List of geotopes in the Kitzingen district
This list contains the geotopes of the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen 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 |
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Gipskeuper on Schwanberg NE of Iphofen |
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675A001 |
Iphofen position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | The outcrops show the partly continuous, partly erosive contact between the layers of estheria and the reed sandstone. Gray clay and clay marl stones with white plaster layers (layers of estheria) are overlaid by yellow sandstones (reed sandstone). Partly, clearly recognizable sedimentation structures are preserved in the sandstones. | 100 50 × 2 |
Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: sandstone, clay marlstone |
embankment | precious | Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary | Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 57 |
Former Muschelkalkbruch SW of Krautheim |
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675A002 |
Volkach position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The outcrop lies in a horst clod divided by a fault (fault zone of Wipfeld-Gailbach-Prichsenstadt). The profile extends from the thick-banked stylolite limestone (Middle Muschelkalk) to the Upper Muschelkalk, the latter only being visible at the upper edge of the fracture, but difficult to access. | 3600 40 × 90 |
Type: sequence of layers, fault type: limestone |
Quarry | precious | Natural monument | |
Former Muschelkalkbruch Scepter E from Obernbreit | 675A003 |
Obernbreit position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The upcoming, fossil-rich sequence of layers lies outside (to the east) of the rectangular limestone area. It is addressed as normal or Uffenheim facies. The only complete Nautilus lower jaw (conchorhynchus avirostris) was found in the scepter Bruch. The sequence of layers extends from the upper part of the thick bank zone to the ostracodenton. | 800 80 × 10 |
Type: Animal Fossils, Layer Sequence Type: Limestone |
Quarry | precious | no protected area | ||
Former Sandstone quarry SE from Brno | 675A006 |
Prichsenstadt position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | In the thin-banked sandstone of the abandoned quarry, there are plant chaff and remains, such as. B. the horsetail Equisetites. The great thickness of the sandstone indicates that it is present there as flood facies. A dismantling wall is well preserved and accessible. The area is used as an orchard. | 9000 180 × 50 |
Type: Vegetable Fossils, Rock Type: Sandstone |
Quarry | precious | no protected area | ||
Clay marlstone on the Schwanberg NNE from Iphofen |
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675A007 |
Iphofen position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | The outcrop presents gypsum-bearing estheria layers with a maximum height of 8 m. Gray clay and marl stones are crisscrossed by layers of plaster of paris, some 1–2 cm thick. | 3000 15 × 200 |
Type: Rock Type: Clay marl, gypsum |
embankment | precious | Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area | |
Former Muschelkalkbruch SSW from Dettelbach |
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675A008 |
Dettelbach position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | Large outcrop with a far-reaching profile from the upper Muschelkalk to the lower Keuper. The Cycloidesbank lies in the area of the fracture bottom, but is largely dismantled. The Terebratelbank is in the upper third. The profile extends to the Wagnerian plates in the lower Keuper. | 39000 300 × 130 |
Type: layer sequence, animal fossils, sedimentary structures Type: limestone, marlstone |
Quarry | especially valuable | no protected area | |
Acrodus-Corbula-Zone SE from Nenzenheim |
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675A009 |
Iphofen position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | The former road outcrop has overgrown. Red-purple claystones (kmM) are overlaid by gray-green claystones (kmE), which - typical for the clayey gypsum keuper - indicate a close change to dolomite stone banks: This is followed by the Corbula bank. This is better 50 m further to the east in a former clay pit and is 60 cm thick. Remnants of the Acrodus bank are preserved as reading stones in the geotope area. | 5000 100 × 50 |
Type: standard / reference profile, disturbance type: claystone, marlstone |
Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit | precious | Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park | |
Frankfurter Brüche SE from Rödelsee |
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675A010 |
Iphofen position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | On the hiking trail from Rödelsee to Schwanberg there is an area of old sandstone quarries, which are known as the Frankfurt quarries after the headquarters of the former operator company. They are now partly overgrown. A footpath leads to the upper part of an outcrop wall with red and green clay and marl stones from the Lehrberg strata. White and light orange-colored bands of plaster of paris (mountain gypsum) can be seen within the strata. In the lower part, reed sandstone is exposed in a few places. | 5000 100 × 50 |
Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: claystone, sandstone |
Quarry | precious | Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area | |
Reed sand quarry SE von Seinsheim | 675A011 |
Seinsheim position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | The abandoned reed sand quarry of Seinsheim is located on the northwest slope of the Kapellberg. Plant fossils (especially horsetail remains) are occasionally found in the rubble. In the Bruch, stones were last broken in 1989 for the renovation of the church wall in Seinsheim. Today the quarry is used as a climbing garden. | 5000 100 × 50 |
Type: Rock type, Vegetable fossils, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone |
Quarry | significant | Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary | ||
Reed sand quarry Kugelspiel WSW von Castell | 675A012 |
Castell position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | The old reed sand quarry is located southwest of Castell below the Kugelspielberg. Several thick sandstone banks alternate with thin clayey layers. The quarry is located a little below the Steigerwald Panorama Trail. | 10000 200 × 50 |
Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone |
Quarry | significant | Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary | ||
Ortelsbruch ESE from Abtswind |
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675A013 |
Abtswind position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | The reed sand quarry is on the A2 hiking trail. The fine-grained sandstone with a very even structure is temporarily mined in 2 layers, each 2 to 3 m thick. The building blocks for the Würzburg Residence come from here. | 5000 100 × 50 |
Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures, Vegetable fossils Type: Sandstone |
Quarry | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park | |
Small and large Grundlos NE from Hellmitzheim |
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675Q001 |
Iphofen position |
Gypsum Keuper Region | The course of the stream and the banks of the two small spring pools are designated as natural monuments. Sulphatic water emerges from the karstified gypsum in two small spring funnels. The springs are now completely overgrown. | 250 50 × 5 |
Type: Constriction Source Type: Plaster of Paris, Clay Marlstone |
no information | significant | Natural monument | |
Dunes in the Michelheidewald NW of Wiesentheid | 675R001 |
Wiesentheid position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | In the Michelheidewald, a late or post-glacial dune field and drifting sand cover formed over the Lettenkeuper. In the wooded area of Gauwitzen there are long stretches of northwest-facing dunes, but other dune shapes also occur in the Fladig area (several individual dunes and two arched dune ridges). | 8000 400 × 20 |
Type: Dune field Type: Sand |
no information | significant | Bird sanctuary | ||
Dunes in the Spessart E of Sommerach |
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675R002 |
Volkach position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The dune field with a spacious, 10 m high sickle dune was created late to postglacial by blowing out the main valley gravel. From an ecological point of view, it is an important special location. In the north wing of the great dune there is an abandoned sand pit that is now beginning to overgrown. | 15000 500 × 30 |
Type: Dune field Type: Sand |
other information | significant | Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary | |
Eichelsee sinkhole on Kreuzberg NNW of Sommerach |
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675R003 |
Sommerach position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The temporarily water-filled sinkhole on the Kreuzberg lies in layers of factory sandstone. It was probably created by breaking a karst cavity in the underlying rocks of the Upper Muschelkalk. The sinkhole is muddy in the dry season. | 225 15 × 15 |
Type: sinkhole Type: sandstone, limestone |
Sinkhole / sinkhole | precious | Landscape protection area | |
Volkacher Mainschleife |
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675R004 |
Volkach position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | In the Volkacher Mainschleife the Main flows around the Umlaufberg of the Vogelsburg. Particularly impressive is the section south of Volkach, where the Main has carved out a 5 km long impact and sliding slope. The central part of the Prallhang forms the prerequisite for one of the best vineyards in Germany (Escherndorfer Lump) due to the southern exposure, the steepness and the shell limestone soil. | 5000000 5000 × 1000 |
Type: stream / river course, impact slope, circulating / breakthrough mountain Type: limestone |
Impact slope / river bed / stream profile | precious | Landscape protection area | Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 72 |
Dune field on the sand hill NNW of Geiselwind | 675R005 |
Geiselwind position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The extensive dune field with z. There is a partly pronounced relief in the forest, no sand is exposed. The local hiking trail G2, which also leads to the Alte Drei-Franken-Stein, crosses the area. | 480000 800 × 600 |
Type: Dune field Type: Sand |
no information | significant | Landscape protection area, nature park | ||
Dune field NE of Grafenneuses | 675R006 |
Geiselwind position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The up to 15 m high dune ridges are separated from each other as elongated walls with small valleys in between. The dune field formed in the central area approx. 300 200 m lies in the forest. Sand is not open. The local hiking trail G1 crosses the area. | 210000 700 × 300 |
Type: Dune field Type: Sand |
no information | precious | Landscape protection area, nature park |
See also
- List of nature reserves in the Kitzingen district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Kitzingen district
- List of FFH areas in the Kitzingen district
- List of natural monuments in the Kitzingen district
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)
Web links
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