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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
See also
- List of nature reserves in the Forchheim district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Forchheim district
- List of protected landscape components in the Forchheim district
- List of natural monuments in the Forchheim district
- List of FFH areas in the Forchheim district
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)
Web links
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