 |
Type: Canyon Type: Sandstone |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | precious | Natural monument | |
| Sandstone rocks around the Jagdtisch N von Mistelbach |
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472R023 |
Mistelbach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | A table, bench and chair were carved out of the sandstone rocks in Lias Alpha 1 and 2, the group of tables is surrounded by similar sandstone boulders. | 105 15 × 7 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Sandstone |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument | |
| Gorge of the Hermannsbach NW from Mistelbach | 472R024 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The Hermannsbach has dug in like a gorge at the stratification level between Rhät and Lias Alpha 1 and 2, whereby the rocks were impressively exposed. He crosses this gorge over several small waterfalls. | 15000 300 × 50 |
Type: Canyon, Waterfall, Rock Wall / Slope Type: Sandstone |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | significant | no protected area | ||
| Sattlerstein SE from Mistelbach |
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472R025 |
Mistelbach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The massive gray sandstone rock complexes in Lias Alpha 1 and 2 show cross stratification as well as scrap marks in the lower area, which indicate degradation. | 672 28 × 24 |
Type: Rock Castle Type: Sandstone |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Salamander Gorge in Eckersdorf |
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472R026 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The gorge is strewn with fallen sandstone blocks that have piled up to form a stream of blocks. Hollow valleys in the cm to m range were weathered out. | 3200 80 × 40 |
Type: Canyon Type: Sandstone |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | precious | Natural monument | |
| Oertelfelsen W of Bayreuth |
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472R027 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The light yellow sandstone rock in Lias Alpha 1 + 2 shows cross stratification, brownish-reddish (iron) weathering color and very nice honeycomb weathering. | 440 22 × 20 |
Type: Tafoni / honeycomb weathering, rock wall / slope Type: sandstone |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area | |
| Katzenstein SE from Eckersdorf |
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472R028 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The Lias Alpha 1 and 2 sandstone block was cut out of the soft sandstone layers through natural weathering. | 72 12 × 6 |
Type: Rock Castle Type: Sandstone |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area | |
| Rock group Philippstein E from Eckersdorf |
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472R029 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The fine to medium sandy, yellowish rock group in Lias Alpha 1 and 2 consists of several free-standing blocks. | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Sandstone |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area | |
| Sandstone block Schwedenbrücke SE from Eckersdorf | 472R030 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The light yellow sandstone block in Lias Alpha 1 and 2 shows cross stratification and partial weathering of honeycombs. The block served as a place of worship. | 125 25 × 5 |
Type: Boulder Type: Sandstone |
block | significant | Landscape protection area | ||
| Sandstone block Emigrantenstein E from Eckersdorf |
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472R031 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | Inscriptions of French emigrants from 1796 are carved into the sandstone rock in Lias Alpha 1 and 2. | 48 8 × 6 |
Type: Boulder Type: Sandstone |
block | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area | |
| Sandstone block 1 in the castle garden Fantasy |
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472R032 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The sandstone block from Lias 1 and 2 shows hole-like weathering traces in the cm range. | 28 7 × 4 |
Type: Tafoni / honeycomb weathering, rock type: sandstone |
block | precious | Landscape protection area | |
| Sandstone block 2 in the castle garden Fantasy |
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472R033 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | Due to the varying degrees of weathering, the stratification of the sandstone block (Lias Alpha 1 and 2) can be seen. | 12 4 × 3 |
Type: Boulder Type: Sandstone |
block | significant | Landscape protection area | |
| Sandstone block 3 in the castle garden Fantasy |
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472R034 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | A chapel was carved into the sandstone (Lias alpha 1 and 2). | 20 5 × 4 |
Type: Boulder Type: Sandstone |
block | significant | Landscape protection area | |
| Sandstone block 4 in the castle garden Fantasy |
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472R035 |
Eckersdorf position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | An inscription is carved into the front block of the sandstone block complex (Lias Alpha 1 and 2). | 64 16 × 4 |
Type: Boulder Type: Sandstone |
block | significant | Landscape protection area | |
| Felswand Hohlestein SE from Forkendorf | 472R036 |
Geese's position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | The yellowish sandstone rock has honeycomb-like weathered forms and a half-cave. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: rock wall / slope, eruption / weathering cave, Tafoni / honeycomb weathering Type: sandstone |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | no protected area | ||
| Buchsteinfelsen NNE from Forkendorf | 472R037 |
Geese's position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | Large rectilinear gaps have split and cut the sandstone rocks. The rocks show very nice honeycomb weathering. | 10000 100 × 100 |
Type: Tafoni / honeycomb weathering, rock castle Type: Sandstone |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | no protected area | ||
| Hörnlesstein W from Wiesentfels | 472R038 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The steep rock consists of massive dolomite from the Middle Kimmeridge. | 4000 100 × 40 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Poppelstein with Abri (C102) NE of Wiesentfels | 472R039 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Dolomite rock with a historically significant overhang on the road. | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Dolomite rock with caves C100a / b and spring grotto C101 near Loch | 472R040 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The border area between banked and massive dolomite is open. The Loch caves (Franconian cave register no. C100), an approx. 30 m long rock corridor, were formerly used as a cellar. The spring grotto (C101) is a karst spring in the Wiesent level with a rare discharge. | 2000 100 × 20 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave, narrowing source Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Wax stone dolomite rock with through cave C181 | 472R041 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | A through cave (Franconia. Cave cadastre: C181) is located in the massive type of rock made of Franconian dolomite. | 450 30 × 15 |
Type: rock castle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Desert castle NW of Oberaufseß | 472R042 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock group in the massive dolomite consists of one large and several small free-standing rocks. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock group W from Plankenstein |
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472R043 |
Plankenfels position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The huge group of rocks stratigraphically extends from the banked Lower Malm to the massive Franconian dolomite. | 5000 100 × 50 |
Type: rock group, layer sequence type: dolomite stone, limestone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument | |
| Dolomite rock group at the Eichenmühle (Plankenfels) | 472R044 |
Plankenfels position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock group is composed of 4 mighty pillars in the massive dolomite. | 4000 100 × 40 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Bachscheißer SW from Plankenfels | 472R045 |
Plankenfels position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Dolomite rocks on the slopes of the Wiesent. | 1200 40 × 30 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Zeugenberg Neubürg E from Wohnsgehaig |
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472R046 |
Mistelbach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | Several kilometers east of today's main distribution area there are rocks made of massive Malm dolomite on this mountain top. | 460 23 × 20 |
Type: Inselberg / Zeugenberg, Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Major cave (C188) and cave ruins (C189) N of Siegritzberg | 472R047 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The majors cave (C188) and the cave ruins (C189) on Siegritzberg are registered in the cave register of the Franconian Alb. | 300 30 × 10 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock with Preußenloch (C50a / b) W of Freienfels | 472R048 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The steep-walled dolomite rock (right next to the road) contains the so-called Preußenloch, two short horizontal caves. | 30 30 × 1 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, FFH area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rocks (with C133 and C134) WNW from Freienfels | 472R049 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite rock stands in the middle of a forest area. | 30 6 × 5 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Hohenstein E from Kirchenbirkig | 472R050 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | In the lower part there is banked, in the upper part massive dolomite rock. | 77 11 × 7 |
Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Drachenfels SW from Mittelmühle | 472R051 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | In the lower part, banked dolomite (with a cave) is exposed in the upper part. | 375 25 × 15 |
Type: rock castle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Dolomite rock with cave stone church (D80) E von Leienfels |
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472R052 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The huge rock reef complex includes cave D80 (Franconian cave cadastre). | 10000 250 × 40 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Dianafelsen W from Pegnitz | 472R053 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock tower consists of massive dolomite. | 4000 100 × 40 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| High rock W of Pegnitz | 472R054 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock, weathered with holes, consists of massive dolomite. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock tobacco pipe NW of Pegnitz | 472R055 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The bizarre rock formations were created from dolomitized sponge stumps. | 10 10 × 1 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural park | ||
| Kühkirche (C172) W of Wiesentfels | 472R056 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The dolomite walls to the west of Wiesentfels contain the so-called Kühkirche, a spring cave with an active channel. | 300 30 × 10 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave, narrowing source Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock group Auf der Wache SE von Reisach | 472R057 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The reef complex is weathered with holes. | 3000 100 × 30 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Königskopf W von Bronn | 472R058 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The two rock groups lying directly next to each other on the edge of a dry valley are built up from dolomitized sponge reefs that show holey traces of weathering. | 1000 50 × 20 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock with Alter Keller cave (D241) W of Neudorf |
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472R059 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The entrance to the Alter Keller cave (cave register of the Franconian Alb D241) is located in the massive dolomite complex. | 170 17 × 10 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Hutterichsfelsen SW of Hainbronn | 472R060 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The huge banked dolomite complex is cut and dismembered by fissures. | 4800 120 × 40 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rock overhang in the Vogelherd SW of Pegnitz | 472R061 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Rock overhang in the Franconian dolomite of the Veldenstein Forest. | 250 25 × 10 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Pigeon nest sinkhole with cave (D74) W von Michelfeld | 472R062 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Ponordoline lies in the area of the Michelfelder layers (Upper Chalk). | 15 5 × 3 |
Type: Ponor, karst horizontal cave Type: Sandstone, dolomite stone |
cave | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| High ridge Ponordoline with cave (D78) WSW von Michelfeld | 472R063 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | In the Veldenstein Forest, a watercourse emerging from the chalk seeps into the Hochücken-Ponor. The Ponordoline lies in the area of the Michelfelder strata. | 25 5 × 5 |
Type: Ponor, karst horizontal cave Type: Sandstone, dolomite stone |
cave | especially valuable | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock grotto SW of Michelfeld | 472R064 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | There is a rock grotto in the massive dolomite rock. | 21 7 × 3 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Rock with gypsy hole (D67) in the Buchgraben SW of Michelfeld | 472R065 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite shows interesting rock shapes. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Schmüttenfelsen NW of Mosenberg |
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472R066 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The impressive rock formation in the massive dolomite consists of a rock tower and boulder. | 50 10 × 5 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Devil's Sermon Chair with Devil's Chair Cave (D190) NW by Ranna | 472R067 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite has a relatively smooth surface. The Teufelsstuhlhöhle (D190) is the 12 m long cave ruin of a through cave. | 240 20 × 12 |
Type: rock tower / needle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Hühnerfelsen on Schindelrangen NW of Ranna | 472R068 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Hühnerfelsen are two rows of rocks lying close together and very low in height (approx. 1.50 m). | 600 40 × 15 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock tower with cave Dachsbau (D167) ESE by Bernheck | 472R069 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The two almost completely overgrown rock towers in massive dolomite have a small grotto (D167). | 280 20 × 14 |
Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocks with Wirrenloch-Höhle (D147) NE of Bernheck |
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472R070 |
Plech position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The entrance to the tangled or wormhole is in the rocks. Bear cuts and prehistoric finds from the late Neolithic were discovered here. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Kühfelsen in the Vogelherd W of Mosenberg | 472R071 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The bench-like dolomite (with a bench thickness in the m to cm range) was broken up and cut up by fissures. | 1200 40 × 30 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Rock group on Liegerberg E von Plech | 472R072 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The elongated rock spur protrudes from the plateau far to the west into a dry valley. It is built from reef dolomite from the Upper Kimmeridge Strata (Malm Epsilon). The area is overgrown and partially difficult to access. | 20000 200 × 100 |
Type: rock group, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Ponordoline in the game reserve Horseshoe SE of Weidensee | 472R073 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The large Ponordoline is hidden in the forest and is difficult to access. | 20000 200 × 100 |
Type: Ponor, sinkhole Type: sandstone, dolomite stone |
no information | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Plecher Ponordoline (D197) SE from Weidensees | 472R074 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The multi-part sinkhole with a depth of 12 m and a diameter of 60 m has two long inlet channels. It is closed off by a partial dolomite wall at the foot of which several swallow holes open up. | 2700 60 × 45 |
Type: Ponor Type: Dolomite stone |
other information | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock with Reutersteig cave (D162) NNE from Bernheck | 472R075 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The top of the rock contains a short cave with an open chimney. It is 9 m long with a rock hall rising backwards and ends in a light shaft. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: rock castle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Ponordoline ESE from Weidensees |
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472R076 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The very deep and large Ponordoline is located in the middle of the Veldenstein Forest, south of the Teufelsbrunnens. | 4675 85 × 55 |
Type: Ponor Type: Dolomite stone |
no information | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Wasserberg near Pegnitz |
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472R077 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Pegnitz partially seeps away in the upper part of the meander in creek shrinkage in constantly flooded water caves and reappears below the meander in spring caves. This karst phenomenon has been studied and described many times. | 80000 200 × 400 |
Type: stream shrinkage, narrowing source, karst horizontal cave, meander, layer sequence, ponor Type: limestone, marlstone |
Slope crack / rock wall | especially valuable | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Binsenschlag sinkholes SW of Pegnitz | 472R078 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Three small indolines, each 4 m deep and 6 to 8 m in diameter, located directly next to each other. | 2500 50 × 50 |
Type: sinkhole Type: limestone |
no information | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Kallmünzer block in the Binsenschlag SW of Pegnitz | 472R079 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The block consists of quartz sandstone, in which the individual grains are yellowish in color and cemented with silica. These are so-called quartzite blocks from the Cretan Michelfelder layers. | 1 1 × 1 |
Type: Relic Rocks Type: Sandstone |
block | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Ponordoline Bärenloch (D70) SE from Bronn | 472R080 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Bärenloch is a ponordoline with a small cave at its lowest point (at the foot of a rock face). | 1200 40 × 30 |
Type: Ponor, karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone |
other information | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Green rock on Bockshügel SE von Bronn | 472R081 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The impressive rock formation of dolomitized reef limestone shows holey signs of weathering. | 247 19 × 13 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Doline with thief cellar (D214) SE from Bronn |
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472R082 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The thief's cellar is part of a ponordoline. At the deepest point of the sinkhole, the erosion ditch opens into a small cave (Diebskeller, D214). | 64 8 × 8 |
Type: sinkhole, karst horizontal cave, Ponor Type: dolomite stone |
other information | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Collapse dolines Eislöcher (D71) SE from Bronn |
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472R083 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | There are several sinkholes in a small space, which are connected to the cave below via large collapse points. | 195 15 × 13 |
Type: sinkhole, karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
other information | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Bienberg-Ponordolinen (D262) W from Michelfeld | 472R084 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Bienberg-Ponordolinen are two huge depressions (70 m long, 50 m wide, 15 m deep) into which the drainage of the Bienbrunnen flows through an erosion ditch. At the foot of a small rock face there is access to a cave (D262). | 3500 70 × 50 |
Type: Ponor, karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone |
other information | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Small perforated stone with cave ruins (D72) W von Michelfeld |
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472R085 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | A cave ruin (D72) traverses the cliff. | 120 12 × 10 |
Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Large perforated stone SSW from Horlach |
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472R086 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The mighty rock tower is made of flat domed dolomite with little joints. The Großer Lochstein is probably the most impressive rock formation in the area of the Veldenstein Forest. It is criss-crossed by a spacious passageway cave at its base. The resemblance of this rock to the forms of the tropical cone karst is striking. | 143 13 × 11 |
Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 49 |
| Kallmünzer blocks in the Vogelherd SW of Horlach | 472R087 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Kallmuenzer blocks are weathering relics and consist of quartz sandstone from the Michelfelder layers. | 1 1 × 1 |
Type: Relic Rocks Type: Sandstone |
block | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomitturm Zuckerhut SE from Horlach |
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472R088 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Sugar Loaf is a completely overgrown rock tower that is almost inaccessible. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Dolomite rocks with caves (C97 and C171) ENE from Loch | 472R089 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock spur in the reef dolomite is right next to the road. | 4000 100 × 40 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Boot rocks near Betzenstein |
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472R090 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The so-called boot rocks are characteristic rock ribs in the reef dolomite of the Upper Kimmeridge. They are accessible from the outdoor pool. | 420 30 × 14 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Gerhardfelsen with three-season rock near Betzenstein | 472R091 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The steep rock bastion is split into many rock ribs due to its pronounced vertical fissures. It is used intensively for rock climbing (DAV), a climbing ban could be avoided in summer. | 5600 140 × 40 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocks on Lindenberg near Betzenstein | 472R092 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Lindenberg, a rock group in the reef dolomite of the Upper Kimmeridge, is mainly composed of deciduous forest. | 5400 180 × 30 |
Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Small water stone W by Betzenstein | 472R093 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The large chain of rocks has vertical fissures and is very steep. Holey signs of weathering can also be seen. | 2800 140 × 20 |
Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Wetterstein S from Leupoldstein | 472R094 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Wetterstein dolomite rock is inaccessible and heavily forested. | 6000 200 × 30 |
Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Felsgruppe Teufelshosenflick NW from Eckenreuth | 472R095 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Typical rock formation in the area of the dry valleys on the plateaus of the Northern Franconian Alb. | 8000 100 × 80 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Schloßbergfelsen with Fuchsloch (D22) N of Spies |
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472R096 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The summit of the Schloßberg consists of free-standing rock needles, in the middle of the vertical rock face is the Fuchsloch cave. | 900 60 × 15 |
Type: rock tower / needle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Spieser Felsen N of Spies |
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472R097 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The so-called Spieser Felsen in the wooded part of the Schlossberg is inaccessible. | 6000 150 × 40 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | inferior | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Eibenfels N of Riegelstein |
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472R098 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Eibenfels is an elongated chain of rocks more than a kilometer in length. It is made accessible by via ferrata. | 200000 2000 × 100 |
Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Rohrstein W from Plech | 472R099 |
Plech position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Rohrstein is a solitary rock needle west of the Plech market. | 25 5 × 5 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock with half caves (C91a / b) NW of Neidenstein | 472R100 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rocks are completely forested and insignificant as a geotope. | 1800 60 × 30 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | inferior | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Rock with rock wall niche (C96) W of Freienfels | 472R101 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The defensive walls of the Freienfels Castle were built on the steep dolomite rocks. | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: rock castle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, FFH area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock old castle with cave (C117) in Krögelstein | 472R102 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The old castle in Krögelstein consists of four free-standing rock formations (each approx. 20 * 15 * 15m) in the banked dolomite. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: rock castle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural park | ||
| Rock with a cave (C116) in Krögelstein | 472R104 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The very beautiful and striking rocky area in Krögelstein is made of massive dolomite. There is a war memorial at the foot of the bizarrely shaped rock towers. | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rocks with caves (C118) near Krögelstein | 472R105 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The dolomite rock in Krögelstein consists of massive dolomite. | 900 30 × 30 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rocks with caves (C120a-c) near Krögelstein | 472R106 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The wide dolomite rock face on the western slope in Krögelstein consists of massive dolomite. In the overgrown rock massif, there are large, widely visible cave portals of the level cave (C120a-c). | 2400 80 × 30 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Dohlenstein with cave (C110) SSE from Krögelstein | 472R107 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The two-part Dohlenstein on the edge of the valley southeast of Krögelstein is built from massive dolomite. A small Pleistocene fauna was found in the Jackdaw Cave at its base. | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Geierstein dolomite rock with cave (C111) SSE from Krögelstein | 472R108 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | A little above the valley floor lies the Geierstein dolomite rock, southeast of Krögelstein. It consists of massive dolomite and is crossed by a through cave. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock tower Säukirche with cave (C36) N of Krögelstein | 472R109 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Säukirche dolomite rock in Krögelstein is built from massive dolomite. | 100 20 × 5 |
Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock with swallow stone grotto (C121) N of Krögelstein | 472R110 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The dolomite rock N of Krögelstein consists of massive dolomite. | 250 25 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock with caves (C136 - C138, C179) W of Schnackenwöhr | 472R111 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The dolomite rocks show the transition from massive to banked dolomite. | 1000 100 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Taschnerfelsen near Neuhaus |
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472R113 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The impressive reef complex near Neuhaus is located directly on the road and has a summit cross. | 1400 70 × 20 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Castle rocks in Neuhaus | 472R114 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Two dolomitized sponge reef pillars of approx. 10 * 10m each. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Schlauderer near Neuhaus | 472R115 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Rock wall made of table-bank dolomite. | 4200 70 × 60 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Dolomite rock Himmelsstäuberer near Neuhaus | 472R116 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock formation with rock storms, known as Himmelstäuberer and visible from afar, consists of massive dolomite of the Middle Kimmeridge strata and stands in a dry grassland. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rocks with Schloßparkhöhle (C23) NW of Aufseß |
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472R117 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | In the striking overhanging dolomite rock lies the 60 m long, quite branched and spacious Schloßparkhöhle (also called Schweizerhaushöhle) with interesting solutions. | 600 30 × 20 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Rocks with Teufelsbrunnen cave (C163a) SE from Oberaufseß | 472R118 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Dolomite rock, at the foot of which is the Teufelsbrunnen (a water-filled shaft). 500 meters SW of this there are two hunger wells. | 224 16 × 14 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst shaft cave, narrowing source Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock with devil's hole (C163b) SE from Oberaufseß | 472R119 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The dolomite rock with the Teufelsloch half cave is NE of the Teufelsbrunnens. | 1800 60 × 30 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rocks with Wotan's or Schußhöhle (C88) near Aufseß | 472R120 |
Aufseß position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The dolomite rock with the so-called Wotans or Schußhöhle (a 12 m long rock hall) is located at the foot of the Rennerberg (approx. 50 m from the road). | 48 8 × 6 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Röthenstein with Pöppelstube (C207a) S from Wadendorf | 472R121 |
Plankenfels position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Massive dolomite rocks with a small grotto (C207a). | 400 40 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rock with Lingeleloch (B29) near Nankendorf | 472R122 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Dolomite rock with an approx. 80 m long cave. | 1200 60 × 20 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocks with high cave (C48) near Nankendorf | 472R123 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Large dolomite rock behind a house with a short cave. | 800 20 × 40 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rock with cave (C169a / b) W von Waischenfeld | 472R124 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The striking portal of the rock cave C169 lies in the massive dolomite rock. | 800 40 × 20 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rock with Schäfersteinhöhle (C75a) SW of Waischenfeld | 472R125 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The portal of the Schäferstein Cave C75a lies in the thickly banked dolomite rock slopes. | 350 35 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rock with Kuhloch (C45) in the Alten Graben ESE of Gösseldorf | 472R126 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite rocks are secluded in the forest (about 1 km SE from Gösseldorf) in the Alter Graben. The Kuhloch, a 16 m long pressure tube, opens at her foot. | 750 50 × 15 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocks with a silver gold stone cave (C19) in the Altes Graben ESE of Gösseldorf | 472R127 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite rocks are secluded in the forest (approx. 1 km ESE from Gösseldorf) in the Alten Graben. In them is the impressively large entrance to the silver gold stone cave C19. | 2100 70 × 30 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock W of the Silbergoldsteinhöhle ESE von Gösseldorf |
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472R128 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite rocks are secluded in the forest (approx. 1 km ESE from Göseldorf) in the Alten Graben. A cave portal opens in the rock. | 300 30 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Rock E of the Silbergoldsteinhöhle ESE von Gösseldorf | 472R129 |
Waischenfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite rocks are secluded in the forest (approx. 1 km ESE from Gösseldorf) in the Alten Graben. A cave portal opens in the rock. | 600 40 × 15 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocks with Lohwitzenberg cave (C240) SE from Hainbach | 472R130 |
Plankenfels position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The cave in the massive dolomite lies in the top of the Lohwitzenberg. | 40 10 × 4 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock with cave (D238) S of Leienfels | 472R131 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Cave D238 lies in the rocks of thick dolomite. | 1000 50 × 20 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Fahnenfels in Pegnitz | 472R132 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The smooth rock face made of massive dolomite is right next to the road. | 104 13 × 8 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rocks with small round caves NE by Lüglas | 472R133 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | There are several small caves in the massive dolomite rock. | 300 20 × 15 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock with Haberstein Cave (D222) E from Lüglas | 472R134 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite is weathered with holes and contains the access to cave D222. | 240 40 × 6 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Silberlochfelsen and Silberloch Cave (D69) WSW von Michelfeld | 472R135 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The entrance to a short horizontal cave (Silberlochhöhle, D69) is located in the overgrown rock. | 80 16 × 5 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area | ||
| Rock with owl hole (D66) SW of Michelfeld |
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472R136 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | A tube-like cave opens into the rock 10 m above the Pegnitz. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area | |
| Rocks with sand wave caves (D211) SW of Michelfeld | 472R137 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The cliff is fenced, heavily mossed and wooded. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock with cave oven (D65) NNW from Ottenhof |
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472R138 |
Plech position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The heavily overgrown dolomite wall contains a small semi-cave. | 27 9 × 3 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Rock with a cuckoo hole (D163) SE by Bernheck | 472R139 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock consists of table-bank dolomite from the Upper Kimmeridge. It is crossed by a 9 m long passage cave. | 180 18 × 10 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocks with Polsterweiher cave (D166) NNE from Höfen | 472R140 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | In the massive dolomite rock there is a cave with two entrances and several day windows. | 60 12 × 5 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock group W of horseshoes | 472R141 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The massive dolomite rocks (reef dolomite of the Upper Kimmeridge) contain small semi-caves. | 9600 160 × 60 |
Type: rock group, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock group SSE of horseshoes | 472R142 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The strongly overgrown rock group consists of holey reef dolomite. | 14000 200 × 70 |
Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Local rocks with cave ruins (D31) WNW of Nasnitz | 472R143 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Large group of rock pillars, walls and blocks with several collapsed half caves (cave ruins). | 90000 300 × 300 |
Type: rock group, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Large water stone and water stone gate (D33) NE of Kröttenhof |
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472R144 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Two very large rock groups consisting of reef dolomites from the Upper Kimmerid stories. There is also a 12 m deep rock gate that is 2.5 - 7.5 m wide and 2 - 6 m high. | 25000 250 × 100 |
Type: rock group, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | |
| Rock with Kuppenlochhöhle (D27) N of Spies |
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472R145 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Kuppenlochhöhle near Spies is a rock hall 18 m long and 25 m wide. It contains a water basin with a small inlet channel. | 6 3 × 2 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Teufelsloch with caves (D445a / b) near Betzenstein | 472R146 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Larger rock group from reef dolomite from the Upper Kimmerid stories with small caves. | 960 80 × 12 |
Type: rock group, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Rock with archway (D210) NE by Bernheck | 472R147 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The thickly banked dolomite rocks are weathered with holes and contain a short through cave. | 252 18 × 14 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock with Trudlkirche (D169) NNW from Ottenhof | 472R148 |
Plech position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Several dolomite rocks lie hidden in the beech forest in the Trudenleite. | 900 30 × 30 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rock with Griesbrunnenhöhle (D170) SW of Ottenhof | 472R149 |
Plech position |
Northern Franconian Alb | 300 m long rock chain made of reef dolomite from Upper Kimmeridge. At the west end, 20 m long crevasse cave leading downwards. | 15000 300 × 50 |
Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Saalburg with caves (D125) SE from Plech |
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472R150 |
Veldensteiner Forst position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Reef dolomite rocks with two small rock chambers. | 3600 120 × 30 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Dolomite rock face Langer Berg SW from Stierberg | 472R151 |
Betzenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The elongated rock face consists of layered Dolomites of the Malm Epsilon. | 200 20 × 10 |
Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Rocks with Käthelestein Cave (C160) N of Hollfeld | 472R152 |
Hollfeld position |
Northern Franconian Alb | Inconspicuous dolomite rock with an 8 m long, descending cave in which stone tools were found in 1834. | 100 20 × 5 |
Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
| Hirtenstein in Mistelbach |
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472R153 |
Mistelbach position |
Obermain-Bruchschollenland | One of several rocky outcrops of Lias Alpha 1 and 2. The rock is banked and shows the beginning of honeycomb weathering. | 80 10 × 8 |
Type: rock wall / slope, Tafoni / honeycomb weathering Type: sand-lime brick |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Natural monument | |
| Lochberg near Pegnitz | 472R154 |
Pegnitz position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The Lochberg in the Lohesiedling von Pegnitz is a slipped dolomite pillar. | 600 60 × 10 |
Type: Rock wall / slope, slide Type: Dolomite stone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | ||
| Weiherstaler men at Schüttersmühle |
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472R155 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The rock needle impresses with its unusual shape. | 4 2 × 2 |
Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary | |
| Felsburg Tüchersfeld |
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472R156 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | The image of the municipality of Tüchersfeld is shaped by the imposing rock exposure that rises in the village and supports a half-timbered house that now houses a museum. Above is another rock, the flag stone, which can be reached via a path. Both rocks are part of a circulating mountain that was created when the Püttlach cut a former meander loop. | 10000 200 × 50 |
Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain, rock castle Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 29 |
| Rock castle Burg Pottenstein |
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472R157 |
Pottenstein position |
Northern Franconian Alb | A striking landmark of the city of Pottenstein. | 6400 80 × 80 |
Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone |
Rock slope / cliff | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | |
| Wetzsteinfelsen NNW from Bischofsgrün | 472R158 |
Bischofsgrüner Forst position |
Fichtel Mountains | Striking outcrop on the northwestern hand of the Hohe Haide. Subordovian quartzite is exposed. It was probably mined as a whetstone before 1536. An information board explains geology and history. | 2400 80 × 30 |
Type: hardness type: quartzite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Reizenstein N by Sophienthal | 472R159 |
Weidenberg position |
Fichtel Mountains | The banded phyllitic rocks are exposed in rock exposures on both sides of the Steinach valley between Sophienthal and Warmensteinach. On the Reizenstein, the banded phyllite-quartzite alternation of the Steinach layers is deformed over a small area by the tectonics and set up at an angle. Accessible via hiking trail no. 4 or the Reizenstein circuit with seven themed panels from the Sophienthal hiking car park. | 400 20 × 20 |
Type: Ridge Type: Phyllite |
Rock slope / cliff | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
| Breakthrough valley of the Ölschnitz NE of Bad Berneck | 472R160 |
Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge position |
Münchberger Gneissasse | Breakthrough valley of the Ölschnitz. Steep slopes of diabase, diabase tuff (e.g. near the Finkquelle), the Grauwacken clay slate series, the phyllite prasinite series, but also a lime deposit are cut. The flasher and lump limes that occur in the Ölschnitztal are built into the natural stone masonry of the Bad Berneck spa facilities at various points. In addition, according to Stettner, there is a phyllite-metakeratophyrtuff alternate storage in the Ölschnitztal NE von Stein. | 150,000 5000 × 30 |
Type: breakthrough valley, rock type, fault, quarry / pit type: meta-basalt, phyllite, limestone |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park |
See also
- List of nature reserves in the Bayreuth district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Bayreuth district
- List of protected landscape components in the Bayreuth district
- List of natural monuments in the Bayreuth district
- List of FFH areas in the Bayreuth district
- List of nature reserves in the city of Bayreuth
- List of landscape protection areas in the city of Bayreuth
- List of FFH areas in the city of Bayreuth
- List of geotopes in Bayreuth
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)
Web links
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Lists of geotopes in the districts and independent cities in Bavaria
Geotopes in the districts of
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Altötting |
Amberg-Sulzbach |
Ansbach |
Aschaffenburg |
Augsburg |
Bad Kissingen |
Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen |
Bamberg |
Bayreuth |
Berchtesgadener Land |
Cham |
Coburg |
Dachau |
Deggendorf |
Dillingen on the Danube |
Dingolfing-Landau |
Danube Ries |
Ebersberg |
Eichstätt |
Erding |
Erlangen-Höchstadt |
Forchheim |
Freising |
Freyung-Grafenau |
Fürstenfeldbruck |
Fürth |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
Gunzburg |
Hatred Mountains |
Yard |
Kelheim |
Kitzingen |
Kronach |
Kulmbach |
Landsberg am Lech |
Landshut |
Lichtenfels |
Lindau (Lake Constance) |
Main-Spessart |
Miesbach |
Miltenberg |
Mühldorf am Inn |
Munich |
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen |
Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate |
Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim |
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Neu-Ulm |
Nuremberg Country |
Oberallgäu |
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Passau |
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm |
Rain |
Regensburg |
Rhön-Grabfeld |
Rosenheim |
Roth |
Rottal-Inn |
Schwandorf |
Schweinfurt |
Starnberg |
Straubing Arch |
Tirschenreuth |
Traunstein |
Unterallgäu |
Weilheim-Schongau |
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen |
Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains |
Wurzburg
Geotopes in the independent cities of
Amberg |
Aschaffenburg |
Bamberg |
Bayreuth |
Coburg |
Fürth |
Yard |
Kempten (Allgäu) |
Landshut |
Memmingen |
Munich |
Nuremberg |
Passau |
Regensburg |
Schweinfurt |
Willows in the Upper Palatinate |
Wurzburg
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