List of geotopes in the Oberallgäu district

This list of geotopes in the Oberallgäu district contains all known geotopes there (as of August 2016: 85). The list contains the official names and numbers of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as well as their geographical location. Around 3,400 geotopes (as of March 2020) are recorded in the Bavarian geotope register.

Surname	image	Geotope ID	Municipality / location	Geological unit of space	description	Area m² / extension m	geology	Digestion type	value	Protection status	comment
Quarry at Schanz N von Burgberg	more pictures	780A001	Burgberg in the Allgäu position	Allgäu Alps	A north-vergent saddle with an adjoining shed zone in the southern Helvetic region of the green part cover is open. The outcrop shows the course of the sedimentation and the tectonic picture in the Helvetic with a complete sequence of layers in a narrow space. The mining has stopped, the bottom of the pit has been recultivated.	42500 250 × 170	Type: standard / reference profile, fold / trough / saddle Type: sandstone, limestone, marlstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 88
Type locality of Liebensteiner Kalks W from Vorderhindelang		780A002	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The upcoming Liebensteiner Kalk is placed stratigraphically in the Upper Cretaceous. It belongs to the pelagic ultrahelvetic, which is sandwiched between the helvetic and flysch. The dismantling has stopped, the pit area is fenced off. But outcrops are also on the neighboring slope.	300 60 × 5	Type: Type locality, layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Cover thrust at Oybach SSE from Oberstdorf		780A003	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	On the right bank of the stream and on the valley slope lies the thrust boundary from Allgäudecke to Rhenodanubian flysch. Through the thrust of the Kalkalpin-Flysch nappes in the Old Tertiary, sediments of different ages and spatially distant areas were pushed onto one another. The ceiling boundary also forms the distinctive morphological boundary between the Allgäu Alps and the Oberstdorf basin.	350 70 × 5	Type: fault, layer sequence, type of rock, source of fault, sinter formation Type: marl stone, dolomite stone, tufa limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area
Helvetikum on Lochbachstrasse NW of Tiefenbach	more pictures	780A004	Obermaiselstein position	Allgäu Alps	The sequence of layers of the green sandstone is z. Sometimes incomplete, which is typical for the facies area of the central helvetic region (after A. Heim, 1916). The reason for this is the uplift of the sea floor during the lower Cretaceous to Middle Cretaceous. The Schrattenkalkfelswand gives a good insight into the structure of the rock: accumulations of bivalves and corals, organic debris limestone and small reefs lie in the approx. 30 degree inclined layer sequence.	4000 200 × 20	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures, animal fossils, rock wall / slope Type: limestone, marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Junghansen shifts at Bolgenach SE von Balderschwang		780A005	Balderschwang position	Allgäu Alps	The layer sequence of the Feuerstätter ceiling (heavily specially folded Junghans layers) over aptych layers is open. The 2 m high and very wide outcrop lies south of the creek bed and is therefore only directly accessible when the water is low. The impressive folding can also be seen from the north bank.	400 80 × 5	Type: Layer sequence, fold / hollow / saddle Type: Limestone, claystone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Fold in Flysch on Riedbergstrasse SW of Obermaiselstein		780A006	Obermaiselstein position	Allgäu Alps	On the embankment, an overturned saddle from North Vergen is open-minded like a textbook in layers of Ofterschwang. The large outcrop is located directly on a steep incline. There is a risk of traffic during a visit.	100 20 × 5	Type: fold / hollow / saddle, rock type: limestone marl	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Road outcrop in the Ultrahelvetikum on the altenbach in Oberstdorf		780A007	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The well-preserved and excellently accessible outcrop 100 m north-north-west of the ice rink shows layers of ultra-Helvetian glue. The marly rock crumbles into slate-like plates.	200 20 × 10	Type: Type of rock, storage conditions Type: Limestone marl	embankment	precious	no protected area
Spilit of the Arosa zone in Wildbachtobel E in Hindelang	more pictures	780A008	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	On the rock face above the stream, cushion-shaped rock structures (pillow lava) of an alkaline effusion rock (diabasporphyrite) appear. The pillow structure indicates submarine effusion, diabasporphyrites (or spilites) are typical rocks of the Arosa cover. They show new formation of oceanic crust (increased volcanic activity) during the Cretaceous period in this sedimentation area. In the adhering contact metamorphic sediment crust there are fossil remains (Cenoman).	500 25 × 20	Type: Rock Type , Pillows Type: Basalt	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	no protected area
Helvetikum outcrop on Breitachstrasse NW of Oberstdorf	more pictures	780A009	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The exposure shows a section of the Geisberg-Burgberg anticline in the Helvetikum. The sequence of layers above the Schrattenkalk (Middle Helvetic) shows deviations in a narrow space that can be attributed to oscillations in the sea level and layer condensation.	1000 200 × 5	Type: Layer sequence, fold / hollow / saddle Type: Limestone, sandstone	embankment	precious	no protected area
Oberstdorf green sandstone on Burgbichel NW of Oberstdorf		780A010	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The Härtling Burgbichel lies on the edge of the postglacial Stillach floodplain. Upcoming is Oberstorfer Grünsandstein. This is a regression formation in the Helvetic facies area during the Paleocene. The very large and very well preserved outcrop in the compact sandstone is used as a climbing garden.	3900 60 × 65	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Wup ESE quarry from Rettenberg			Rettenberg position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The outcrop is on the N-wing of the Murnau Mulde, which ends here. The profile of the upper clay marl layers over the entire building block layers to the base of the Weißach layers is open. The building block layers are divided into two parts by a clay marl package. They often contain sedimentary structures and plant chippings.	24000 400 × 60	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: sandstone, clay marlstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area	Possibly deleted by the LfU (Oct. 2018)
Upper sea molasse N of Rieggis		780A012	Waltenhofen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The road outcrop shows conglomerates of the upper sea molasses in the area of the Hauchenberg scale (northern area of the fold molasses). Oyster conglomerate is concentrated in a 0.8 to 1 m thick horizon.	750 50 × 15	Type: Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Conglomerate	embankment	precious	no protected area
Outcrops in the Kollerbachtal NW of Kempten		780A013	Wiggensbach position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The rebound slopes on the Kollerbach show the typical sequence of layers of the Upper Freshwater Molasse in the area of the Adelegg alluvial fan. The radial fill near the mountain has a high coarse-clastic share. Discordances, limestone crusts, and fossils indicate the climate and sedimentation conditions. Shale coal is exposed in the stream bed.	225000 1500 × 150	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures, animal fossils, gorge Type: conglomerate, marlstone, lignite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Former Buchenberg quarry		780A014	Buchenberg position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The outcrop is about 2 km north of the tectonic edge of the Alps. The layers still fall here at 40–50 degrees to the north. Coarse conglomerates of the Upper Freshwater Molasse are exposed, alternating with fine to coarse sandstones in thin plates. Crystalline rocks are represented with a clear proportion (5–10%).	4000 100 × 40	Type: Rock Type: Conglomerate, Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Nagelfluh rock face at Burgstall NNE from Wagegg	more pictures	780A015	Haldenwang position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The conglomerated gravel lying on the upper freshwater molasse forms a steep-walled plateau to the south. Old Pleistocene solidified moraine lay over the gravel. Fissures and flexures are due to subsidence in the sediment. To the east of the castle ruins is a cave in the solidified gravel.	7200 120 × 60	Type: sequence of layers, rock wall / slope Type: conglomerate	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Rauhenstein on Blender NW of Eschachberg		780A016	Buchenberg position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The holey, chalky and poorly sorted Nagelfluh is clearly separated from the lying Upper Freshwater Molasse. These are the highest remains of an oldest Pleistocene gravel strand in the western Alpine foothills.	6250 250 × 25	Type: rock, rock outcrop Type: Conglomerate	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Outcrops in the Weißach Gorge NE of Steibis		780A018	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Older Weißach layers are developed in the ravine. The Weißach layers are the deepest, purely fluvial terrestrial layers of the Lower Freshwater Molasse. The area west of the Iller belongs to the Hochgratschuttfächer, the alluvial fan of an Oligocene to Miocene Ur-Iller river system. The low to no conglomerate share represents the outcrops in the Weißach-Tobel in the area of gray facies. This facies district is in front of the pouring center (high ridge facies).	315000 900 × 350	Type: Type locality, Gorge Type: Marlstone, Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	FFH area, nature park
Type locality of the Steigbach layers SW of Immenstadt		780A019	Immenstadt im Allgäu position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	In the Steigbachtobel the higher Steigbach layers (lower freshwater molasse) are developed. They are deposits of a Ur-Iller river system. The ravine forms the transition from the hanging valley of the Steigbach to the glacial deepened main valley of the Iller and Konstanzer Ach.	24000 600 × 40	Type: type locality, gorge Type: conglomerate, marl, sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural park
Outcrop at the NW section of Sulzbrunn		780A020	Sulzberg position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The orbital cut shows glauconitic sandstones of the Upper Sea Molasse and is rich in fossils.	1300 130 × 10	Type: Rock, Animal Fossils Type: Sandstone	embankment	significant	no protected area
Gravel pit SW of Josereute		780A021	Oy-Mittelberg position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	In the gravel pit, which has now largely been filled, a saddle was visible in the Würmzeit advancing gravel, created by compression by the advancing Iller foreland glacier (Fig. 3 + 4: 2007). In the core of the saddle, moraine was exposed. Today - 2016 - only a small remainder of the Würmzeit gravel (with sand and silt) is preserved.	600 40 × 15	Type: sedimentary structures, layer sequence Type: gravel, moraine	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Nagelfluhfelsen NW of Sommersberg		780A022	Dietmannsried position	Iller-Lech region	The outcrop shows the Mindel moraine above the Mindel push gravel. The rock formation is on the signposted Bockrundweg hiking trail.	300 30 × 10	Type: sequence of layers, rock wall / slope Type: conglomerate	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Leybachtobel E from old towns		780A024	Sonthofen position	Allgäu Alps	To the east of old towns there are good flysch outcrops in the Leybachtobel. Graduated layers and folds can be seen in the lower part of the profile. In the higher part, a waterfall step has formed in the more compact sandstone. The brook overcomes an altitude of about 20 meters in several stages.	22500 450 × 50	Type: Stone type: Sandstone, marlstone, sand-lime stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	no protected area
Jewish Church NE of Tiefenbach	more pictures	780A025	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	Schrattenkalk is in the form of a rock gate, which is the remainder of a cave collapse. The rock gate stands on a steep, slippery slope, armor surfaces can be seen on the pillars, a 3 m wide rustling zone on the right pillar, the Schrattenkalk is banked.	30 15 × 2	Type: Type of rock, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Molasse wall NW of Seltmans	more pictures	780A026	Weitnau position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Exposure wall with conglomerates, sandstones and marlstones of the Upper Freshwater Molasse. The outcrop shows interesting sediment structures, but is used as a climbing garden.	800 80 × 10	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures Type: conglomerate, sandstone, marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Conglomerate walls NNW from Freundpolz		780A027	Immenstadt im Allgäu position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Steep and high walls made of extremely coarse-grained, unbanked conglomerates. A mountain saddle leads to the Scheidbach gorge, at the entrance of which and a little further down there are imposing conglomerate rocks. A simple forest chapel with a grave depiction was built at a hollow.	2700 180 × 15	Type: Type of rock, sedimentary structures, rock wall / slope, eruption / weathering cave Type: conglomerate, marlstone, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Coal seam in the valley of the Steinebach		780A028	Weitnau position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Along the Steinebach, the Upper Freshwater Molasse is exposed with intermediate coal seams. The coal seams, which are up to 50 cm thick, contain plant fossils and are located along a section of around 40 m.	200 40 × 5	Type: Rock, Vegetable Fossils Type: Lignite, Marlstone, Conglomerate	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Radiolarite at the Stuibenfall in Oytal SE from Oberstdorf	more pictures	780A029	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The Stuibachfall falls 25 m down a wall of slightly folded, red and black radiolarites.	300 30 × 10	Type: Waterfall, Rock Type: Radiolarite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Steigbach layers on the Mittagberg S of Immenstadt		780A030	Blaichach position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	This impressive outcrop is located near the Mittag mountain station in an alternating layer of conglomerates and sandstones from the Steigbach strata.	40 20 × 2	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures, type of rock Type: conglomerate, sandstone, marl	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Main dolomite folds on the Wiedemerkopf in the Hintersteiner Valley		780A031	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The Wiedemerkopf consists largely of main dolomite, which was deposited during the Upper Triassic in a lagoon (low water circulation, high salinity) with a thickness of up to 2000 m. Since the main dolomite is very rugged, it breaks up into small pieces that form large rubble fans on the mountain flanks. The apex of an almost lying fold points to the NW, the main direction of the Alpidic ceiling thrust in this region.	60000 300 × 200	Type: fold / hollow / saddle, fault, layer sequence Type: dolomite stone, limestone, marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Ceiling boundary at Hornbachjoch SE from Oberstdorf		780A032	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	At the Hornbachjoch, the flat thrust of the nappe boundary between the Allgäu and Lechtal nappes is exposed.	500 100 × 5	Type: Storage conditions, disturbance, sequence of layers Type: dolomite stone, marlstone, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Exposure of the Allgäu formation between Falkenberg and Rauheck		780A033	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	Central point of the type locality of the Allgäu formation. It is open to the ridge between Falkenberg and Rauheck with marl limestone and marl stones on a hiking trail over a distance of over 2 km.	165000 2200 × 75	Type: Type locality, layer sequence Type: Marlstone, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Helvetic silica lime at the former sulfur bath of Tiefenbach		780A034	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The building of the former Kneipp and sulfur baths in Tiefenbach is now a hostel. During the redesign of the outdoor facilities, Drusberg layers and silica limestone from the Geißberg vault were exposed. This means that one of the deepest layers of the Helveticum in the Allgäu is easily accessible. The Kieselkalk consists of relatively dark limestones with grains of quartz sand and chert lentils, which are partly formed from the abundant needles of silica sponges. The Drusberg layers - exposed south of the house entrance - consist of dark, schisty marls with limestone banks. The sulfur spring, which has been used for centuries, is said to have been down by the Mühlbach and has now dried up.	1200 120 × 10	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: pebble limestone, marlstone, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Alpine red sandstone on the Iseler SSE from Oberjoch		780A035	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	On the Iseler is one of the few occurrences of alpine red sandstone in the Bavarian Alps. This oldest sedimentary rock in the Allgäu was only dragged along in a few scraps at the base of the calcareous alpine ceiling. The Alpine red sandstone was deposited in terrestrial basins. The red color comes from iron oxide coatings on the quartz grains in a desert-like environment. In the east of the Bavarian Alps, instead, the simultaneous Werfen formation, deposited in a marine environment, is on the agenda. From the mountain station of the Iseler chairlift, following the hiking trail to the east in the direction of Wiedhag-Alpe, after 270 m there are two benches on a railing rib. To the north, this rib consists of the alpine red sandstone, which shows itself in reading stones and some rocks as light reddish to grayish white, fine-grained to quartzitic sandstone. The heavy vegetation with blueberries indicates the acidic soil.	2000 100 × 20	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock type: sandstone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area
Kössen formation NE from the Prinz-Luitpold-Haus		780A036	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	About 20 minutes from the Prinz-Luitpoldhaus on the Jubiläumsweg (Via Alpina) to the Bockskarscharte you will find plenty of corals (Thecosmilia) and occasional brachiopods in reading stones in the hiking trail, in a protective strip next to it and standing on a marbled slope above the hiking trail. The marly layers belong to the Kössen formation. The massive limestone that accompanied the path on its western side up to here in a wall is Oberrat limestone.	2400 40 × 60	Type: Animal fossils, Layer sequence Type: Marlstone, Limestone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Kössen formation in the Traufbachschlucht E von Spielmannsau		780A037	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The Traufbach Gorge east of Spielmannsau first runs in the main dolomite. The level of Spielmannsau am Traufbach is passed - a water level measuring point that also warns of flooding. At around 1,100 m, the gorge widens slightly, the path becomes narrow and is painstakingly paved in unstable rock over an impact slope. Black-gray clay stones with turned on dark bituminous limestone of the Kössen formation stand here. The rest of the way to the end of the gorge runs through Oberrätkalk.	25000 500 × 50	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, impact slope Type: claystone, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Exotic rocks at Kühberg SE in Oberstdorf		780A038	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The discovery of exotic rocks - gneiss, mica schist, granite - in the Allgäu Alps caused great discussions in the early days of geology. One of these well-described outcrops was the Kühberg near Oberstdorf, where mica schist and granite were found in large blocks and slabs in the Wildflysch. Today it is assumed for most of these exotic giant blocks that they were carried into the depths from the shelf edge with turbid currents and embedded in the colorful conglomerates of the Junghansenschichten (Feuerstätter Flysch). If you do not take the path at the Oybelehalle that leads in serpentines to the Kühberg inn, but rather the path along the long side of the hall in a southerly direction, then 150 m after the hall, a footpath branches off to the left. Along this path you can find light mica slate pending greenish weathered in reading stones.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Mica Slate	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Flysch des Gaisalptobels SE von Reichenbach		780A040	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	On the ascent through the Gaisalptobel, first red clay stones and gray-green clay marl stones of the Lahnegraben formation (Lower Colorful Marl), then layers of the Kalkgraben formation (cement marl series) are crossed. The limestone banks within the sequence of predominantly clay marls show boudinage: By pulling them, the harder banks are divided into lens-shaped bodies and the matrix of schisty marls flow around them. In the higher section of the ravine there is the alternation of fine sandstones and claystones of the Rehbreingraben formation (quartzite series). A minor rock fall took place at the power station above.	56000 800 × 70	Type: Layer sequence Type: sandstone, quartzite, mudstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Schrattenkalk of the Herzbergalpe WSW from Obermaiselstein		780A041	Obermaiselstein position	Allgäu Alps	On the Beslerrunde hiking trail from the Herzbergalpe east to the Schwarzenberg, there are plenty of fossils in the Schrattenkalk where the Karren forest shows a loosened, very pure limestone. Most of them are mussels or snails, the cross-sections of which emerge from the limestone due to the weathering. In the upper section of the path, oncoids - concentric deposits of lime around a germ - can be seen on the weathered areas of the limestone. At the beginning of the path down at the edge of the forest and again up in front of the hunting lodges on the Schwarzenberg, brown weathered green sandstones from the (and younger) Garschella formation above the Schrattenkalk are waiting.	160 40 × 4	Type: Animal Fossils, Sedimentary Structures, Carts / Fields Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Type locality of the Bolgen conglomerate W von Obermaiselstein		780A043	Bolsterlang position	Allgäu Alps	In 1829 the British geologists Prof. Sedgwick and Mr. Murchison traveled through the Eastern Alps, also examined the mass of crystalline rock on the Bolgen and its surroundings and came to the conclusion that volcanic matter had lifted up a solid block of gneiss and broken the overlying sedimentary rocks and were adjusted. F. v. Lupine first published the crystalline stones on the Bolgen in 1809. At that time he suspected more correctly that the crystalline rocks of the Bolgen, after the Alpine limestone had settled, had been transported here on a sloping surface by water and gravity. Cornelius (1924) named the sequence of layers as the Bolgen conglomerate. According to today's view, these are partly very large blocks that were deposited in canyons of the shelf slope and lie within the Junghansen layers of the Feuerstätter ceiling. Crystalline stone blocks can be found on the hill above the path. Crystalline stones from Bolgen are also said to have been used for the masonry of the Wannenkopfhütte.	3600 90 × 40	Type: Type locality Type: conglomerate, granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Manganese shale of the Allgäu formation in the Rappenalptal		780A044	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	In the rearmost Rappenalptal SW of Oberstdorf, the alpine path from the Speicherhütte to the Trifthütte crosses deep black clay stones at around 1,720 m. They stand out because of their dark color as well as their shiny polished surfaces and steel-blue fittings. It is the manganese shale of the Middle Allgäu Formation. The claystones are stored between cm and dm thick sandstones. In addition to manganese, which is hardly visible in any visible minerals, the manganese shales here occasionally contain tiny idiomorphic quartz crystals. Upon careful search, they reveal themselves by their flashes in the sunlight. From the last stop of the bus line in Birgsau it is a little over 3 hours and 770 meters in altitude to the geotope. It can be reached faster by mountain bike, but from the Speicherhütte only on a wide, but partly rocky path.	250 50 × 5	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, minerals Type: claystone, sandstone	embankment	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Kössen formation west of the Schwarzenberghütte		780A045	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	On the alpine path from the Schwarzenberghütte to the Käseralpe there are thin to thick-banked limestone and marl with claystones of the Kössen formation for a few 100 meters. The thin limestones show nice small folds. In the sequence of changes, the extensive fissures of the marl stones standing vertically on the layer surfaces and the close, angular kinking foliation of the clay stones can be observed very well. The contents of a moraine can be studied on a slope: Typical is the wide grain size range from large, rounded blocks to sand, silt and clay fractions.	1250 250 × 5	Type: Fold / well / saddle, rock type: limestone, marl, mudstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Jura, chalk and crystalline of the Arosa zone W of the Rotspitz		780A046	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The largest mass of mica slate in the Arosa zone in the Allgäu is accessible high up on the western slope of the Rotspitz in the Retterschwanger Valley - only pathless and difficult to access. The valley is closed to public motor vehicle traffic. To access the area, take the hiking trail to the Hasenegg Alps 800 m south of the Alpe Mitterhaus, but descend slightly to 1,260 m on a Jägersteig to the north. After 350 m, the trail crosses the watercourse that is continuously marked on the map and runs in a somewhat deeper run. You follow the rib to the left of the run uphill without a path and after a short time you will see a stream of rubble from the Rotspitz on the left. Further on the rib, at 1,330 m beyond the rubble flow, well-banked, greenish-gray marl limestone of the Schrambach-Fm. (within the Arosa zone). A step with a small waterfall above is accompanied by typical red radiolarites from Ruhpolding-Fm. educated. If you have carefully overcome the step (on the rib!), Then there are mica slate a little above it. Amphibolite can be found in the rubble next to it. The same way back!	1000 50 × 20	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, storage conditions Type: Mica schist, amphibolite, radiolarite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Spilite in the Arosa zone near the Gaisalpe		780A047	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The Spilite of the Arosa zone near the Gaisalpe were already known to Gümbel (1861). The rocks, which are rare in the Bavarian Alps but typical for the Arosa zone, can be reached in the steep ascent in pasture terrain from the hiking trail to the Gaisalpsee (or at the same height without a path from the Richteralpe). In the teardrop-shaped wood above 1,320 m, the spilites, some with shiny metallic shear surfaces, are waiting. In the neighboring meadow area, pillows of the frozen pillow lavas that have flowed under the sea are piled up, as it were. Above the wood, the gussets between the cushions are filled with white zeolites in an outcrop in steep meadow terrain. On the border with chalk marl, Hornfels emerged from contact metamorphosis.	7500 150 × 50	Type: Rock type, Mineral type: Basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area
Road exposure in bunks layers WNW von Rettenberg		780A048	Rettenberg position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Between Greggenhofen and Humbach the road crosses a train of colorful conglomerates of the bunks. In addition to the predominant conglomerates, the outcrop also shows sandstones and marl stones. Calcite crystals are formed on fissures. Harness strips on faults indicate the direction of movement of the clods.	500 50 × 10	Type: rock type, fault, mineral type: sandstone, conglomerate, marlstone	embankment	precious	no protected area
Spilite of the Arosa zone on Rothplattenbach NE of Hindelang		780A049	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	Gümbel was familiar with the great exposures (= outcrops) of Alpenmelaphyr in Rothplattenbach. Blocks of rock had been transported from the creek down to the vicinity of the Ostrach. These spillages in the Arosa zone have been mapped at several points in the ravine of the Rothplattenbach. They can be easily reached on a path that branches off the non-public road to the Hirschalpe at 1,300 m to the west (and leads over the Krähenwand to the Hirschalpe). After the first bend and the crossing of the stream, it is soon noticeable that instead of light limestone, there are also dark basalt gravel in the path. Spilite can now also be found in the embankment and in reading stones a long way up the rib between the two streams. Finds of zeolites are reported from the Spiliten vom Rothplattenbach.	10200 170 × 60	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, minerals Type: Basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area
Quarries at the Oberzollbrücke NW of Sonthofen		780A051	Often swing position	Allgäu Alps	The Reiselsberg sandstone used to be a popular building block that was extracted in numerous quarries in the Allgäu. The series consists mainly of sandstones. Mudstone intermediate layers recede considerably and often only form layer joints. This is attributed to the fact that turbidity flows have largely worked up the fine-grain sediments of the previous deposit. At the Oberzollbrücke near Sonthofen there are two former quarries that are known for their beautiful sole brands. V. Rad (1972) drew a bank sequence profile with sediment structures from the quarries. Today both quarries are heavily overgrown. But sole marks can still be found on sandstone slabs lying around. The walls of steep flysch sandstone are partly overhanging due to the dismantling and sliding of blocks. The northern quarry is also quite high. Keep away from areas at risk of falling rocks! Respect private land!	32000 400 × 80	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type: sandstone, mudstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Ceiling boundary above the Rappenseehütte SSW from Oberstdorf		780A052	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	At the Rotgundspitze above the Rappenseehütte, the thrust path of the Lechtal Nappe on the Allgäu Nappe is visible from afar. The light main dolomite (triad) of the Lechtal ceiling lies on folded dark marl stones of the Middle Allgäu formation (Jura). In the depression between Rotgundspitze and Linkerskopf, the ceiling thrust strikes out. The Linkerskopf is built from limestone and marl stones from the Lower Allgäu formation. Towards the SW, the thrust orbit disappears under the rubble of the main dolomite and only reappears south of the Rappensee - now more than 200 m deeper. The access from the Rappenseehütte to the Heilbronner Höhenweg leads past below the geotope. It's a good 3 1/2 hours and 1,140 meters in altitude to get to the hut from Birgsau.	50000 500 × 100	Type: Fault, layer sequence Type: dolomite stone, marlstone, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Show mine ore mines on Grünten NE of Sonthofen		780G001	Burgberg in the Allgäu position	Allgäu Alps	From the 14th to the 19th century, iron ore was mined at Grünten. In the 80 m long tunnel of the Theresiengrube and the 25 m deep shaft of the Alten-Anna-Grube ore limestone in the Nummulitenkalk are developed. In a museum village the visitor can find out about the geology, the history of mining and iron processing.	160 80 × 2	Type: Stollen Type: Limestone, iron ore	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area
Kargzeche W coal mining in Geratsried		780G003	Missen-Wilhams position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The Kargzeche on Rotheidebach was operated from 1913 on a coal seam a few meters thick in the lower freshwater molasse. Two tunnels were driven, but the poor thickness and quality of the coal, water ingress and other difficulties soon led to the work being stopped again. The dismantling was started again several times, each time not of long duration. The last attempt ended in 1949, and with it a chapter in the mining history of the Allgäu. Today there are hardly any traces of earlier mining to be found on the Rotheidebach. A cut in the terrain with a water outlet suggests a collapsed tunnel. Elsewhere in the embankment of the stream, there is a wooden beam and, above it, coal-like overburden. The geotope can be reached from the hiking car park east of Trabers.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Stollen Type: Brown coal, marlstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	FFH area
Sturmannshöhle S from Obermaiselstein	more pictures	780H001	Obermaiselstein position	Allgäu Alps	The legendary show cave is also known as the Sturmatz hole or cave (Middle High German for noise). The cave lies at the intersection of the layer joint and the steep cleft in the Schrattenkalk limestone of the Schwarzenberg vault. The column-shaped cave cross-section runs almost horizontally for 150 m, and then widens into a shaft-like hall. Behind it the lowering takes place to the active karst water level. 19 m below is a cave lake.	920 460 × 2	Type: Karst Shaft & Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Hölloch shaft in the Mahdtal WSW of Oberstdorf		780H002	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The Hölloch is currently (2016) with 11,346 m measured length the fourth longest cave in Germany. The cave has a height difference of 452 m. The height of the cave in the karstified Schrattenkalk limestone, which is only about 100 m thick, results from its course with the inclination of the layers. The Drusberg layers, which are only slightly permeable to water, form the karst base. The entrance shaft is 76.6 m deep and can only be negotiated with rope by experienced cave explorers. The Höllochbach flows at the foot of the shaft. There are gorges, cave lakes and waterfalls through which water flows. When the snow melts and heavy rain, the entire upper Mahdtal drains into the cave and puts it under water. The water of the NW-SE cave system leaves the cave at 1,040 m at the Sägebach spring in the Schwarzwasserbachtal (Vorarlberg). From the Mahdtalhaus in Kleinwalsertal, the Höllochschacht secured with a rope railing can be reached in about 1 1/2 hours on foot.	34038 11346 × 3	Type: Karst Shaft & Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	cave	especially valuable	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Karst springs in the Christlessee SSE in Oberstdorf	more pictures	780Q001	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The circular Christlessee is fed by several submarine karst springs and an above-ground tributary. The unreal colors, which can change from turquoise to green to black depending on the sunlight, are probably caused by algae.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Constriction source Type: Dolomite stone, gravel	no information	significant	Landscape protection area
Iodine source Sulzbrunn ENE from Sulzberg		780Q002	Sulzberg position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The natural mineral spring formed the basis for the former Sulzbrunn iodine bath. The source is accessible through a (closed) shaft. Impressive living stalactites made of microorganisms have formed in the source shaft.	19 16 × 1	Type: Mineral Spring Type: Sandstone, Marlstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	especially valuable	no protected area
Glacier cut NW of Weiher		780R001	Rettenberg position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The windward side facing south to south-southeast is heavily sanded, it shows scratches and welts in the direction of the ice movement. The steeper lee side is unevenly formed and rough due to the tearing off of frost-loosened rock sections. In addition, individual pools and gullies can be seen, which show the effect of debris from leading glacial waters. The fine structures of the glacial activity begin to disappear due to weathering.	330 30 × 11	Type: Glacier Cut Type: Conglomerate	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument
Seealpsee ESE from Oberstdorf	more pictures	780R002	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The Seealpsee has formed in a valley that is slightly deepened by the glacial period.	115200 480 × 240	Type: Kar Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Kar with Gaisalpseen NE from Oberstdorf	more pictures	780R003	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The well-developed Pleistocene high mountain form has a 150 m high karst step.	1320000 1200 × 1100	Type: Kar Type: dolomite stone, limestone, marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Engeratsgund-See ENE from Oberstdorf	more pictures	780R004	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The sea-filled Karmulde lies in easily eroded Allgäu layers and has 100 m high cirque walls.	250000 500 × 500	Type: Kar, rock face / slope Type: Limestone, marl stone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Starzlach gorge NE from Sonthofen	more pictures	780R005	Sonthofen position	Allgäu Alps	The deeply cut Starzlachtal narrows when crossing from the Wang- und Dreiangelschichten into the hard Nummulitenkalke to the gorge. The Nummulite limestones are partially mineralized and very rich in fossils (large foraminifera). A 150 m long dry ridge with dry whirlpool holes (water mills) is remarkable.	12000 400 × 30	Type: Gorge, Animal Fossils, Rock Type , Kolk Type: Limestone, Marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument
Hölltobel W by Gerstruben	more pictures	780R006	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The gorge cut is through numerous waterfalls, ground and side caves and a z. Sometimes marked extremely small width (<1 m). The formation of the ridge is typical for the confluence of side valleys in glacial deeper main valleys.	400 200 × 2	Type: Gorge, Waterfall Type: Dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Eisenbreche and Auelesgasse SE from Hinterstein	more pictures	780R007	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The Ostrach overcomes the main dolomite bar in a narrow and deep gorge. The decisive factor for the formation of the gorge was the difference in height in the valley floor above and below the bedrock. The higher relief energy in this section of the valley resulted in increased deep erosion.	30000 1500 × 20	Type: Gorge, Waterfall Type: Dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Täschlefall in the Hintersteiner Valley		780R008	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The small Täschle brook overcomes the 70 m difference in altitude at its mouth in the main valley with an almost stepless waterfall.	1500 150 × 10	Type: Waterfall, Fault Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Nature reserve, natural monument, FFH area
Palace Kar S by Waltrams		780R009	Weitnau position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The northernmost and deepest cesspool of a local glacier during the Würm high glacial in the foothills of the Alps.	200000 500 × 400	Type: Kar, Sedimentary Structures, Animal Fossils Type: Marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Falltobel W from Niedersonthofen		780R010	Waltenhofen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The stream follows the glacial channel between the molasse ribs. An approximately 30 m high fall is accessed via a path. Surefootedness and good footwear required.	140000 700 × 200	Type: Kerbtal, waterfall, rock type: moraine, conglomerate, marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Ermengerst foundling Rabenstein N	more pictures	780R011	Wiggensbach position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	Erratic blocks like the Rabenstein from rocks of the Lower Freshwater Molasse are very common in the area of the Kempten Glacier. They come from the Molasse Mountains, which strike across the direction of the glacier flow. Adjacent are two small dead ice holes.	96 12 × 8	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	Natural monument
Findling SW of Oberdorf		780R012	Waltenhofen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The boulder consists of a coarse conglomerate of the lower freshwater molasse. Despite intensive agricultural use, there are still massive boulders within and north of the folded molasses.	24 6 × 4	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	Natural monument
Findling SW of Langenegg		780R013	Waltenhofen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The boulder consists of a coarse, colorful conglomerate of bunk layers. Erratic blocks of rocks from the Lower Freshwater Molasse are very common in the area of the Kempten Glacier.	60 10 × 6	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Boulder near Rauhenstein		780R014	Altusried position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The heavily overgrown boulder consists of a coarse, colorful conglomerate of bunk layers. Erratic blocks of rocks from the Lower Freshwater Molasse are very common in the area of the Kempten Glacier. The boulder is a natural monument and stands on private property. Ask the owner for permission before entering the property!	20 5 × 4	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	Natural monument
Boulder in the sub-desert		780R015	Weitnau position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The block probably comes from an old moraine of the Rhine glacier (Mindel). Boulders and boulders from the leading rock of the glacier nutrient area, such as the erratic block near sub-desert, indicate flow paths and the spread of glaciation (probably originating from the Rätikon).	2 2 × 1	Type: Boulder Type: Limestone	block	precious	no protected area
Mountain slide S from Hinterstein	more pictures	780R016	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The landslide, which disappeared in September 1964 and reactivated in May 1965, had a volume of around 1 million m³. The landslide was favored by the clayey layers of the Allgäu layers.	375000 1250 × 300	Type: Landslide Type: Limestone, Marlstone, Mudstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Breitachklamm SW from Oberstdorf	more pictures	780R017	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The deepest gorge in the Allgäu has wall heights of up to 80 m. The construction was carried out postglacial along a fault system in the Schrattenkalk.	55000 1100 × 50	Type: gorge, waterfall, scour, layer sequence, fault Type: limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	Natural monument	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 31
Findling Dengelstein SE from Stein	more pictures	780R018	Through position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The largest boulder in the Kempten Forest consists of a colorful, coarse conglomerate of the lower freshwater molasse. A prehistoric cult site is suspected in the Dengelstein. According to legend, the devil should always shake his scythe here when bad events are imminent. The ground monument is surrounded by a wall with a moat. The boulder was released in 2000.	266 19 × 14	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	Natural monument, soil monument, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 15
Morauchelstein NNW from Bodelsberg	more pictures	780R019	Through position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The formation of carts on the rock surface of the boulder from conglomerates of the lower freshwater molasse (bunk beds) gave the block its name (Morauchel = morel). Unfortunately, a row of spruce plants now blocks the view of the boulder.	204 17 × 12	Type: carts / fields, boulder Type: conglomerate	block	precious	Natural monument
Findling WSW from Wachsenegg		780R020	Sulzberg position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The boulder consists of a coarse, colorful conglomerate of bunk layers. Erratic blocks of rocks from the Lower Freshwater Molasse are very common in the area of the Kempten Glacier.	80 10 × 8	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	Natural monument
Sulzberger See SSW from Durach	more pictures	780R021	Sulzberg position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	Dead ice preserved the Sulzberger See, which is a remnant of the large Raunser ice reservoir. The lake is bordered by late to high glacial meltwater gravel. Moors can be found in the now silted up lake area.	495000 1100 × 450	Type: Dead ice hole, raised bog Type: Gravel	no information	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Illertal NNW from Altusried	more pictures	780R022	Altusried position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The hydrodynamic river system was affected by barrages. The impressive, approx. 70 m high impact slope near Kalden shows a cut into the Upper Freshwater Molasse.	70000 700 × 100	Type: Impact slope, layer sequence Type: gravel, marlstone, conglomerate	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Ziegelberger Trompetental (SE part) NE by Kraiberg		780R023	Dietmannsried position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The largest worm-glacial Trompetental in the Allgäu documents the meltwater runoff in the high glacial (Würm), up to the diversion into today's Iller-Lech-Tal (southern part of the valley to the border of the district).	1000000 2000 × 500	Type: Trumpet Valley Type: Gravel	no information	significant	no protected area
Nail stones NNW from Oberschwarzenberg		780R024	Oy-Mittelberg position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	It is an accumulation of large boulders from the coarse Molassenagelfluh of the lower freshwater molasse. The blocks probably come from the Rottach-Berg area to the southwest and were deposited by the eastern branch of the Iller glacier.	54 9 × 6	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	no protected area
Giant boulder Baltenstein SE from Betzigau		780R025	Betzigau position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	There are 3 large boulders in the ravine of the Bannholzbach. The most beautiful one has quarry stone masonry at the summit, which could be a medieval keep. All are planted with large trees.	800 40 × 20	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	Ground monument, FFH area
Ice crumbling landscape SE from Hochgreut		780R026	Betzigau position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	Located in the predominantly pasture-used area, this ice crumbling landscape shows a very restless relief. Several, e.g. Sometimes boggy dead ice holes and a pronounced Kame hill are recognizable.	480000 800 × 600	Type: Ice crumbling landscape, Kames, dead ice hole Type: Gravel	no information	precious	FFH area
Moraine wall at Seltmans	more pictures	780R027	Weitnau position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Moraine wall near Seltmans, which stands out clearly from the flat surroundings.	48000 400 × 120	Type: End (wall) moraine Type: Moraine	no information	significant	no protected area
Molasse landscape between Niedersonthofen and Eckarts		780R028	Waltenhofen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Striking landscape from north-east-south-west facing molasse ribs. The landscape is characterized by a large number of elongated hardened ribs from conglomerates of the Steigbach and Weißach layers, locally with moors in between.	8000000 4000 × 2000	Type: rocky dome, rock type: conglomerate, sandstone, marlstone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Nagelfluhrippen on the Hochgrat NW of Balderschwang	more pictures	780R029	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	In the area of the high ridge, the Nagelfluhbänke emerge from the slopes, defining the landscape. Large-scale fold structures can be clearly seen on the basis of the hardened bodies in the area.	5000000 5000 × 1000	Type: Härtling, layer sequence, carts / fields Type: conglomerate, marl, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 77
Glacial overflow valley near Wuhr		780R030	Haldenwang position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The overflow of the late high glacial meltwater, which had accumulated in the tongue basin of the Wilpoldsried tongue of the Iller foreland glacier, drained over this valley towards the Iller. The valley has been used by the Leubas since the lake silted up. There is a medieval dam near Wuhr.	1011000 6740 × 150	Type: Stream / River Course Type: Moraine	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Drumlinfeld NW of Bubenberg		780R031	Through position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	Several tall, well-trained drumlins can be found between Betzigau and Herrmannsberg.	6000000 3000 × 2000	Type: Drumlin- / G.moränenfeld Type: Moraine	no information	significant	no protected area
Findling E from Bodelsberg		780R032	Through position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	On the east side of the Bodelsberg there is a 4 m high, 6 × 4 m diameter Nagelfluh boulder. There is a cross at its highest point.	24 6 × 4	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	no protected area
Delta on the west side of the Niedersonthofener See		Waltenhofen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	On the western edge of the Niedersonthofener See the Schrattenbach empties a delta that reaches about 5 m into the lake.	20 5 × 4	Type: Alluvial fan Type: Gravel	no information	significant	Landscape protection area	Possibly deleted by the LfU (Oct. 2018)
Schleierfalls in the Starzlachklamm NE of Sonthofen	more pictures	780R034	Sonthofen position	Allgäu Alps	At the exit of the Schwarzachklamm there is a 12 m high sliding waterfall. Basal, Middle Eocene urban slates over Nummulite limestone are exposed. Nummulite limestones are rarely open in the Allgäu. In the few places where they could be found, they are mostly covered by alpine meadows.	100 10 × 10	Type: waterfall, layer sequence type: marlstone, limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument
Hinanger waterfall ENE from Hinang	more pictures	780R035	Sonthofen position	Allgäu Alps	To the east of Hinang, the Hinanger Bach flows through a gorge made up of low-terrace gravel from the Worm Ice Age. Several waterfalls have formed, of which the 12 m high waterfall step in a rocky cliff at the highest point of the gorge is the most impressive. In addition, the water trickles through thick moss curtains. Tufa limestone is deposited along the walls, and sinter basins and hollowed-out areas are located at the base.	16000 160 × 100	Type: waterfall, rock type: conglomerate, tufa	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Burgstalltobel E from Sonthofen		780R036	Sonthofen position	Allgäu Alps	The up to 30 m deep gorge with small waterfalls is accessible via a hiking trail. The rock walls consist of nummulite limestone from the fold zone of the Unterried / Helvetikum. Globigerinen marl (urban slate) and Oberstdorf green sandstone also occur. There are two drinking water wells in the upper part of the ravine.	17500 350 × 50	Type: gorge, layer sequence, minerals Type: limestone, marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Smooth molasse ribs between Sulzberg and Rottach		780R037	Sulzberg position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The landscape between Sulzberg and Rottach is characterized by hardened ribs from molasse conglomerates that have been smoothed over by Ice Age glaciers, facing southwest-northeast. The molasse ribs extend over an area of several kilometers.	6800000 4000 × 1700	Type: Gletscherschliff Type: moraine conglomerate	no information	precious	FFH area
Ridge between the Iller and the Niedersonthofener See		780R038	Waltenhofen position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The high, elongated ridge runs parallel to the Iller. Its surface is characterized by drumlins and dead ice holes. At its core it consists of advancing gravel and older Pleistocene deposits. At Buch there is a gravel pit with stratified gravel belonging to the fore-gravel.	4800000 6000 × 800	Type: Drumlin- / G.moränenfeld, slide type: gravel, conglomerate	no information	precious	no protected area
Karst landscape of the Gottesackerwände WSW of Oberstdorf		780R039	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The elongated rock bars of the Upper and Lower God's sack walls emerged from the erosion of saddles made of Schrattenkalk that had tipped over to the north. On the south side, behind the walls, there are gently sloping plateaus with numerous karst features: carts, sinkholes, caves. Between the upper and lower God's sack walls, the gate head forms the overturned north wing of a saddle with vertical Schrattenkalk. In between, the underlying Drusberg strata (and partly silica limestone) come to light in the saddle core and green sandstones from the Garschella formation to the marly Amden strata in the hollows. The water-retaining marl in the saddle and hollow cores cleared out as valleys allow alpine farming. The Gottesackerwände area can be hiked via the Mahdtal (Kleinwalsertal) or from the Rohrmooser Tal.	5610000 3300 × 1700	Type: carts / fields, folds / troughs / saddles, type of layers : limestone, marlstone, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Steigbach layers in the Gschwender Tobel WNW of Immenstadt		780R040	Immenstadt im Allgäu position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	It is less than 10 minutes from the car park (chargeable) in the Gschwend district to the foot of the waterfall in the lower Gschwender Tobel. The Tobelbach falls about 20 m over several levels of conglomerates (Nagelfluh) and sandstone. There are marls at its foot. The profile shows a cross-section through the rock sequences that alternately build up the Steigbach layers of the Lower Freshwater Molasse, which are well over 1,000 m thick.	12000 600 × 20	Type: waterfall, layer sequence type: marl, sandstone, conglomerate	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural park
Karst landscape of the Gottesacker plateau and Hohem Ifen		780R041	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	The Gottesacker plateau north of the Hohen Ifen (2230 m) is one of the most fascinating karst landscapes in the Alpine region. On the bare or mountain pines plateau made of Schrattenkalk you can see deep crevices along intersecting faults and an abundance of cart shapes: grooved carts, gutter carts, cleft carts. At the Gottesacker-Alpe, sandstones of the overlying Brisi subformation can be found in the hollow core and in places in fossil karst pockets. The grass growth on the loamy, weathered residues of the glauconite-rich sandstones made it possible for the pasture to be farmed here in the first place, which has long since disappeared. The Gottesacker plateau can be reached from the Kleinwassertal from the middle station of the Ifenbahn, via the Mahdtal or from the Rohrmooser Tal via Windeck- and Toreckscharte. The ascent of the Gottesacker plateau requires constant attention: the hiking trail on the rock often runs next to and between deep crevices. Therefore only undertake the long tour when the weather is nice and stable, carefully follow the markings and take plenty of drinks with you!	4050000 2700 × 1500	Type: carts / fields, karst chimney, karst crevice Type: limestone, sandstone	other information	especially valuable	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Hirschsprung S from Obermaiselstein		780R042	Obermaiselstein position	Allgäu Alps	The Hirschsprung on the Obermaiselstein - Tiefenbach road is not a technically created road breakthrough, but is the now dry gorge of an older Breitach. The valley from Tiefenbach to Hirschsprung is likely to have been created in the Riss-Würm interglacial (126,000 - 115,000 before today). At the Hirschsprung you can see a lateral shift of about 100 m offset with harness strips and accompanying crevices. It formed the zone of weakness that erosion could attack. For centuries, until the Breitachtalstrasse was built, the transport route through the Hirschsprung was the only connection from Tiefenbach to Oberstdorf. There is a legend about the name of the Hirschsprüng about a fleeing stag who jumped over the 20 m wide gorge, but it is more likely that the first cartographer misunderstood the Ürschprüng (origin of the Riedbach below) of the locals. The Riedbach has beautiful meanders. In 2011 there was a rock fall of around 200 m³ at the Hirschsprung, which made it necessary to close the road and then rehabilitate it.	3000 150 × 20	Type: Klamm Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Buchenegger waterfalls SE from Oberstaufen	more pictures	780R043	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The Weißach falls about 20 meters in a narrow gorge through two waterfalls lying one above the other. The falls are caused by the ridges standing upright. In addition to the falls, relatively large, impressive rock faces from Nagelfluh can be seen. Below the lower fall is a large, very scenic pool. The Buchenegg waterfalls can be reached via signposted hiking trails from Buchenegg and Steibis.	1000 50 × 20	Type: waterfall, gorge, rock face / slope, rock type: conglomerate	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	FFH area, nature park
Nagelfluhfelsen on the Siplingerkopf		780R044	Blaichach position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	In the area of the Siplingerkopf, the layers of the Weißach Formation are almost vertical. The change from weather-resistant, coarse-grained conglomerate layers to more easily erodible fine-grained sandstone layers has resulted in the conglomerates being carved out as ribs and rock towers. The Siplinger Needles in the north ridge of the Siplingerkopf and the rocky ridges and gorges in the east flank are particularly spectacular.	360000 600 × 600	Type : rock tower / needle, hard rock Type: conglomerate	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Helvetikum at the Scheuenwasserfall SSE von Balderschwang		780R045	Balderschwang position	Allgäu Alps	On the way from the Scheuenalpe to the Scheuen waterfall, the typical architectural style of the Helvetian ceilings with the steep northern flank of a fold forehead can be seen on the Gauchen walls in the west. Towards the south there is a flat saddle flank above the wall, not visible. Near the waterfall, the hiking trail runs under a wall of Schrattenkalk, which is set back to the south on a fault shortly before the fall step. As a result, the water of the fall falls over glauconite sandstones of the Garschella formation. In a normal position they would lie on the Schrattenkalk, here they stand - tilted - in front of the Schrattenkalk. As hard sandstones, they are recognizable by the angular tips on which the water falls and by the brown weathering colors. Seewer Kalk is mapped in the creek bed at the foot of the waterfall. The dark clay marl stones on the western side of the stream belong to the Amden formation.	5000 100 × 50	Type: waterfall, layer sequence type: marl, limestone, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary, nature park
Land slide on Immenstädter Horn S of Immenstadt		780R046	Immenstadt im Allgäu position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	After heavy rainfall in September 2005 occurred above the access to the Steigbachtobel at 950 m above sea level. NN first cracks parallel to the slope. In March 2006, the movements accelerated dramatically. A clearly visible breakaway area was created. Falling and sliding masses moved downwards and triggered a secondary slope movement where they came to rest. The debris flow endangered the elevated tank of the water supply of Immenstadt and destroyed the water pipes from the drinking water sources in the Steigbachtal. The access to the entire Steigbachtal was interrupted. There was a risk of the Steigbach damming up with the possible consequence of a mudslide as far as the urban area of Immenstadt. The dangers were largely eliminated through extensive construction work. The deforested slope is still visible from afar.	48000 400 × 120	Type: Landslide Type: Conglomerate, sandstone, marl	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Steigbach layers at the Osterdorf E waterfall in Oberstaufen	more pictures	780R047	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The Osterdorf waterfall falls about 35 m over a rock step made of conglomerate of the Steigbach layers. The waterfall can be deceived without getting your feet wet. The water falls over the steep conglomerates (north wing of the Horn-Mulde) on soft marl.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Waterfall Type: Conglomerate	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Worm-age moraine near Hagspiel		780R048	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	At an altitude of 975 m, the Weißach lobe of the Bregenz-Ach glacier from the Würm period has left a perfectly formed bank moraine near Hagspiel. Shore moraines are the relics of lateral moraines after the glacier melted. They show a steep side facing the ice. After NE, the moraine wall is followed by a ridge of the Steigbach strata. There is a chapel on the moraine ridge.	137500 550 × 250	Type: End (wall) moraine Type: gravel, silt	other information	precious	Natural park
Large post-glacial slide E from Aach		780R049	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	To the west of Aach there are extensive landslides of molasses mixed with glacial sediments on an area of 1.4 km². The edge of the break is at 900 to 1000 m above sea level. NN above the long wood in Steigbach layers. The slide area is characterized by an extremely restless morphology with numerous neck valleys and drainage-free depressions. Water only flows in sections in the channels, as it repeatedly seeps into the subsoil. The landslide from the upper slope must have driven over fine-grain lake sediments in the valley area and partially incorporated them. Along the Weißach north-east of Aach, a secondary edge can be observed, where the sliding mass with the underlying sea clays has started.	2250000 1500 × 1500	Type: Landslide Type: Marl, clay	other information	significant	no protected area
Bunk layers at the Krebswasserfall WSW in Oberstaufen		780R050	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The waterfall of the Weißach near Krebs is caused by a conglomerate bank in the bunks. The river runs more than 600 m above between banks of conglomerates before it manages to overcome the barrier at a waterfall. The step over which the water slides rather than falls coincides with the stratification. As a result, the sandstones and marl on and between the conglomerates can be clearly seen. Sand and stones carried along by the water have carved out whirlpool pots. The fine sediments that can be seen on the bank in the quiet area below the waterfall can be the sea clays that were found near Aach along the Weißach under the Worm times moraine and gravel. In the upper area they are moved by landslide processes (Geotope 780R049).	2500 50 × 50	Type: Waterfall, Kolk Type: Conglomerate, sandstone, marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Bunk layers at the Eibele waterfalls WSW in Oberstaufen		780R051	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	To the upper Eibele waterfall, cross the little bridge after the Eibelemühle to Vorarlberg and then turn directly to the right. The water of the multi-level fall tumbles over the ridge of nails in the bunks. The sandstones and marl lying between the conglomerates are exposed at the edge of the basin under the fall. The path to the lower waterfall leads past the Eibelesee down to the power station. On the way, the Nagelfluhrippe is exposed in the bunks, over which the Crab Waterfall (Geotope 780R050) falls further west. In normal operation, when almost all of the water is drained, the sliding surface of the water visible from the power plant is almost dry. The surface is the layer surface and thus shows the incidence of the layer sequence.	50000 500 × 100	Type: Waterfall Type: Conglomerate, sandstone, marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Flysch from the Foldbachtobel E from Oberstdorf		780R052	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	In a ravine with a waterfall, the ravine overcomes the 430 meters in altitude between the hanging valley of the Seealpe and the Trettach valley. The valley floor of the Seealptal hangs so high above the Trettach valley because the glacier in the side valley did not have the ice height and therefore did not have the strength to deepen like the glacier in the main valley. When entering the ravine from Oberstdorf, alternate layers of sand-lime bricks with marls from the Tristel formation are pending. The 12 m high Fold Bach waterfall also falls over these layers. After a table on a lying rock fold in the Tristel formation (geological teaching and hiking trail Oberstdorf - Nebelhorn), the quartz sandstone-clay marl alternation of the deer ditch formation (quartzite series) begins. The path leaves the ravine and leads on a construction road to the new power plant. After a landslide, the sandstones of the Reiselsberg formation on the road had to be secured with anchors and nets. On the slope above there are aptych layers from the Arosa zone.	80000 1000 × 80	Type: gorge, waterfall, sequence of layers Type: sandstone, marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Landscape protection area
Land slide on the Iller slope N of Altusried		780R053	Dietmannsried position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	On the steep slope of the Iller opposite Fischers, 2.7 km north of Altusried, a landslide came loose in 2012. About 30,000 m³ of mass slid downhill to the Iller. Numerous trees fell and are still on the area today. Marl stones and conglomerates of the Upper Freshwater Molasse are exposed at the trailing edge. The landslide is not yet visible in the current (Feb. 2017) digital terrain model from the laser scan flight from 2009 (Fig. 4). In contrast, an older landslide can be seen very nicely to the east of it. This, in turn, is not visible to the eye from the opposite slope due to its forest cover. Both landslides are recorded as Georisk objects. Landslides on the steep molasse slopes of the Illertal, eroded by the river at the base, are not uncommon. Alt-Kalden Castle, 1.3 km to the west on a spur between Iller and Kaldener Tobel, had to be abandoned before 1500 due to the loss of substance through landslides. Today there is only a fine line left from the former location.	14400 120 × 120	Type: landslide, rock type: conglomerate, marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock fall on Rubihorn NW of Oberstdorf		780R054	Oberstdorf position	Allgäu Alps	Below the north flank of the Rubihorn, a block of rubble is evidence that extends from the foot of the steep face at approx. 1,400 m to the Gaisalpbach and there reaches a width of 600 m, due to its composition of old and fresh debris from old and recent falls. The boulders have detached themselves from the ridge of the steep face at 1,720 m or from the wall area itself. The rubble cone is built up from stones and blocks that can reach a size of up to 2 m³. Between approx. 1,500 m and 1,720 m, a large rock fall with a volume of around 50,000 cbm broke off in early July 1987. The fresh rock fall material now covers most of the debris cone. In the demolition area, large, loosened, fall-prone areas can still be observed on the ridge. Open crevices can be found behind the ridge. The cone of debris that existed before the last fall testifies to the unstable conditions in the entire wall area. The strong fissuring of the main dolomite is the reason for this.	231000 660 × 350	Type: Rockslide Type: Gravel	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area
Schleierfall SE from Bad Oberdorf		780R055	Bad Hindelang position	Allgäu Alps	The veil of water that falls over the approximately 20 m high rock face made of main dolomite becomes a massive waterfall immediately after heavy rain. On the gorge wall, the main dolomite is nicely open with different bank thicknesses.	4375 125 × 35	Type: Waterfall, Gorge Type: Dolomite stone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Landscape protection area
Rows of sinkholes on the Drehersalpe SW of Missen		780R056	Missen-Wilhams position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	The hiking trail from the Drehersalpe to the Baldaufalpe is crossed by remarkable rows of sinkholes. The sinkholes, lined up like a string of pearls, follow the stroke of the Steigbach strata. Since there are only a few scree lentils or Nagelfluh banks in the Steigbach strata of the Salmaserschuppe, the karstification of conglomerates of predominantly carbonate scree observed elsewhere cannot be the cause of the sinkhole formation here. The mechanism described by Scholz & Strohmenger must have been effective here: water paths have formed on the fissures of sandstone between the predominant marls of the layer sequence. These fissures are widened by the movement of the slope and the lime dissolution, so that they form a drainage system for the surface water. Troughs in which water seeps widen due to increased limescale dissolution, removal of fine material from the softened marl and subsidence to pseudo-sinkholes.	59500 350 × 170	Type: Dolinenfeld Type: Marlstone, sandstone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	no protected area
Kare on the Wertacher Hörnle		780R057	Wertach position	Allgäu Alps	The Wertacher Hörnle is an easy and popular hiking mountain, famous for its view and for the alpine rose bloom in early summer. During the last ice age, the mountain stood out as a nunatak from the ice streams that left the Alps. A local glaciation formed the two cirques of the Kessel and the Hörnlesee. The Wertacher Hörnle is made up of tightly folded sandstones from the Reiselsberg Formation and limestone to clay marl stones from the Piesenkopf Formation. The cover of J. Bauer's Geological-Botanical Walks in the Allgäu (1983) is adorned with a photo of a fold in the flysch rock with alpine roses from the Wertacher Hörnle (Fig. 4). The crease could not be found today.	280000 700 × 400	Type: Kar, layer sequence, fold / hollow / saddle Type: Limestone marl stone, clay marl stone, sandstone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area
Terraces of the Weißach SW of Oberstaufen		780R058	Oberstaufen position	Allgäu Molasse foothills	Between Oberstaufen-Weißach and Steinebach, the deepening of the Weißach in post-glacial gravel has left behind impressively shaped terraces. During the Würme Ice Age, the Weißach tongue of the Bregenz-Ach glacier was still advancing here in the direction of today's Oberstaufen. It left a trough valley with a ground moraine on which gravel was deposited with the post-glacial deepening of the Weißach in the Nagelfluh chain near Steibis.	390000 1500 × 260	Type: Terrace Type: Gravel	no information	significant	Natural park
Giant boulder The stone near Stein SE von Betzigau		780R059	Betzigau position	Iller-Lech young moraine region	The giant boulder, which is broken several times and lies in the valley floor northeast of Stein, probably gave the village its name. According to Müller (2011), the boulder made of molasse conglomerate is the largest in the Kempter Forest with around 3,300 m³ (8,580 t). There are said to be drill holes in the stone and its original size is assumed to be 11,000 t. The boulder is not signposted and can only be reached without a path.	900 30 × 30	Type: Boulder Type: Conglomerate	block	significant	FFH area