List of geotopes in the Erlangen-Höchstadt district

This list contains the geotopes of the Central Franconian district of Erlangen-Höchstadt 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 is incomplete. 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
Shift level NE from Rathsberg	more pictures	562R001	Bubenreuth position	Northern Albrand region	Striking layer of the Rhätolias sandstone near Rathsberg . In the south the step breaks up into many small knolls and valleys. In the north exposure of the profile on a ten meter high rock face. Below is a rock fall with large sandstone blocks.	200000 2000 × 100	Type: Layer level, layer sequence Type: sandstone, claystone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area
Former Sandstone quarries on the Hinteren Giesberg E von Dechsendorf	more pictures	572A001	Mark position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Several old quarries in the Middle Burgsandstein near Dechsendorf . The walls are partly used for climbing.	250000 500 × 500	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary
Former clay pit N von Marloffstein	more pictures	572A002	Marloffstein position	Northern Albrand region	Disused clay pit in the Lias Delta with numerous fossils, e.g. B. Pyritized cephalopods . In Toneisensteinknollen also are barite , galena , pyrite and sphalerite find.	112500 450 × 250	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Animal Fossils Type: Clay Marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	especially valuable	no protected area
Exposure at the Wunderburg E von Marloffstein	more pictures	572A003	Marloffstein position	Northern Albrand region	Old quarry in the Rhaetian sandstone , with plant clays on its west side. In the upper part, ariet sandstone has been developed in places.	700 70 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former Sand pit W of Kleinseebach		572A004	Möhrendorf position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Former sand pit in the castle sandstone and its base. Loose sandstone with quartz pebbles and sandstone pebbles.	37500 250 × 150	Type: Rock Type: Sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Bird sanctuary
Lias outcrop in the Teufelsgraben S of Oedhof	more pictures	572A005	Eckental position	Northern Albrand region	Outcrop of rocks of the Lias Delta and Epsilon over a length of approx. 50 m. From bottom to top: approx. 1.3 m Lias Epsilon, the Amaltheenton Formation (Lias Delta), approx. 0.4 m marl slate with calcareous Siemensi tubers, three approx. 10 cm thick limestone banks separated by equally thick layers of marl slate , another 30 cm marl slate, 5 cm thick fossil-rich marl limestone (so-called belemnite battlefield ).	150 50 × 3	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Mudstone, Marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Teufelsbadstube gorge in SW Kalchreuth	more pictures	572R001	Kalchreuther Forst position	Northern Albrand region	Gorge in the Rhätsandstein. Good outcrops at a waterfall, otherwise strongly overgrown.	37500 500 × 75	Type: Canyon, Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Part of the landscape, bird sanctuary
Gründlach (stream bed) SW of Heroldsberg	more pictures	572R002	Kalchreuther Forst position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Meander , impact and sliding slopes of the green roof in its natural state.	150,000 1000 × 150	Type: meander, stream / river course, impact slope Type: silt, sand	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Part of the landscape, bird sanctuary