List of geotopes in the Osnabrück district
The list of geotopes in the district of Osnabrück names the geotopes in the district of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony . Some of these geotopes are also protected as natural monuments (ND), landscape protection areas (LSG), nature reserves (NSG) or part of these.
Geotope no. | designation | place | comment | Coordinates | image |
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3412/01 | Outcrop, Dalum fossil site | 4 km NE Fürstenau, 1 km SSW Dalum on the road to Bippen | Geotope type: fossil deposits. Length 100 m, height 4 m. Stratigraphy: Tertiary to Quaternary Pleistocene. Natural monument ND OS 105. |
52 ° 32 '30.3 " N , 7 ° 43' 15.3" E | |
3412/03 | Foundling "sacrificial stone Dalumer Brotschapp" | 3.2 km south of Bippen , Staatsforst Maiburg, Jg. 146 | Geotope type: boulder. Length 3.4 m, width 1.4 m, height 1.6 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation. Petrography: granite, reddish, medium-grained, round edges, wind-polished. Natural monument ND OS 15. |
52 ° 33 '5.4 " N , 7 ° 44' 53.3" E | |
3412/04 | Boulder "Näpfchenstein" | 2.5 km ESE Bippen | Geotope type: boulder. Length 1.7 m, width 1.1 m, height 1 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation. Petrography: granite with gneiss layers, e.g. T. coarse-grained. Natural monument ND OS 24. |
52 ° 34 '27.5 " N , 7 ° 46" 30.9 " E | |
3412/05 | "Teufelsstein" boulder | 3 km SSE Bippen , on Hofdienerweg | Geotope type: boulder. Length 2.5 m, width 2.7 m, height 1.2 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation. Petrography: granite, light reddish, round edges, generally angular shape, medium-grained. |
52 ° 33 '28.8 " N , 7 ° 45' 46.8" E | |
3413/01 | Exposure wall in clay pit | 2.5 km WSW Ankum, S brickworks in Aslage | Geotope type: Exposure wall. Length 120 m, height 6 m. Stratigraphy: Tertiary Oligocene to Quaternary Pleistocene. Petrography: Shingling of the Septarian clays of the Oligocene with sands from the Elster Age. In the landscape protection area LSG OS 1. |
52 ° 31 '51.6 " N , 7 ° 50' 2.4" E | |
3413/02 | Boulder "Speckbuckstein" | 2.5 km NNE Ankum , directly N Staatsforst Kunkheide | Geotope type: boulder. Length 1.3 m, width 0.8 m, height 0.7 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation. Petrography: granite, fine-grained, reddish, round edges; next to it 1 gneiss, diameter max = 0.9 m. Natural monument ND OS 22. |
52 ° 33 '56.5 " N , 7 ° 53' 6.2" E | |
3513/01 | Walking between Hesepe and Ueffeln | 3.5 km west of Hesepe on the road to Ueffeln | Geotope type: storage conditions. Length 100 m, width 10 m, height 12 m. Stratigraphy: Jura, Lower Malm, Oxford. Petrography: Quartz sandstone to quartzite. In the landscape protection area LSG OS 1. |
52 ° 26 '38.4 " N , 7 ° 54' 39.6" E | |
3513/02 | Foundling, called "Matthiesing's sacrificial stone" | Ueffeln , S-Friedhof | Geotope type: boulder. Length 2.8 m, width 2.8 m, height 1.3 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary - Pleistocene, Saale glaciation. Petrography: granite with gneiss sections, round edges, medium-grained, gray. Natural monument ND OS 14. |
52 ° 27 '7.3 " N , 7 ° 52' 37" E | |
3514/01 | Honey bog | immediately northeast of the Epe sports field | Geotope types: flat moor, intermediate moor. Length 100 m, width 10 m, height 12 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene. Natural monument ND OS 100. |
52 ° 26 ′ 0.4 " N , 8 ° 0 ′ 18.5" E | |
3613/01 | Road incision, E side | 1.2 km ESE Pente on B 68, east side | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 60 m, height 6 m. Size: 400 m². Stratigraphy: Jurassic, transition Oxford / Kimmeridge; Malm. In the landscape protection area LSG OS 1. |
52 ° 22 '58.8 " N , 7 ° 59' 31.2" E | |
3613/03 | Boulders, called "Hollager stones" | WSW von Wallenhorst , direction Hollage , shortly after leaving the town, right side. | Geotope type: boulder. 2 stones: length 2.5 m, width 2.3 m, height 1.9 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation. Petrography: a) lies more towards the street, granite, round edges, colorful, a lot of biotite; b) granite, e.g. Partly round edges, ridge above. Natural monument ND OS 53. |
52 ° 20 '25.4 " N , 7 ° 59' 32.6" E | |
3614/01 | Quarry | approx. 2.5 km OSE Rulle | Geotope type: rocks. Width 25 m, height 7 m. Size: 400 m². Stratigraphy: Triassic red sandstone. Petrography: Red sandstone with a relatively large number of cracks and crevices, there is iron luster on crevices. |
52 ° 19 '40.8 " N , 8 ° 5' 27.6" E | |
3614/05 | Part of a quarry (west wall and part of the S wall) | 3.5 km ENE class Icker | Geotope types: rocks, directional profile. Width 40 m, height 8 m. Stratigraphy: Jura, Oberlias (black chalk). Natural monument. |
52 ° 20 '56.4 " N , 8 ° 9' 39.6" E | |
3614/06 | Stone Sea | on the Gattberg in the district of Behre | Geotope type: boulder. Approx. 1000 boulders, diameter 0.5–1.5 m; Area 12.7 ha. Nature reserve NSG WE 005 "Steinernes Meer". |
52 ° 19 '39.7 " N , 8 ° 7' 51.5" E |
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3614/07 | Bachtal with boulders | in Aue 1.5 km ENE Kl. Icker | Geotope type: boulder. Meandering brook. In the stream bed and in the floodplain, numerous Nordic boulders, many with a diameter of max. > 1 m, 6 with diam. Max. > 2 m. In places floodplain littered with boulders. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene to Quaternary Holocene. Petrography: granites and gneisses. In the landscape protection area LSG OS 1. |
52 ° 20 '45.6 " N , 8 ° 8' 20.4" E | |
3614/09 | abandoned quarry N-wall | Bramsche | Geotope types: rocks, directional profile. Length 400 m, width 50 m, height 10 m. Stratigraphy: Jura, Malm, Mittl. Kimmeridge. Petrography: N wall: about 4 m thick limestone when fresh, dark gray, contain shell-shaped shells, banks up to 1 m thick. Natural monument ND OS 172. |
52 ° 23 '19.3 " N , 8 ° 5' 37.7" E | |
3614/10 | Small lake "Icker Loch" | 1.5 km southwest, Kl. Icker | Geotope types: lake, sinkhole. Diameter 15 m. Probably sinkhole lake. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene. Petrography: probably sinkhole lake. Natural monument ND OS 79. |
52 ° 19 '39.7 " N , 8 ° 7' 51.5" E | |
3614/15 | Boulder, called " Süntelstein " | 3.2 km NE Kl. Icker | Geotope type: boulder. Length 2.5 m, width 1 m, height 3.6 m. Shape tapering towards the top. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale glaciation. Petrography: granite, coarse-medium grain, round edges. Natural monument ND OS 54. |
52 ° 21 '26.8 " N , 8 ° 8' 54.9" E | |
3614/16 | Boulder "Butterstein" | 2 km north of Belm | Geotope type: boulder. Length 2.7 m, width 2.7 m, height 1.5 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale glaciation. Petrography: granite, medium-grained, reddish, with rounded edges. Natural monument ND OS 55 in the nature reserve NSG WE 005 "Steinernes Meer". |
52 ° 19 '30.2 " N , 8 ° 7' 56.3" E | |
3614/17 | Boulder, called "Teufelsstein" | 2 km ENE Belm | Geotope type: boulder. Length 2.7 m, width 1.7 m, height 0.9 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale glaciation. Petrography: granite, coarse-grained, rich in biotite, rounded edges, 1 disc chipped off. Natural monument ND OS 57. |
52 ° 18 '38.7 " N , 8 ° 9' 34.9" E | |
3614/18 | Stone grave, called " Helmichsteine " | 600 m SE roll | Geotope type: boulder. Length 2.2 m, width 1.4 m, height 0.9 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale glaciation. Petrography: over 20 other large and small boulders, gneisses and granites, are arranged like a stone grave. |
52 ° 19 '54.4 " N , 8 ° 4' 14.6" E |
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3615/05 | large stone grave called " Schlopsteine " (Slopsteine) | 4 km SSW Ostercappeln , Forst Halterdaren | Geotope type: boulder. Length 4.3 m, width 2.2 m, height 0.9 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale glaciation. Petrography: granites, e.g. T. reddish color, mostly platy in shape. |
52 ° 18 ′ 45 ″ N , 8 ° 12 ′ 4 ″ E |
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3615/09 | Erratic boulders in the Driehausen sand pit | WNW Ostercappeln | Geotope type: boulder. Diameter max. => 2 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation. Petrography: Erratic boulders come from boulder clay, about 10 with a diameter of max. > 2 m observed. Granite, gneiss and (?) 1 sandstone. |
52 ° 22 '4.8 " N , 8 ° 10' 44.4" E | |
3713/01 | Sloppy quarry | 1.5 km south of Hasbergen , part of the east wall of the quarry. | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 10 m, width 10 m. Stratigraphy: Upper Carboniferous to Perm-Zechstein. Petrography: from hanging wall to lying several meters, dolomitic limestone, 40 cm copper slate, 20 cm carbonate rock, Zechstein, transgression, 10 m conglomerate sandstones of the Upper Carboniferous. Natural monument ND-OS 176. |
52 ° 13 ′ 23.5 " N , 7 ° 57 ′ 45" E | |
3713/03 | Brickworks | 3 km south of Hasbergen , SW foot Heid Berg. | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 200 m, width 20 m, height 8 m. Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous, Triassic red sandstone to Quaternary. Petrography: Red sandstone (below), Lower Cretaceous (middle), floating earth (Quaternary). Natural monument ND-OS 48. |
52 ° 13 '28.2 " N , 7 ° 57' 50.8" E | |
3714/03 | Spring pot of the "Green Spring" | 1.75 km south of Gut Stockum, approx. 1 km northwest of Bissendorf | Geotope type: source. Spring with pond, water escapes from the lower slope. Length 25 m, width 25 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene. Natural monument ND-OS 103. |
52 ° 14 '30.2 " N , 8 ° 9' 42.2" E | |
3715/01 | Sinkhole | 1.3 km W Dratum | Geotope type: sinkhole. Concise hollow shape in a small dome. Almost circular, diameter approx. 50 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic Upper Muschelkalk to Quaternary Holocene. In the landscape protection area LSG-OS 1. |
52 ° 12 '32.4 " N , 8 ° 13' 4.8" E |
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3715/04 | Kerbtal-Muldental | 1.2–2 km south of Holte | Geotope type: Kerbtal. Valley course to the end of the valley, deeply cut, traversed by a stream, Kerbtal in the upper reaches merging into Muldental. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene to Quaternary Holocene. In the landscape protection area LSG-OS 1. |
53 ° 6 ′ 32.4 " N , 8 ° 10 ′ 12" E | |
3715/05 | Boulder "sacrificial stone" | 4 km ENE Schledehausen , Königstannen Forest | Geotope type: boulder. Approximately triangular basic shape. Length 4 m, width 3.5 m, height 1.4 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Pleistocene, Saale Glaciation. Petrography: granite, round edges, medium-grained, gray, a lot of biotite. Natural monument ND OS 58. |
52 ° 17 '36.6 " N , 8 ° 18' 0.7" E | |
3716/01 | abandoned quarry, dinosaur track | approx. 1 km SW Barkhausen | Geotope type: Places of geoscientific knowledge. Length 20 m, width 40 m. Stratigraphy: Jura, Malm. Petrography: steep sandstone layer with dinosaur tracks. Natural monument ND OS 203. |
52 ° 16 ′ 41.5 " N , 8 ° 24 ′ 48.6" E |
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3716/03 | East wall of the former Barkhausen quarry | Barkhausen . Approx. 1 km south of Buer , approx. 500 m west of the L 83. | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 200 m, width 50 m, height 10 m. Stratigraphy: Trias-Keuper, Middle Keuper, reed sandstone. Petrography: thick-banked to platy, green-brown, iron-shaped, fine to medium-grain, solid sandstone. Natural monument ND OS 170. |
52 ° 13 '54.5 " N , 8 ° 23' 36.2" E | |
3813/02 | Sandstone cliff called "Heidenopferstein" | 1 km southwest of Hagen am Teutoburg Forest | Geotope type: directional profile. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene. Natural monument ND-OS 49. |
52 ° 11 '13.6 " N , 7 ° 57' 52.6" E | |
3813/03 | Sandstone cliffs called "Grafentafel" | 2.5 km southwest of Hagen am Teutoburger Wald | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 10 m, width 10 m, height 5 m. Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous, Osning Sandstone. Petrography: sandstone cliff natural monument ND-OS 50. |
52 ° 10 '37.2 " N , 7 ° 57' 2.2" E | |
3814/01 | West wall of the former Anneliese quarry | 2.5 km west of Bad Rothenfelde , E-wall of the quarry | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 100 m, width 50 m, height 20 m. Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Upper Middle Turon. Petrography: almost horizontal alternation with finely crystalline limestones and marls. Natural monument ND-OS 166. |
52 ° 6 ′ 27 " N , 8 ° 7 ′ 38.6" E | |
3814/02 | Quarry | 2 km NNE Hilter | Geotope type: rocks. Length 100 m, height 25 m. Stratigraphy: Upper Cretaceous, Turon. Petrography: Limestone, slightly dipping towards E. |
52 ° 9 '10.8 " N , 8 ° 9' 28.8" E | |
3814/04 | Quarry | 2.5 km NNW Hilter | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 30 m, height 8 m. Stratigraphy: chalk, upper Cenoman. Petrography: overturned, heavily tectonically stressed limestone. |
52 ° 9 ′ 39.6 " N , 8 ° 8 ′ 6" E | |
3814/05 | Sand pit | in Oesede | Geotope type: mineral deposits. Length 300 m, height 12 m. Stratigraphy: Tertiary. Petrography: brownish-yellow sand and silt with lignite inclusions. |
52 ° 11 '45 .6 " N , 8 ° 4' 15.6" E | |
3815/01 | Steinbrink mountain top | 4 km NE Dissen am Teutoburg Forest , approx. 2.5 km NE Aschen | Geotope type: type locality. Size: 50,000 m². Stratigraphy: Lower Cretaceous / Upper Cretaceous, Osning Thrust. Petrography: Osning sandstone is deposited on layers of the Turon (Upper Cretaceous) due to upper thrust. |
52 ° 7 '40.8 " N , 8 ° 15' 10.8" E | |
3815/02 | Quarry, abandoned | 3 km NNW Borgholzhausen , near the state border | Geotope type: directional profile. Length 100 m, width 50 m, height 20 m. Stratigraphy: Triassic Muschelkalk. Limestone quarry, banky-thick banky, weakly fissured, falls to NE, weathered flat near the surface. In the landscape protection area LSG OS 1. |
52 ° 7 '48 " N , 8 ° 17" 20.4 " E | |
3815/05 | Blue lake | 3.7 km NNE Dissen am Teutoburg Forest | Geotope type: lake. Length 80 m, width 30 m. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene. Hollow shape in the course of the stream, blue-green water, former quarry. Natural monument ND OS 74. |
52 ° 8 ′ 13.5 " N , 8 ° 14 ′ 24.4" E | |
3815/06 | Source called "Black Wave" | 4.5 km NE Dissen in the Teutoburg Forest | Geotope type: source. Stratigraphy: Quaternary Holocene. Natural monument ND OS 75. |
52 ° 8 '15.4 " N , 8 ° 15' 7.9" E | |
3815/14 | Hasequelle | 250 m west of the K 225, around 2.6 km south of Wellingholzhausen | Geotope type: source. Natural monument ND OS 129. |
52 ° 7 ′ 56 " N , 8 ° 15 ′ 52.6" E | |
3913/01 | "David + Goliath" boulders | on the B 475, Averfehrden | Geotope type: boulder. The small block has broken out of the large gap that has been marked out. Weight: David: 4–5 t, Goliath: 63 t. Stratigraphy: Quaternary. Petrography: Filipstad granite (central Sweden). Natural monument ND OS 143. |
52 ° 5 '30.5 " N , 7 ° 58' 7.7" E |
See also
- List of nature reserves in the Osnabrück district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Osnabrück district
- List of natural monuments in the Osnabrück district
- List of protected landscape components in the district of Osnabrück
Web links
Commons : Geotopes in the district of Osnabrück - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dinosaur tracks from Bad Essen-Barkhausen in the Wiehen Mountains , (pdf; 309 kB)