List of geotopes in the Heidekreis district

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The list of geotopes in the district of Heidekreis contains the geotopes in the district of Heidekreis 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
2924/01 Boulder 0.5 km SE Sprengel on filling material of a former sand pit, Neuenkirchen Geotope type: boulder. Length 2.3 m, width 0.7 m, height 1.6 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation.
Petrography: eye gneiss.		 53 ° 3 '46.4 "  N , 9 ° 44' 22.6"  E
2925/01 Sinkhole "Grundlose Kuhle" over salt dome approx. 1.3 km SE Ahlften , Soltau Geotope type: sinkhole. Diameter approx. 12 m.
Stratigraphy: Perm-Zechstein to Quaternary.
Natural monument ND-HK 21.		 52 ° 59 '59.6 "  N , 9 ° 51' 12.6"  E Groundless hollow near Soltau
3024/12 Headwaters in Hambrook, NE of Jettebruch , Bad Fallingbostel Geotope type: headwaters.
Natural monument ND-HK 16.		 52 ° 56 '12.1 "  N , 9 ° 48' 35.6"  E
3025/06 Wild mountains approx. 3 km west of Suroide , Wietzendorf Geotope type: moraine area. Size 15 ha.
Landscape protection area LSG-HK 30 Wild mountains and surroundings.		 52 ° 57 '57  .6 " N , 9 ° 55' 33.6"  E
3122/04 Inland dune northwest of Groß Häuslingen and southeast of Klein Häuslingen Geotope type: dune. Length 250 m, width 150 m. Sand summit in the Allerniederung. The dune body sits on the valley sand from the Vistula period (lower terrace). A small sand pit in the north and a flat steep edge in the northeast of the dune body are interpreted as relics of earlier mining activities.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene.
Petrography: fine to medium sand, Aeolian.		 52 ° 48 '31 "  N , 9 ° 21' 41"  E
3125/01 regenerating high moor SW Marbostel , Bergen Geotope type: raised bog. Area 850.0 ha.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary.
In the nature reserve NSG LÜ 134 "Großes Moor bei Becklingen"		 52 ° 52 ′ 37.2 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 57.5"  E Huebichenstein
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3224/02 "Hohenstein" boulder Ostenholz, at the church, Bad Fallingbostel Geotope type: boulder.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation.
Petrography: granite.
Natural monument ND-HK 50.		 52 ° 46 '31.1 "  N , 9 ° 43' 19.9"  E "Hohenstein" boulder

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