List of geotopes in the Berchtesgadener Land district

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Bavarian district of Berchtesgadener Land 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 gravel pit NE of Kothbrünning		172A002	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	The former gravel pit is already completely filled. In a new outcrop, which is about 40 m NW, the sequence of layers is clearly visible again. It is an inclined alternation of gravel and sand - probably near moraine (delta) gravel from the Worm Ice Age.	1800 60 × 30	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type: gravel	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	no protected area
Krönner-Riff SE from Bayerisch Gmain		172A003	Bayerisch Gmain position	Berchtesgaden Alps	On the Ramsau dolomite lies the Krönner Reef, which is a few 100 m wide and consists mainly of brecciated limestones and individual conglomerates. The occurrence of large hippurites and nerinees is difficult to find.	750 150 × 5	Type: Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Limestone, Dolomite Stone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Natural monument
Helvetic outcrop in the roll trench		172A004	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	The Stockletten and Lithothamnienkalke contain a rich microfauna. The type locality was already worked on by Gümbel (1869). The outcrop is partially collapsed and overgrown.	25 5 × 5	Type: Type locality, Animal fossils, Vegetable fossils, Layer sequence Type: Limestone, Marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	no protected area
Former Dachstein limestone quarry N of Schwarzbachwacht		172A005	Schneizlreuth position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Dachstein limestone, which is slightly offset at the quarries, is open. The quarry serves as a storage place for cable car equipment.	7200 120 × 60	Type: Rock type, Fault type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Hasel mountain outcrop on the Ramsauer Ache slope near Stang		172A006	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	On the partially overgrown impact slope, gypsum-bearing Hasel Mountains are exposed, overlaid by Hallstatt limestone (in Hallstatt facies).	1200 60 × 20	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock Type: Gypsum, claystone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Leiß-Bruch NE from Königssee		172A009	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	In the Leissbruch area, red nodular limestone was previously mined in Adnet facies (Königsseer marble). The area is in the forest and is z. Sometimes overgrown, but an outcrop wall is well preserved. The folding of the rock can be seen in the exposed wall.	500 50 × 10	Type: Type of rock, sedimentary structures, fold / trough / saddle Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Quarry N of Zillwirth		172A010	Marktschellenberg position	Berchtesgaden Alps	In the quarry north of Zill, colorful Hallstatt limes were mined primarily for use as stone. The quarry has since been abandoned and is still in good condition. The interesting structures (brecciation etc.) can be studied especially in the block material.	12800 160 × 80	Type: Type of rock, type of layer sequence : Limestone, marlstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
Eisenrichterstein S from Hallthurm station		172A011	Bischofswiesen position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Eisenrichterstein south of Hallthurm opens up rocks from the upper Gosau. The Eocene reef complex is one of the youngest calcareous alpine rocks in Bavaria. The base is a 70 m thick conglomerate of limestone components, followed by various reef and reef rubble limestone.	30000 300 × 100	Type: Animal fossils, Rock type, Standard / reference profile, Rock wall / slope Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	no protected area
Former Zillkalkbruch SE from Zill		172A012	Marktschellenberg position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The abandoned quarry is the type locality of the Zill Kalk. The outcrop walls are barely accessible because the quarry is used as a fish pond.	6000 120 × 50	Type: type locality, rock type, layer sequence type: limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	no protected area
Abandoned quarry NW of Draxl		172A013	Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The quarry is the type locality of the Draxlehner Kalk. The lumpy sediment structures of the Draxlehn limestone can be seen on the wall of the quarry. A small bee educational trail has been set up in the quarry.	4200 70 × 60	Type: Type locality, rock type, sedimentary structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	no protected area
Former quarry at Kälberstein near Berchtesgaden		172A014	Bischofswiesen position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The fossil-rich red lime from Hallstatt was used extensively in the Berchtesgadener Land as Berchtesgaden marble. The quarry is used as an open-air stage.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
Outcrop at Nierentalgraben E from Pompoint		172A015	Bischofswiesen position	Berchtesgaden Alps	In 1861 Gümbel describes and draws a normal profile of the Mauslochgraben in the Nierental for the composition of the younger chalk of this part of the Alps and names the sequence as Nierenthalschichten. In 1957, Plöchinger & Oberhauser identified Gümbels Mauslochgraben as the southern Nierentalgraben. This is the widely visible trench east of Pompoint, at the upper end of which a source horizon at the base of Eocene limestone is constantly digging the slope through backward displacement. Groundwater reservoirs are the marls of the Nierental layers. The profile is badly disturbed, the trench can only be reached without a path and, moreover, not without danger due to the young debris filling on the flanks. On the other hand, the Nierental layers have recently been exposed as gray to red marl on the hanging stone ditch (northern Nierental ditch) in the form of forest roads. The Gosau base conglomerate is waiting at the bottom of the Mauslochgraben.	750 150 × 5	Type: type locality, layer sequence, animal fossils, gorge Type: marlstone, conglomerate	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Moserrösche near the Berchtesgaden salt mine	more pictures	172A017	Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The more than 350 years old, around 105 m long, tunnel of the Moserrösche was driven into the particularly stable moraine here. In the area of the lining near the entrance, beautiful limestone sinters have formed. Most of the tunnel is unobstructed and allows a good insight into the structure of the moraine with its different rock fragments and grain sizes. In the past, water was passed through the tunnel with which the water column machine pumped the groundwater out of the mine. It also served as an access tunnel to the salt deposits above. The Moserrösche is located on the circular hiking trail around the Berchtesgaden salt mine. The tunnel is regularly unlocked during the day. Opening times and further information at the salt mine or at www.salzzeitreise.de.	210 105 × 2	Type: rock type, tunnel type: moraine	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	no protected area
Achthal granite in the Ultrahelvetic NW of Achthal		172A018	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	Several blocks of crystalline rock come to light on a slope northwest of Achthal. Sometimes they are difficult to access and surrounded by thorny bushes. The rocks that have become known as Achthaler granite are tonalites to quartz diorites that were sedimented as blocks in the ultrahelvetic. Rocks of the same type have been detected over a distance of 300 km in the ultra-helvetic region on the northern edge of the Alps and therefore suggest that this type of rock is widespread in the crystalline subsurface of the Helvetic region. Crystalline blocks were built into the masonry above the former Achthal ironworks, which are likely to be Achthal granite.	225 15 × 15	Type: Rock type, type locality Type: Granodiorite, Tonalite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	FFH area
Doppler fracture in the Högler sandstone SSW from Ainring		172A019	Ainring position	Chiemgau Alps	The Högler sandstone was extracted in the Doppler quarry until the beginning of the 19th century. At that time, sandstone was used a lot in the Salzburg area for whetstones and whetstones and for door and window frames. The geology and history of the quarry and its owners are explained on two display boards. In the former Doppler quarry there are sandstones, siltstones and claystones from the Altlengbach formation. Flute casts can be seen on the underside of a sandstone slab.	10500 350 × 30	Type: sediment structures, quarry / pit, layer sequence Type: sandstone, siltstone, claystone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Bauxite in the Dachstein limestone on Thomas-Eder-Steig		172A023	Schellenberger Forst position	Berchtesgaden Alps	On the Thomas-Eder-Steig, which was blasted into the rock, there are intensely red sections of rock in the Dachstein limestone. These are crevices and breccias filled with bauxites. The red color is due to iron oxides. In Vorgosau, the Northern Limestone Alps were prominent and were subject to intense tropical weathering. The laterites were removed and washed into crevices, crevices and karst cavities. Subsequent tectonic movements led to breccia formation. On the north side of the Untersberg there was mining for bauxite in the first half of the last century.	20 10 × 2	Type: Rock type, karst chimney, karst crevice Type: Breccia, limestone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Type locality of the Roßfeld formation on Roßfeldstrasse		172A024	Corner position	Berchtesgaden Alps	At the apex of Roßfeldstrasse, the Roßfeld formation is exposed in a street embankment. On 25 m of thick banked sandstones of the Lower Roßfeld Formation, the conglomerates and rubble-bearing sandstones of the Upper Roßfeld Formation abruptly follow. The Roßfeld Formation is now viewed as a molasse-like deposit in a tectonically influenced foreland basin. Particularly noteworthy within the conglomerates are radiolarite and ophiolite components, which act on the erosion of an autopsy, i.e. H. indicate postponed continental crust, and today no longer detectable on the surface of the ocean floor. The Upper Roßfeld Formation shows numerous sedimentary structures such as current marks, sliding folds and erosive layer boundaries.	3000 600 × 5	Type: type locality, layer sequence, type of rock, sedimentary structures. Type: sandstone, conglomerate	embankment	especially valuable	no protected area
Type locality of the Sillenkopf formation on the Sillenkopf		172A025	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The pebbly sediments with turbiditic deposits at the sill heads had been placed in the Tauglboden formation like other such sediments until it was noticed that the components within the turbidites have a completely different composition. A different delivery area and a different storage room therefore had to be assumed. The Sillenkopf formation was deposited in the Sillenkopf Basin, which was separated from the Tauglboden Basin in the north by a threshold. The Sillenkopf Basin also received sediment feed from a platform to the south, which explains the different component compositions. Hurricane Lothar overturned numerous trees on the south side of the Sillenköpf in 1999 and thus created outcrops that allowed a profile to be taken of the type locality. In the meantime, these outcrops are largely overgrown again.	3600 60 × 60	Type: Type locality, layer sequence, type of rock Type: silica limestone, conglomerate	Rock slope / cliff	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Klauskalk in the dissolved Quarry S of Staufeneck Castle		172A026	Piding position	Chiemgau Alps	In the dilapidated SE quarry at Schloss Staufeneck, a light-colored limestone is exposed, which is also located on the Schlossberg, but is not accessible there. In addition to echinoderm debris, the rock contains ammonite brood. As deep sleeper limestone of the Middle to Upper Jurassic, it can be assigned to the Klaus to Steinmühl formation. Above the quarry, in the weathering zone, there are light brown flat blocks of an Eocene nummulite sandstone, which is presumably located not far under cover (Erhardt 1931).	1500 50 × 30	Type: Layer sequence, rock type, animal fossils Type: limestone, sand-lime brick	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Type locality of the Achthal formation WSW von Teisendorf		172A027	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	In the Stecherwald near Teisendorf, a profile of the ultra-Helvetian Achthal Formation, composed of several brook outcrops, was defined. The main profile lies in the trench below goppling. It essentially consists of a turbiditic alternation of sandstone, mudstone and marlstone, which extends from the Upper Cretaceous to the Lower Eocene. The sediments were deposited on the continental margin of the northern continent between the shelf (Helvetic) and the Penninic deep sea (Rhenodanubian flysch). The profile can be walked - pathless and not that easy - from the bridge on the hiking trail up the mostly little water-bearing brook. First, the underlying marl series is encountered with a red clayey marlstone (Fig. 1). In the alternation above, there are partly typical turbidite sequences, current marks and trace fossils on the underside of sandstone banks and mudstone intraclasts in sandstones.	7500 250 × 30	Type: sequence of layers, type locality Type: sandstone, claystone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	FFH area
Guarantor formation S by Wimmern		172A028	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	On the embankment of a stream to the Sur, south of Wimmern, green sandstones of the lower Adelholzener layers are exposed. The sequence of layers can be recognized above all by the fossil shells of large foraminifera (genera Assilina, Nummulites, Discocyclina) that litter the small slope. The foraminifera association allows the layers to be classified in the Lutet (Eocene). In addition to the wealth of fossils, the small outcrop is particularly important because the green sandstone on its northwestern edge is discordant - with sedimentary contact - on the marl stones of the Maastricht (uppermost chalk). This is the only known place in the Bavarian and Austrian Alps where the base of the Middle Eocene transgression onto the Helvetian shelf is open. The layer gap in eroded rock is around 15 million years. The geotope can be hiked from Teisendorf train station via Gumperting. The outcrop can be reached without a path east of the stream running upwards.	150 15 × 10	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Sandstone, Marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	no protected area
Raibl formation at the Staubbach Falls E from Unterjettenberg		172A029	Schneizlreuth position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The profile in layers of the Raibl formation at the Staubbach Falls near Unterjettenberg is described in older literature, but the location is not so easy to find because the small waterfall has long since disappeared from the topographical map. At the end of the 19th century, however, it could be found everywhere in travel guides and as a picture postcard motif. Perhaps the construction of the stone bridge over the Schwarzbach - through which the brine pipeline also runs - shifted the waterfall from the tourist perspective. From the bridge over the Schwarzbach, the view to the east shows the profile on a wall that is mostly only covered by little water. It is not accessible. Binoculars help you take a closer look. The approximately 20 m thick sequence of layers consists of sandy claystones with sandstones and an oolite limestone bank. The Ramsaudolomit is lying under the bridge.	100 20 × 5	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers Type: claystone, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Former brine pipeline at Thumsee	more pictures	172G001	Bad Reichenhall position	Chiemgau Alps	On the edge of a rubble barrow, the weathered remains of the old wooden brine pipe protrude from the slope below the hiking trail.	2 1 × 2	Type: brine pipe, debris cone Type: wood, dolomite stone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area
Mill quarry in Ramsau		172G002	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Interglacial Nagelfluh from the Riß-Würm interglacial is open (but it may also be an older Ramsauer Nagelfluh). The traces of the manual extraction of millstones are clearly visible. The mining took place partly underground in wide grottos. The rock also contains very large pebbles up to 0.8 m in diameter.	4000 200 × 20	Type: Quarry / Pit Type: Conglomerate	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Manganese ore mining on the Kleiner Jenner		172G003	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Lia limestone and black Lia slate are tectonically hollowed in Dachstein limestone. Sedimentary manganese carbonate is exposed with the occasional activated Japsis banks as a seam at the contact point between limestone and slate. On the ore outcrop on the way to the Mitterkaseralm you can see small, crumbly and shiny black psilomelan tubers (signs of oxidation!). There are also several pits and prospecting tunnels in the area.	10 5 × 2	Type: Schurf Type: Limestone, Mudstone	Schurf	precious	no protected area
Berchtesgaden salt mine	more pictures	172G004	Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	In the Berchtesgaden salt mine, table and road salt has been extracted since 1517. The dismantling is currently taking place in around 30 drilling and flushing plants , each of which delivers around 1.3 million cubic meters of brine within 30 years. The brine is pumped to the Bad Reichenhaller saltworks in a 19 km long brine pipe. A part is open to the public as a visitor mine. Information: www.salzzeitreise.de - Fig. 2: Berchtesgaden salt mine.	6750000 4500 × 1500	Type: tunnels, rock type, layer sequence, minerals, brine pipeline Type: chloride salt rock	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	especially valuable	no protected area
Quellenbau Bad Reichenhall	more pictures	172G005	Bad Reichenhall position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The salty springs of Bad Reichenhall have been used for salt extraction since the early Bronze Age. The evaporated salt production is currently approx. 300,000 tons / year. The 13 m large water wheels of the salt works have been rotating continuously since 1834. The building of springs and the salt museum can be visited. Information: www.alte-saline-bad-reichenhall.de - Photo 1: Alte Saline, Bad Reichenhall	22500 150 × 150	Type: Brine pipe, mineral spring Type: Chloride salt rock	no information	precious	no protected area
Lead-zinc ore mining Königsberg SE from Königssee		172G006	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The old mining area on the Königsbergalpe was developed with a shaft, several tunnels and excavations. Mining began in 1568 with prospecting by the prince-provost of Berchtesgaden, which was directly under the empire, and continued with interruptions under Austrian and Bavarian electoral direction. A trade union in Königsberg was last active from 1889 until the mining industry was stopped in 1919. The lead-zinc mineralization is based on layer-bound ore bodies of syngeneic origin in the Ramsaukalk. Later, the ore solutions were partially mobilized and sold in the fissures and cavities of the limestone and dolomite. Tectonic processes brought the deposit into the weathering area. On the slope opposite the Alpe below the Schneibsteinhaus is the old Anton treasure trove with the buried tunnel mouth hole. Brown rock colors and areas sparsely vegetated due to heavy metal pollution indicate the smear of an ore body with the possibility of finding calamine and galena.	292500 650 × 450	Type: Schurf, tunnel, shaft Type: non-ferrous metal ore, dolomite stone	Schurf	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Gschwendtner Bruch in Högler Sandstone E by Gschwendt		172G008	Piding position	Chiemgau Alps	The quarry is located on the Högler circular hiking trail and is signposted as Högler Steinbruch from the Stroblalm and Neubichler Alm. Högler sandstone was broken here for the last time around 1950. A display board explains the mining and use of the sandstone and geology. The sandstones of the Altlengbach Formation of the Rhenodanubian Flysch show undulating strata and channel bodies. The southern part of the former quarry is built on and fenced off.	325 25 × 13	Type: Quarry / Pit, Sedimentary Structures, Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Maximilian II. Erbstollen near Achthal		172G009	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	An erbstollen is the deepest water dissolving tunnel in a mining district. He inherits the waters of all the mines above. The Maximilian II. Heir tunnel of iron ore mining on Teisenberg was opened in May 1844 and inaugurated in July 1855. In April 1871 it reached the Ulrichflöz after 2001 m - at a depth of 90 m about where the road from Achthal Neukirchen today reaches. Some time later, the Erbstollen also became the conveyor tunnel directly to the Achthal blast furnace. The water that ran under the conveyor tracks was used in Achthal to drive various machines. The canal is still partially preserved. The Achthal ironworks were shut down and demolished in 1919, and iron ore mining near Neukirchen then stopped in 1925. The tunnel is a monument, the entrance is barred. Access is not possible.	4002 2001 × 2	Type: Stud Type: Sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	no protected area
Former Quarry in the Achthaler sandstone W of Achthal		172G010	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	Gümbel is one of the nummulite structures in 1861: Yellow Achthaler sandstone, a fairly uniform-grain, medium-fine, lime-poor sandstone of an intensely yellow or yellowish-white color and he writes: Quarries near Achenthal provide useful material for frame stones in the yellow sandstone in addition to building blocks. Frame stones were used to set up the melting room in the blast furnaces. The fact that the sandstone in its lime-free variety was refractory here and could be broken directly behind the Achthal blast furnace was beneficial. The old quarry with several levels is partly overgrown. But there are still outcrops of sandstone and in walls - at risk of collapse! Keep distance! - The sandstone was used towards the old ironworks site. A brick shows the year 1851. Today the Achthal sandstone is placed in the ultra-helvetic region. The first description of Gümbels comes from here, but the type locality of the Achthal formation was only recently defined further east near Teisendorf.	6500 100 × 65	Type: Quarry / Pit, Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	FFH area
Schellenberger ice cave	more pictures	172H001	Schellenberger Forst position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The winter ice figures, stalactites and stalagmites of the Schellenberger Ice Cave are famous. The icy entrance hall is used as a show cave in summer. Uphill there is an extensive and mostly spacious corridor system.	7240 3620 × 2	Type: Karst Shaft & Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	no information	especially valuable	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Cold cellar near Berchtesgaden		172H003	Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	On the slope is the approximately 8 m high and 3 m wide entrance to a 10 m long cleft cave, from which a strong cold breeze flows in summer. The entire area above (Schluchtenweg) is characterized by mountain rifts. The draft comes from the crevice cavities that have formed here. The cold cellar was previously used as a cold room for the neighboring inn.	30 10 × 3	Type: Fissured / Tectonic Cave Type: Dolomite stone	no information	significant	Natural monument
Kuhloch SE from Zillwirth		172H004	Marktschellenberg position	Berchtesgaden Alps	A fall chamber without continuation is attached to the 20 m wide vestibule. Traces of settlement from the La Tène period have been found.	120 30 × 4	Type: Karst Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	no information	significant	no protected area
Salzgrabenhöhle		172H005	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The over 9 km long cave has a maximum height difference of 265 m. It is one of the longest known caves in Germany to date. In addition to branched corridor systems, large halls and active watercourses can also be found. The entrance is locked.	18024 9012 × 2	Type: Karst Shaft & Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	no information	especially valuable	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Giant thing shaft cave in Untersberg	more pictures	172H006	Bischofswiesen position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The location of the cave entrance is not published. The object point was placed at the Stöhrhaus. With an explored passage length of 19,500 m, the giant thing shaft cave is the longest and at 1,148 m also the deepest cave in Germany. The cave is mainly laid out along the main fault direction SE-NW and has two distinct cave levels. In the cave, the transitions from the Dachstein limestone to the Dachstein dolomite, the Raibl formation and the Ramsaudolomite are exposed. From silt coatings on stalactites in a deep chamber it was concluded that deep cave parts that had already formed were filled with water again. This is likely to have happened when the valleys were filled with ice by the Pleistocene glacier advance and the karst water level rose. It is assumed that the waters found in the cave emerge in the Fürstenbrunn spring cave.	39000 19500 x 2	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: Limestone, dolomite stone	cave	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Karst spring Schwarzbachloch	more pictures	172Q001	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The groundwater reservoir at the boundary between Ramsaudolomite and Dachstein Limestone enabled periodic active water caves to be created in the karst. The imposing spring rises from the karst cave or a little below, depending on the fill.	60 10 × 6	Type: Stratified spring, karst horizontal cave Type: Limestone, dolomite stone	no information	especially valuable	Nature reserve, natural monument, FFH area
Glacier springs in Ramsau		172Q002	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Along a source line you come across several heavily pouring springs within a heavily moss-covered block field.	12500 250 × 50	Type: Rubble Source, Layer Source Type: Limestone, Blocks	no information	especially valuable	no protected area
Höglwörther See	more pictures	172R001	Anger position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	The lake, which lies in the late glacial delta gravel, is a relic of a large late glacial lake in the main basin of the Salzach-Vorland glacier.	160000 400 × 400	Type: End moraine lake Type: Gravel	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Funtensee with Teufelsmühle	more pictures	172R002	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	According to Langenscheid (1986), the Funtensee basin is a Uvala. The large karst hollow form drains underground into the so-called devil's mill, a fallen ponor into which the water flows audibly but invisibly.	560000 1400 × 400	Type: Uvala, Ponor Type: Limestone, Dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	especially valuable	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Löwenschlucht SW from Schaffelpoint	more pictures	172R003	Bayerisch Gmain position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Ramsau dolomite of the Berchtesgaden unit is open here. The height difference is 200 m at 300 m length and a maximum of 20 m width.	6000 300 × 20	Type: gorge, rock type: dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	no protected area
Rockslide at the Hallthurm pass		172R004	Bischofswiesen position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Rockslide material made from blocks of Dachstein limestone is found on an area of approx. 8 hectares.	1275000 1700 × 750	Type: Rockslide Type: Limestone	block	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Priest stone near Oberau		172R005	Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The priest stone is a relic of the Hallstatt ceiling. The Hallstatt rocks have slipped into the neocomal Roßfeld layers. The salt rocks of the Haselgebirge, which were highly mobile during tectonic narrowing, caused the rocks to be pushed upwards when the Alps formed.	1750 50 × 35	Type: rock castle, rock type: limestone	block	precious	Natural monument
Müßbach waterfall SW of Schneizlreuth		172R006	Schneizlreuth position	Chiemgau Alps	Over a small step of approx. 9 m, the Müßbach falls as a narrow waterfall jet into a small pool in the lower-lying Saalbach.	1000 250 × 4	Type: Waterfall Type: Dolomite stone	no information	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Glacier pots on the Kälberstein in Berchtesgaden	more pictures	172R007	Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The deep, round scouring in Hallstatt Limestone was created by glacier meltwater.	100 10 × 10	Type: Glacier Mill Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument
Weißbach Glacier Garden		172R008	Schneizlreuth position	Chiemgau Alps	The glacier was ground in the Würm Ice Age. During the construction of the road, the polished Partnach limestone was exposed under late-glacial, crystalline gravel.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Glacier Cut Type: Limestone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument
Ramsau magic forest	more pictures	172R009	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Approx. 3500 years ago more than 15 million m³ of rock fell from the Blaueistal in today's national park. They formed the delightful landscape with a myriad of huge blocks, crevices and holes in the ground. The landslide masses consist of Dachstein limestone and sandy clay marl from the lower Werfen layers. They also led to the damming of the Hintersee.	10000 500 × 20	Type: Rockslide Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	no protected area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 46
Taubensee NW of Ramsau	more pictures	172R010	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The lake, which is marshy at the edge, lies in Würm far moraine material.	25000 250 × 100	Type: End moraine lake , low moor Type: Moraine, peat loose rock	no information	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Waterfall at Finsterstein SW from Unterklapf		172R011	Bischofswiesen position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Steep step with waterfall in the Ramsaudolomit.	900 30 × 30	Type: Waterfall Type: Dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Natural monument
Stone Agnes	more pictures	172R012	Bischofswiesen position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The stone agnes represents a rare form of weathering in dolomite. It is a 10 meter high rock needle from Ramsaudolomit of the Berchtesgadener unit with a 3 meter high, mushroom-shaped rock hat. Different resistant layers in the dolomite are probably the cause of the development of the distinctive weathering form.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 25
Limestone E of prices		172R013	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Thick calcareous terraces at the confluence of a carbonate-rich tributary into the Ramsauer Ache.	200 20 × 10	Type: Sinter Education Type: Travertine	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	no protected area
Almbachklamm W from Kugelmühle	more pictures	172R014	Schellenberger Forst position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The gorge cut into Ramsaudolomit was already opened up for tourism in 1894. At the entrance to the gorge you will find gray and gray-green Werfen slate with sandstone slabs. The only preserved ball mill in the Schellenberg area is also here.	270000 2700 × 100	Type: Klamm Type: Dolomite stone, sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Höll-Graben SE from Mitterbach		172R015	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Dachstein limestone is predominantly found in the gorge, while red Oberlias marl and Dogger radiolarite can also be found in the hanging walls (according to SE). In the upper part, SW of the Klausbichl, Zlambach layers follow.	180000 2000 × 90	Type: Gorge, layer sequence Type: Limestone, marlstone, radiolarite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Natural monument
Priest stone at Berchtesgaden Royal Castle		172R016	Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Large outcrop of Hallstatt Limestone below Berchtesgaden Castle.	840 70 × 12	Type: Glacier Cut Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Rubble landscape in the Wimbachtal S of Ramsau	more pictures	172R017	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The enormous masses of rubble arise mainly from the gravelly weathered Ramsaudolomite. The rock rubble is occasionally artificially relocated here to protect the spring intake of the Berchtesgaden drinking water supply and the path. The rainwater seeps into the rubble and only emerges 2 km before the Wimbachklamm (spring intake of the high spring pipeline).	200000 1000 × 200	Type: Alluvial fan, rubble source Type: Dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Wimbachklamm SW from Wimbach	more pictures	172R018	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Tyrolean unit dips below the Berchtesgaden unit. The geological profile of the Triassic (Dachstein Limestone) and Lias (Hornstein Limestone, Knollenkalke, Spatkalke) can be recognized. Numerous stratified springs occur on the banks of the Lia limestone. There are also some huge whirlpool holes to be seen.	20000 500 × 40	Type: Gorge, layer sequence, Kolk, layer source Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Boulders Schustersteine near Unterschönau		172R019	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	A striking, large boulder made of Dachstein limestone next to the Berchtesgaden - Königssee road.	80 10 × 8	Type: Boulder Type: Limestone	block	significant	Natural monument
Boulder Großer Stangerstein at Koenigssee		172R020	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Huge boulder block made of Dachstein limestone at the Königssee parking lot.	204 12 × 17	Type: Boulder Type: Limestone	block	significant	Natural monument
Löwenstein boulder at Koenigssee		172R021	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	House-sized boulder block made of Dachstein limestone.	280 14 × 20	Type: Boulder Type: Limestone	block	significant	Natural monument
Schrainbachfall at Koenigssee	more pictures	172R022	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Schrainbach overcomes a short distance of 200 meters in altitude before falling into the Königssee. It also flows under a natural bridge. The multi-level waterfall overcomes a visible drop of approx. 80 m.	21600 360 × 60	Type: waterfall, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Glacier cut and sinkholes at the Unterlahner Alm		172R023	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The edge of the leveling is formed by a large glacial cut. The rubble shows dolphin-like sagging, but the area is also karstified.	600000 1000 × 600	Type: Glacier cut, sinkhole, carts / fields Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Königsbach Gorge with a waterfall	more pictures	172R024	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Königsbach flows through a gorge and over a waterfall to the Königssee. Moraine remains can be found at the mouth of the stream at Königssee. With a height of approx. 200 m, the Königsbach waterfall is the fifth highest fall in Germany.	12000 400 × 30	Type: Canyon, Waterfall Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Ice Chapel W by St. Bartholomä	more pictures	172R025	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The ice chapel is a constantly changing size of firn field that is nourished by the avalanche snow on the east face of the Watzmann. This represents a relic of an ice stream that had flowed from the Watzmannkar into the Königsseetal. The ice chapel is traversed by a spacious cave, which is constantly in danger of collapsing. It is the deepest occurrence of glacier ice in the German Alpine region.	250000 500 × 500	Type: Glacier / Firnfeld Type: Dolomite stone	no information	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 100
Blue Ice Glacier on the Hochkalter	more pictures	172R026	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	This northernmost Alpine glacier is a hanging glacier of small extent with edge, longitudinal and radial crevices as well as a glacier gate and a glacier stream. Upstream there are several moraine walls. As a Kar glacier flowing northwards, it is largely protected from solar radiation. It is the lowest lying German glacier, its tongue reaches down to about 2000 m above sea level.	400000 1000 × 400	Type: Glacier / Firnfeld, Glacier Cut Type: Limestone	no information	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Watzmann Glacier	more pictures	172R027	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	About six hectares of residual glacier in the Watzmannkar. It has melted back extremely strongly in the past few decades and essentially consists only of firne ice.	29700 330 × 90	Type: Glacier / Firnfeld Type: Limestone	no information	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Alluvial fans of the Eisbach near St. Bartholomä	more pictures	172R028	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	As a result of the longitudinal construction on the Eisbach, there is no longer any natural flow dynamics; rubble sedimentation only occurs in the southern part.	1200000 1500 × 800	Type: Alluvial fan Type: gravel, dolomite stone	no information	significant	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rockslide and moraine between Königssee and Obersee	more pictures	172R029	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The landslide from the 11th century, together with a moraine wall, separates the Obersee from the Königssee.	560000 700 × 800	Type: rockslide, end (wall) moraine Type: limestone	block	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Röthbach Falls	more pictures	172R030	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Röthbach waterfall is considered the highest waterfall in Germany. Its foot can be reached in a little over 1 hour's hike from the ship stop at Salet am Königssee. The Röthbach overcomes a short distance of approx. 470 meters in altitude in the impressive end face of the Königsseetal. The foot of the waterfall lies a long way above the valley floor in rubble from the Dachstein limestone on the rock face. After a short distance, the Röthbach then disappears into a depression and feeds the Obersee underground. The Röthbach has its headwaters near the Wasseralm, where it crosses moraine deposits and flows to the steep face over Fischunkel. The fact that the creek does not disappear into the karstified Dachstein limestone before it reaches the rock face will be due to the fact that no drainage hole has (yet) opened up along the flow path and that fine sediments from the moraine material at least partially seal the route. With relatively little water flow and hardly any sediment content, the Röthbach lacks the strength to create a gorge.	10000 250 × 40	Type: Waterfall Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Kesselbach Gorge with a waterfall		172R032	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Kesselbach overcomes over 500 meters in altitude in a narrow gorge. The heavy debris flow through the Kesselbach leads to a narrowing of the Königsee basin.	100000 1000 × 100	Type: Canyon, Waterfall, Alluvial Fan, Fault Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Buckelwiesen near Gschoßhäusl NW Ramsau		172R034	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The humpback meadows are a geomorphological feature of the Alpine region. They emerged during the last ice retreat stages in the periglacial climatic area. The humpback meadows around Gschoßhäusl are z. T. in long-distance moraine coverage.	100000 500 × 200	Type: humpback meadow Type: moraine	no information	significant	legally protected biotope
Weißbachschlucht near Schneizlreuth	more pictures	172R035	Schneizlreuth position	Chiemgau Alps	Wild rock canyon with little vegetation in the main dolomite.	225000 1500 × 150	Type: Gorge Type: Dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Big and Small Barmstein	more pictures	172R036	Marktschellenberg position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Barmsteine are two steep rock formations on the border between Germany and Austria. Ice Age glaciers created vertical to overhanging walls, especially on their east side (view of the Salzach Valley!). The so-called Barmstein limestone is named after its location: lime-rich turbidites in the Oberalmer limestone (local equivalent of the Ammergau strata).	51000 850 × 60	Type: rock tower / needle, rock type: limestone	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	Landscape protection area
Watzmann east face	more pictures	172R037	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The almost vertically sloping east face of the Watzmann southern tip with a height of around 1800 m is the highest face of the Eastern Alps. It is also known as the Bartholomäwand. Opened is the banked Dachstein limestone falling to the north at around 30 to 40 degrees.	400000 800 × 500	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Limestone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Dolinenfeld Oberschönau		172R038	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Layers of the Haselgebirge with cavities from which gypsum and anhydrite were leached lie beneath the gravel from the Wurm Age. The sinkhole field in the meadow between the Standler and Storchen farmsteads consists of four larger ones (up to 2 m deep and 10 to 30 m in diameter) and two small hollows. West of Simon is the largest sinkhole, 30 m in diameter and 12 m deep. The sinkhole at Panorama and at Schapbachhof (172R039) is comparable.	320000 800 × 400	Type: Dolinenfeld Type: plaster of paris, mudstone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	no protected area
Doline at Schapbachhof		172R039	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	In the underlying layers of the Hasel Mountains, gypsum and anhydrite were leached, creating cavities. The only occurrence of gypsum dolines in the region is in the Oberschönau area.	900 30 × 30	Type: sinkhole Type: clay, plaster	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	no protected area
Schwarzensee-Uvala in the Stone Sea		172R040	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Schwarzensee is a very worthwhile hiking destination and is located on the Funtensee - Wasseralm path. It can be reached in 1¾ hours from the Kärlingerhaus at Funtensee. The name Uvala for a mostly elongated and closed karst depression, which was created by increased linear corrosion, was coined in the classical karst area of the Dinarides. The Schwarzensee takes up part of the Uvala. Gutter carts are built in the rock face of the red Lias limestone on its west side. The water overflowing from the Schwarzensee disappears into the crevices of this wall. The rock face of the disk wall in the east is made of Dachstein limestone. It forms the eastern flank of a rift valley in which the Liaskalke were preserved from being eroded at a higher level. Along this tectonic weak zone, increased corrosion led to the formation of the uvala. In a marking experiment in 1998, dye introduced into the Schwarzensee could be detected in springs on the Königssee below the Simetsberg, but also in the runoff of the Obersee.	48000 400 × 120	Type: Uvala, carts / fields Type: Limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Grünsee-Uvala in the Stone Sea		172R041	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Grünsee on the Funtensee - Wasseralm hiking trail is an attractive destination and can be reached in 1 hour from the Kärlingerhaus. The Grünsee itself only takes up a small part of the Uvala - an elongated, closed depression in the karst. Increased dissolution along a tectonic weak zone led to the formation of this hollow shape. To the east, rocks of the Lias are sunk at faults in the surrounding Dachstein limestone. The Grünsee owes its existence to the sealing of the lake bed with the fine fraction of a ground moraine. Its water level is determined by overflow in karst crevices. A marking experiment with dye input in the Grünsee showed that the water of the Grünsee flows through the Salzgrabenhöhle and emerges again in the springs on the banks of the Königsee or in the Königssee itself. The dye could also be detected in Salet and at the outflow of the Obersee.	337500 750 × 450	Type: Uvala Type: Limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Gutter carts in the Steinerne Meer SSW of Schönau		172R042	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	On the hiking trail from Funtensee (Kärlingerhaus) to Grünsee and Schwarzensee there are impressive gully carts in the Dachstein limestone on a rock face. Gutter carts are created in the direction of the slope by the lime dissolving of the rainwater. The round edges of the channels become sharp ridges when parallel channels approach and cut through deepening and widening. Over time, preferred gutters deepen, others are shut down.	160 20 × 8	Type: Carts / Fields Type: Limestone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rockslide masses and Murkegel in the Klausbachtal SW of Ramsau		172R043	Ramsau near Berchtesgaden position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Immediately after the suspension bridge stop, the Alm adventure bus to Hirschbichl crosses deposits of a mudslide. On September 8, 1999, around 250,000 m³ of rock loosened in the summit area of the Kleiner Mühlsturzhorn and fell towards the Klausbachtal. The masses of Dachstein limestone remained in the lower area of the Great Mühlsturzgraben about 120-140 meters above the Hirschbichlstrasse. A subsequent small rock fall came to rest on old snow and triggered a first mudslide. In the summer of 2000, short-term intensive precipitation events triggered numerous, sometimes violent, mudslides. Some of them led to the damming and relocation of the Klausbach. The ford of the Hirschbichlstrasse had to be cleared with an excavator. Debris flows continue to take place during heavy rainfall events. The hiking trail was relocated to the other side of the valley with a suspension bridge. An excavator is always ready to clear the road. In the bed of the Klausbach beyond the ceiling boundary hidden under rubble, the Juvavikum / Tirolikum Allgäu formation of the Jura is open.	25000 250 × 100	Type: Debris Cone, Rockslide Type: Limestone	block	precious	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Meander of the Sur NW of Gumperting		172R045	Teisendorf position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	Eroded ribs from conglomerates lead to accumulation several times. Together with the low gradient, this creates a strong meander. The conglomerates (Nagelfluh) are occasionally accessible on the rebound slopes.	175000 700 × 250	Type: meander, rock type: clay marl, clay	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	no protected area
Meander and oxbow lakes of the lower Sur NW of Freilassing		172R046	Saaldorf-Surheim position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	To the northwest of Freilassing, the lower Sur still has meanders and oxbow lakes. Some of the oxbow lakes are dry, but are in contact with the river again during floods. The Sur is cut into late glacial terrace sediments that lie on the clays of the Salzburg-Tittmoninger Eisrandsee. The remarkable river bend of the Sur a little further south is likely to have come about because the embankments of the Saalach in the Salzburg basin pushed the Sur to the north to the moraine edge.	200000 1000 × 200	Type: Meander, stream / river course Type: Clay	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	no protected area
Subsidence area of the Grögernweiher in Bayerisch Gmain		172R047	Bayerisch Gmain position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Subsidence movements in the area of the Grögernweiher have been known since 1886. Since 1958 the pond has deepened with a total depth of over 8 m. The movements are due to natural leaching of the underlying Hasel Mountains. Some of the buildings were damaged, and even a house had to be demolished. Boreholes and geophysical investigations in the area have revealed up to 50 m of Quaternary loose sediments (sandy-gravelly valley filling over ground moraine and conglomerate gravel). The loose sediments lie on the rock salt, gypsum and anhydrite claystones of the Hasel Mountains. Recent sinkholes can be observed in the vicinity of the pond.	22000 200 × 110	Type: subrosion sink Type: sand, clay, conglomerate	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	no protected area
Priesbergmoos at the Priesbergalm		172R048	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Priesbergmoos is the largest moor area in the national park and consists of spring and flat moorland and an arched raised moor. The moor lies on the trough shoulder of the glacial deepened valley of the Königsee. In the subsoil lies the Würmzeit moraine on Dachstein limestone. Moordolinen are a sign of the karstification of the subsoil. The Priesbergmoos is a soli-ombrogenic moor, i. H. it is fed by rainwater and slope water inflows. It is the only soli-ombrogenic moor complex in the Berchtesgaden Alps and contains a rare flora that gives it outstanding supraregional importance. Please do not enter the moorland!	72000 400 × 180	Type: Hochmoor, Polje, Ponor Type: Peat loose rock	no information	significant	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Alpine dolines and humpback meadows at the Gotzenalm		172R049	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Gotzenalm lies on the trough shoulder of the valley of the Königsee, formed by the glacier. Red Lias threshold limestone, Dogger silica limestone and radiolarite lie on the Dachstein limestone in a shallow tectonic basin. The profile is well open along the road to the Gotzenalm. There are numerous sinkholes in the alpine pasture area. In the west there are humpback meadows.	150,000 500 × 300	Type: Dolinenfeld, Buckelwiese Type: Radiolarite, limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	National park, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Aschauer Klamm SW from Schneizlreuth	more pictures	172R050	Schneizlreuth position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Aschauer Gorge offers a spectacular natural spectacle on a narrow path. Long pools of green water and waterfalls in the snow-white Ramsaudolomit. In places, the dolomite is polished like marble by the water or the steps of the hikers. The Aschauer Klamm can be climbed from the Haiderhof near Schneizlreuth. The way back through the gorge is also recommended. The alternative circular route from the Aschauer Klause over the forest road towards Oberjettenberg takes a long time.	400000 2000 × 200	Type: Klamm, Kolk Type: Dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Karst pit of Eheblößwiesen in the Lattengebirge		172R051	Schneizlreuth position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Karst pits are large karst forms with a lobed ground plan and slopes of varying inclination (Fischer 2005). The karst pit with numerous sinkholes is deepened in Dachstein limestone. In the north a smaller area with Untersberg marble of the Lower Gosau is mapped. The flora of the Ehehblößwiesen is also of outstanding importance in the district. The geotope can be reached in half an hour's walk from the Moosenalm.	135000 450 × 300	Type: Dolinenfeld Type: Limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Landscape protection area
Salzach loop and Nocken at Laufen		172R052	Running position	Salzach-Jungmoränenregion	The Nocken - a Nagelfluhfels in the Salzach - was partly responsible for the rapids in the river and gave the place Laufen its name (old high German loufa = rapids) and its meaning. For the Zillen, which were mainly loaded with salt from Hallein and Reichenhall, the rapids were only navigable from the bank with safety devices, but when the water level was adverse, the goods were (partially) unloaded above the Nocken. Below they were reloaded to the larger plaques. Markings were attached to the cam to indicate the water level at which it could be passed. In 1773 the cam was blown up. According to an old painting, its former location can be assumed to be around the northernmost point of the loop.	500000 1000 × 500	Type: Meander, Machined Rock Type: Conglomerate	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Weißbach waterfalls NNE from Weißbach ad Alpenstraße		172R053	Schneizlreuth position	Chiemgau Alps	The Würmzeital glacier through the Weißbachtal branched out at today's Zwing and sent partial currents to the west into the Wildenmoostal and to the east into the Weittal with today's Falkensee. The narrow valley between Kienbergl and Falkenstein, in which the main road runs today, shows only a fluvial formation. With the retreat of the glacier behind the Zwing, meltwater and the then Weißbach poured gravel through this narrow area into the Inzell plain. As the glacier retreated further, the direction of flow was reversed, and the Weißbach has since then flowed south and falls at the Weißbach Falls over the Partnach Limestone into its valley, which is deepened by the glacier. The Weißbach Falls can be reached from the Cafe Zwing bus stop on the SalzAlpenSteig hiking trail. On the way you can see the cast iron pipes of the old Reichenhall - Traunstein brine pipeline.	900 60 × 15	Type: Waterfall Type: Limestone	no information	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary
Group of boulders Liefensteine in Königssee		172R054	Schönau am Königssee position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The so-called Liefensteine are a group of boulders made of Dachstein limestone that are used for bouldering. Penck (1887) describes them as four very large blocks in the garden of Villa Herzogenberg, separated by corridors barely 1 m wide, which are evidently formed by the bursting of a single large block.	425 25 × 17	Type: Boulder Type: Limestone	block	precious	no protected area
Nierental formation on Röthelbach S from the Röthelbachalm		172A030	Schneizlreuth position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The Nierental formation consists of limestone and marl stones and is part of the Upper Gosau Group (Upper Cretaceous). The Gosau rocks were deposited discordantly on a calcareous alpine blanket pile, the Nierental formation in a deep sea environment. Here in the Lattengebirge Gosau rocks have been preserved and not removed because they were sunk in post-Gosau faults. At the Röthelbach, directly south of the forest road crossing, the marl and marl limestones of the Nierental formation with typical light reddish, but also gray and greenish hues are accessible. The stream runs in layers and has exposed stratified areas. Further above in the Röthelbachgraben and its side trenches there are type profiles of the Nierental formation (Krenmayr 1999).	200 25 × 8	Type: sequence of layers, rock type: marlstone, limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area
Slope debris breccia on the Bavarian Stiegl W of Piding		172A031	Piding position	Chiemgau Alps	The hiking trail from Piding via Koch- or Steineralm to the Hochstaufen or to the Frillensee passes under rock faces with cave-like eruptions shortly before the Bayerischer Stiegl. The rock is a coarse breccia of calcareous cemented Wetterstein limestone components of an earlier cone of debris. The breccia is placed in an interglacial (Riß-Würm?), Because, according to Ehrhardt (1931), rubble of the breccia, which was already cemented at that time, is found in moraines of the local glacier from the Würm period. As a plaque explains, the Bavarian Stiegl was the border between the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Archbishopric of Salzburg for almost 600 years (1257 - 1816).	280 40 × 7	Type: rock type, eruption / weathering Type: Breccia	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Gosau base layers at Klause W from Röthelbachalm		172A032	Schneizlreuth position	Berchtesgaden Alps	Where the Röthelbachklause was built from stone in 1795/96, a wooden Triftklause has stood for centuries - but has been renewed again and again. The wood carried over the Saalach to Reichenhall served to supply the local saltworks. The stone hermitage was renovated in 1994/95. The hermitage is based on the Gosau conglomerates and breccias. The lying part of the Gosau is a transgression sediment on a karstified subsoil - here made of Dachstein limestone. The breccia shape suggests a cliff. The karstification manifests itself in crevice fillings and in the red sediments in which the light limestone components are embedded. The rock contains the remains of thick-shelled rudists. The photo in Fig. 2 suggests that the direct support of the Gosau on the Triassic is open here. But that would have to be checked again in the field.	160 20 × 8	Type: sequence of layers, rock type: breccia, limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area
Rows of sinkholes in the Anthauptenalm S from Baumgarten		172R055	Schneizlreuth position	Berchtesgaden Alps	The rows of sinkholes of the Anthauptenalm are a specialty in the Bavarian Alpine region. The individual dolines are elongated perpendicular to the row and the rows are not as straight as one would expect if they were disrupted. In fact, the sinkholes seem to be arranged along the layer boundary between Untersberg marble and Glanegg layers. The Untersberg marble of the Gosau is a reddish, fossil-rich limestone that can be found in a wall on the westernmost sinkhole of the northern row. It can also be found below in the deeper sinkholes. The Glanegg layers consist of gray, sandy marl stones. Lebling (1911) already observed that the chimneys lie on the limestone / marl boundary and that the marl (pushes) the water towards the limestone, in which a vertical chimney is formed by dissolving. In fact, it can be clearly seen in the digital terrain model that the sinkholes have a steep side towards the limestone of the Untersberg marble and a flatter side towards the marls of the Glanegg strata. Water seeps visibly and audibly from the mosses on the marls into the sinkholes.	150,000 500 × 300	Type: Dolinenfeld, Ponor Type: Limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area