List of geotopes in the Eichstätt district

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt 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 quarry NW of Adelschlag		176A001	Adelschlag position	Southern Franconian Alb	Best outcrop in the pebble limestone of the Malm Zeta 3, at the base there is a thick reef rubble bank. The outcrop is strongly overgrown and partly covered by garbage deposits.	250 25 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Quarry S from the Schernfeld sports field	more pictures	176A003	Schernfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	Here the Obereichstätter slate facies are exposed. In the upper area is the sharply separated hanging wall Krumme Lage.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Former Wasserzell quarry on Frauenberg near Eichstätt		176A004	Eichstätt position	Southern Franconian Alb	The former quarry opens up the lower slate (Malm Zeta 2A) and above it the separating Krumme Lage. There are only residual digestions left.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former quarry on the Steigweg near Obereichstätt		176A006	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	The small quarry opened up the uppermost Malm Zeta 1 (marl slate with Dachhornstein layers), which is rarely opened. The remaining exposure area is only about 2 square meters.	100 20 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former quarries on Reisberg S von Böhmfeld		176A007	Böhmfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	The quarries (Upper Bank Limes of Malm Zeta 3) are spread over 5 - 10 hectares. The Reisberg hiking trails are equipped with explanatory boards.	1000000 1000 × 1000	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Arnsberg gravel pit		176A009	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the Arnsberg gravel pit, the oldest Pleistocene of the Altmühl-Danube is exposed. There are both North Franconian (Urmain) and Alpine pebbles.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Gravel	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former sand pit W von Ensfeld		176A011	Mörnsheim position	Riesalb	In the sand pit near Ensfeld, colored clays, sands and boulders are exposed under pebble chalk.	15000 100 × 150	Type: Layer sequence Type: sand, silica	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry N of Gaimersheim	more pictures	176A013	Gaimersheim position	Southern Franconian Alb	Numerous tertiary fossils (vertebrate fauna) were found in the karst fillings of the Gaimersheim quarry. The area is covered by freshwater limestone.	40000 200 × 200	Type: Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Clay, Dolomite Stone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Former quarry SE from Schernfeld		176A015	Schernfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	The Mörnsheim layers (Malm Zeta 3) are also exposed above the Solnhofen layers and the hanging Krummen Lage (Malm Zeta 2). The quarry is being used for garbage deposits.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Kalkschieferbruch E from Zandt	more pictures	176A016	Denkendorf position	Southern Franconian Alb	The Zandt slate quarry is the most important outcrop of the plate limestone of the Schamhaupten tub, with typical bank. In the northwest corner, clay-filled karst crevices and a discordance are exposed.	50000 100 × 500	Type: Layer sequence, karst chimney, karst crevice, animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Leibrecht quarry on Arzberg W von Töging	more pictures	176A017	Beilngrie's position	Southern Franconian Alb	The quarry opens up the complete sequence of layers from the upper Malm Alpha via Malm Beta and Platynota marl to the Crussoliensis marl in the lowest layers of the Malm Delta.	40000 200 × 200	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone, Marlstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 51
Abandoned quarry on western Arzberg	more pictures	176A018	Beilngrie's position	Southern Franconian Alb	A cross-section through the Oxford-Kimeridge profile is open. There is a shooting range at the foot of the cliff.	45000 450 × 100	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Road access at Torleite W von Dollnstein		176A019	Dollnstein position	Riesalb	The profile shows a cross-section in the Malm Epsilon-Zeta border area. The approx. 20 cm thick marl layer with a reddish weathering color indicates the upper layer boundary of the Malm Epsilon.	4000 400 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarries on Hirschberg W von Beilngries	more pictures	176A020	Beilngrie's position	Southern Franconian Alb	The quarry at Hirschberg is characterized by its wealth of fossils.	40000 200 × 200	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Street exposure SE from Ensfeld		176A022	Mörnsheim position	Riesalb	The outcrop shows very thin-layer limestone from the Mörnsheim strata, which are very rich in (but poorly preserved) ammonites here. Corals have also been found here. To the south there is the transition to the massive facies. ATTENTION! DANGER FROM SLIPPING ROCK!	3000 300 × 10	Type: Rock, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Dolomite quarry NW of Böhmfeld		176A025	Hitzhofen position	Southern Franconian Alb	The small former dolomite quarry opens up a particularly porous variety of rock with holes in it. The weathering of the quarry wall made dolomite concretions visible in the rock.	100 20 × 5	Type: Type of rock, sedimentary structures Type: Dolomite stone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry SW of Petersbuch		176A027	Titting position	Southern Franconian Alb	The former quarry on Treuchtlinger marble was sunk down like a shaft.	400 20 × 20	Type: Rock, Quarry / Pit Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Former Kesseltal slab limestone quarry on the Solnhofener Berg		176A028	Mörnsheim position	Riesalb	The well-preserved high excavation wall opens up a profile through the upper Solnhofen layers with the hanging Krummen Lage and the overlying Mörnsheim layers.	7500 150 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Sedimentary structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary, nature park
Former Quarry at Speckberg W of the Speckmühle	more pictures	176A031	Nassenfels position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the lower part of the abandoned quarry, banked limestones are exposed, which merge into massive limestone at the top. A unique profile in the limestone of the Malm Zeta 3.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Collector quarry on the Blumenberg W of Eichstätt	more pictures	176A032	Eichstätt position	Southern Franconian Alb	The third skeleton of the ancient bird Archeopteryx was found here in 1877 and was sold to Berlin. This fraction has now been approved for private collectors by the city of Eichstätt. The debris is removed regularly.	6000 150 × 40	Type: Rock, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Former quarry W von Ettling	more pictures	176A033	Pförring position	Southern Franconian Alb	The former quarry on the western outskirts of Ettling represents the best outcrop of the plate limestone of the Hartheimer Wanne. In the middle of the approximately 20 m high outcrop wall, an approximately 2 m thick crooked position can be seen. The layer thicknesses range from a few millimeters to a few decimeters. In the break, collectors are active.	4500 150 × 30	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Digestion at water tank E from Breitenfurt		176A034	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the border between the lying limestone layers of the Malm Epsilon and the hanging limestone layers of the Geisental layers (Malm Zeta 1), the approx. 20 cm thick characteristic red layer is exposed.	75 15 × 5	Type: Layer sequence, standard / reference profile Type: Limestone, marlstone	other information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Chalk exposure in the Wellheimer Oberholz W of Wellheim		176A035	Wellheim position	Riesalb	In the former quarry, the layers of Wellheim chalk with coarse and fine sand and overlying pebble chalk are exposed. Pronounced podsoles and pseudogleye can be found as soil formations.	6000 120 × 50	Type: Type of rock, type of layer sequence : Limestone, sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Fossil Quarry NW of Pubes		176A036	Altmannstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the Schamhaupten fossil quarry, plate limestone of the Upper Malm was deposited in the so-called Schamhaupten tub. The material is relatively low in fossil fuels, manganese dendrites are common. The geology, mining, use, etc. of the lime are very well explained by a total of seven display boards.	2100 70 × 30	Type: animal fossils, rock type, layer sequence, quarry / pit type: limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Imberg E quarry by Walting		176A037	Walting position	Southern Franconian Alb	The abandoned Imberg quarry has now been almost completely filled. A small part is obviously kept open by collectors as a dig. The almost fossilized Pfalzpainter Plattenkalk is open.	160 20 × 8	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, quarry / pit type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarries NE of Obereichstätt	more pictures	176A038	Schernfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the Schernfeld-Wegscheid-Obereichstätt area there are several active quarries in which the Lower Solnhofen layers are mined. In some cases, backfilling takes place gradually. A circular hiking trail (fossil trail) provides information on geology and paleontology.	3000000 2000 × 1500	Type: Rock type, Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Quarry / Pit Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Fossil visitor quarry in Mühlheim		176A040	Mörnsheim position	Riesalb	The visitor quarry is located on the Schaudiberg southeast of Mühlheim. Plate limestone of the Mörnsheim Formation (Malm Zeta 3) is systematically mined layer by layer and examined for its fossil content. Numerous sensational finds have already been made, including new species. The quarry is also open to visitors every day from April to October. For an entrance fee, you can search for fossils here with a find guarantee. Further information on the Internet at www.besuchersteinbruch.de. There is a quarry educational trail with eight stations in the quarry area.	8000 100 × 80	Type: animal fossils, standard / reference profile, layer sequence, rock type: limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park
Aufgel. Quarry E von Hitzhofen	more pictures	176A041	Hitzhofen position	Southern Franconian Alb	It is the only quarry in Malm Zeta 3 (Mörnsheimer layers) in the municipality and one of the five most beautiful outcrops in the entire district. Alternating layers of limestone up to 30 cm in thickness and marly layers are open. The western part of the quarry lies in the municipality of Hitzhofen and has been abandoned - backfilling is prohibited by signs. In contrast, the eastern area (Gde. Böhmfeld) seems to be still in operation.	12000 120 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Demlingen quarry N of Großmehring	more pictures	176G001	Großmehring position	Southern Franconian Alb	The large funnel-like break provided the material for building the fortress in Ingolstadt. Fossil-rich reef dolomites and reef rubble limestone of the Malm Zeta 3–4 are exposed.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Quarry / Pit, Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Dolomite Stone, Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Powder cave near Breitenfurt		176H001	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	Behind the cave entrance, two passages lead further, which meet again after a few meters. Significant prehistoric finds have been made during excavations.	10 5 × 2	Type: Karst Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	cave	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Arndthöhle near Attenzell		176H002	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	Concrete stairs can be used to comfortably descend into the spacious cave.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Mammoth Cave E by Buchenhüll	more pictures	176H003	Eichstätt position	Southern Franconian Alb	After a few meters through the man-high horizontal entrance you reach a larger room, into which the shaft entrance opens from above. Numerous skeletons of large glacial mammals were stored here. Both entrances are closed with bars.	100 20 × 5	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave, Animal fossils Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Stone Age Cave N of Böhmfeld		176H004	Böhmfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	The short, spacious cave has a horizontal and a shaft entrance. Numerous remains of Ice Age animals and humans have been found in the sediments on the cave floor. Both entrances are closed with bars.	150 30 × 5	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave, Animal fossils Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Grafsloch cave near Mörnsheim-Altendorf		176H005	Mörnsheim position	Riesalb	The cave, also known as the Stone Rosary, is only about 200 m northwest of the center of Mörnsheim-Altendorf. It was created around 20 million years ago through dissolution processes in the reef dolomite (sponge reefs of the Malm) in the area of the Ur-Main. The small, spacious cave was already in the Paleolithic, here: before about 60,000 to 25,000 BC. BC, used by humans (Neanderthals). This was the result of excavation findings from 1924/25. Finds of predatory fauna from the Ice Age were also made. Sinter formation can only be found in inaccessible cave passages. The cave is on a marked hiking trail (Schäfchenweg nature discovery path), is easily accessible and secured by structural measures and is explained by an information board. The object is under special protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-1-7132-0080).	30 5 × 6	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Karst springs Almosmühle N von Pfünz	more pictures	176Q001	Walting position	Southern Franconian Alb	Interesting series of source outlets from crevices in the Malm Delta. Tracer tests have proven connections to ponordolines on the plateau.	48 12 × 4	Type: Narrow source, rock wall / slope, rock type: Limestone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Karst spring Schambach in Schamhaupten	more pictures	176Q002	Altmannstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	The relatively even spring discharge is approx. 330 l / s. The outlets are distributed in a large spring pond on the southern edge of the valley.	3600 120 × 30	Type: Constriction Source Type: Dolomite Stone, Limestone	no information	precious	Natural park
Karst spring Grüner Topf SE from Grösdorf	more pictures	176Q003	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	The source outlet is collected. The green pot is connected to ponors between Gelbelsee and Irlahüll.	48 12 × 4	Type: Narrowing source, rock wall / slope Type: Limestone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Schutterquelle N of Wellheim	more pictures	176Q004	Wellheim position	Southern Franconian Alb	The rubble source was expanded and its drainage straightened. There are information boards on the surrounding hiking trail.	90 15 × 6	Type: Constriction Source Type: Dolomite Stone, Limestone	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Source pond W from Kösching	more pictures	176Q005	Koesching position	Southern Franconian Alb	The source pot reaches a discharge of approx. 140 l / s. Several small sand volcanoes can be seen at the bottom.	400 20 × 20	Type: Reservoir Type: Limestone, Sand	no information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Karst spring Obereichstätt	more pictures	176Q007	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	The source (partly in short tunnels) is located on the northern edge of the former quarry. With an average of approx. 700 l / s pouring, it is one of the most important karst springs in the southern Franconian Alb. The source is located within a fenced company premises.	80 10 × 8	Type: Constriction Source Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Natural park
Karst spring Blaubrunnen W von Altdorf	more pictures	176Q008	Titting position	Southern Franconian Alb	The average discharge of the karst spring is well over 100 l / s. Since it is a source from the Shallow Karst, the pouring fluctuates very strongly.	12 4 × 3	Type: Layer Source Type: Limestone	no information	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Gailach spring in Mühlheim	more pictures	176Q009	Mörnsheim position	Riesalb	In Mühlheim the water of the Gailach comes to light again, which seeps away about 4 km above. The connection is proven by a marking experiment. Above the source there are thick-banked dolomites.	30 6 × 5	Type: Constriction Source Type: Dolomite Stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Wellheim dry valley	more pictures	176R001	Wellheim position	Southern Franconian Alb	Until about 200,000 years ago the Danube flowed through this valley and broke a meander on the Galgenberg. Then the Danube looked for a new bed, first briefly over the Schuttertal, then through today's Neuburg breakthrough valley.	7200000 9000 × 800	Type: dry valley, circular mountain / breakthrough mountain, rock tower / needle Type: dolomite stone, limestone, gravel	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 60
Jackdaw rock E from Konstein	more pictures	176R005	Wellheim position	Southern Franconian Alb	At this point there are massive limestones of the Malm Delta-Zeta. In the area of the Malm Epsilon, dolomite banks are interposed. The striking jackdaw rock is famous as a climbing rock.	12500 250 × 50	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Limestone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Burgstein E from Dollnstein	more pictures	176R006	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	The climbing rock made of mass limestone from the Malm Delta, located at a talcnick in the Altmühl, is well known throughout the world. It is strikingly thundered out of the surrounding dolomite rocks. At its foot you can partially recognize the rock-forming silicified plate sponges. Towards the top, ooid limestone developed, indicating that it was formed in shallow water.	90000 300 × 300	Type: Rock tower / needle, rock castle Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 3
Doline between Buch and Oberemmendorf		176R007	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	Felddoline with a long inlet ditch at the edge of a large shallow depression.	400 20 × 20	Type: sinkhole Type: dolomite stone	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Saufelsen SE from Unteremmendorf		176R008	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	Rock formations in the forest.	50 10 × 5	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Langfelsen S of Unteremmendorf	more pictures	176R009	Kinding position	Southern Franconian Alb	Rock group at the edge of the plateau in the Malm Delta.	100 20 × 5	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Landscape protection area, nature park
St. Michälsberg S from Kipfenberg		176R010	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	A castle used to stand on the prominent dolomite rock spur. On the ascent from Kipfenberg you pass a small cave in which prehistoric finds were made.	10000 200 × 50	Type: rock castle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Ponordoline guard cell		176R011	Pollen field position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the edge of the dry valley there is a small rock wall of table-bank sponge limestone with silicified sponges. Below this, an inactive ponor cave opens up, which stretches to under a neighboring rocky sinkhole. Another small sinkhole is located in the middle of the dry valley.	1800 60 × 30	Type: sinkhole, karst shaft & horizontal cave, rock wall / slope Type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Slopes of the Pfahlbuck N from Böhming	more pictures	176R012	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	The stratified facies of the Weißjura Gamma are overlaid by reef dolomite.	3000 150 × 20	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Limestone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Mushroom W by Kinding		176R013	Kinding position	Southern Franconian Alb	The mushroom rock, made up of the dolomites with a flat bank, is a typical form of weathering. Today it is supported by concrete foundations.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Limestone, Marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Hubertusfelsen W of Unteremmendorf	more pictures	176R014	Kinding position	Southern Franconian Alb	Dolomite rocks on the edge of the plateau.	100 20 × 5	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	no information	inferior	Landscape protection area, nature park
Breakthrough mountain Arzberg E from Beilngries	more pictures	176R015	Beilngrie's position	Southern Franconian Alb	The Arzberg is the largest breakthrough mountain in Europe. The breakthrough of the Sulz into the valley of the Altmühldonau probably took place during the Riss-Late Glacial or Riss-Würm-Interglacial. The Ottmaringer valley, through which the Main-Danube Canal runs today, fell dry.	2000000 2000 × 1000	Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain Type: Limestone, marlstone	no information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Arnsberger Leite N from Arnsberg	more pictures	176R016	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	The Arnsberger Leite is an extensive steep slope with impressive rock exposures in the dolomite. The area is one of the most species-rich arid sites in the natural area of the southern Franconian Alb with occurrences of extremely rare plant species and is therefore designated as a nature reserve.	450000 1500 × 300	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Pliocene gravel terrace in Eichstätt		176R017	Eichstätt position	Southern Franconian Alb	Small outcrop of solidified Pliocene gravel.	20 10 × 2	Type: Terrace Type: Conglomerate	no information	precious	Natural park
Torfelsen S from Unteremmendorf	more pictures	176R018	Kinding position	Southern Franconian Alb	The natural bridge with a diameter of approx. 4 m was created when a cave collapsed. It lies in the continuation of a short dry valley. There are other small caves just to the west and east below the rock gate.	150 30 × 5	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Maderfelsen NE of Dollnstein	more pictures	176R019	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	The rock formation stands on the outskirts of Dollnstein, where the confluence of the Ur-Danube and Ur-Altmühl was once located.	500 50 × 10	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Old Burgstein rock in Dollnstein	more pictures	176R020	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	The rock is assigned to the Malm Delta and opens up layers of Treuchtlinger marble. The backs of the houses are built directly on the rocks, the ruins of a castle have been preserved on the summit. The former meander was cut off from the Altmühl.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Mühlfelsen N of the Bubenrother mill	more pictures	176R021	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	The rock hidden in the forest is crossed by a cave ruin.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock tower / needle, Karst horizontal cave Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Old castle rock E of Aicha		176R022	Wellheim position	Southern Franconian Alb	The wide rock massif in the mass limestone is hidden in the forest.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Rock Castle Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Schloßberg in Wellheim with a rock gate	more pictures	176R023	Wellheim position	Riesalb	The Schloßberg in Wellheim, a reef that is worth seeing, has a ruined castle on the summit. Directly on the road there is a large rock gate with a view of the meander of the original Danube.	100000 500 × 200	Type: rock castle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Kreuzelbergfelsen in Wellheim		176R024	Wellheim position	Riesalb	A Stations of the Cross with twelve stations and a chapel leads to the summit.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	FFH area, bird sanctuary, nature park
Finstereckfelsen N of Breitenfurt		176R026	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	Rock tower in the dolomite of the Malm Delta.	400 20 × 20	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kirchental NNW from Gungolding	more pictures	176R027	Walting position	Southern Franconian Alb	On the characteristic juniper heather there are isolated rocks made of reef dolomite.	1000000 2000 × 500	Type: Dry valley Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Arnsberg Castle Hill	more pictures	176R028	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	Impressive rock castle in the dolomitic Malm Delta on the edge of the plateau.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rock group near Obereichstätt		176R029	Dollnstein position	Southern Franconian Alb	To the north and east of the village, the thick-banked to massive rocks of the middle Malm protrude as a striking group of rocks from the slope.	15000 300 × 50	Type: rock group, rock tower / needle Type: dolomite stone, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Dolomite rock E from Möckenlohe		176R030	Adelschlag position	Southern Franconian Alb	The reef dolomite rock protrudes from the otherwise flat meadow.	4 2 × 2	Type: Crag Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural park
Rock castle with cave ruins at the Wielandshöfen	more pictures	176R031	Wellheim position	Riesalb	A massive rock castle protrudes from the forest slope west of the Wielandshöfe, which is criss-crossed by a spacious and branched cave ruin.	1500 50 × 30	Type: rock castle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock group N of Aicha	more pictures	176R032	Wellheim position	Southern Franconian Alb	Several striking rock towers protrude from the former collision slope of the Altmühl-Danube. At the western end of the rock group there is a short cave in which prehistoric finds were made.	15000 300 × 50	Type: rock group, rock tower / needle, rock castle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Galgenberg near Wellheim	more pictures	176R033	Wellheim position	Southern Franconian Alb	As a circulating mountain, the Galgenberg is reminiscent of the erosive power of the Rissis Age Altmühl-Danube. It is mainly made up of reef dolomites, in the southeast there is an outcrop of limestone from the Malm Epsilon.	210000 700 × 300	Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain , dry valley Type: Dolomite stone, limestone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Ponordoline Bolusgrube SE from Adelschlag		176R034	Adelschlag position	Southern Franconian Alb	The wooded Ponordoline has a pronounced inlet ditch in the tertiary surface layers. In the area of the Schluckloch there is dolomite, into which the water has cut like a gorge.	300 30 × 10	Type: Ponor Type: Dolomite stone, clay	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	Natural park
Ponordoline NW of Hofstetten		176R035	Hitzhofen position	Southern Franconian Alb	The large Ponordoline has a pronounced inlet ditch. At the edge of the sinkhole gravel is exposed, which was probably deposited by a precursor of the Danube in the Pleistocene.	600 40 × 15	Type: sinkhole, ponor, rock type: dolomite stone, gravel	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ponordoline SE from Schelldorf		176R037	Stammham position	Southern Franconian Alb	A strikingly steep and deep blind valley ends in this ponordoline.	2000 100 × 20	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock group in the Groppenhofener Leite N of Ried	more pictures	176R038	Dollnstein position	Riesalb	In several places massive rock castles and rock towers protrude from the slope of the Wellheimer dry valley. In the eastern part of the rock there are also cave ruins.	30000 600 × 50	Type: rock group, rock castle, rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Felddoline N from Langensallach		176R039	Schernfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	The steep and deep sinkhole is located in a large hollow in the terrain, on the slope of which limestone limestone of the Upper Malms is in places.	8000 100 × 80	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Uvala in Fuchsschlag N of Schönau		176R040	Schernfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	The triangular uvala was created by joining more than a dozen neighboring sinkholes.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Uvala, sinkhole Type: Dolomite stone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ponordoline on Wittmeßberg NE of Wellheim		176R041	Adelschlag position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the bottom of the very large and steep sinkhole there is access to a short shaft cave, which is in great danger of falling.	1800 60 × 30	Type: sinkhole, karst shaft cave Type: Limestone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ponordoline SW from Denkendorf		176R042	Denkendorf position	Southern Franconian Alb	The strikingly large Ponordoline has a steep, valley-like inlet ditch. Sections in the loam, some several meters deep, demonstrate the dynamic development in this property, which has a strong inflow during floods.	9000 300 × 30	Type: Ponor Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Natural park
Karst tub Kessel NE from Kipfenberg		176R043	Kipfenberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	Very large karst hollow form with partly steep edges and numerous sinkholes on the otherwise flat ground. Larger than the largest sinkholes, but smaller than the neighboring karst basins of Buch and Gelbelsee.	200000 500 × 400	Type: Polje, Dolinenfeld Type: Dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Row of sinkholes N of Gelbelsee		176R044	Denkendorf position	Southern Franconian Alb	For almost two kilometers there are dolines after dolines, some with rock outcrops, in the W and E with large ponordolines.	190000 1900 × 100	Type: Dolinenfeld, Ponor Type: Dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Doline with shaft in the Schernfeld forest		176R045	Schernfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the edge of the very large, but flat sinkhole, there is a smaller, steep sinkhole, at the bottom of which there is access to a narrow shaft cave.	15000 150 × 100	Type: sinkhole, karst shaft cave Type: Limestone	cave	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sandstone rocks N of the Sächenfartmühle		176R046	Nassenfels position	Southern Franconian Alb	A chalk-sandstone rock was left standing in a former mining site. This shows bizarre, holey weathered forms.	20 5 × 4	Type: rock group, rock type, relict rock type: sandstone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sandstone rocks at Hohenstein		176R047	Nassenfels position	Southern Franconian Alb	Beautiful large coarse sandstone rock with interesting weathering forms. A few more sandstone blocks in the area.	20 5 × 4	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Sandstone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Pfünzer rocks		176R048	Walting position	Southern Franconian Alb	Striking rock group in the dolomite (Malm Delta) at the confluence of a dry valley in the Altmühltal above the village of Pfünz.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rocks on Speckberg W of the Speckmühle		176R049	Nassenfels position	Southern Franconian Alb	Rock slope in thick banked to massive reef rubble limestone of Malm Zeta 3. This rock is only exposed here in this quality.	200 20 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: limestone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Felskanzeln V by Hagenacker		176R050	Schernfeld position	Southern Franconian Alb	To the north of Hagenacker, there are several rock pulpits on a rocky slope of the Urmain. The massive dolomites of the Malm Delta in the lower part of the rocks are overlaid in a pagoda-like manner by the thin, flat-banked dolomites of the Malm Epsilon.	10000 200 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, sequence of layers, impact slope Type: dolomite stone, limestone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Doline NW of Hofstetten		176R051	Hitzhofen position	Southern Franconian Alb	One of the largest sinkholes in the district is located northwest of Hofstetten. Its formation can be traced back to erosion processes in the reef dolomite of the Upper Jura. Due to the flanks that slide down again and again and the particular growth form of the trees standing there, a persistent lowering of the ground cannot be ruled out.	4875 75 × 65	Type: sinkhole Type: dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Ponordoline NW of Oberzell		176R052	Hitzhofen position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the edge of the forest northwest of Oberzell there is an active ponor in the reef dolomite. It is fed by a side ditch. The funnel-shaped inlet is separated in the upper third by a massive wall, whereby the upper pictures 1 and 2). Almost 100 m west of the Ponordoline there is another, apparently active sinkhole in the high forest (the area has been converted into a water reservoir (Figures 3 and 4). A presumed sinkhole field, as mentioned in the landscape management concept, could not (anymore?) Be determined in spring 2016 .	108 18 × 6	Type: Ponor Type: Dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Schmiedfelsen near Mörnsheim		176R057	Mörnsheim position	Riesalb	The striking, almost free-standing, approximately 15 m high sponge reef stump (reef dolomite of the Malm) is located directly behind the Maxbergweg 1 property in Mörnsheim. It is surrounded by dry / poor grass and is therefore particularly impressive.	25 5 × 5	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	FFH area, bird sanctuary, nature park