List of geotopes in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim

This list contains the geotopes of the Middle Franconian district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim 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
Eastern quarry WNW of Obernzenn	more pictures	575A002	Illesheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	A red to brown reed sandstone with red iron stone lumps, pebbles and sediment structures is exposed.	6250 125 × 50	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Reed sand quarry NW of Obernesselbach		575A003	Neustadt an der Aisch position	Gypsum Keuper Region	It is one of the largest and best-preserved sandstone quarries in the district. It lies in the upper half of the reed sandstone layers, which are present here in the so-called flood formation. It shows many details that give clues to the formation of the reed sandstone (e.g. breaches with sliding folds). The quarry is also of historical value, as numerous buildings were built from the material of this quarry in the surrounding villages.	32500 250 × 130	Type: sedimentary structures, quarry / pit, rock type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park
Former Reed sand quarry SW of Humprechtsau		575A004	Market Nordheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In this quarry one finds negatives of silicified primitive coniferous plants from the Mesozoic. The break lies in the lower half of the reed sandstone layers in the so-called flood formation.	15000 300 × 50	Type: Vegetable Fossils, Quarry / Pit, Sedimentary Structures, Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park
Gypsum quarry on the Häfringsberg near Wüstphül		575A006	Market Nordheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The gypsum quarry on the Häfringsberg is still well preserved. It is a continuation of a drainage ditch of the fields further to the west (subrosion basin!).	1500 50 × 30	Type: Rock, Trench, Canal Type: Gypsum	Quarry	precious	FFH area, nature park
Former plaster quarry Katzenloch near Bad Windsheim	more pictures	575A007	Bad Windsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The former break gives a good insight into the sequence of layers of the base plaster. The stone was also used to build houses, for example the town hall in Bad Windsheim was built from Bad Windsheim plaster, known under the trade name. The area is fenced.	25000 200 × 125	Type: Standard / Reference Profile Type: Plaster of Paris	Quarry	precious	Part of the landscape, nature park
Exposure wall in the ravine S from Untertief		575A008	Bad Windsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The outcrop lies in the middle part of the myophoric layers. The missing galena bank is represented by a 0.30 m thick slate of gypsum.	400 40 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: claystone, plaster	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Slope outcrop N of Unteresselbach		575A009	Neustadt an der Aisch position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In the slope outcrop near Unteresselbach, the border between the middle layers of estheria and the hanging sandstone reed is exposed. It is characterized by a breach layer of resident, mostly angular, fine sandstone and siltstone chunks.	1500 75 × 20	Type: Layer sequence Type: claystone, sandstone	embankment	significant	Natural park
Oyster reef near Langensteinach		575A015	Uffenheim position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The oyster reef in the Upper Main Muschelkalk is designated as a protected part of the landscape. It is mentioned as an excursion point in numerous publications. In the otherwise well-banked limestone there is an approximately 3 m wide and 2 m high reef body, which consists almost entirely of oyster shells (Placunopsis). The oysters, which hindered each other's growth due to the dense population, are only about 1 cm in size.	400 40 × 10	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Part of the landscape, nature park
Former clay pit SE from Gunzendorf		575A017	Emskirchen position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The largely dilapidated outcrop opened up the upper part of the Lehrberschichten up to the first boundary bank of the bubble sandstone.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Layer sequence Type: claystone, sandstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	inferior	Landscape protection area
Former quarry NE of Scheinfeld		575A018	Apparent field position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The surrounding rock is mostly thin banked and z. Sometimes developed in a slate manner, sedimentary structures (oblique stratification) are also evident. It is a typical channel formation, as there are layers of estheria 75 m to the west at the level of the upper edge of the break! On the western wall of the quarry, coal-like layers with chopped plants are exposed.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Rock type, Vegetable fossils, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Hohlweg and former quarry SE from Nenzenheim		575A019	Sugenheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	Above the leveling of the Acrodus-Corbula horizon, the steep ascent through the Estheria layers begins at the level of the Judensee, which is covered by the channel filling of the reed sandstone. In the hollow path (quarry path) the typical features of the reed sandstone, such as ripple marks, oblique stratification and angle discordances, can be seen.	50000 500 × 100	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former quarry W von Birnbaum		575A021	Gerhardshofen position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The heavily buried wall shows the lower part of the lower castle sandstone. Beyond the road, the baselets of the Lower Burgsandstein spread out. There is a small cave at the foot of the quarry wall.	150 15 × 10	Type: Layer sequence, tunnel type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Street section SW of Uehlfeld		575A022	Uehlfeld position	Sandstone Keuper Region	This road exposure is suitable for placing the otherwise poorly exposed bubble sandstone under protection, as it is repeatedly released in the course of mowing work.	500 50 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	embankment	significant	Natural park
NNE reed sand quarry in Oberaltenbernheim		575A024	Obernzenn position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Red to brown colored massive reed sandstone, which merges into the teaching layers (Ansbacher sandstone) in the hanging wall, is open.	2000 100 × 20	Type: Layer sequence Type: sandstone, clay marlstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Gypsum break in Bad Windsheim Ost	more pictures	575A026	Bad Windsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The disused gypsum quarry is located in the middle of a new development area and has been converted into my biotope. The dismantling walls are z. Some of them are in very good condition and show large folds of swelling. The easily accessible break offers a good excursion point.	10000 200 × 50	Type: fold / trough / saddle, rock type: plaster of paris	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Exposure ENE from Weimersheim		575A027	Ipsheim position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Just below the steep slope of the plateau, bubble sandstone is exposed here, partly clayey and partly sandy. In addition to quartz pebbles, the sandstone layers also contain deformed pebbles of clay marl up to about 2 cm in size. The layer boundary to the underlying Lehrberg layers lies in the lowest, heavily decayed part of the profile.	30 15 × 2	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: claystone, sandstone	embankment	significant	no protected area
Former quarry Fingalshöhle WNW von Obernzenn	more pictures	575G001	Illesheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In 1806, the former quarry served as field quarters for an Imperial French regiment for several months. French inscriptions as well as names of Seckendorff families are carved on the walls. In the protected part of the landscape, red reed sandstone with red iron stone lumps and pebbles (gutter filling) are exposed. Opposite the road there is an old quarry in a wood with traces of mining and sediment structures in the sandstone.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Quarry / Pit, Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Part of the landscape, ground monument
Felsenkeller SSE by Marktbergel		575G002	Marktbergel position	Gypsum Keuper Region	In a small space there are a total of 5 entrances to underground storage rooms in the reed sandstone. Three of them are solidly closed with grids, one is open and can be walked around 15 m. The deepest is about half filled with mud, its portal bears the year 1863.	90 30 × 3	Type: rock cellar, gallery type: sandstone	Rock cellar	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Gypsum cave Höllern S from Markt Nordheim	more pictures	575H001	Market Nordheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The corridors of the labyrinthine cave system are based on the fracture system in the base plaster and show the typical forms of the plaster solution. Depending on the groundwater level, the lower parts of the cave are more or less flooded.	450 000 1250 × 360	Type: Karst horizontal cave, sinkhole Type: Gypsum	cave	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Source pot Walsbrunnen NE from Sontheim	more pictures	575Q001	Illesheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The source pot is located in the myophoric layers. Due to the surrounding agricultural use, the spring pot shows a strong growth of algae.	28 7 × 4	Type: Constriction Source Type: Plaster of Paris	no information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Häfeleinsbrunnen N gypsum karst spring from Bad Windsheim	more pictures	575Q002	Bad Windsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The small spring (a few l / s) rises from several water catchments in the immediate vicinity. The high electrical conductivity indicates a high proportion of dissolved gypsum in the water.	6 6 × 1	Type: Constriction Source Type: Plaster of Paris	no information	significant	Natural park
Origin of the Aisch WSW from Illesheim	more pictures	575Q003	Burgbernheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The pooled spring at the resting place with the numerous side outlets in the vicinity represent a very important gypsum karst spring area.	12000 300 × 40	Type: Constriction Source Type: Plaster of Paris	no information	significant	no protected area
Sandheidehügel WNW from Obernzenn	more pictures	575R001	Illesheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The sand heather hill is a hardy made of reed sandstone. At the east end of the hill this was also dismantled.	2250 75 × 30	Type: Hardening Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Sinkhole at Häfringsberg SE von Wüstphül		575R003	Market Nordheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	It is an active sinkhole over a karst system in the base gypsum. Several small sinkholes are spread over the hill. Smaller caves have been explored.	100 10 × 10	Type: sinkhole Type: clay marlstone	other information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Külsheimer Hirtenhügel NE of Külsheim		575R004	Ipsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	Small, non-agricultural area. The wavy surface was created by leaching base plaster.	20000 200 × 100	Type: subrosion landscape, sinkhole Type: plaster	no information	significant	Natural monument, FFH area, nature park
Gypsum hill Sieben Buckel W from Krautostheim	more pictures	575R005	Market Nordheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The gypsum hills seven humps represent a sinkhole landscape in the base gypsum with numerous small caves. To the north is the gypsum cave Höllern, a branched cave system that lies just below the surface and traces the rift pattern in the base gypsum (approx. 360 × 1250 m area).	150,000 500 × 300	Type: subrosion landscape, sinkhole, karst horizontal cave Type: plaster of paris	other information	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Sinkhole on Hundsücken NW of Berolzheim		575R006	Bad Windsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The relatively steep active sinkhole is already mentioned by Emmet (1969). It lies in the middle of a field and is open, although there is at least a small amount of backfilling (corn chaff, broken bricks, etc.).	64 8 × 8	Type: sinkhole Type: mudstone, plaster	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	Natural park
Bach infiltration SE from Burgbernheim		575R007	Burgbernheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	A small valley ends blindly in a large, approximately 10 m deep meadow hollow with a small ponordoline. Plaster of paris and clay stones of the myophoria layers are here.	400 20 × 20	Type: Ponor Type: Plaster of Paris	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ponordoline SW from Marktbergel		575R008	Marktbergel position	Gypsum Keuper Region	A wide inlet ditch with several subsidence fields leads into a deep ponordoline with pending plaster of paris. It is the largest of its kind in the area. The inflow is at times over 10 l / s.	25000 250 × 100	Type: sinkhole, ponor Type: plaster of paris	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Külsheimer gypsum hill SE from Erkenbrechtshofen	more pictures	575R009	Bad Windsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The Külsheim gypsum hills protrude gently over the terrain and are arranged in one or two rows.	62500 250 × 250	Type: Subrosion landscape Type: Plaster of Paris	no information	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area, nature park
Witness mountain landscape ENE from Erkenbrechtshofen	more pictures	575R010	Bad Windsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The witness mountains of the Vorderer and Hinterer Berg protrude from the Windsheimer Bucht by approx. 60 m. The base lies in the myophoria layers, the top layers are formed by the estheria layers. The summit plateau of the west-east facing double summit consists of the Acrodus-Corbula bank.	1050000 1500 × 700	Type: Inselberg / Zeugenberg, type of layers : claystone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Spring pot Königsbrunnen N from Schwebheim		575Q004	Burgbernheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The source pot of the Königsbrunnen is located below the Schwarzenbuck near Schwebheim and is used to hold fish. Further to the east there are further, partly enclosed springs, including the Rangau spring, a medicinal and mineral spring around 650 m away, and the abandoned water protection area of Wiebelsheim. The spring water, which is already recognizable as having a high mineral content due to its characteristic color, comes from the myophoric layers, which explains increased sulfate concentrations. The Königsbrunnen feeds the heavily modified (straightened) flood ditch. Just a few meters west of the spring pot is a small rest area with a seating area.	125 25 × 5	Type: Constriction Source Type: Plaster of Paris	no information	significant	no protected area