List of geotopes in the district of Günzburg

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This list contains the geotopes of the Swabian district of Günzburg 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 Mengele E sand pit in Reisensburg 774A006 Gunzburg
position 		Iller-Lech region On the eastern outskirts of Reisensburg there is the largely backfilled or collapsed sand pit of the Mengele company, overgrown with old grass and willow succession. Numerous fossils were found in the pit, including a. the skeleton of a mastodon. 500
25 × 20 		Type: Rock, Animal Fossils
Type: Sand 		Gravel pit / sand pit significant no protected area
Former Sand pit N of Kirrberg 774A008 Balzhausen
position 		Iller-Lech region The outcrop is known through numerous fossil finds (elephant-like) and a bank-like enrichment of Margaretifera flabelata. The pit is largely overgrown. There is only a few remaining sand. 10000
100 × 100 		Type: Animal Fossils
Type: Sand 		Gravel pit / sand pit precious Natural park
Outcrops N of Reisensburg 774A010 Gunzburg
position 		Iller-Lech region The outcrops were exposed by landslides on the impact slope. Clear discordance points to the possible location of the boundary between the limnic Lower Series and the fluvial Lower Series of the Upper Freshwater Molasse. 450
150 × 3 		Type: Discordance, sequence of layers, landslide
Type: sand, gravel, limestone 		Slope crack / rock wall precious Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)