List of geotopes in the Forchheim district

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Franconian district of Forchheim 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 at the Streitburg near Streitberg		474A001	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Quarry at the Streitburg with white-gray limestone of the Malm Beta (factory limestone).	10,000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Oil shale outcrop NNW from Hetzles	more pictures	474A002	Hetzle's position	Northern Albrand region	Exposure of the Posidonia slate with thin layers of marl, weathered gray and paper-like. In between there are individual limestone banks.	225 15 × 15	Type: Rock Type: Limestone Marl	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry W of Ebermannstadt	more pictures	474A003	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Malm Beta and Malm Gamma are unusually marbled for the Franconian Alb . This is where the flint bank sequence was first described, which is named after the nearby Feuerstein Castle .	25,000 500 × 50	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone, Marlstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape component
Abandoned quarry in Angulatensandstein W of Forchheim		474A004	Forchheim position	Northern Albrand region	The quarry is one of the few outcrops of Angulate strata of Lias Alpha 2 in marine facies. Partly thinly banked, limonitized sandstone with light mica remains as well as limonite concretions and air fillings.	350 35 × 10	Type: Type of rock, type of layer sequence : Sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	FFH area
Cave (D99) in the Fellner sinkhole SE of Gößweinstein	more pictures	474H001	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Closed shaft and horizontal cave, with a depth of almost 100 m the deepest known cave in the Franconian Alb. Dyeing tests showed a hydrological connection to the Stempfermühl spring 700 m away .	4,000 100 × 40	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave, Ponor Type: dolomite stone	no information	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Zoolithenhöhle NW of Burggälenreuth	more pictures	474H002	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Impressive rocks at the entrance to the Zoolithenhöhle . Numerous relics of the Ice Age fauna were found in the cave. After being looted, the cave is now extinct and locked as a site.	10,000 100 × 100	Type: Karst horizontal cave, Animal fossils, Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Kappshöhle WSW of Burggaillreuth		474H003	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	At the entrance, the Kappshöhle has a 20 m long, 5 m wide and approx. 5 m high cavity, behind which the cave space narrows.	400 20 × 20	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave, rock group, rock type, animal fossils Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Esperhöhle NW of Leutzdorf	more pictures	474H004	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Cave ruins that were discovered by Johann Friedrich Esper in the 18th century . In front of the cave there is a large sinkhole that was created by the collapse of a cave roof. Numerous human bones and artifacts have been found in the cave.	2,500 50 × 50	Type: Karst horizontal cave, sinkhole Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Oswaldhöhle, Witzenhöhle and Wundershöhle SE by Muggendorf	more pictures	474H005	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	The three caves near Muggendorf emerged from a larger cave system. They were separated when the Wiesent valley was created. The caves are easy to enter.	2,000 200 × 10	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	precious	Landscape component, natural monument, landscape protection area
Bing cave NW of Streitberg (show cave)	more pictures	474H006	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Show cave with numerous stalactites, goes back to fossil flow in the banked limestone of the Lower Malm.	1,350 270 × 5	Type: Karst Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	cave	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Shell spring NE from Streitberg	more pictures	474Q001	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock wall formed from sponge facies with a larger proportion of sponge debris (rubble reef lime). The shell source rises on marls of the Malm Alpha, below are humpback meadows on tufa . Above this, the wall merges into unbanked mass facies. There is a cave there, from which water also flows during high tide.	100 10 × 10	Type: Layer source, sinter formation, layer sequence Type: Limestone, dolomite stone, marl	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, bird sanctuary
Stempfermühlquelle W from Gößweinstein	more pictures	474Q002	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Three strong, closely spaced springs at the Stempfermühle, whose water soon flows into the nearby Wiesent . Important karst spring with a discharge of several 100 l / s.	100 25 × 4	Type: Constriction Source Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Karst spring Thosmühle		474Q003	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Strong karst spring, the water of which is used for fish farming at Thosmühle. A small spring pot can deliver several 100 l / s, it is located in the fenced area of the fish farm. Above there is an outcrop of banked lime.	6 3 × 2	Type: Constriction source, rock type: Limestone, marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Lillach source E from Weißenohe	more pictures	474Q004	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	The source of the Lillach rises east of Weißenohe in a small spring cave above the layer boundary between marly Malm Alpha and banked factory limestone (Malm Beta). Depending on the weather, the discharge can be a few liters per second or more than 100 l / s. Impressive sinter cascades can be seen along the course of the Lillach (geotope no. 474R084). The water comes from the Alb plateau. The source is on the Frankenweg .	4 2 × 2	Type: Layer Source Type: Limestone	other information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Altar stone near Obertrubach		474R001	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rocks from Malm Delta reef dolomites.	264 33 × 8	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Rocks with Reibertsloch-Höhle (D77) NE of Bärnfels		474R002	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Reibertsloch cave (D77) in a dolomite rock.	40 10 × 4	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Napoleon stone on the Reibertsberg NE of Bärnfels		474R003	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Heavily holed, weathered reef dolomite.	90 18 × 5	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Spitzstein rock group near Bärnfels		474R004	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Three rock towers made of reef dolomite with holey traces of weathering.	80 10 × 8	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Bärnfelsen in Bärnfels	more pictures	474R005	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Several dolomitized sponge stumps above Bärnfels.	288 18 × 16	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Scheidestein near Obertrubach		474R006	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock wall made of reef dolomite of the middle Kimmeridgian with irregularly distributed holey traces of weathering.	120 12 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Höllenstein with caves (D60, D270) SE from Obertrubach		474R007	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Large reef complex with individual peaks that have grown together, in which there are several caves.	6,400 160 × 40	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Roßsprung ENE von Leutenbach		474R008	Menschenbach position	Northern Albrand region	Rocks made of spongy limestone from the Malm Gamma and Delta, not dolomitized.	300 20 × 15	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Dolomite rock Steinstube S from Bärnfels		474R009	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Large reef complex of single peaks arranged in a circle.	63 9 × 7	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kallitzenleiten NE from Herzogwind		474R010	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Large reef complex with horizontal building structures.	1,700 100 × 17	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kürzenberg E from Affalterthal	more pictures	474R011	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Large reef complex east of Affalterthal with strikingly bright horizontal structures and holey weathering traces.	1,800 120 × 15	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock with Bocksloch E from Affalterthal	more pictures	474R012	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Chimney-like cave in a rock made of dolomitized sponge lime.	190 19 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock E from Affalterthal	more pictures	474R013	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Several small rocks made of banked dolomite, east of Affalterthal .	80 10 × 8	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock towers in the Walkersgrube SE of Affalterthal	more pictures	474R014	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Striking rock towers made of dolomitized reef limestone, strongly overgrown.	130 13 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock group in the N Walkersgrube ESE of Affalterthal		474R015	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Small rocks made of flat-bank dolomite with irregular, holey traces of weathering.	156 13 × 12	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Lappersreuth SE rock group from Affalterthal		474R016	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Group of several small, free-standing and heavily mossy reef dolomite rocks.	300 30 × 10	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Bartelskirche SE von Schlehenmühle		474R017	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock tower made of dolomitized sponge limestone with horizontal building structures, weathered with holes.	88 11 × 8	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Sponge limestone cliffs, Streitburg near Streitberg	more pictures	474R018	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Streitburg castle ruins on an eroded white reef limestone block.	90,000 300 × 300	Type: Rock Castle Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Limestone cliffs on Hummerberg W von Streitberg	more pictures	474R019	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Lined up spongy lime stumps on the Hummerberg.	10.0000 1000 × 100	Type: Group of rocks Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area
Langenstein rock needle near Streitberg	more pictures	474R020	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock needle with inclined stratification of the mass limestone facies.	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Sponge limestone rock Markgrafenstein N von Streitberg	more pictures	474R021	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Dome-shaped reef structures in the marl-rich Malm Alpha sponge facies.	10,000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park
Heidenstein in Todsfeld near Thuisbrunn	more pictures	474R022	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Francendolomite rock face.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Guardian rock in Todsfeld NE of Thuisbrunn		474R023	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Francendolomite rock face.	2,500 50 × 50	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Kapuzinerfelsen in Todsfeld NE of Thuisbrunn		474R024	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Francendolomite rock face.	2,400 60 × 40	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Madonna rock in Todsfeld ENE by Thuisbrunn		474R025	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Francendolomite rock face.	400 20 × 20	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rocks on the castle hill in Thuisbrunn	more pictures	474R026	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	The transition from sponge facies to Franconian dolomite can be seen on the rock face.	30,000 200 × 150	Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Zimmerlesfelsen SE by Thuisbrunn		474R027	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock group made of dolomitized reef limestone near the Hohenschwärzer Graben.	100 10 × 10	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Gypsy stone on Leitsberg SE from Haidhof		474R028	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Sponge stumps on the Leitsberg near Haidhof .	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Augustusfelsen SE from Egloffstein		474R029	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Bizarre shaped sponge stumps made from sponge facies of the Lower Malm.	4,800 80 × 60	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
The Hohen Kirchfelsen W of Untertrubach	more pictures	474R030	Graefenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Bizarrely shaped sponge stump.	2,500 50 × 50	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Hohlstein am Hundsberg NW of Wolfsberg		474R031	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock complex in the forest on Hundsberg near Wolfsberg .	250 25 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Dohlenstein S from Wolfsberg	more pictures	474R032	Hiltpoltstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Bizarrely shaped sponge stump.	500 10 × 50	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Church rocks in Hiltpoltstein	more pictures	474R033	Hiltpoltstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Six distinctive sponges over the place.	280 20 × 14	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Druidenstein NW from Hiltpoltstein	more pictures	474R034	Hiltpoltstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Free-standing sponge stump.	575 25 × 23	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Twin rocks on Walberla-Berg SSE from Kirchehrenbach	more pictures	474R035	Kirchehrenbach position	Northern Albrand region	Rock tower at Walberla . Sponge reefs withstand weathering for a particularly long time and form rock walls and crests. The weathering can attack vertical crevices , so that free-standing rock towers arise.	30 15 × 2	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Stone woman on Walberla S of Kirchehrenbach	more pictures	474R036	Kirchehrenbach position	Northern Albrand region	Rock tower at Walberla .	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 41
Ehrenbürgfelsen on Walberla-Berg ENE von Wiesenthau	more pictures	474R037	Wiesenthau position	Northern Albrand region	Rock face made of Frankendolomite (sponge facies).	18,000 300 × 60	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Felsentor NW of Egloffstein		474R038	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Bizarrely weathered sponges with large rock gates.	100 10 × 10	Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Waterfall near Äpfelbach	more pictures	474R039	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Cascading waterfall with Quaternary tufa formation.	150 15 × 10	Type: waterfall, sintering type: dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Heidelbergfelsen ENE from Äpfelbach		474R040	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Last remaining rock in a group with beautiful sponge structures.	600 60 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Wichsensteinerfels near Wichsenstein	more pictures	474R041	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock massif made up of several sponges near Wichsenstein , belongs to the mass facies of the Malm Delta.	10,000 100 × 100	Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Tile stone NNE from Wohlmutshüll		474R042	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Striking, mushroom-shaped rock on a meadow near Wohlmuthshüll . The upper part consists of a compact, thick dolomite bank, the lower part of splintery, weathered dolomite .	15 5 × 3	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Summit of the Kreuzberg SE from Ebermannstadt		474R043	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Exposure of the sponge facies of the Malm Gamma to Delta.	600 40 × 15	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Bärenstein SW of Gößweinstein		474R044	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Massive sponge reefs made of Franconian dolomite.	1,200 40 × 30	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Rocks with Elisabethengrotto and Ölberggrotte in Gößweinstein	more pictures	474R045	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rocks made from dolomitized sponge lime. Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia is said to have found shelter in a natural grotto on her way to Pottenstein Castle during a thunderstorm.	36 6 × 6	Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, nature park
Rock with Capuchin bowling grotto in Gößweinstein	more pictures	474R046	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Dolomite rocks with a grotto, the entrance of which serves as a place of worship.	375 25 × 15	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Kreuzbergfelsen in Gößweinstein		474R047	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Heavily holed, weathered dolomite rocks.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Gernerfels in Gößweinstein	more pictures	474R048	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock walls and towers carved out of dolomitized sponge stumps.	400 20 × 20	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Wagnershöhe near Gößweinstein	more pictures	474R049	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Good view of the valleys at Behringersmühle .	4,800 120 × 40	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, natural monument, FFH area
Zinken and Napoleonsfels near Gößweinstein	more pictures	474R050	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Chain of bizarre, holey, weathered dolomite rocks.	12,000 200 × 60	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Blechstein SW of Obertrubach	more pictures	474R051	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Several meters thick, diagonally layered dolomite layers. Rocks are used for climbing.	4,500 90 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Felsentor SE from Gößweinstein	more pictures	474R052	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock gate in dolomite rocks with a diameter of approx. 5 m.	100 10 × 10	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Martinswand near Gößweinstein		474R053	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	One of the highest rock faces in Franconian Switzerland, somewhat hidden in the beech forest. Partly silicified sponge cross-sections can be seen on smooth walls . There are more rock towers just 200 m to the northeast.	30,000 300 × 100	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Mooslerfels near Etzdorf		474R054	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Striking sponge stump at the entrance to Etzdorf .	110 11 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Wasserberg W from Gößweinstein		474R055	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock mass of dolomitized sponge reefs, largely overgrown.	1,600 40 × 40	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock water grotto with cave SE von Burggorienreuth		474R056	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Striking rock on the hiking trail between Sachsenmühle and Burggorienreuth.	234 18 × 13	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Felstor NW of Burggaillreuth	more pictures	474R057	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Long, almost overgrown rock massif made of dolomitized sponge reef limestone.	6,000 200 × 30	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock with Heinrichsgrotte SE von Burggaillreuth		474R058	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Medieval Burgstall Old castle on the remains of a Celtic ring wall . Below is the Heinrichsgrotte.	200 20 × 10	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Adlerstein S from Engelhardsberg		474R059	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock near Engelhardsberg , which can be climbed via an iron ladder.	25 5 × 5	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Quackenburg with Quackenschloss SSW from Engelhardsberg	more pictures	474R060	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Cave ruins, remnants of a very old cave system. Smooth rock walls with remains of brachiopods .	800 40 × 20	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Dolomite rock group church grottos SW of Engelhardsberg	more pictures	474R061	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock massif with 5 grottos, which is used as a climbing rock.	2,100 70 × 30	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Pfaffenstein SE from Moritz		474R062	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Dolomite rocks of the Malm Epsilon, surrounded by a fallow deer enclosure.	12,000 120 × 100	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock tower Alter Freund S von Unterailsfeld		474R063	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Gray-whitish rock tower made of dolomitized sponge reef limestone.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Riesenburg NNE cave ruins from Engelhardsberg	more pictures	474R064	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Cave ruin with ceiling opening, which was created by the collapse of a river cave.	10,000 100 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, karst shaft & horizontal cave, sinkhole Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 61
Rock group Alte Küche N from Obertrubach	more pictures	474R066	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Reef complex from layers of the middle Kimmeridgian , heavily overgrown.	900 60 × 15	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
March stone at Herzogwind		474R067	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock wall made of massive dolomite with horizontal clefts.	400 40 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock group on the Lange Leiste near Affalterthal		474R068	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Large reef complex near Affalterthal .	500 50 × 10	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Rock step on the Long Bar NW of Affalterthal		474R069	Egloffstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Long, but only approx. 6 m high rock chain.	300 60 × 5	Type: rock group, layer type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Button stone S from Bärnfels	more pictures	474R070	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Bizarre rock with a halfway taper that resembles a trouser button.	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock with powder hole E from Draisendorf		474R071	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock wall near Draisendorf , below from level dolomite (created from stratified limestone). In the upper area dolomitized reef limestone.	1,200 40 × 30	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rauhenberger Lochs and begging kitchen NW of Rauhenberg		474R072	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock group made up of several dolomitized sponge stumps near Rauhenberg .	10,000 100 × 100	Type: rock group, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sponge limestone rock wall with caves NW of Streitberg	more pictures	474R073	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Exposure of the reef domes of the Lower Malm and the Streitberg facies (sponge-marl facies) below.	40,000 200 × 200	Type: rock wall / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Werkkalkfelswand with caves NE of Streitberg	more pictures	474R074	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	At the Schneiderloch a small cave stream emerges from the coarse-banked limestone of the Weissjura Alpha. Today the cave stream is mostly dry and can be walked 13 m into the mountain. A light gray rock wall made of reef limestone with the witness grotto stands above the cave.	1,600 40 × 40	Type: Rock wall / slope, Karst horizontal cave Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Ruined rocks Burg Neideck ESE von Streitberg	more pictures	474R075	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Neideck castle ruins on a reef stump.	10,000 100 × 100	Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Müllerfelsen ENE from Streitberg	more pictures	474R076	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Typical sponge paws at the layer boundary Malm Alpha / Beta. The reef widens towards the top.	1,400 70 × 20	Type: rock tower / needle, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rocks with cave Klingelloch NW of Burggocketreuth		474R080	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Dolomite rock with the entrance to the Klingelloch cave.	600 100 × 6	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rocks with Constantine Grotto NW of Behringersmühle		474R081	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Spacious grotto that is used for church festivals. In the back of the grotto is a walled up entrance. The rock is banked in the upper area.	256 16 × 16	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Dolomite rock Reisknock S from Draisendorf		474R082	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock face near Draisendorf made of coarse, holey dolomite.	10,000 100 × 100	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Wolfstein NE from Bärnfels		474R083	Obertrubach position	Northern Franconian Alb	Dolomitized reef rock with horizontal segregation areas.	320 40 × 8	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Sintered terraces at the Lillach ESE from Weißenohe	more pictures	474R084	White low position	Northern Franconian Alb	Strong karst spring from the limestone of the Lower Malm. Below the source, step-like sintered terraces were created over a length of 300 m, which have been protected as a large natural monument since 1976.	3,000 300 × 10	Type: Sintered terraces Type: Tufa, limestone	other information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Bach with sinter basin E from Ebermannstadt		474R085	Ebermannstadt position	Northern Franconian Alb	Large sinter basins on the slope below a spring.	750 50 × 15	Type: sintered terraces, layer source type: tufa	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Druidenhain SW of Wohlmannsgesees	more pictures	474R087	Wiesenttal position	Northern Franconian Alb	Flat rocky dome that has broken into individual rock pods along two systems of fissures. In places bowl-shaped cart formations can be seen.	10,000 200 × 50	Type: Boulder, carts / fields Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Rescuer pulpit SE from rescuers		474R088	Eggolsheim position	Northern Albrand region	Exposure of massive spongy lime of the Oxfordium (Malm alpha) between Savers and Oberweilersbach. Right next to it are two rocks exposed by erosion (natural monument). A hiking trail (part of the Westlicher Albrandweg long-distance hiking trail) leads to the site. Fossil sponges can occasionally be found in the rubble .	64 8 × 8	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Limestone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Block field in Jägersburger Graben SE of Bammersdorf		474R089	Forchheim position	Northern Albrand region	Block heap between Bammersdorf and Serlbach. In the upper part of the trench, there are sandstones from the Rhätolia, which were formerly also mined there in small quarries. Further down, sandstone blocks form an extensive block field. The stones contain limonite , and cross stratification can occasionally be seen .	80,000 800 × 100	Type: Block Sea Type: Sandstone	block	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Sinter terraces in the Eggerbach N of Tiefenstürmig		474R090	Eggolsheim position	Northern Albrand region	The source of the Eggerbach rises about 1 km north of Tiefenstürmig on the layer boundary between Oxfordium (Malm alpha) and Callovium (Dogger zeta). On the upper reaches of the Eggerbach numerous tuff cascades that are up to 1 m high have emerged over a length of approx. 900 m.	4,500 900 × 5	Type: Sinterterrassen Type: Travertine	other information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Passage cave Gaiskirche SW Moschendorf		474R091	Gößweinstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The through cave in the rock ridge is impressive due to its height of approx. 10 meters. The fissures in the dolomite stone have widened to elongated windows due to weathering. The cave was created by karstification (dissolution of rocks by carbonated water - rainwater). The Gaiskirche can be reached via a steep footpath. Surefootedness is also necessary in the cave.	1800 60 × 30	Type: rock wall / slope, karst shaft & Horiz.h. Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary