List of geotopes in the Hildesheim district

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The list of geotopes in the Hildesheim district contains the geotopes in the Hildesheim 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
3725/13 Black earth profile in the clay pit Asel Directional profile.
Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous to Quaternary - Pleistocene, Vistula Glaciation.
Petrography: Loess from the Vistula Ice Age lies as a silt-rich, calcareous wind sediment over clay and marl stone of the Lower Cretaceous.
Natural monument ND Hi 329.		 52 ° 12 '4 "  N , 9 ° 57' 57.2"  E Asel black earth profile
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3823/02 Abandoned quarry with dinosaur tracks Osterwald, 2 km E Sennhütte. West of Mehle Sedimentary structures. Diameter 150 m on bottom; Diameter 250 m from the edge. Rich abundance of tracks and tracks (dinosaurs) and various sedimentation marks.
Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous, Bückeberger Formation (Wealden main sandstone).
Landscape protection area LSG Hi 55.		 52 ° 7 '35.8 "  N , 9 ° 39' 22.7"  E
3824/01 Former Gravel pit approx. 500 m SSW Burgstemmen , Elze Gravel pit. Length 150 m, height 8 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene.
Petrography: Loess from the Vistula glacial period, boulder clay, meltwater gravel, basin sand, gravel from the Saale glacial period.		 52 ° 8 '10.7 "  N , 9 ° 46' 7.7"  E
3824/04 Gravel pit in the NSG "Leineaue unter dem Rammelsberg" 2 km northwest of Betheln Gravel pit. Length 100 m, width 250 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation.
Petrography: Meltwater gravel and blocks in an inclined layer, e.g. Sometimes with storage disorders, terminal moraine.
In the nature reserve NSG HA 129 "Leineaue unter dem Rammelsberg"		 52 ° 7 '0.8 "  N , 9 ° 46" 0.1 "  E
3825/08 Layer cuts at the foot of the slope above the street "Zurschefen Ecke" NW Itzum , Hildesheim Fossil deposits. Length 300 m.
Stratigraphy: Lower Jurassic, Lower Toaricium.
Petrography: Clay marlstone with limestone layers and geogens, e.g. Some with mussel shells, rarely with ammonites.
In the nature reserve NSG-HA 109 "Am Roten Steine".		 52 ° 7 '8 "  N , 9 ° 58' 51.6"  E
3826/01 Quarry in Heersum layers approx. 1 km SSE Wendhausen , Schellerten Rock outcrop. Length 50 m, 15 m, height 6 m, size 100 m².
Stratigraphy: Jura, Heersumer layers (Oxfordium; Malm, Weißjura).		 52 ° 7 '18.1 "  N , 10 ° 4' 18.1"  E
3923/10 Sand pit 1.5 km SW Weenzen, 2 km SE Thüste. Duingen Sand pit. Length 250 m, width 400 m.
Stratigraphy: Tertiary Pliocene and Miocene, e.g. T. older.
Petrography: sand, e.g. T. white ("glass sand") and brown coal; Deposits on the edge of a leaching depression above the Weenzen salt dome.		 52 ° 0 ′ 38.9 "  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 27.7"  E
3924/01 Trochitenkalk, former quarry in Külf NO Lütgenholzen , Alfeld (Leine) Directional profile. Length 40 m, width 40 m, height 10 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk 1, Trochitenkalk.
Petrography: clay plates, Upper Schill Limestone, Flaser Limestone, Lower Schill Limestone, Yellow Base Layers, Middle Muschelkalk.
Natural monument ND HI 330 Lütgenholzen quarry.		 52 ° 0 ′ 31 "  N , 9 ° 46 ′ 16.7"  E
3924/08 Former Quarry Holzer Schlie E Brüggen Directional profile.
Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Middle Cenoman.
Petrography: limestone marl, with inoceramen (mussels) and ammonites.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HI 59 "Seven Mountains and Foothills".		 52 ° 2 ′ 13.9 "  N , 9 ° 48 ′ 22"  E
3924/11 Former Quarry Foot of the Seven Mountains E Eimsen , Alfeld (Leine) Directional profile. Diameter 20 m.
Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Lower Turon.
Petrography: red marl limestone.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HI 59 "Seven Mountains and Foothills".		 52 ° 0 ′ 33.5 "  N , 9 ° 49 ′ 37.6"  E
3926/01 Former Quarry in the new development area of Wesseln , Bad Salzdetfurth Rock outcrop. Length 140 m, width 60 m, height 8 m.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk 1 and 2.
Petrography: 1 bottom gray marlstone layers and equally thick, gray, hard, e.g. Partly shimmering limestone bench.		 52 ° 5 '1 "  N , 10 ° 1' 39.2"  E
3926/02 Source pond approx. 1.5 km ESE Wehrstedt , Bad Salzdetfurth Source. Length 15 m, width 35 m.
Petrography: large spring pond.		 52 ° 2 '22.6 "  N , 10 ° 2' 9.2"  E

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3926/06 Former Quarry in the NSG "Steinberg bei Wesseln" Steinberg west of Wesseln , Bad Salzdetfurth Directional profile. Length 20 m, width 50 m, area 10.3 ha.
Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk, Trochitic limestone and Ceratite layers.
Petrography: limestones, e.g. T. with trochites.		 52 ° 4 '53.8 "  N , 10 ° 1' 11.6"  E Asel black earth profile
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4024/08 Lippoldshöhle west of Alfeld (Leine) Cave.
Stratigraphy: Jura, Malm.
Natural monument ND-HI 232.		 51 ° 58 ′ 59.5 "  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 22.7"  E Lippoldshöhle
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4025/03 Gravel pit / sand pit 1 km northwest Freden , Bockenem Terminal moraine. Length 800 m, width 500 m, height 50 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation.
Petrography: meltwater sand, poured diagonally at the edge of the ice; southernmost occurrence of the Saale Ice Age in the Leinetal.		 51 ° 56 '7.1 "  N , 9 ° 52' 8.4"  E
4025/05 Ridge of the Selter with limestone cliffs W Freden to E Naensen , Bockenem Rock tower, cliff. Height 50 m.
Stratigraphy: Jura, Malm, Lower to Upper Kimmeridge.
Petrography: coral oolite, dolomite, Lower Kimmeridge (15 m), Middle Kimmeridge (25–30 m), Upper Kimmeridge (50 m).		 51 ° 54 '25.6 "  N , 9 ° 53' 46.7"  E
4025/10 Former Quarry SW Irmenseul , Lamspringe Outcrop, rocks.
Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Higher Upper Turon 1.
Petrography: Marl limestone with a 3 cm layer of yellowish, greasy tuffite (volcanic ash).
In the landscape protection area LSG-HI 62 "Sackwald".		 51 ° 58 '46.2 "  N , 9 ° 55' 21.7"  E
4025/11 source 1 km N Winzenburg, Freden (Leine) Karst spring.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene.
Petrography: karst spring of the Apen ponds in clay u. Limestone marl of the middle marl (Alb, Lower Cretaceous), forming spring limestone.
In the landscape protection area LSG-HI 62 "Sackwald".		 51 ° 56 ′ 40.2 "  N , 9 ° 56 ′ 28.3"  E Apenteichquelle
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4026/01 Boulder (gneiss granite) in the Lamspringe monastery park Boulder. Length 1.5 m, width 1.2 m, height 0.9 m.
Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene.
Petrography: fine-grained gneiss granite with flaking bark; low biotite content. Site: north of Gehrenrode ; Home area cannot be determined.		 51 ° 57 ′ 47.9 "  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 58"  E Gneiss granite boulder

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Web links

Commons : Geotopes in the district of Hildesheim  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Asel black earth profile , (pdf; 225 kB)
  2. ↑ Regulation text  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / naturschutz.br-h.niedersachsen.de  
  3. ↑ Posidonia slate , (pdf; 273 kB)
  4. ↑ showcaves.com: Lippoldshöhle