List of geotopes in the Goslar district
The list of geotopes in the Goslar district names the geotopes in the Goslar district 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 |
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3927/02 | Karst spring Kirschensoog | on the street Alt- Wallmoden -Sehlde | Geotope type: karst spring. Length 40 m, width 20 m. The spring sometimes pours up to 3,000 l per second. Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Turon Skirmishers. Natural monument ND GS 157. |
52 ° 1 ′ 15.2 " N , 10 ° 16 ′ 32.5" E |
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3927/04 | Bodenstein cliffs Hilssandstein | approx. 3 km east of Mahlum (Lutter, northwestern Bodenstein 1 km), Baddeckestedt | Geotope type: cliffs. Area 75 ha. Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous. Natural monument ND GS 64 |
52 ° 0 ′ 18 " N , 10 ° 12 ′ 50.4" E |
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3928/01 | Profile from the Oberalb to Oberturon | between Othfresen and Liebenburg | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 400 m, width 50 m, height 20 m. Stratigraphy: lower and upper chalk. In the landscape protection area LSG GS 40. |
52 ° 0 ′ 36.7 " N , 10 ° 24 ′ 8.3" E | |
3928/02 | Limestone facies, former opencast iron ore mine "Ida" | at Othfresen , Liebenburg | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 200 m, width 20 m, height 8 m. Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous, Neocom to Lower Cretaceous, Unter-Hauterive u. Upper Valendis. In the landscape protection area LSG GS 40. |
52 ° 1 '21.4 " N , 10 ° 23' 40.2" E | |
3928/06 | Grevelquelle | Liebenburg , southeast. Othfresen, hall 7, parcel 315/118. On the way from Heissum to Mehlenberg, where the path branches off to Heimerode, exactly west of point 180.0. | Geotope type: Periodic source. Area 1 m². Stratigraphy: Quaternary. Natural monument ND GS 111. |
52 ° 0 '3.6 " N , 10 ° 24' 30.2" E | |
4027/01 | Kersantitgang on an embankment | west of the Innerstetalsperre, non- parish Harz region . | Geotope type: Periodic source. Area 1 m². Stratigraphy: late upper carbon. Petrography: The Kersantite vein cuts through the sedimentary rock sequence over a length of approx. 8 km. In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 34. |
51 ° 54 '36 " N , 10 ° 16" 14.5 " E | |
4027/02 | Dolomite breccia over Zechstein limestone | Seesen , on Solhopberg. | Geotope type: rocks. Length 300 m, width 100 m, height 10 m. Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein 1. Petrography: gray, finely crystalline, e.g. Partly indicated oolithic, somewhat dolomite, bituminous and medium to thick banked Zechstein limestone of the "Hessian facies". |
51 ° 54 '29.5 " N , 10 ° 12' 2.9" E | |
4027/03 | Conglomerates of the Ober-Rotliegend | Seesen , on Solhopberg. | Geotope type: rocks. Height 1 m. Area 100 m², a few meters long and high. Stratigraphy: Perm - Upper Rotliegend. Petrography: grain sizes up to 2 cm, conglomerate of resinous rocks, binding agent clayey in the lower part of the outcrop, sandy in the upper part. |
51 ° 54 '28.1 " N , 10 ° 12' 17.6" E | |
4027/04 | Hilssandstein, former quarries | Lutter on the Barenberge , on the Flöteberg. | Geotope type: rocks. Length 150 m, width 100 m, height 15 m. Area 4 ha. Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous, Alb. Petrography: Hilssandstein 30–40 m thick, fine to medium-grained, crumbly sanding to somewhat firm and hard; fresh: light greenish gray; dense to massive. In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 34. |
51 ° 59 '19.7 " N , 10 ° 17" 39.8 " E | |
4027/08 | Remnants of a terminal moraine from the Ice Age | Harz region free of municipalities | Geotope type: terminal moraine. Height 3 m. Area 1000 m², roughly across the innermost stump of a terminal moraine from the Ice Age. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene. Petrography: In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 36. |
51 ° 54 ′ 54 " N , 10 ° 18 ′ 18.4" E | |
4028/01 | Former Sudmerberg Conglomerate Quarry | Goslar . | Geotope type: rocks. Length 40 m, width 30 m, height 10 m. Area 4000 m². Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Santon. Petrography: medium to thick banked, sandy-glauconitic limestones to organogenic rubble limestones, e.g. T. conglomerate character. In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 6. |
51 ° 54'55.1 " N , 10 ° 27'52.2" E | |
4028/02 | Hilssandstein transgressing to Malm | in the council sand pit near Goslar . | Geotope type: erosion discordance. Length 260 m, width 40 m, height 10 m. Area 500 m². Under the transgression surface there is corallenoolite and the like. Kimmeridge has an approximately 20–60 cm lateritic bottom formation. Stratigraphy: Jura, Malm to Lower Cretaceous, Alb. Petrography: Under the transgression surface there is coral oolite a. Kimmeridge has an approximately 20–60 cm lateritic bottom formation. Natural monument ND-GS 30. |
51 ° 54 '34.9 " N , 10 ° 26' 59.3" E | |
4028/03 | Klusfelsen on Petersberg in Goslar | Goslar , Am Petersberg, north-northwest of the ruin. | Geotope type: corridor formation. Length 15 m, width 8 m, height 12 m. It is an erosion remnant of Hilssandstein in the area of the erection zone before the resin edge displacement. Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous, Alb. Petrography: Hilssandstein 8–20 m thick, light yellowish-light brownish, medium-grained; very steep to overturned. Natural monument ND-GS 169, in the landscape protection area LSG-GS 1. |
51 ° 54 '44.3 " N , 10 ° 26' 40.6" E |
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4028/04 | Neocom transgression with "Kalkherz" | Goslar , in Steinkamp near Oker. | Geotope type: discordance. Length 10 m, width 5 m, height 3 m. 8000 m² area. Stratigraphy: Jura, Kimmeridge / Neokom. Petrography: Limestone with brown iron stone pebbles on Kimmeridge limestone "Kalkerz" with mussel and brachiopod pebbles. |
51 ° 54 '18.4 " N , 10 ° 28' 18.1" E | |
4028/05 | Lower Cretaceous transgressing to Lias zeta, former iron ore mine | Liebenburg , Glockenberg. | Geotope type: erosion discordance. Length 200 m, width 100 m, height 50 m. Area 1 ha. Stratigraphy: Triassic, entire Neocom profile to Jura, Neocom. Petrography: Iron ore / rubble iron ore of the Neokom formed in the marine sedimentation lies trasgressive on lias and remains of Dogger alpha. In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 40 "Salzgitterscher Höhenzug". |
51 ° 58 ′ 44 " N , 10 ° 25 ′ 58.1" E | |
4028/06 | Neokom-Transgression on Muschelkalk, former open cast iron ore mine Fortuna-Süd | Liebenburg / Groß Döhren. | Geotope type: discordance. Length 30 m, height 6 m. Area 100 m². Wavy limestone, which is tipped over and is discordantly overlaid by steep rock debris from the Lower Cretaceous, is open. | 51 ° 59 '44.2 " N , 10 ° 25' 32.5" E | |
4028/12 | Boulder near the Thie-Linde | Liebenburg , in Dörnten , in front of Ringstrasse 13. | Geotope type: boulder. Length 1.2 m, width 0.9 m, height 0.5 m. Quartzitic, medium-grain, light gray sandstone with white quartz pebbles up to 2 cm in diameter, presumably Lower Cambrian conglomerate Hardeberga sandstone from southern Sweden. 5 m north of a petrographically identical fragment of 1 × 0.5 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary (rock age: Cambrian). Petrography: sandstone. |
51 ° 58 ′ 31.4 " N , 10 ° 23 ′ 56" E | |
4029/02 | Neocom transgression with 'Kalkherz' on Ober-Kimmeridge-Limestone | Bad Harzburg , on the Langenberg near Oker. | Geotope type: discordance. Length 15 m, width 10 m, height 6 m. The thick banked and bulbous to conglomerate white-gray limestones of the middle Kimmeridge are open. These limestones represent a special facies of the Neocom. Stratigraphy: Jura, Upper Kimmeridge to Lower Cretaceous, Hauterive. Petrography: "Kalkherz" = special facies of the Hauterive (Neokom). Natural monument ND-GS 170. |
51 ° 54 '14.4 " N , 10 ° 29' 56.4" E | |
4029/04 | Boulder Radaumühle | Bad Harzburg | Geotope type: boulder. Length 3.2 m, width 2.2 m, height 1.3 m. Boulder of medium coarse reddish granite gneiss with mostly clearly pronounced banding, lies on the northern edge of an exploited gravel pit, separated from the Harlingerode-Bettingerode road by a ditch. Shape: rounded edges. Weight approx. 11 t. Stratigraphy: Quaternary (rock age: Precambrian). Petrography: granite gneiss. |
51 ° 54 '57.6 " N , 10 ° 32' 55.7" E | |
4127/03 | Sequence of layers from the Lower Middle Devon to the Upper Upper Devonian | Langelsheim | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 400 m, height 6 m. Stratigraphy: Devonian (Lower Middle Devonian to Upper Upper Devonian). Petrography: synsedimentary sliding masses, large saddle visible up to the saddle core, Kellwasserkalk. |
51 ° 52 '45.1 " N , 10 ° 17' 1.3" E | |
4127/04 | Limestone cliff made of two synsedimentary clods that have slid over each other | Harz region free of municipalities | Geotope types: rock tower, subagnatic landslide. Length 30 m, height 3 m. 40 m² area. Stratigraphy: Devonian, Adorf stage. |
51 ° 52 '39.7 " N , 10 ° 15' 23" E | |
4127/06 | Sediment structures in the former Jung quarry | Langelsheim | Geotope type: sedimentary structures. Length 50 m, height 20 m. Area 1 ha. Stratigraphy: Carbon (Lower Carbon III beta). Petrography: sedimentary structures in Kulmgrauwacke, mucronatus zone, truncated large folds. |
51 ° 48'54.7 " N , 10 ° 16'57" E | |
4128/02 | Outcrop of the Schulenberg corridor train and mine dumps | Harz region free of municipalities | Geotope types: minerals, dike (pinging, heaps). Length 200 m, width 150 m. Stratigraphy: carbon. Petrography: ducts predominantly filled with quartz (partly rock crystal), along with carbonates and duct breccia, traces of non-ferrous metal ores. |
51 ° 49 '50.5 " N , 10 ° 24' 14.8" E | |
4128/04 | Council slate mine | Goslar | Geotope type: rocks. Area 7 ha, several pits. Roofing slate extraction from the 13th century, mining now closed. Stratigraphy: Middle Devon, Wissenbacher Schiefer. In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 23. |
51 ° 53 '14.6 " N , 10 ° 23' 14.6" E | |
4128/05 | Steep wall | Harz region free of municipalities . On the B 498 at km 11.5 at the Birkenköpf. | Geotope type: rocks. Width 20 m, height 10 m. Stratigraphy: Devonian. Petrography: Calceola layers with coral sticks (fossil sea floor). Natural monument ND GS 179. |
51 ° 51 '29.2 " N , 10 ° 27' 40.7" E | |
4128/08 | Ahrensberg cliffs | Harz , north of the main barrier wall of the Oker reservoir. | Geotope type: rock tower. approx. 1,000 m². Stratigraphy: carbon. Natural monument ND GS 62. |
51 ° 51 '16.2 " N , 10 ° 27' 55.1" E | |
4128/09 | Embankment and Schurf Kellwassertal | Harz region free of municipalities . | Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: Upper Devonian. Petrography: Clausthal Kulmfaltenzone, fossils, basement limestone. |
51 ° 49 '11.3 " N , 10 ° 26' 54.6" E | |
4128/14 | Eagle Cliffs, Goat Back Cliffs, Student Cliffs, Stair Stone | Goslar , Staatsforst Bad Harzburg, Section 429, north-northwest of the Käste cliffs. | Geotope type: rock tower. Area 4 ha. Stratigraphy: carbon. Petrography: wool sack weathering. Natural monument ND GS 155 "Staircase Stone". |
51 ° 52 ′ 37.2 " N , 10 ° 28 ′ 16.3" E |
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4128/15 | Waterfall rocks | Non- parish area Harz , Romkerhalle / Okertal. | Geotope type: rocks. Width 100 m, height 60 m. Stratigraphy: upper Middle Devon to Upper Devon. Petrography: thin calcareous facies with a gray-green-black banded slate and individual limestone banks. In the landscape protection area LSG-GS 35 "Harz Nature Park in the Wolfenbüttel district". |
51 ° 51 ′ 33.8 " N , 10 ° 28 ′ 17" E |
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4128/18 | Former Quarry, communion quarry | Goslar , on the Rammelsberg. | Geotope type: fossils. Length 150 m, height 30 m. Stratigraphy: Lower Devonian. Petrography: species-rich fauna in sandstones and claystones of the Lower Devonian (Upper Ems, Nessigig and Schalke layers). In the nature reserve NSG-BR 58 "Blockschuthalden am Rammelsberg". |
51 ° 53 '20.8 " N , 10 ° 25' 31.1" E | |
4129/01 | Gabbro and Hornfels on a road embankment | Bad Harzburg . | Geotope type: rocks. Length 100 m. Stratigraphy: carbon. Petrography: Harzburg gabbro with assimilation stages of secondary rock, aplit and quartz veins Hornfels. |
51 ° 51 '23.8 " N , 10 ° 32' 54.2" E | |
4129/03 | Scharenberg Cave | Bad Harzburg , Schlewecke, Pfarrer-Hackethal-Str. | Geotope type: cave. Length 10 m, width 5 m, height 5 m. Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Senon. Petrography: gray-brown phoshorite and brown iron stone rich sandstones and marl of the Lower Senon, almost saiger storage. Natural monument ND GS 78. |
51 ° 53 '45.6 " N , 10 ° 32' 7.4" E | |
4129/04 | High moor in the "Oberharz" nature reserve | Goslar , near Torfhaus. | Geotope type: raised bog. Diameter approx. 500 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene. In the nature reserve NSG BR 006 "Oberharz". |
51 ° 48 '9.4 " N , 10 ° 33' 12.6" E | |
4129/05 | Quartz passage | Non- parish area Harz , on Elfenstein. | Geotope type: corridor. Length 30 m, width 10 m, height 10 m. Stratigraphy: presumably upper carbon to possibly post-variskish. Petrography: In the contact area the Kulmton slates were transformed into horn rocks by contact metamorphism. |
51 ° 52 '42.2 " N , 10 ° 31' 52.7" E | |
4129/08 | Moors / Marienbruch / peat bog | Harz region free of municipalities . | Geotope type: bog. Stratigraphy: Quaternary. Petrography: Saligenes, Hangbach, eccentric raised, summit, ridge, saddle, complex moors. |
51 ° 49 '50.2 " N , 10 ° 31' 41.9" E | |
4227/13 | Former Grauwacke quarry | Non-parish area Harz , NE Bad Grund. | Geotope type: rocks. Stratigraphy: upper carbon. Petrography: vertically erect north-west flank of a larger folding fold that forms the transition from a saddle to a hollow. In the nature reserve LSG-GS 34 "Harz Nature Park". |
51 ° 47 '53.9 " N , 10 ° 17' 7.8" E | |
4228/01 | Diabase rock on an embankment of the Huttaler Graben | Harz region free of municipalities , approx. 3 km SE Clausthal. | Geotope type: rocks. Length 500 m, height 3 m. Stratigraphy: Devonian to Carboniferous. In the nature reserve LSG-GS 34 "Harz Nature Park". |
51 ° 47 '8.5 " N , 10 ° 22' 50.5" E | |
4229/02 | Diabase casting as pillow lava | approx. 0.5 km south of St. Andreasberg , Silberhütte in the laundry area. | Geotope types: rocks, lava pillows. Length 70 m, height 6 m. Round lava cushions 30–40 cm. Area 500 m². Stratigraphy: Devonian to Carboniferous. Natural monument ND GS 45 in the landscape protection area LSG-GS 34. |
51 ° 42 '18.7 " N , 10 ° 31' 5.9" E | |
4229/06 | Granite and clods of the Pluto roof, former quarry in the NSG "Oberharz" | Non-parish area Harz , approx. 4 km NW Braunlage. | Geotope type: rocks. Length 120 m, height 20 m. 12 m × 4 m large shallow river bed. Stratigraphy: carbon. Petrography: granite with Grauwacke clods. In the nature reserve NSG BR 006 "Oberharz". |
51 ° 45 '7.6 " N , 10 ° 33" 56.5 " E | |
4229/08 | High cliffs | Harz region free of municipalities , approx. 3.5 km WNW Braunlage. | Geotope types: dump, cliff. Height 45 m. Area approx. 8 hectares. Very steep WSW slope to the Oder lowlands with rugged rock cliffs + upstream rubble heaps. Natural monument ND GS 146 in the nature reserve NSG-HI / NWR 21. |
51 ° 44 '10.7 " N , 10 ° 33' 35.6" E | |
4229/12 | "Big cliff" with secretions parallel to the surface in the granite | Braunlage , approx. 1 km south of the Wurmberg. | Geotope type: cliff. Length 30 m, height 45 m. Stratigraphy: carbon. Petrography: Quartzite cliffs with surface-parallel weathering. Natural monument ND-GS 32. |
51 ° 44 '52.1 " N , 10 ° 36' 51.1" E | |
4229/14 | Stollenmundloch St. Andreasberg | Sankt Andreasberg . | Geotope type: rocks. Petrography: Turbiditic Flinzkalkbanks rich in quartz cores, the continuous transition from the underlying massive quartzites to the Flinzfacies. In the landscape protection area LSG-OHA 10 "Harz". |
51 ° 42 ′ 45 " N , 10 ° 31 ′ 36.8" E |
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See also
- List of nature reserves in the Goslar district
- List of landscape protection areas in the district of Goslar
- List of natural monuments in the Goslar district
- List of protected landscape components in the district of Goslar
Web links
Commons : Geotopes in the district of Goslar - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kirschensoog ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Solhopberg , (pdf; 307 kB)
- ↑ Klusfelsen , (pdf; 211 kB)
- ↑ Langenberg Oker , (pdf; 275 kB)
- ↑ Romkerhall , (pdf; 336 kB)
- ↑ Grauwacke Innerstetal , (pdf; 276 kB)
- ↑ Red Bear Pit , (pdf; 295 kB)