List of geotopes in the Neu-Ulm district
This list contains the geotopes of the Swabian district of Neu-Ulm 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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Former Gravel pit E from Bubenhausen | 775A002 |
Weißenhorn position |
Iller-Lech region | Most of the quarry has collapsed. In the upper area, conglomerate pillars are exposed alongside less solidified, weathered gravel. About 1.5 m below the Pleistocene gravel, there is a patchy solidified sandstone (possibly tertiary) in places. Freshly dug fine sand from the Upper Freshwater Molasse was found at one point in the foot area of the pit embankment. | 2100 70 × 30 |
Type: Layer sequence Type: conglomerate, sand, sandstone |
Gravel pit / sand pit | significant | no protected area | ||
Sand pit N of Ingstetten | 775A005 |
Roggenburg position |
Iller-Lech region | The light yellowish-gray to brownish fine sands of the Upper Freshwater Molasse show clear sloping structures and processing horizons, often with calcareous clay pebbles and limestone concretions. There are platy layers as well as stalky to spherical hardened sand-lime stone bodies that weather out of the pit embankment. | 100 50 × 2 |
Type: sediment structures, layer sequence type: sand |
Gravel pit / sand pit | precious | Landscape component | ||
Former Sand pit W of Bergenstetten | 775A006 |
Altenstadt position |
Iller-Lech region | The sand pit on the western outskirts of Bergenstetten is largely overgrown with young trees. In the upper area, some hard-surfaced sandstone layers are preserved; in the lower area, medium to fine sand with inclined stratification can be seen at one point. | 2800 70 × 40 |
Type: Sedimentary structures Type: Sand |
Gravel pit / sand pit | significant | Landscape component |
See also
- List of nature reserves in the Neu-Ulm district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Neu-Ulm district
- List of FFH areas in the Neu-Ulm district
- List of natural monuments in the Neu-Ulm district
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)