List of geotopes in the district of Coburg

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Franconian district of Coburg 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
Former brickworks near Dörfles-Esbach	more pictures	473A002	Dörfles-Esbach position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The abandoned and partially flooded brickworks mine opens up the base of the Lehrberg layers as well as reed sandstone with a strong silty-clay character. This type of facade is unique in the Coburg area.	120000 300 × 400	Type: Layer sequence Type: Clay marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	significant	Landscape component
Former Quarry at the stepfather ENE von Kipfendorf		473A005	Neustadt bei Coburg position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The abandoned and largely dilapidated quarry opens up the border between the Middle and Upper Muschelkalk. The road embankment on the west side of the mountain showed the border dolomite (Unterer Keuper).	50 10 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former Quarry Sauloch NW of Blumenrod	more pictures	473A006	Rödental position	Hassberge region	The former quarries on the Sauloch open up rocks from the Feuerletten to Lias Alpha 1. The main sandstone of the Middle Rhine tends to form sea rocks. Weathered rocks and various weathering phenomena such as fillets or holey honeycomb patterns are instructive. There are other natural rock formations in the vicinity, which are criss-crossed by short caves.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Layer sequence, Tafoni / honeycomb weathering Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former Quarry at the Kehr in Blumenrod	more pictures	473A007	Rödental position	Hassberge region	The former quarry in the main sandstone of the Mittelrhät shows honeycomb-like weathering phenomena in the pillar-like sandstone cliffs.	10 5 × 2	Type: Rock type, Tafoni / honeycomb weathering Type: Sandstone	embankment	significant	no protected area
Former quarry in the Taimbach Forest NE of Oberlauter	more pictures	473A008	Rödental position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The present quarry is one of the few instructive outcrops in the Wellenkalk in Upper Franconia. It opens up the border yellow limestone and approx. 30 m hanging wall.	8000 100 × 80	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Part of the landscape, FFH area
Road outcrop W of Tremersdorf		473A009	Lautertal position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	This road outcrop documents the deepest part of the Lower Muschelkalk (border yellow limestone).	40 40 × 1	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	embankment	precious	FFH area
Road exposure W from Tiefenlauter		473A010	Lautertal position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	This street exposure documents the uppermost part of the Lower Muschelkalk, with the leading horizon of the foam limestone banks. The banked limes were also extracted here as rubble stones.	400 40 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	embankment	significant	FFH area
Road exposure at Fürth am Berg		473A012	Neustadt bei Coburg position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The excellent outcrop in the middle red sandstone shows planar sloping bodies. Several old cellars provide additional access. Special caution: location on a busy, confusing street!	20 10 × 2	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type, gallery type: sandstone	embankment	precious	no protected area
Former quarry NE of Plesten		473A013	Neustadt bei Coburg position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The abandoned quarry on Plestener Berg documents the Kulmbach-Eisfelder fault zone with its bending fold.	20 10 × 2	Type: fold / trough / saddle, rock type, fault type: limestone	Quarry	precious	FFH area
Former quarry at Gruber Stein W von Creidlitz		473A014	Grub at the forest position	Hassberge region	The abandoned quarry is ideal for studying caliche structures in the Middle Keuper.	800 80 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Dolomite Stone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component
Hohensteiner Felsen W from Stöppach		473A015	Maple position	Hassberge region	The Hohenstein rocks are made of Rhätsandstein, they belong to a Rhätscholle, which is located within the Rote Letten.	75 15 × 5	Type: rock type, rock wall / slope type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Former Muschelkalkbruch on Buchberg NW of Tiefenlauter		473A016	Lautertal position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Good outcrop in the lower Muschelkalk of the Coburg Land.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Former Rote Grube ENE quarry from Muggenbach		473A017	Seßlach position	Hassberge region	In the quarry, dm to m-thick sandstone layers of the Rhätolias transition layers are exposed. The special feature are the eruptions in the rock, which illustrate the tectonic environment of the Heldburg gang. The pit was closed before 1980 and enjoys a lively stream of visitors because of its fauna and flora (location in the nature reserve).	32500 250 × 130	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, quarry / pit Type: sandstone, claystone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Former Quarry near Weißenbrunn		473A019	Rödental position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	There is an abandoned quarry near the western outskirts of Weißenbrunn vorm Wald. Tufa was extracted, which can be derived from the overlying Lower Muschelkalk. Stratified tufa layers are exposed. Some of them show karstification phenomena. The property is easily accessible via the Lindleite and a subsequent dirt road.	750 50 × 15	Type: Rock type: Tufa limestone	Quarry	significant	Natural monument
Former Quarry E from Waltersdorf		473A020	Rödental position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	East of Waltersdorf, above a water intake at the Sommerleite, is one of the few remaining former mining sites in the Middle Red Sandstone of the region. The rock, which is in part in the mighty banks, shows clear stratification and deep red color when it is moist, but it quickly becomes pale as it dries. The digestion situation is excellent, handpieces can also be picked up safely from the partially overgrown mine dump.	2000 100 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
Former Sand pit N of Theißenstein		473A021	Rödental position	Hassberge region	To the north of Theißenstein there is an abandoned sand pit in which the sands of the Upper Rhät were extracted. While the western part of the pit was almost completely filled with excavated earth and rubble, there is still a larger residual outcrop in the east of the site. Here is a very light, fine-grained sandstone (probably the Upper Sandstone). The site is on a hiking trail (marked blue X and blue dot) and is easily accessible.	1875 75 × 25	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Muschelkalkbrüche N of Fechheim		473A022	Neustadt bei Coburg position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	On the southern slope of the Fechheimer Berg there are six small, abandoned limestone quarries in the border area between Lower and Middle Muschelkalk. In the westernmost break, Lage (Gauß-Krüger) R 4436981, H 5572062, material for road construction was apparently currently (summer 2017). In the pending area, calcareous and marly, south-dipping layers are exposed, which contain both fauna and trace fossils and occasionally show clear ripples. Evidence for the Kulmbach-Eisfelder fault zone can be seen in conspicuous folds and crevices that can be observed in fractures 1 and 4 (numbering from west to east) on the western mine face (Fig. 3). The area is easily accessible from a hiking trail with information boards with natural history topics.	200 20 × 10	Type: Fault, Trace Fossils, Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Part of the landscape, FFH area
Spring pots of the Lauterbach NNW from Oberlauter	more pictures	473Q001	Lautertal position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The artesian springs, unique of their kind in the district of Coburg, are located in the area of the Lauter breakthrough through the karstified Middle Muschelkalk. In the collection of spring funnels (8 × 8 m) an average of 420 l / s emerges. The bottom of the spring pond consists of approx. 2 m deep funnels, in the center of which one can guess the water outlet points through the constant movement of the mud floor.	64 8 × 8	Type: Constriction Source Type: Limestone	no information	especially valuable	no protected area
Doline Donnerloch E from Drossenhausen	more pictures	473R001	Meeder's position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The well developed sinkhole provides instructive evidence of the karst phenomena in the Middle Muschelkalk. Historical reports confirm the sudden emergence of the collapse doline on October 19, 1779. The description makes it clear that the Donnerloch was originally a real collapse doline that did not go back to superficial dissolution processes.	196 14 × 14	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	precious	Natural monument
Birketsbach W from Weißenbrunn in front of the forest	more pictures	473R002	Rödental position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	The sinter terraces of Weißenbrunn are among the most impressive in northeast Bavaria. The lime-rich water springs from the Lower Muschenkalk on the border with the Röt. The Birketsbacher Kalktuff is in no way inferior to the famous deposits from Pennickental near Jena and Crailsheim.	1200 400 × 3	Type: sintered terraces, type of stone : tufa	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Natural monument, FFH area
Boulders SW of Heinersdorf		473R003	Seßlach position	Hassberge region	On the Hahn ridge between Heilgersdorf and Heinersdorf there are several rock exposures made of Rhaetian sandstone. The rocks in the high forest show some very beautiful honeycomb weathered structures.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Group of rocks Type: Sandstone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Einberger Schweiz SE from Einberg		473R004	Rödental position	Hassberge region	Einberg Switzerland is located between Einberg and the abandoned Langguth sand pit. The area is littered with blocks of Rhätsandstein in all dimensions. In the fresh quarry, the sandstone shows stratification. The entire area is excellently developed through numerous hiking trails and paths and is accordingly frequented.	100000 500 × 200	Type: Group of rocks Type: Sandstone	block	precious	Landscape component