List of geotopes in the district of Göttingen

The list of geotopes in the district of Göttingen contains the geotopes in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony . Some of these geotopes are also protected as natural monuments (ND), landscape protection areas (LSG), nature reserves (NSG) or part of these.

Geotope no.	designation	place	comment	Coordinates	image
4127/05	Zechstein transgression on folded lower carbon	Bad Grund (Harz)	Geotope type: discordance. Length 20 m, width 20 m, height 15 m. Area 0.04 ha. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein to Lower Carboniferous, Kulm. Petrography: folded, steeply set Grauwacken and slate of the Kulm under Zechstein conglomerate, copper slate and Zechstein limestone (Zechstein 1, Werra series). Natural monument.	51 ° 48 '7.9 "  N , 10 ° 11' 17.2"  E
4127/10	Huebichenstein	north of Bad Grund (Harz) in the immediate vicinity of federal highway 242	Geotope types: cliff, rock needle. Stratigraphy: Upper Devonian. Petrography: rock cliff / needle consisting of massive limestones of the Adorf level, remains of corals and reef organisms, weathering processes. In the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 49 '12 "  N , 10 ° 14' 2.4"  E	more pictures
4127/11	Winterberg lime works	north of Bad Grund (Harz)	Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Devon (Givet-Adorf). Petrography: reef at West Harz Sill, probably on a volcanic base.	51 ° 49 '35.4 "  N , 10 ° 14' 6.7"  E
4127/14	Iberg stalactite cave	near Bad Grund (Harz)	Geotope type: In the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 49 '3 "  N , 10 ° 15' 10.1"  E	more pictures
4226/02	Wrinkle and angle discordance in layers of the Lower Muschelkalk	Osterode am Harz , west of Eisdorf	Geotope types: fold, discordance. Length 15 m, height 4 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic Lower Muschelkalk. Petrography: Foam limestone banks of the Lower Muschelkalk; steep fold; Angular discordance; yellowish-gray, platy to thinly layered (2–8 cm) limestones.	51 ° 45 ′ 42.8 "  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 21.2"  E
4226/03	Gypsum stone cliff in the Upper Buntsandstein	Osterode am Harz , west of Dorste	Geotope type: rock tower. Length 300 m, height 20 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Buntsandstein (red). Petrography: weathered layers of gypsum and red sandstones of the Upper Buntsandstein.	51 ° 41 '50.3 "  N , 10 ° 8' 27.6"  E
4127/14	Karst area "Bare Mountain"	Osterode am Harz , approx. 1.5 km from ESE Ührde	Geotope type: Stratigraphy: Triassic red sandstone.	51 ° 42 '25.2 "  N , 10 ° 12' 50.4"  E
4227/15	Former Fuchshalle quarry	in the urban area of Osterode am Harz east of the Fuchshaller Weg (towards the old hospital)	Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Upper Tournai to Lower Vise (Lower Carboniferous). Petrography: flat copper slate from Zechstein I, gray marl interlayers. Natural monument	51 ° 43 ′ 27.5 "  N , 10 ° 14 ′ 25.8"  E	more pictures
4228/02	Hammerstein cliffs with block heap, chamber quartzite	Non-parish area Harz , approx. 3.3 km south of Altenau.	Geotope types: dump, cliff. Stratigraphy: lower carbon. Petrography: ventricular quartzite. Natural monument ND-OHA 58 in the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 45 ′ 56.9 "  N , 10 ° 26 ′ 56.8"  E
4228/04	All cliff	Non-parish area Harz , approx. 1.6 km E Riefensbeck.	Geotope types: dump, cliff. Height 15 m. Stratigraphy: lower carbon. Petrography: ventricular quartzite. In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 34	51 ° 45 ′ 15.8 "  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 41.8"  E
4228/16	"Henriette" barite passage with copper ores, a former day tunnel and two shafts	Osterode am Harz , approx. 550 m Sieber	Geotope type: discordance. Length 85 m, height 30 m. Mouth hole approx. 0.85 m. Stratigraphy: lower carbon. Petrography: Sub-Carboniferous greywacke, heavy spade mouth hole, copper ore.	51 ° 42 '7.9 "  N , 10 ° 26' 38.8"  E
4327/01	Karst area Hainholz	Osterode am Harz , 0.75 km W and SW Düna	Geotope types: sinkhole, karst cave. Length 1500 m, width 700 m. Area 641.0 ha. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein to Quaternary. Petrography: Zechstein 3 (main anhydrite), 26 caves with 1400 m (total) passage, collapse dolines, karst cones, stream shrinkage. Nature reserve NSG-BR 033 "Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz".	51 ° 41 ′ 3.8 "  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 20.6"  E
4327/02	Beierstein karst area	south of Osterode am Harz , approx. 0.75 km SSE Beierfelde	Geotope types: sinkhole, caves, rocks. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: outcrops in the main dolomite (approx. 2). Nature reserve NSG-BR 033 "Gipskarstgebiet Hainholz-Beierstein".	51 ° 41 '37 "  N , 10 ° 15' 2.5"  E
4327/03	Sinkfalls "Finnenbruch" and "Floating Island"	Herzberg am Harz , SE Pöhlde, N and S of the railway line	Geotope type: sinkhole. Diameter approx. 25 m. Stratigraphy: Permian to Quaternary. Nature reserve NSG-BR 039 "Floating Island, Finnenbruch and Big Butter Hole".	51 ° 36 '7.9 "  N , 10 ° 19' 27.5"  E
4327/04	Sinkhole area	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 2.8 km NW Pöhlde, directly on the Gieboldehausen-Herzberg road (B 27)	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 200 m, width 200 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein to Quaternary. Petrography: Water-filled (2 pieces) diameter (lake) 20 or 15 m, further sinkholes very inaccessible.	51 ° 37 '48.4 "  N , 10 ° 16'23.5"  E
4327/05	Summary and expansion of the Beierstein and Hainholz NSG between Osterode and Hörden	Hörden , south of Osterode (Harz).	Geotope types: karst spring, rocks, shrinkage. Length 3000 m, width 2000 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 2 and 3 to Quaternary. Petrography: Outcrop in Zechstein 3 (plate dolomite, main dolomite). Nature reserve NSG-BR 033 "Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz-Beierstein".	51 ° 40 '51.2 "  N , 10 ° 15' 55.4"  E
4327/07	Sinkholes	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 3 km NW Pöhlde.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 200 m, width 200 m. Stratigraphy: Permian to Quaternary. Petrography: filled with water.	51 ° 37 '48.4 "  N , 10 ° 16'23.5"  E
4327/09	Middle terrace edge "Auf dem Klimp"	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 1.1 km N Pöhlde.	Length 1200 m, height 10 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale and Vistula glaciation.	51 ° 37 '45.1 "  N , 10 ° 19' 28.2"  E
4327/10	Sinkholes in the main anhydrite, called "Long Break"	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 2 km north of Pöhlde	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 200 m, width 90 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 3, Trias-Unterer Buntsandstein to Quaternary. Natural monument ND-OHA 80.	51 ° 38 ′ 11 "  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 12.4"  E
4328/03	"Herzynkalk" cliff	approx. 4 km east of Herzberg am Harz	Geotope type: limestone cliff. Stratigraphy: Silurian (?), Lower Devonian, Ems level. In the landscape protection area LSG GS 39.	51 ° 39 '52.9 "  N , 10 ° 25' 11.3"  E
4328/04	Western stones	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , approx. 700 m west of Bartolfelde.	Geotope type: Stromatolite reefs. Length 500 m, width 100 m, height 20 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: 3 stromatolites (blue-green algae) reefs, massive dolomitized reef limestone, an important document of the predominance of the tropical sea in the early Zechstein Age / Zechstein 2 (Starßfurt dolomite). Natural monument ND-OHA 29.	51 ° 35 '59.6 "  N , 10 ° 25' 53.8"  E
4328/05	Natural monument "stone church"	Herzberg am Harz , north of Scharzfeld.	Geotope type: Dolomite cliffs. Height 15 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: Zechstein 2 (Straßfurt-Dolomit), in the dolomitic rock complex a cave was created, artificial. Enlargement to a rock church. Natural monument ND-OHA 17 in the nature reserve NSG BR 78 "Steinberg".	51 ° 37 '59.9 "  N , 10 ° 22' 38.6"  E	more pictures
4328/06	" Wiedensee " sinkhole	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 1 km southwest. Scharzfeld.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Diameter 60 m. Stratigraphy: Permian to Quaternary. Petrography: water-filled sinkhole above leached gypsum stone in the subsoil (Zechstein 1, Werra anhydrite). Natural monument ND-OHA 18.	51 ° 37 '28.2 "  N , 10 ° 21' 11.5"  E	more pictures
4328/07	Sinkhole area "Pöhlder Weg"	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 1.5 km southwest. Scharzfeld.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 1500 m, width 500 m. Stratigraphy: Permian to Quaternary. Petrography: sinkhole area in the leaching area of ​​the Werra anhydrite (Zechstein 1).	51 ° 37 '4.1 "  N , 10 ° 20' 31.6"  E
4328/09	Unicorn cave	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 600 m north of Scharzfeld.	Geotope type: Karst cave in the Zechsteindolomit. Length 550 m. Stratigraphy: Permian to Quaternary. Petrography: Formation by dissolution in the coarsely banked dolomite of the Zechstein 2 (Straßfurt dolomite) pebbles mainly from Grauwacken and Rotliegendporphyres. Natural monument ND-OHA 64 in the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 38 ′ 6 "  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 15.1"  E	more pictures
4328/11	Dolomite rock "Butterberg"	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , approx. 900 m north of Bartolfelde.	Geotope type: cliff-like dolomite rocks. Area 33.6 ha. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 2. Petrography: Straßfurt dolomite, dolomite stones are yellowish-gray, e.g. Partly heavily weathered and very porous. Nature reserve NSG-BR 102 "Butterberg / Hopfenbusch".	51 ° 36 '46.4 "  N , 10 ° 27' 24.8"  E
4328/13	Former quarry near Kupferhütte	north of Bad Lauterberg in the Harz at the sports field.	Geotope type: cliff-like dolomite rocks. Length 50 m, height 3 m. Stratigraphy: Silurian. Petrography: slate with graptolites.	51 ° 38 '10.3 "  N , 10 ° 27' 23.4"  E
4328/15	Lonauer waterfall	northern exit of Herzberg am Harz .	Geotope type: waterfall. Stratigraphy: Quaternary. Petrography: the Sieber has deepened into the soft Zechstein layers (limestone) in the transition area of ​​the hard Grauwacken of the Harz Basement Mountains faster than the Lonau. Natural monument ND-OHA 36.	51 ° 39 '46.1 "  N , 10 ° 20' 54.2"  E
4328/16	Owl stone	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , approx. 2.7 km east of Bartolfelde.	Geotope type: dolomite rocks. Width 15 m, height 5 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1. Petrography: isolated weathered dolomite rock. It is a stromatolite reef rock that has deposited on the top of the Eichsfeld threshold. Natural monument ND-OHA 15 in the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 36 '5.4 "  N , 10 ° 29" 52.8 "  E
4328/17	Schulbergklippen	Herzberg am Harz , north of Scharzfeld.	Geotope type: dolomite rocks. Width 15 m, height 5 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 2. Petrography: several dolomite cliffs, find point of Mesolithic settlement. Natural monument ND-OHA 31 in the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 37 '57 "  N , 10 ° 22" 58.8 "  E
4328/18	Beber pond	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , approx. 1 km southwest. Barbis.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 20 m, width 20 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 3 to Quaternary. Petrography: A sinkhole filled with water in the main anhydrite (Zechstein 3), sinkhole with year-round water level. Natural monument ND-OHA 75.	51 ° 36 '23.4 "  N , 10 ° 24' 28.8"  E	more pictures
4328/19	Hahnemann's hole	approx. 800 m southeast of Herzberg am Harz .	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 30 m, width 15 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1 and 2 to Quaternary. Petrography: Zechstein 1 (Werra anhydrite), Zechstein 2, created by leaching the gypsum stones of the lying Werra anhydrite. Natural monument ND-OHA 81.	51 ° 38 '43.1 "  N , 10 ° 21' 36.7"  E
4328/25	Jues-See sinkhole	in Herzberg am Harz .	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 600 m, width 200 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein, Werra-anhydrite to Quaternary. Petrography: created by leaching the underlying Werra anhydrite, the largest sinkhole in Europe.	51 ° 39 '14.8 "  N , 10 ° 20' 40.9"  E	more pictures
4328/27	"Zandersberg" sinkhole area	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 2.2 km SW Scharzfeld.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 600 m, width 2.3 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 3, Trias-Unterer Buntsandstein to Quaternary.	51 ° 36 '7.6 "  N , 10 ° 19" 54.5 "  E
4328/29	Kaiser cliffs	Non- parish area Harz near Scharzfeld.	Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: oncolithic shallow water facies of the Zechstein limestone. In the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 37 '59.9 "  N , 10 ° 24' 5.4"  E
4328/32	Abandoned quarry	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , Bartolfelde.	Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Upper Devonian to Perm - Zechstein. Petrography: A surf reef made of thick-banded greywacke, preserved by a Zechstein bryozoal reef, is open.	51 ° 36 '7.2 "  N , 10 ° 27" 32.4 "  E
4329/01	Silurian deposits on a road embankment	Harz region free of municipalities . Zorge-Braunlage road, approx. 2.5 km NNW Zorge.	Geotope types: rocks, fossils. Length 100 m, height 3 m. Multiple pits. Stratigraphy: Silurian, Upper Valentium. Petrography: Graptolite slate, flat, dark clay slate, often bleached on the surface, with occasional lime casings, strike 55 °, fall 35 ° SE. In the LSG OHA 7 landscape protection area.	51 ° 39 '19.4 "  N , 10 ° 37' 4.8"  E
4423/01	Fossil-bearing Upper Oligocene sand, former sand pit	Dransfeld , approx. 2.8 km SE Glashütte, Sandberg.	Geotope types: fossils, basalt. Length 25 m, height 6 m. Stratigraphy: Tertiary Oligocene. Petrography: quartzites and white quartz sand veins, fossil-bearing Kassel sea sand. In the landscape protection area LSG-Gö 10.	51 ° 30 '51.5 "  N , 9 ° 39" 9.4 "  E
4423/02	Weser old water "Red Pump"	Hann. Münden , 250 m south of Bursfelde.	Geotope type: oxbow lake. Stratigraphy: Quaternary. Natural monument ND-Gö 152.	51 ° 32 '17.5 "  N , 9 ° 37' 28.9"  E
4424/02	Basalt knoll " Backenberg ", former quarry	approx. 300 m SW Güntersen	Geotope type: rocks, basalt. Height 25 m. Stratigraphy: Tertiary. Petrography: basalts over tuff, submiocene sands and gravels, sole over Kassel sea sand over Röt, sole water. In the LSG "Sollingvorland" conservation area.	51 ° 31 '58.8 "  N , 9 ° 43' 26.4"  E
4424/03	Shell limestone layers with fossils in vertical storage, former limestone quarry	approx. 2.5 km WNW Barterode , on the lower slope of the Riesenberg	Geotope type: storage conditions, fossils. Length 20 m, height 6 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk. Petrography: vertical storage of the Lower Muschelkalk layers in an east-west trending special ditch with fossils, Schill Agen, creeks etc. . In the LSG "Sollingvorland" conservation area.	51 ° 33 ′ 21.6 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 27.6"  E
4424/04	Basalt dike in the shell limestone	approx. 1.7 km ESE Güntersen , Hünenburg	Geotope type: storage conditions, basalt. Width 1.5 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic to Tertiary. Petrography: layer concordant in the mu (terebratel zone), apophysis of the Ossenberg basalt (world-famous exposure). In the nature reserve NSG-BR 92 " Ossenberg - Fehrenbusch ".	51 ° 32 ′ 6 "  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 46.8"  E
4425/01	Shell limestone closure, former quarry in the Billingshausen battle	Göttingen , 500 m N of the Nikolausberger Warte on the way to Oberbillingshausen.	Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk. Petrography: important testimony to the deposition conditions and the deposition environment of a bench of the lower shell limestone. Natural monument ND-Gö-S 61.	51 ° 35 '3.1 "  N , 9 ° 59' 52.8"  E
4425/02	Sinkhole on the Sommerberg (above the Rischenhacke)	Göttingen , 300 m N the pony farm at the entrance to the Börltal.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk to Quaternary. Natural monument ND-Gö-S 60.	51 ° 32 '31.9 "  N , 9 ° 51' 14.4"  E
4425/03	Sinkhole	Göttingen , 300 m east of the former BW shooting range in the Geismar Forest.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk to Quaternary. Petrography: steep-walled, funnel-shaped, dry, due to gypsum leaching in the subsoil (Middle Muschelkalk). Natural monument ND-Gö-S 59.	51 ° 31 '2.6 "  N , 9 ° 59' 26.9"  E
4425/06	Ceratiten layers with pril grooves and ripples	Rosdorf , approx. 0.5 km NW Olenhusen.	Geotope types: ripple marks, fossils. Almost vertical exposure, horizontal stratification. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk. In the landscape protection area LSG-Gö 9.	51 ° 30 '34.2 "  N , 9 ° 51' 1.8"  E
4425/07	Sinkhole	Göttingen , approx. 0.5 km WSW Herberhausen.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Diameter 16 m. Filled with water, water level 1 to 2 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk. In the landscape protection area LSG-Gö 9.	51 ° 32 '12.8 "  N , 9 ° 58' 38.3"  E	more pictures
4425/08	Trochitic limestone layers in a former quarry	Göttingen , approx. 0.2 km south of the Hainholzhof.	Geotope type: rocks. Length 15 m. Height 5 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk. In the landscape protection area LSG-Gö 9.	51 ° 31 '21 "  N , 9 ° 58' 39.4"  E
4426/06	"Lutteranger" subrosion basin	Waake , 1.2 km south of Wollbrandshausen.	Geotope type: subrosion sink. Hardly mineralized quarry forest peat at least 2 m deep in the former lake area. Stratigraphy: Permian to Quaternary. In the landscape protection area LSG-GÖ 14 "Untereichsfeld".	51 ° 34 ′ 31.8 "  N , 10 ° 9 ′ 38.2"  E
4426/13	Limestone cliffs	1.5 km south of Waake .	Geotope type: limestone cliffs. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: Muschelkalk sliding on Röt, landslides, crevices. In the landscape protection area LSG-GÖ 3.	51 ° 32 '1.3 "  N , 10 ° 3' 6.1"  E
4427/01	Sinkhole area "Großes Butterloch"	Herzberg am Harz , NE of Rhumspringe approx. 800 m east of the Rhum spring.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Area 17.0 ha. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 3 to Quaternary. Petrography: the sinkhole area was created as a result of leaching processes of the gypsum rock of Zechstein 3 (Werra anhydrite) in the subsoil. In the nature reserve NSG-BR 039 "Finnenbruch, Großes Butterloch und Schwim".	51 ° 35 ′ 22.6 "  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 26"  E
4427/02	Rhume spring	Herzberg am Harz , NE of Rhumspringe.	Geotope type: source. Stratigraphy: Permian - Zechstein 2, Triassic - Lower Buntsandstein to Quaternary. Petrography: one of the largest springs in Europe, karst spring. Natural monument ND-Gö 183 in the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 6 "Rhumequelle".	51 ° 35 '23.1 "  N , 10 ° 18' 36.7"  E	more pictures
4428/02	Sinkhole area	Herzberg am Harz , approx. 2.8 km east of Rhumspringe.	Geotope type: sinkhole. Numerous sinkholes, mostly dry, some are muddy, a few sinkholes are unusual in size. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein, Trias-Unterer Buntsandstein to Quaternary.	51 ° 35 '24 "  N , 10 ° 21' 7.9"  E
4428/03	Sinkhole area and springs, stream shrinkage; 2 karst springs	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , approx. 2.2 km west of Bartolfelde.	Geotope types: sinkhole, spring, stream shrinkage. Length 700 m. Width 300 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 3 (main anhydrite) to Quaternary. Petrography: sinkholes caused by the gypsum and dolomite stones lying underground.	51 ° 35 '42 "  N , 10 ° 24' 50.4"  E
4429/01	Römerstein dolomite cliffs	approx. 2.5 km southwest of Bad Sachsa .	Geotope type: Dolomite cliffs. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: reef of the former Zechstein Sea (Straßfurt series), mainly made up of stromaries (probably calcareous algae) and bryozoa (Fenestella). Natural monument ND OHA 33.	51 ° 34 ′ 31.8 "  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 28.6"  E
4429/05	Sachsenstein cliffs	Bad Sachsa , approx. 200 m north of Neuhof.	Geotope type: gypsum cliffs. Length 800 m. Height 20 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: Werra anhydrite modulated out by the Uffe. Natural monument ND OHA 41 in the nature reserve NSG-BR 003 "Priorteich / Sachsenstein".	51 ° 35 '0.6 "  N , 10 ° 34' 54.5"  E
4429/06	Priest stone cave	Bad Sachsa , approx. 300 m west of Neuhof.	Geotope type: Laughöhle. Length 75 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1, Werra anhydrite to Quaternary. Petrography: Inventory of forms of the still water environment in the Werra anhydrite, in the cave in places medium terrace gravel (Herzyn gravel). Natural monument ND OHA 47.	51 ° 34 ′ 33.6 "  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 22.8"  E
4429/08	Steinatal, karst area and karst spring "Fritzmühlenspring" and sinkhole area in the gypsum	Bad Sachsa , south of Steina, near Nüxei.	Geotope types: spring, creek drift, sinkhole. Diverse gypsum karst area, several shrinkage points with Holocene sediment rearrangements, sinkholes, steep walls. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein, Trias-Unterer Buntsandstein to Quaternary. In the nature reserve NSG-BR 046 "Weißensee und Steinatal".	51 ° 33 '52.6 "  N , 10 ° 31' 1.2"  E
4429/09	Nut pond, Weissensee	Bad Sachsa , approx. 1.5 km northwest. Tettenborn.	Geotope types: Polje, karst spring, sinkhole, gypsum cliffs. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: Outlines the sequence of layers of the Zechstein. In the nature reserve NSG-BR 046 "Weißensee und Steinatal".	51 ° 34 '7.7 "  N , 10 ° 31" 47.6 "  E
4429/11	Gypsum karst area "Kleiner Trogstein"	Bad Sachsa .	Geotope types: stream shrinkage, karst hollow form, spring. Length 200 m. Width 100 m. "Little Trogstein" with cave and stream swirl as part of the karst river system "Trogstein-Fitzmühle". Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein to Quaternary. Petrography: karst hollow form in gypsum (Zechstein 1, Werra anhydrite). Natural monument ND OHA 82.	51 ° 34 '30.4 "  N , 10 ° 32' 30.1"  E
4429/12	Gypsum karst area, Pfaffenholzschwinde	Bad Sachsa , approx. 800 m northeast. Tettenborn.	Geotope types: stream shrinkage, spring, sinkhole system. Length 200 m. Width 200 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1 to Quaternary. Petrography: Gypsum (Zechstein 1, Werra anhydrite), there is a permanent lake at the bottom of the sinkhole, which rises up to 3 m when the snow melts. Natural monument ND OHA 78.	51 ° 34 '24.2 "  N , 10 ° 33' 28.1"  E
4429/13	Dwarf holes	Harz , approx. 500 m east of Bad Sachsa, north and south of the railway line Herzberg, Walkenried.	Geotope type: swelling caves "dwarf holes". Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein, Perm-Unteres Rotliegende to Quaternary. Petrography: the conversion of anhydrite in gypsum leads to an increase in volume of approx. 64%, the formation of swelling cavities. In the nature reserve NSG-BR 003 "Priorteich / Sachsenstein".	51 ° 35 '21.1 "  N , 10 ° 35' 13.9"  E
4429/14	Stream shrinkage and springs in the Wiedatal	approx. 550 m or 1.1 km southeast of Walkenried .	Geotope types: spring, creek dwindle. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein to Quaternary. Petrography: water seeps into the fissured rock, approx. 500 m to the southeast there is an extensive headwaters / gypsum, anhydrite and dolomite stones of the Zechstein. In the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 34 '39 "  N , 10 ° 37' 37.9"  E
4429/15	Röseberg, Untere Gipsklippen, gypsum karst area	southeast of Walkenried .	Geotope type: Partial plaster walls. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1 and 2 to Quaternary. Petrography: Steep walls in gypsum, which are continuously steepened by a valley stream, at the foot of the wall (receiving water), karst water emerges over a large area, various karst reliefs. Natural monument ND OHA 79 in the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 34 ′ 40.8 "  N , 10 ° 37 ′ 13.1"  E
4429/17	"Itelteich" nature reserve	approx. 1 km southeast of Walkenried .	Geotope type: diverse and distinctive karst features. Length 1800 m. Width 1000 m. Area 120.0 ha. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1 and 2 to Quaternary. Petrography: gypsum cliffs, gypsum stone of the Werra anhydrite (Zechstein 1) emerges in steep, steep slopes. Sinkholes, erosion sinks, chutes, caves with cave streams. Nature reserve NSG-BR 002 "Itelteich".	51 ° 34 '50.9 "  N , 10 ° 38' 39.1"  E	more pictures
4429/19	Upper and lower crane pond, erosion depression, silting sinkhole, priest stone cave	SSE Bad Sachsa .	Geotope types: erosion sink, sinkhole subsidence. Length 1000 m. Width 350 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1, Werra anhydrite to Quaternary. Petrography: swamp and pond formations over subsidence fields of the leached gypsum, liquor cave with inventory of forms of the still water environment in the Werra anhydrite.	51 ° 34 ′ 33.6 "  N , 10 ° 34 ′ 22.8"  E
4429/24	"Priorteich" nature reserve	between Bad Sachsa and Walkenried .	Geotope type: diverse and distinctive karst features. Length 1900 m. Width 1900 m. Area 315.0 ha. Stratigraphy: Permian - Rotliegende, Permian - Zechstein to Quaternary. Petrography: 20 m thick gypsum cliffs (gypsum stone of the Werra anhydrite) sinkholes, erosion depressions, cart formation, chasms and karst cones, dwarf holes. In the nature reserve NSG-BR 003 "Priorteich / Sachsenstein".	51 ° 35 ′ 13.9 "  N , 10 ° 35 ′ 33"  E	more pictures
4429/25	Quarries	Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains , north-west. from Nüxei.	Geotope type: rocks. Height 170 m. Stratigraphy: Strasbourg. Petrography: fine-grained, even-layered dolomites that were deposited below the wave base, rippled grainstones with large oncoids.	51 ° 34 '44.4 "  N , 10 ° 30' 14.4"  E
4429/28	Gypsum quarry "Röseberg" / Kutzhütte	west of Walkenried .	Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: Werra anhydrite, pletholitic sulphate sediments, changing state of the threshold slope. In the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz".	51 ° 34 '48.4 "  N , 10 ° 36' 14.4"  E
4429/30	Heidergott gravel pit	SSE Bad Sachsa .	Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale and Vistula glaciation. Petrography: Upper terrace gravel: higher proportion of clay and silt, strong weathering of the Grauwackengerölle.	51 ° 34 '49.8 "  N , 10 ° 34' 1.2"  E
4524/07	Quarry Hoher Hagen	Dransfeld , 2.8 km WNW Jühnde.	Geotope types: basalt and tuff layers. Height 30 m. Stratigraphy: Tertiary. Petrography: basalt and tuff layers next to contact metamorphoses. In the landscape protection area LSG-GÖ 10 "Münden Nature Park".	51 ° 28  '26.4 " N , 9 ° 45' 50.4"  E	more pictures
4525/01	Sandstone cliffs	Same , in the village of Reinhausen.	Geotope type: sandstone cliffs. Stratigraphy: Triassic red sandstone. Petrography: Building sandstone Solling series of the Middle Buntsandstein. In the landscape protection area LSG-Gö 9.	51 ° 27 '57.6 "  N , 9 ° 58' 44.4"  E
4526/01	Abandoned sandstone quarry	Same , 500 m SW Appenrode.	Length 80 m. Height 20 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic red sandstone. Petrography: fine-grained, thick-banked, partly sloping sandstone, up to 2 m thick claystone lenses with plant remains and well-preserved limulides. In the landscape protection area LSG-Gö 3.	51 ° 27 '23.8 "  N , 10 ° 1' 53.8"  E

See also

• List of nature reserves in the district of Göttingen
• List of landscape protection areas in the district of Göttingen
• List of natural monuments in the district of Göttingen
• List of protected landscape elements in the district of Göttingen

Web links

Commons : Geotopes in the district of Göttingen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Geotopes on the NIBIS map server

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iberger Cave , (pdf; 280 kB)
2. ↑ Dolomitwerk Ührde , (pdf; 516 kB)
3. ↑ Fuchshalle , (pdf; 555 kB)
4. ↑ Hammerstein Cliffs , (pdf; 383 kB)
5. ↑ Westersteine , (pdf; 261 kB)
6. ↑ Steinkirche Scharzfeld , (pdf; 260 kB)
7. ↑ Unicorn Cave , (pdf; 191 kB)
8. ↑ Jues-See , (pdf; 159 kB)
9. ↑ Bartolfelde municipal quarry , (pdf; 642 kB)
10. ↑ Rhumequelle , (pdf; 276 kB)
11. ↑ Römerstein , (pdf; 307 kB)
12. ↑ Zwergenlöcher , (pdf; 407 kB)
13. ↑ Kranichstein , (pdf; 397 kB)
14. ↑ Nüxeier dolomite quarry , (pdf; 280 kB)

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