List of geotopes in the district of Hof

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Franconian district of Hof 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
Street embankment on the B 173 W from Schwarzenstein		475A001	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	In the outcrop at a parking lot on the B 173 , colored slates can be seen overlaid with slab sandstone from the Schwarzenbacher series. Along the road there are further outcrops of the Schwarzenbacher series as well as intrusive rocks from the Devonian . The profile is a bit disturbed.	700 70 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: claystone, sandstone	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Diabase break NW from Schübelhammer	more pictures	475A002	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	In the former quarry, fine-grained diabase (partly with pillow lava ) are exposed, overlaid by Upper Devonian clay slate .	3500 70 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, Pillows Type: Basalt, mudstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Diabase break on Galgenberg WSW von Bernstein a. W.	more pictures	475A003	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	Former broken diabase with clearly recognizable cushion structures (especially in the northern part), breccias and diabase almond stones . Colorful Upper Devonian slates lie above the diabase in a tectonically disturbed bond. There is a small investigation gallery in the southern part of the quarry. The quarry now serves as a bus turning point.	3500 70 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, Pillows Type: Meta-basalt, claystone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 5
Sliding folds on the SSE tailings from Bernstein a. W.	more pictures	475A004	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	On the road embankment , greywacke and clay slate are exposed in alternating layers , with pointed folds (sliding folds) tipping over to the north.	1000 100 × 10	Type: fold / trough / saddle, rock type: greywacke	embankment	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry at Lerchenhügel WSW von Thron		475A005	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	In the former quarry, deeply broken, dark Silurian silica slates are exposed. A Kersantit dike can be seen on the west side of the outcrop . Silica-tolerant vegetation has settled on the bottom of the quarry.	3600 60 × 60	Type: Rock type, Gang type: Mudstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Döbrabruch N from Döbra		475A006	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	In the former quarry, the type locality of the Dobra sandstone is open. The underlying graptolite slate was also opened up by collectors . The road maintenance depot uses the quarry as a storage area; the excavation is endangered by deposited rubble and organic material.	3500 70 × 50	Type: Type locality, Animal fossils Type: Sandstone, Mudstone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Poppengrüner conglomerate SW from Poppengrün		475A007	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	On the embankment, the type locality of the Poppengrüner conglomerate is open, overlaid by slate and gray wacke . The conglomerate consists of rounded rubble of greywacke, quartz keratophyr, coal lime , Devonian lime, lydite and granite in a clay slate matrix . It contains fossils from the uppermost Tournaisium .	800 200 × 4	Type: Type locality Type: Conglomerate, claystone	embankment	precious	Natural park
Marble quarry Horwagen SSW from Bobengrün	more pictures	475A009	Bad Steben position	Franconian Forest	Former quarry, on the north side of which you can see plastic deformation structures in the sliding mass of Upper Devonian limestone. The karstified lime lies in alternating layers with tuffs and tuffites . Its red color is probably due to submarine volcanism. The decorative limestone was sold as German Red Marble . Fossils (especially nautiloids and goniatites ) are rarely found.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Layer sequence, type locality, type of rock Type: Limestone, meta-basalt	Quarry	especially valuable	Part of the landscape, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 14
Abandoned limestone quarries on Rauheberg S of Langenau	more pictures	475A010	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	Several former stone quarries in Flaserkalk on the northern slope of the Rauheberg near Langenau. Below (in the lying) the flaserkalk there is diabase, above (in the hanging wall) slate of the lower carbon . In a well-preserved break with partly sawn walls, a thick, dark lime can be seen. In the western rift, the border between the Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous is exposed. There are fossils here, especially goniatites . Some rubble was deposited in the quarries.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock type, Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Fault type: Limestone, basalt, claystone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Serpentinite and talc slate quarry in Schwarzenbach ad Saale	more pictures	475A011	Schwarzenbach on the Saale position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Former quarry on the outskirts, in which talc slate (pot stone) and serpentinite were extracted. There are also massive prasinites and phyllites here . In the phyllites were acritarchs found that from the Ediacaran originate and are considered the oldest fossils of Bavaria (about 600 million years). The fossil site is now filled. In addition to the skating facility, there is an easily accessible serpentinite outcrop. The serpentinite here is almost black and strongly fissured, the fissures are filled with chrysotile . In the northwestern part of the quarry, prasinite and talc schist are exposed. Large blocks of vein quartz indicate a strong tectonic stress on the rocks near the Münchberg mass .	10000 100 × 100	Type: Plant fossils, layer sequence, fault, metamorphic structure, minerals, type of rock Type: serpentinite, prasinite, talc schist	Quarry	especially valuable	no protected area
Former Stone Quarry Lime Kiln from Naila		475A012	Naila position	Franconian Forest	Former quarry in which flasher lime is exposed over diabastuff breccia. Although protected as a natural monument, the quarry was partially filled in with rubble and garbage or built over. In the course of a renovation, a new profile was created in the transition area between tuff - tuffite nodular limestone - dense flax limestone, paths were renewed and an information board was set up.	6400 80 × 80	Type: Type of rock, type of layers : Limestone, basalt	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Exposure of the Teuschnitzer layers at Naila train station	more pictures	475A013	Naila position	Franconian Forest	The slope at the station Naila shows the Teuschnitzer layers (Lower Carboniferous, Thuringian facies) with inclined northwest wrinkles and after SE directed thrust faults .	1800 180 × 10	Type: fold / trough / saddle, rock type: greywacke	embankment	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Former quarry E von Selbitz		475A014	Selbitz position	Franconian Forest	Former quarry in fossil-rich tentaculite schists into which diabase penetrated locally. Dark schists and tuffites from the Upper Devonian lie above the tentaculite schists .	20000 200 × 100	Type: Contact, Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Basalt, claystone	Quarry	precious	Part of the landscape, FFH area
Former Schertlas SE quarry from Selbitz		475A015	Selbitz position	Franconian Forest	In the quarry, fossil-containing lime and the Upper Devonian Diabastuffe are exposed .	1800 60 × 30	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone, Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape component
Granite-diabase conglomerate ESE from Marxgrün		475A016	Issigau position	Franconian Forest	The rock wall on the embankment opens up a harness surface in Upper Devonian granite-diabase conglomerate. The rock contains granite pebbles of up to 30 cm in diameter, which are mostly baked with slated arkose sandstone . The conglomerate shows the Reussian Folding at the turn of the Middle / Upper Devonian. The conglomerate also contains numerous younger quartz veins.	90 30 × 3	Type: Rock Type: Conglomerate	embankment	precious	Natural park
Profile at the tunnel rock willow green	more pictures	475A017	Selbitz position	Franconian Forest	The slope on the tunnel rock in willow green shows a sequence of different effusive and sedimentary rocks. The walls of the profile are partly secured by nets. The profile begins in the north (at the tunnel) with pillow lava , overlaid by fine-grained slates (tuff, tuffite), which merge into calcareous tuberous slate to the south.	3000 300 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: Meta-basalt, limestone	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area
Rocks The old castle NE of Köditz		475A018	Köditz position	Franconian Forest	The outcrop shows diabastuff breccia overlaid with flaserkalk.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: basalt, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Jean-Paul-Felsen near Joditz		475A019	Köditz position	Franconian Forest	Proterobas outcrop, which is heavily overgrown by coniferous forest.	350 70 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area
Pinge in Leuchtholz NW of Isaar		475A020	Töpen position	Franconian Forest	Pinge at Isaar , which is badly decayed and endangered by garbage and overgrowth. The ore horizon is still approx. 1.5 m thick. An experimental dig from the time of the 3rd Reich was the only place where animal fossils were found in the lower ore horizon.	100 10 × 10	Type: Animal Fossils, Pinge Field, Rock Type: Iron Ore	Ping	precious	Landscape protection area
Picrit outcrop at Schafhübel SE in Trogen		475A021	Gattendorf position	Franconian Forest	The Schafhübel (formerly also Landsknechtsberg or Pikrit von Ullitz) is a hill with pine trees near Trogen . It consists of Upper Devonian picrite , which is in small boulders and ribs up to 1.5 m high.	2500 50 × 50	Type: rock type, hard rock type: basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Former quarry Osseck a. Forest	more pictures	475A023	Regnitzlosau position	Franconian Forest	Quarry in the Lower Carboniferous shoved onto the Upper Devonian Flaserkalk with coal lime and fossil slate.	625 25 × 25	Type: Stratification, Fault, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Natural monument
Former quarry NW of Kirchgattendorf	more pictures	475A024	Gattendorf position	Franconian Forest	Former quarry that used to break up Upper Devonian Clymenia limestone and lime-tuberous slate of the deepest Lower Carboniferous and is a type locality of the Gattendorfia stage in the Carboniferous. Today the quarry is mostly backfilled, except for the top 7 m. The remaining profile is a natural monument, but endangered by vegetation and decay.	20 20 × 1	Type: Type locality, layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Former coal-lime quarry northwest of Trogenau	more pictures	475A025	Regnitzlosau position	Franconian Forest	Former quarry in the banked coal lime near Trogenau . The limestone is rich in fossils and forms stable walls. Today there is a small pond on the broken floor.	7000 100 × 70	Type: Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Flaserkalkbruch Trogenau	more pictures	Regnitzlosau position	Franconian Forest	The quarry is largely closed and a large pond has formed on the bottom of the quarry. The limestone is dipping at about 20 °. On the back wall, the overlying clay slates are exposed.	7000 100 × 70	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area	Possibly deleted by the LfU (Oct. 2018)
Blauer Fels NNW from Götzmannsgrün	more pictures	475A027	Schwarzenbach on the Saale position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Striking hard specimen with natural rocks, which goes back to a serpentinite lens in the prasinite-phyllite series. The serpentinite is easy to recognize from small cracks in the slope and local quarry stone extraction points.	6500 130 × 50	Type: rock type, hard rock type: serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Former serpentinite quarry Haidberg near Zell	more pictures	475A028	Cell position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Large former serpentinite quarry with some peridotite and dunite . Magnetite on the former grain boundaries leads to a magnetic anomaly in the Haidberg area , which Humboldt already mentioned. The area is cordoned off, but there is a lookout point on the Haidberg nature trail.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Serpentinite	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, FFH area, nature park
Eclogite on Weißenstein S from Stammbach	more pictures	475A029	Stammbach position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Most important eclogite exposure in Bavaria on the Weißenstein . The metamorphic rock formed under high pressure consists of greenish clinopyroxene and reddish garnet .	300 30 × 10	Type: Rock type, rock type: Eclogite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	Landscape protection area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 39
Former eclogite fracture in Fattigau	more pictures	475A030	Oberkotzau position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Small, former quarry in which eclogites are exposed in places . The quarry is partially fenced and now serves as a garden.	16 8 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Eclogite	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Former Diabase quarry S by Feilitzsch		475A031	Feilitzsch position	Franconian Forest	Here a medium-fine grained diabase with calcite and quartz ducts was mined, which was mainly used in road construction. A larger pond has been created in the quarry.	75000 300 × 250	Type: Rock type, Dike type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape component
Vesuvian rock near Schwingen		Schwarzenbach on the Saale position				Type: Type:		significant
Quarry NE of Seulbitz	more pictures	475A033	Schwarzenbach on the Saale position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Quarry northeast of Seulbitz with Hornblende - ribbon gneisses . The folding of the rocks is clearly recognizable due to the alternation of amphibolites and hornblende gneisses in the cm to dm range.	2500 50 × 50	Type: type locality, metamorphic structure, rock type: amphibolite, gneiss	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Church rocks in Schwarzenbach ad Saale	more pictures	475A034	Schwarzenbach on the Saale position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Rocks made of banded and folded prasinite at the Saalesteg below the church in Schwarzenbach . The rock serves as the foundation of a building and was machined to widen an alley.	5 5 × 1	Type: Metamorphic structure, type of rock, fold / hollow / saddle, processed rock Type: Prasinite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Road outcrop at the Weidstaudenmühle SW Lippertsgrün		475A035	Naila position	Franconian Forest	The only exposure of the Lippertsgrün layers, directly on the Lippertsgrün-Straßdorf road. Greenish-gray slate, which occasionally contains fossil trilobites (Paradoxides paradoxissimus).	150 50 × 3	Type: Type locality, layer sequence, animal fossils Type: Slate	embankment	especially valuable	Natural park
Left open diabase break NW by Marxgrün		475A036	Lichtenberg position	Franconian Forest	Abandoned quarry, which is partly used as a wood store. Fine-grained Diabase and Diabastuffe are open . They were created by repeated lava flows and tuff deposits and have numerous hydrothermal tunnels. In addition to quartz and calcite, they often contain dark green epidote , pyrite and copper pyrites , and occasionally actinolite and hematite as gangue .	80000 400 × 200	Type: Rock type, Mineral type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Broken diabase S by Hadermannsgrün		475A038	Mountain position	Franconian Forest	The eastern part of the quarry has been decommissioned and partly filled with rubble. Upper Devonian diabase and pyroclastics are exposed in the quarry . In addition to quartz and calcite, numerous ore minerals (e.g. brown glass head , touches of malachite ) can be found in its hydrothermal tunnels . Siderite and brown iron stone were mined here.	67500 450 × 150	Type: rock, minerals Type: basalt, slate	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Road outcrop Thiemitzwand NW from Schwarzenbach a. W.	more pictures	475A039	Forst Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	Are at the Thiemitzwand landslides in a lower Carboniferous alternation of whetstone quartzite , shale and diabasischem Tuffit to see.	180 90 × 2	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: claystone, quartzite, tuff / tuffite	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Granite conglomerate rocks NE of Reitzenstein		475A040	Mountain position	Franconian Forest	Outcrop of granite conglomerate from the Upper Devonian in a wood near State Road 2198.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Type of rock, rock face / slope Type: conglomerate	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Aufgel. Quarries at Schneidberg S by Geroldsgrün		475A041	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	Two abandoned quarries just below the Schneidberg summit, in which Schneidberggrauwacke was mined until the 20th century. It is a fine-grained greywacke , colored gray-brown by iron oxide , in which some small quartz veins contain very beautiful, clear rock crystals.	100 20 × 5	Type: type locality, rock type: greywacke	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss rock ruin Uprode		475A042	Weißdorf position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Larger rock group made of muscovite- rich paragneiss with quartz furniture, partly also garnet . In the north-west the cliff slopes down into a high rock face. The geotope is located southwest of the Uprode castle ruins on a hiking trail.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Rock type, rocky dome, metamorphic structure Type: Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Folding of the Grauwacken slate series E by Culmitz		475A043	Naila position	Franconian Forest	Exposure of a folded alternating layer of slate and greywacke from the lower carbon . An information board is available.	24 8 × 3	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, fold / trough / saddle Type: Grauwacke, claystone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Quarry at Dachsloch SE from Schwarzenbach a. W.		475A044	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	Coal lime has been mined in the quarry at Dachsloch since at least 1750 . The overgrown fracture was released again in 2011.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock, Quarry / Pit Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
Picrit outcrop in the Muschwitztal N of Carlsgrün		475A045	Bad Steben position	Franconian Forest	In the valley of the Thuringian Muschwitz , Upper Devonian Picrit is in the forest west of the toad mill . Around 1920, asbestos ( actinolite ) was extracted here on a trial basis in open-cast mining.	3200 80 × 40	Type: Rock, Quarry / Pit Type: Meta-Basalt	Open pit	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ocher lime extraction at Löhmarmühle		475A047	Schwarzenbach am Wald position	Franconian Forest	Former quarry with ocher limestone from the Silurian above lower graptolite slate / lydite . Only a small remnant has been preserved from the originally six meter thick limestone deposit. Based on fossil finds, the rocks can be assigned to the Ludlow (Upper Silurian). The dense, sometimes lumpy lime weathers ocher on the surface. It contains only a few clay fibers .	60 10 × 6	Type: Layer sequence, rock type, animal fossils, quarry / pit Type: limestone, silica slate	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Abandoned gneiss quarry N of Weißlenreuth		475A049	Konradsreuth position	Münchberger Gneissasse	In the Weißlenreuth quarry - allegedly as early as the early 19th century - amphibolitical hornblende - ribbon gneiss was mined.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Fels am Steinhäuschen in Regnitzlosau		475A051	Regnitzlosau position	Franconian Forest	Small rocky dome of quartz-rich cataclasites , which here consist of angular quartz fragments in a quartz-rich matrix. The rock is believed to have formed as a tectonic breccia in the area of a fault . The geotope, protected as a natural monument, is located east of the Friedrich-Adolf-Soergel-Straße / Kalkofenweg intersection in Regnitzlosau.	140 20 × 7	Type: fault, rock type, rocky dome Type: vein mineralization, cataclasite, breccia	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument
Former roof slate pit W von Eisenbühl		475G001	Mountain position	Franconian Forest	Roof slate pit operated until 1953 with extensive heaps around several pits.	750 30 × 25	Type: quarry / pit, rock type, tunnel, shaft type: claystone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stollen NE of Lichtenberg	more pictures	475G002	Lichtenberg position	Franconian Forest	Today the tunnel is a show mine. It was planned by Alexander von Humboldt at the end of the 18th century as an underpass and water solution tunnel and completed in 1831.	2000 1000 × 2	Type: Adit Type: Slate, Vein mineralization	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Monument protection, nature park
Lotharheil WNW roof slate pit from Geroldsgrün		475G005	Geroldsgrün position	Franconian Forest	The Lotharheil mine is the only mine in southern Germany where roofing slate is extracted. The slates of the Visé (Thuringian Facies series) are divided into an upper and a lower store by a keratophyrtuff bank.	600 300 × 2	Type: tunnel, rock type, plant fossils, layer sequence, trace fossils Type: claystone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Aufgel. Slate civil engineering in the Lamitztal SW of Geroldsgrün		475G006	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	About 20 m long tunnel at the bottom of the Schloßberg in Lamitztal , which was constructed on an experimental basis in the second half of the 19th century. The existing Bordenschiefer is strongly tectonically disturbed and crossed by numerous small quartz veins. It could therefore not be used by Faber-Castell for the production of writing pens. The tunnel is barred and serves as winter quarters for bats.	40 20 × 2	Type: tunnel, rock type, layer sequence type: claystone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former gold soap factory E from Glänzlamühle		475G007	Konradsreuth position	Münchberger Gneissasse	East of Glänzlamühle was in the Middle Ages and early modern times to a side stream of Oelsnitz by placer gold mined. The washing mounds were up to 2 m high. Today only a few soap mounds are preserved on the southern edge of the former area, the others have been destroyed. In March 2016 the area was designated as a ground monument by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in order to protect the remaining soap mounds (monument no. D-4-5737-0097).	7500 150 × 50	Type: Soap laundry, stockpile Type: crushed stone, crystalline gravel	Schurf	significant	Soil monument, landscape protection area
Gold soap factory in Gevattergraben NW of Steinbach		475G008	Geroldsgrün position	Franconian Forest	With the soap factory Gevattergraben, gold was probably extracted from the late Middle Ages until the 16th century . The trench is up to 30 meters wide and quite deep. High heaps are piled up on the shoulders of the ditch. An approximately 1 km long supply trench was created to supply the washing facilities with water. The gold is believed to have come from a nearby quartz vein and iron-bearing diabase .	10000 500 × 20	Type: Soap laundry, dump, open-cast mine Type: Meta-basalt, quartz	Open pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Pingenfeld Mordlau N from Bad Steben		475G009	Bad Steben position	Franconian Forest	In Mordlau was probably from medieval times to the 19th century iron ore ( limonite and siderite removed). To a lesser extent, pyrites of copper and sulfur and, as an accessory, nickel ores were also found. The ore deposit is concentrated in a quartz vein in the Silurian graptolite schist or lydite . There used to be a large mine building with several tunnels and shafts. Numerous pings are on a geological nature trail with several information boards. The site is under monument protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5635-0049).	37500 250 × 150	Type: Pinge / nfeld, minerals, shaft, tunnel Type: claystone, silica slate	no information	precious	Soil monument, nature park
Pingenfeld Friedensgrube NW of Lichtenberg		475G010	Lichtenberg position	Franconian Forest	In the former Friedensgrube mine, iron and copper ores were mined in two tunnels between at least 1665 and 1858, and fluorspar between 1936 and 1964 . Mining went up to over 100 m saigere to depth. Today there is a large pingen field on whose heaps it is possible to find minerals. Entering the pinging is dangerous because of the risk of daybreak . To the north, the Pingenfeld extends into the Thuringian Muschwitz nature reserve .	48000 600 × 80	Type: Pinge / nfeld, minerals Type: transitional mineralization, mudstone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Lead-silver mine Schwarzer Mohr S in Dürrenwaid		475G011	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	In the lead-silver mine Schwarzer Mohr, silver-bearing galena was mined from 1477 to 1736 through several shafts . When the water drainage gallery no longer mine drainage was enough for an advanced back then was Waterworks installed. There are several large heaps and some deep pings along a hiking trail .	14000 200 × 70	Type: Pinge / nfeld, minerals, bay, stockpile Type: transitional mineralization, meta-basalt	no information	precious	Natural park
Tin pit field at Büchig SE by Tiefengrün		475G012	Mountain position	Franconian Forest	Large Pingenfeld at the summit of the Büchig near Tiefengrün . Tin ore was mined here above and below ground in the 16th century. The geotope is protected as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5636-0106).	105000 350 × 300	Type: Pinge / nfeld, tunnels, shaft type: vein quartz, gneiss, Buntmetallerz	Ping	precious	Ground monument
Former gold soap factory E von der Ringlasmühle		475G013	Konradsreuth position	Münchberger Gneissasse	On the upper reaches of the Untreubach from the Ringlasmühle to the Neuweiher there are countless heaps of a formerly extensive gold panning plant . Gold mining began in the late Middle Ages and early modern times and was discontinued as uneconomical by the early 18th century at the latest. The washing hills, which are usually two to four meters high, and more rarely up to five meters high, have only been preserved in the forest; they have been leveled in fields and meadows. The geotope is protected as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5736-0114).	20000 1000 × 20	Type: Soap laundry, open pit mining, dump, rubble Type: crushed stone, crystalline gravel	Schurf	precious	Ground monument
Former gold panning site in Geigersmühle SW		475G014	Münchberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	In the forest southwest of the Geigersmühle there are numerous washing hills on an area of approx. 300 × 60 m. They go back to late medieval to early modern gold mining through soap washing. The stream sediment still contains very small amounts of gold flakes, usually less than a millimeter in size. The hills are mostly two to three meters high and only preserved in the forest; on agricultural areas they have recently been leveled. Parts of the site are filled with rubble. The gold panning area has been under monument protection as a ground monument since August 2014 (monument no. D-4-5736-0116).	18000 300 × 60	Type: Soap laundry, stockpile, scrap Type: crushed stone, crystalline gravel	Schurf	precious	Ground monument
Former roof slate quarry W from Rehau		475G015	Rehau position	Fichtel Mountains	After the Rehau town fire of 1817, material for the reconstruction was obtained in the former roof slate quarry due to the stricter building regulations. Chisel marks can be seen across the wall in the quarry, holes in the rock could be traces of a work platform. The quarry is now used for a playground. In the park next to it there is a roof slate outcrop below the pavilion. The stairs to the pavilion were carved into roofing slate.	3000 120 × 25	Type: Quarry / Pit, Machined Rock, Rock Type: Slate	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former Gold washing area SW from Poppenreuther Mühle		475G016	Münchberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Traces of the scraping on soap gold in a wood southwest of the Poppenreuther mill. The Pulschnitz were deepened and long washing mounds were raised on both sides of the former creek bed. Originally, the historical gold panning was probably much larger than the approximately 130 m that have been preserved. Outside the forest, the washing dumps were completely leveled. The time of origin and the possible yield are unknown.	1950 130 × 15	Type: Soap laundry, scrap, dump Type: crushed stone, crystalline gravel	Schurf	precious	no protected area
Soap Hill S by Konradsreuth		475G018	Konradsreuth position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Individual, up to 3 m high soap hills south of the bathing lake at the Steinberg leisure facility. In the south, there are other elongated, overgrown soap hills and a water-bearing ditch. There are soap hills along the road to Silberbach . The area south of the leisure facility is designated as a ground monument (monument no. D-4-5737-0096).	20000 400 × 50	Type: Soap laundry, stockpile Type: crushed stone, crystalline gravel	Schurf	precious	Ground monument
Soap Hill N by Oppenroth	more pictures	475G019	Münchberg position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Soap hill in the Saalholz forest area, accessible from the level crossing between Markersreuth and Oppenroth via a dirt road in a northeastern direction along the railway. Between two ponds, 2 m high, well-preserved soap hills can be seen. To the west of it in the forest there are more soap hills and overgrown water channels. Part of it was destroyed when the pond was built, and in some places the area is used as a garbage dump.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Soap laundry, open-cast mining, dump Type: crushed stone, crystalline gravel	Schurf	significant	no protected area
Aufgel. Broken roof slate N from deep green		475G020	Mountain position	Franconian Forest	1.2 km north of the Deep Green was Ordovician Griffelschiefer or good roofing slate won. Slate was mined here between 1808 and 1927, operations started again in 1948 and discontinued in 1959 as unprofitable. Most recently, slate was mined in civil engineering from a depth of up to 40 m. The pit had a barrel and a saiger shaft. The deposit was up to three meters thick. The roof panels were manufactured on site, but less than ten percent of the conveyed material was suitable for this. Therefore, large heaps were preserved. The quarry is partly filled with rubble and overgrown. There are good residual outcrops on the west-southwest and western edges.	17000 170 × 100	Type: Quarry / Pit, Tunnel, Shaft Type: Slate	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area
Soap hill Hohenzellig SSW Konradsreuth		475G021	Konradsreuth position	Münchberger Gneissasse	In the Hohenzellig forest department, there are well-preserved soap mounds and mining pits, which are the remains of a gold panning, on a tributary of the Untreubach . The Soap Hills are mostly elongated and about 2 m high. The stream was diverted several times through ditches. An old well has been preserved on the hills.	5000 250 × 20	Type: Soap Laundry, Dump Type: Gravel, Sand	Schurf	significant	no protected area
Former Gold washing area near Stammbach		475G022	Stammbach position	Münchberger Gneissasse	In a forest north of Stammbach, near the local sports facility, there are soap hills, which are evidence of a former gold panning. Here, probably in the Middle Ages, soap gold was searched for in the former river bed. In the course of this work, the possibly small-pounded rock and the river sands were piled up as a washing mound to the left and right of the creek bed. The dumps (soap mounds) are well preserved in the forest near Stammbach. The area is only covered with trees.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Soap Laundry Type: Gravel	Schurf	significant	Natural park
Humboldthöhle 3 km southwest of Geroldsgrun	more pictures	475H001	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	The Humboldthöhle is the only known stalactite cave in the Franconian Forest. It lies at the transition from massive Upper Devonian lime in the lying area and lime tuber slate in the hanging wall . The total length of all corridors is 414 m. At the end of the cave there is a pond with a strongly fluctuating water level. The cave entrance is locked to prevent further vandalism.	4500 150 × 30	Type: Karst Horizontal Cave, Rock Type: Limestone	cave	especially valuable	Natural monument, water protection area, landscape protection area
Saalequelle (Saxon Saale) SSE of Zell	more pictures	475Q001	Cell position	Fichtel Mountains	The Saxon Saale rises from the tunnel mouth hole of a former mine. There was color earth (yellow chalk) mined. Further traces of mining ( pinging ) can be seen in the area.	6 3 × 2	Type: Constriction source, tunnel, pinge field, heap Type: phyllite, vein quartz	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Soil monument, natural monument, landscape protection area
Pulpit in the Geroldsgrüner forest SW of Geroldsgrün		475R001	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	Rock group made of finely banded, steeply positioned clay slates from the Middle Bordenschist of the Lower Carboniferous . Sometimes the rock is heavily folded and sometimes has a rough texture .	600 60 × 10	Type: rock wall / -hang, rock type: Bricks	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Kammleinsfelsen SW by Geroldsgrün	more pictures	475R002	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	Rock face of strongly folded board slate, through which a diabase gang goes in NW-SE direction. There is a lookout point with a small refuge next to which the best outcrops are.	300 30 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, fold / trough / saddle type: claystone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Burgstein in the Geroldsgrüner Forest SW of Geroldsgrün	more pictures	475R003	Geroldsgrüner Forst position	Franconian Forest	A medieval fortification is situated on a rock with diabase tuff breccia from the Upper Devonian . The best outcrops, some of which are decimeter-sized breccias, are located on the steep W and SW flanks of the rock directly on the Geroldsgrün Geopath.	3600 60 × 60	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, ground monument, landscape protection area
Höllental E from Lichtenberg	more pictures	475R004	Lichtenberg position	Franconian Forest	The Höllental is the breakthrough of the Selbitz through the Upper Devonian Diabaszug. The Höllental is a nature reserve with several nature trails. Numerous rocks are natural monuments and offer good vantage points. There are numerous valuable outcrops, also from the period of historical mining for iron and copper ores as well as fluorspar .	3000000 3000 × 1000	Type: breakthrough valley, rock wall / slope, open pit mining, minerals, pillows Type: meta-basalt, vein mineralization	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Arnsteinfelsen at Waldstein	more pictures	475R005	Cell position	Fichtel Mountains	Wall-like rock rib on Waldstein made of granite with wool sack or pancake weathering .	2000 100 × 20	Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Kapfender Stein NE from Marlesreuth		475R006	Naila position	Franconian Forest	Small hump with rocks protruding from the flat fields near Marlesreuth . Sliding mass of light Upper Devonian gravel slate into the Grauwacken clay slate series.	300 30 × 10	Type: Hard rock, Type of rock : Kieselschiefer, Grauwacke	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Pulpit N by Köditz-Brunnenthal		475R007	Köditz position	Franconian Forest	Diabas breccia rocks on the wooded slope. There is a paper mill nearby, but this does not affect the geological value of the outcrops.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Summit of Schwarzenstein E from Trogen		475R008	Trogen position	Franconian Forest	The rock on the summit of the Schwarzenstein is made of picrite .	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument
Großer Waldstein , summit ridge ESE from Zell	more pictures	475R009	Cell position	Fichtel Mountains	Extensive hilltop rock castle made of coarse-grained G3 core granite, cross- cutting aplit dike in the north , numerous mineral finds. Pronounced wool sack formation along the storage and transverse fissures, two devil tables. The rock secured with stairs and railings is a lookout point. The cart formations at the summit are striking .	7000 350 × 20	Type: rock castle, minerals, passage, wool sack formation Type: granite, aplit	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Frog and Mouse Rocks N of Schwarzenbach ad Saale	more pictures	475R010	Schwarzenbach on the Saale position	Münchberger Gneissasse	The frog rock, which is several meters long, consists of a one meter thick vein quartz. It was found on the neighboring route while the railway was being built and laid down so that it forms a wide overhang. Below is Prasinit . Next to the frog rock is the mouse rock, which consists of folded prasinites with quartz veins.	40 8 × 5	Type: rock group, fault, rock type: vein quartz, prasinite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument
Serpentine train W from Wurlitz	more pictures	475R011	Oberkotzau position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Wooded serpentine train west of Wurlitz . The rock is exposed on slopes and former mining sites; ditches and pings are evidence of mining . On the outskirts there is a large, active serpentinite quarry.	100000 500 × 200	Type: hard rock, rock type, pinge field type: serpentinite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rocks at the Fattigsmühle	more pictures	475R012	Töpen position	Franconian Forest	At the Fattigsmühle inn , rock exposures can be seen on an impact slope of the Saale . The rocks consist of diabase breccias with distinctive crevices. Lenticular rock components in a fine-grained matrix are clearly visible on the joint surfaces .	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock group, rock type, impact slope type: meta-basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area
Petersgrat N from Joditz	more pictures	475R013	Köditz position	Franconian Forest	On the Petersgrat near Joditz , extensive layers of phycode are exposed on a large slope in the Saale.	100000 500 × 200	Type: rock wall / slope, impact slope, rock type: phyllite, quartzite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Phyllite rocks at Steinbühl S from Sparneck	more pictures	475R014	Sparneck position	Münchberger Gneissasse	The rock at Steinbühl is one of the few natural outcrops of phyllites of the prasinite-phyllite series. Microfossils ( acritars ) prove that these phyllites belong to Bavaria's oldest rocks. They come from the Ediacarian (youngest Precambrian) and are about 600 million years old.	100 20 × 5	Type: rock castle, standard / reference profile, plant fossils, rock type: phyllite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	no protected area
Gneiss rocks in the Fuchsbau SW of Schauenstein	more pictures	475R015	Schauenstein position	Münchberger Gneissasse	In the Fuchsbau forest section, rocks made of orthogneiss from the Münchberger Masse reclining series can be seen next to a hiking trail . The gneisses contain cm-large feldspar eyes.	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock group, rock type: gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural park
Rock clearances in the Oelsnitz Valley		475R016	Geroldsgrün position	Franconian Forest	In the Oelsnitz gorge between Geroldsgrün and Neumühle there is a very good outcrop of the Upper Devonian diabastuff breccia. In Tuff embedded Diabasbrocken often have diameter of several tens of centimeters. A few thin quartz veins can be seen.	3900 130 × 30	Type: rock type, gorge type: basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
High stone near Leupoldsgrün		475R017	Leupoldsgrün position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Larger cliff above Leupoldsgrün, which consists of muscovite - orthogneiss from the Münchberger Masse reclining series. The rock has a high muscovite content, and small feldspar eyes can also be seen. Good view of Döbraberg and Fichtelgebirge .	10000 100 × 100	Type: rocky dome, type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: muscovite-biotite-gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Stein SE from Konradsreuth		475R018	Konradsreuth position	Münchberger Gneissasse	Rock summit with outcrops of (lower) hornblende band gneisses of the hanging wall series of the Münchberg gneiss mass. The rock shows clear bands of dark amphibolites and light hornblende - plagioclase gneiss, which are several cm to several dm thick and indicate an intensive fold. Not far from the stone there is a heavily overgrown quarry in the same rocks.	62500 250 × 250	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure. Type: Gneiss, amphibolite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Saaleprallhang S from Neudöhlau		475R019	Döhlau position	Franconian Forest	Rocks made of the fine-grained amphibolite of the Münchberg mass were exposed on the impact slope of the Saale . In the northern part there are small outcrops in the keratophyr . The border between Münchberger Masse and Saxothuringikum is not open.	500 100 × 5	Type: Prallhang, rock wall / slope, rock type: amphibolite, trachyte	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Haidberg WSW from Zell		475R020	Cell position	Münchberger Gneissasse	The Haidberg is the most noticeable serpentinite - hardness on the edge of the Münchberg mass. It towers over the area by around 100 m and is made up of pine trees. In an abandoned but fenced quarry (geotope no. 475A028) serpentinite is exposed. A nature trail, the Humboldtweg, leads over the mountain. Alexander von Humboldt discovered the magnetic properties of serpentinite here.	1050000 1500 × 700	Type: Hard rock, Type of rock : Serpentinite	no information	precious	FFH area, nature park
Phyllite rocks on the Margaretenruhe N of Schwarzenbach ad S.		475R021	Schwarzenbach on the Saale position	Münchberger Gneissasse	At the Margaretenruhe north of Schwarzenbach, numerous rocks in phyllites of the prasinite - phyllite series are exposed along the Saale . The phyllites have been severely folded. The geotope is part of the Hertelsleite Ecopark and has good access to paths.	4000 200 × 20	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, metamorphic structure Type: phyllite, quartz phyllite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Gypsy stones with rocking stone NE from Niederlamitz		475R022	Martinlamitzer Forst-Nord position	Fichtel Mountains	On the hiking trail from Niederlamitz to the Großer Kornberg there are numerous granite blocks with pronounced weathering of wool sacks , the gypsy stones. A rocking stone can be set in motion with a wooden rod.	1000 50 × 20	Type: wool sack formation, rock group Type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Hirschstein NE ruins of Niederlamitz	more pictures	475R023	Martinlamitzer Forst-Nord position	Fichtel Mountains	On the hiking trail from Niederlamitz to the Großer Kornberg there are striking rocks, at the highest point of which the Hirschstein ruins can be seen. Access from the northeast is easy and the view is excellent. The granite rocks show wool sack weathering. Even more noticeable here is a steep group of north-west-south-east trending clefts , which gave rise to wall-like ribs.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Felsburg, Kluft, Wollsackbildung Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Augengneis rocks in Schauenstein	more pictures	475R024	Schauenstein position	Münchberger Gneissasse	In the village of Schauenstein there are several rocks made of eye gneiss from the Münchberger Masse reclining series. The largest rock is the Wachende Jungfrau natural monument, which is located in a park on the hiking trail (Museumsweg, OS21, OS22 and OS26). According to legend, a knight's daughter is said to have waited in vain for her father and bridegroom to return. In the park there is another small gneiss rock with a pavilion. In the castle path below the castle there is another rock where the structure is particularly easy to recognize.	525 35 × 15	Type: rocky dome, metamorphic structure, rock type: gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Haidberg SSE Förbau		475R025	Schwarzenbach adSaale position	Münchberger Gneissasse	The wooded ridge of the Haidberg rises north of the Förmitz reservoir. It consists of weather-resistant serpentinite and was therefore carved out as a hardened stone that shapes the landscape. An unmarked path or trail leads over the summit. Along this path there are numerous rocks, especially in the summit area, on which the rock can be studied. At the southwestern end of the Haidberg there is a small abandoned quarry and a medieval castle stable with several ring walls, some of which was carved out of the hard serpentinite. The area of the castle stables is legally protected as a ground monument.	48000 600 × 80	Type: rocky dome, hard rock, rock type 4 worked rock 5 quarry / pit type: serpentinite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	no protected area, ground monument
Diabase rock in Hallerstein		475R026	Schwarzenbach adSaale position	Fichtel Mountains	In the area between Hallerstein and Völkenreuth, there are several striking Härtling peaks that characterize the landscape in the gentle Fichtelgebirge rise. The place Hallerstein stands on the largest and highest knoll. Small to medium-grain diabase are exposed in rock clearances. These are former basalt storage tunnels that have intruded parallel to the layers of phycode. The rock at the northern exit of Hallerstein on the road to Völkenreuth is best accessible. The largest rock is north below the castle and the church of Hallerstein. A small outcrop is located further northeast at the Robischbölla hiking home of the Fichtelgebirgsverein, which stands on a gentle hilltop.	400 20 × 20	Type: Felskuppe, Härtling, rock type 4 Igneous structure Type: Meta-basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area