List of geotopes in the Helmstedt district

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The list of geotopes in the Helmstedt district names the geotopes in the Helmstedt 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
3631/04 Sandstone quarry approx. 1.2 km east of Querenhorst Geotope type: sequence of layers. Length 140 m, width 70 m, height 4 m.
Stratigraphy: Trias-Oberer Keuper (Rhät).
Petrography: light, yellowish to brownish-gray thick-banded sandstones with thin, dark-gray mudstone intermediate layers.		 52 ° 20 ′ 9.6 "  N , 10 ° 59 ′ 6"  E
3730/05 Lutter spring , overflow karst springs south of Königslutter Geotope type: source. Length 800 m, width 50 m, diameter 10 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Lower Muschelkalk.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HE 16 "Elm".		 52 ° 14 '9.5 "  N , 10 ° 48' 27.2"  E Lutterspring
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3730/06 "Gütte" sinkhole in the shell limestone approx. 3 km south of Königslutter Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 50 m, width 30 m. A sinkhole with year-round water level, created by gypsum leaching.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HE 16 "Elm".		 52 ° 12 '49 "  N , 10 ° 48' 39.6"  E Gütte
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3730/07 Riesberger Moor approx. 1.2 km SO Rieseberg , Königslutter Geotope type: fen. Size 1.6 km².
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene.
Petrography: strongly decomposed sedge peat, thickness 1.5–2 (max. 2.7) m.
In the nature reserve NSG-BR 005 "Rieseberger Moor".		 52 ° 17 ′ 5.6 "  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 29.2"  E Rieseberger Moor
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3730/08 "Cross source" about 1.6 km south of Bornum , Königslutter Geotope type: source. Length 2 m, width 20 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk.
In the landscape protection area LSG-WF 22.		 52 ° 14 ′ 33 "  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 21.6"  E

Kreuzquelle im Elm above Bornum, Getop GTP 3730/08.

3730/09 Lime banks "Tiefental Ost" approx. 1.7 km west of the Whs. Lutterspring, Königslutter Geotope type: sedimentary structures. Length 200 m, width 70 m, height 20 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Lower Muschelkalk.
Petrography: thin-plate wavy limestone and thick, thicker limestone banks.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HE 16 "Elm".		 52 ° 14 '7.1 "  N , 10 ° 46' 55.6"  E

Foam limestone bank on the eastern side of the quarry in Tiefental (east), Getop GTP 3730/09. Triassic / Lower Muschelkalk
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3730/10 "Kuhspring", shift source approx. 1 km SW Königslutter Geotope type: source. Length 10 m, width 5 m. The layer source forms a pond.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HE 16 "Elm" and LSG-WF 22.		 52 ° 14 '32.3 "  N , 10 ° 47' 34.4"  E

Kuhspring, spring south of the spring pond

3731/01 Former Opencast iron ore mine "Grube Ernst-August" in Rottorf am Klei , Rennau Geotope type: iron ore exposure. Length 300 m, width 160 m, height 10 m.
Stratigraphy: Jura, Lias gamma (Carixium).
Petrography: Former Iron ore mine with a lake.		 52 ° 17 '50.6 "  N , 10 ° 56' 53.9"  E Sediments in the Ernst-August pit
3731/02 Fenugreek cliff (tuber quartzite) at the NE end of Groß Steinum , Königslutter Geotope type: sandstone cliff. Length 15 m, height 6 m.
Stratigraphy: Tertiary Miocene.
Natural monument ND-He 16.		 52 ° 16 '7.7 "  N , 10 ° 52' 33.6"  E Fenugreek cliff GrossSteinum ND HE 00002.jpg
3731/05 Outcrop in the N area of ​​the clay pit former brickworks pit at the northwest end of Helmstedt Geotope type: directional profile. Length 40 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic - Upper Keuper (Rhät) to Jura, Lias strata.
Natural monument ND-HE 21. In the landscape protection area LSG-HE 19.		 52 ° 14  '36.6 " N , 10 ° 59" 27.6 "  E
3731/06 Drainage channel in the Upper Buntsandstein approx. 500 m N Groß Steinum Geotope type: sinkhole. Length 1200 m, width 200 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HE 13.		 52 ° 16 '22.8 "  N , 10 ° 52' 48"  E
3831/02 Schunterquelle approx. 1.1 km SW Räbke Geotope type: source. Several spring pots. Length 400 m, width 100 m, height 20 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk.
Natural monument ND-He 10. In the landscape protection area LSG-He 19.		 52 ° 11 '15.7 "  N , 10 ° 51' 26.6"  E 2 source areas of the Schunter
3831/03 "Golden deer" boulder approx. 2 km west of Schöningen in the SE part of the Elm Geotope type: boulder. Width 6 m, height 2.5 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene.
Petrography: Tuberous quartzite of the Tertiary.
In the landscape protection area LSG-WF 22.		 52 ° 8 '32.6 "  N , 10 ° 55' 36.8"  E Foundling Goldener Hirsch, Geotop 3831-03 District of Helmstedt.jpg
3831/04 Sinkholes, pings and springs SO part of the Elm, Schöningen Geotope types: sinkhole, spring, pingo. Length 8500 m, width 4000 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk to Quaternary.
In the landscape protection areas LSG-He 16 and LSG-WF 22.		 52 ° 8 ′ 8.2 "  N , 10 ° 50 ′ 1"  E
3831/05 Source "Güldenspring" approx. 900 m SW Warberg - Räbke Geotope type: source. Source pot 50 × 50, length of source with source pot approx. 220 m. Width 50 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk.
In the landscape protection area LSG-He 16.		 52 ° 10 ′ 31.8 "  N , 10 ° 54 ′ 15.5"  E Güldenspring Warberg, Geotop 3831-05 District of Helmstedt.jpg
3930/01 Brine source Gevensleben , in the Soltau valley between Barnstorf and Watenstedt near the Watenstedter sugar factory. Geotope type: brine spring. Length 5 m, width 7 m. Height 1 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic red sandstone to Triassic Muschelkalk.
Petrography: several spring pots.
Natural monument ND-HE 9.		 52 ° 5 '25.8 "  N , 10 ° 49' 16.7"  E Brine spring between Barnstorf and Watenstedt
3931/01 Former degradation in the red plaster of the cusp Beierstedt , on the road from Watenstedt approx. 700 m O Watenstedt to Jerxheim. Geotope type: directional profile. Length 100 m, width 50 m, height 10 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Buntsandstein (red).		 52 ° 5 '22.6 "  N , 10 ° 51' 5.8"  E
3931/02 Main roe stone bank and stromatolites in the former quarry in the NSG "Heeseberg" approx. 900 m N Beierstedt Geotope type: fossil deposits. Length 60 m, width 30 m. Height 6 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Lower Buntsandstein.
Petrography: 1 sole.
In the nature reserve NSG-BR 008 "Heeseberg".		 52 ° 5 '1.1 "  N , 10 ° 51' 24.3"  E Outcrop Heeseberg quarry
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3931/06 Boulder on Bruch-Berg approx. 1.1 km SE Jerxheim Geotope type: boulder. Width 2 m, height 1.3 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene.
Petrography: granite, reddish.		 52 ° 4 '14.3 "  N , 10 ° 54' 28.4"  E Foundling near Jerxheim
3931/07 Seckertrift salt meadow with leaks of salty groundwater approx. 2 km SO Jerxheim Geotope type: source. Area 4.0 ha.
In the nature reserve NSG BR 011 "Salzwiese Seckertrift".		 52 ° 4 '48.4 "  N , 10 ° 54' 27.2"  E Seckertrift salt meadow
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3931/07 Limestone quarry on Lohlberg approx. 2 km SO Jerxheim Geotope type: rocks. Length 385 m, width 115 m. Area 4.0 ha.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Lower Muschelkalk.
In the nature reserve NSG BR 076 "Kalksteinbruch am Lohlberg".		 52 ° 5 '12.1 "  N , 10 ° 52' 48.4"  E Lohlberg limestone quarry
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See also

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lutterquelle ( 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / homepages.rtlnet.de
  2. ↑ The Ernst-August iron ore mine in Rottorf am Klei , (pdf; 271 kB)
  3. ↑ Fenugreek cliff and construction site Großsteingrab near Groß Steinum , (pdf; 122 kB)
  4. ↑ Roe stones and algae reefs in the quarry on Heeseberg near Jerxheim , (pdf; 293 kB)