List of geotopes in the district of Dillingen an der Donau

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This list contains the geotopes of the Swabian district of Dillingen an der Donau 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 Sand pit E from Stettenhof 773A005 Mödingen
position 		Riesalb In the former pit, which is currently used as a playground, fine sands of the Upper Freshwater Molasse are exposed in the hanging area. From earlier descriptions there is an overlay by Riestremmermassen. 125
25 × 5 		Type: Layer sequence
Type: sand, breccia 		Gravel pit / sand pit significant FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Quarry Schumacher NW of Haunsheim 773A007 Haunsheim
position 		Swabian Alb The massive limestone of the Malm Epsilon with a shallow karst basin in which sediments of the lower freshwater molasses are stored (placed in Aquitaine after gastropod finds) were exposed. The quarry is overgrown, better conditions for exploration can be found in the quarry located about 250 m SW. A new quarry has been built to the east, although it is still being dismantled. 25000
250 × 100 		Type: Discordance, Layer sequence
Type: Limestone, sand 		Quarry precious no protected area
Former Kiesgrube E from Osterbuch 773A009 Laugna
position 		Iller-Lech region The gravel composition is representative of the northern part of the composite plate. A glacial mollusc fauna was found in marl lentils. The gravel is about 6 m thick. Above it is a 1 m thick layer of well-preserved medium to fine sand. In the hanging area there are approx. 3 to 4 m thick loess loam. 4900
70 × 70 		Type: Rock, Animal Fossils
Type: Gravel, Sand, Loess Loam 		Gravel pit / sand pit significant Natural park
Former Kalktufabbaue SE von Wittislingen 773A010 Wittislingen
position 		Donauried The former quarry is completely overgrown, and crumbly tufa fragments can be found on an embankment. The formation of the limestone tuff is due to the carbonate water of the Egau, which flows in this area from the Alb into the flat Danube valley. 30000
200 × 150 		Type: Rock type, sinter formation
Type: Tufa limestone 		Quarry significant no protected area
Cliff line NE from Staufen 773A011 Syrgenstein
position 		Swabian Alb In the small sand pit northeast of Staufen, a beach facies of the Upper Sea Molasse is exposed. In the z. Fossils such as oyster shells and turritelles have been preserved, some of which are baked fine sand with limestone strings. There are occasionally rounded lumps of Malmkalk with drill shell holes. This is to be seen as an indication of the immediate proximity of the cliff line. 50
10 × 5 		Type: trace fossils, layer sequence
Type: limestone, sand 		Gravel pit / sand pit precious no protected area
Hanseles Cave NW of Fronhofen 773H001 Bissingen
position 		Riesalb The cave is located in the northern part of the Michelsberg, which is crowned by the Church of St. Michael. It is laid out in an allochthonous clod of white Jura mass limestone. The cave was not created by karstification, but by erosion of softer rocks (colorful breccia) that originally filled the cavity. 24
8 × 3 		Type: Fissured / Tectonic Cave
Type: Limestone 		cave significant Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary
Source outlet Roter Brunnen S from Mödingen Monastery Red fountain (Karst spring) .JPG
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 773Q001 Wittislingen
position 		Donauried The source is on the edge of the lower reed. Precipitation of tufa and iron hydroxides can be observed at the source pond and stream. These go back to karst water and iron solution from weathering clays (colorful breccia, karst loam, weathered old Pleistocene gravel). 450
30 × 15 		Type: reservoir source, sintering
type: limestone, tufa 		no information precious FFH area, bird sanctuary
Gypsy rocks near Zöschingen 773R001 Zöschingen
position 		Swabian Alb The weathered and grizzled rock knoll made of mass limestone is an allochthonous clod within colorful masses of debris. Erosion remains of the Malm limestone within the ejecta form the highest elevations here (placed on the pre-Giant land surface). 240
20 × 12 		Type: Ejecta (impact), rocky dome
Type: Limestone 		Slope crack / rock wall precious Natural monument
Krähenstein E from Ziertheim 773R002 Ziertheim
position 		Riesalb The Malmkalk block, which has been weathered and buried on the surface, is the ejection material of the Ries crater. The gravel results from the pressure on all sides that prevailed at the beginning of the ejection process. The Malmgriese are carved out of the colorful debris by erosion. 20
5 × 4 		Type: Ejecta Material (Impact), Boulder
Type: Limestone 		block precious Natural monument
Ries-Scholle E from Oberbechingen 773R003 Bachhagel's
position 		Swabian Alb The Riestrümmermassen form a wooded hill on the autochthonous Upper Sea Molasse. A Celtic square hill can be seen at the summit. 87500
350 × 250 		Type: Ejecta Material (Impact)
Type: Breccia 		no information significant Natural monument
SW elevated terrace of Steinheim 773R004 Dillingen on the Danube
position 		Donauried A clear terraced step can be seen above the Holocene Danube floodplain. The ballast took place during the crack glacial. Erosion and the formation of the terrace level through worm-glacial to Holocene erosion. Even today, remnants of the old Danube water run along the lower edge of the terrace. Due to gravel mining and overbuilding, this geomorphologically most important landscape element in the Donauried only exists in its original form in a few places. 12000
1200 × 10 		Type: Terrace
Type: Gravel 		no information significant no protected area
Malmscholle near Zöschingen 773R005 Zöschingen
position 		Swabian Alb The allochthonous, slightly buried Malm plaice was exposed by erosion from softer colored breccia. 50
5 × 10 		Type: Ejecta (impact), rocky dome
Type: Limestone 		Slope crack / rock wall significant Natural monument
Osterstein NE from Unterfinningen 773R006 Finningen
position 		Riesalb The weathered boulder lies on the top of a flat mountain ridge. The allochthonous Malm plaice was exposed by erosion from softer colored breccia. The Osterstein is a prehistoric and early historical site. 70
10 × 7 		Type: Ejecta Material (Impact), Boulder
Type: Limestone 		block significant Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Ponordoline SW from Unterbechingen 773R007 Haunsheim
position 		Swabian Alb The short watercourses arise from weakly pouring overflow or stratified springs in the area of ​​thicker layers (debris, upper sea molasses, cover clay). When it crosses over to indigenous mass limestone, it quickly seeps into the karst formations. A deep trench ends here in a ponor. 150
15 × 10 		Type: Ponor
Type: Limestone, Sand 		no information significant no protected area

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)