List of geotopes in the district of Roth

This list contains the geotopes of the Middle Franconian district of Roth in Bavaria . The list contains the official names and numbers of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as well as their geographical location. This list may not be complete. Around 3,400 geotopes (as of March 2020) are recorded in the Bavarian geotope register. The LfU does not consider some geotopes suitable for publication on the Internet. For example, some objects are not safely accessible or may only be entered to a limited extent for other reasons.

Surname	image	Geotope ID	Municipality / location	Geological unit of space	description	Area m² / extension m	geology	Digestion type	value	Protection status	comment
Historic stone quarries SE von Wernsbach	more pictures	576A001	Georgensgmünd position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The abandoned quarries near Wernsbach comprise the largest contiguous quarry area in the Upper Burgsandstein of the district. They provide impressive evidence of the importance of this natural stone in the construction industry. The year 1895 is engraved over a tunnel. The high break walls are visited intensively by climbers (numerous hooks!). A hiking trail leads through the area.	125000 500 × 250	Type: rock type, quarry / pit, tunnel type: sandstone, mudstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 95
Former quarry NE of Kühedorf	more pictures	576A002	Büchenbach position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Several historical quarries (strongly overgrown). The western part of the outcrop offers good outcrops in the Upper Burgsandstein, in which intermediate laces are occasionally turned on.	50000 250 × 200	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former quarry in the SW of Greding	more pictures	576A003	Greding position	Southern Franconian Alb	The outcrop provides the best insight into the Oxford strata in Roth County.	12500 250 × 50	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Rock-forming sponge banks in the Kaising Valley SSE of Kaising	more pictures	576A004	Greding position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the upper edge of the valley there are rocks made of fossil-bearing, stratified sponge limestone of the Malm Gamma.	600 30 × 20	Type: Type of rock, rock face / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former quarry W of Götzenreuth		576A005	Büchenbach position	Sandstone Keuper Region	In the historical quarries, Unterer Burgsandstein is open.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former Offenbau WNW quarry		576A006	Thalmassing position	Southwest Albrand region	The lower marl limestone of the Malm Alpha is developed in this fracture.	400 20 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrop SW of Esselberg		576A007	Greding position	Southern Franconian Alb	The outcrop runs along the east side of the dry valley. The grasslands above are grazed.	14000 350 × 40	Type: Rock Type: Limestone, Marlstone	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
ESE cave system from Euerwang	more pictures	576H001	Greding position	Southern Franconian Alb	During the mining of dolomite gravel, a paleo cave system was uncovered on the southern slope of the Euerwanger Bühl. 15 find horizons were located over a height difference of 30 m. A rich fauna as well as stone tools and artfully worked bones have been found during the excavations.	150 30 × 5	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Massendorfer Schlucht NNE from Spalt	more pictures	576R001	Gap position	Southwest Albrand region	The narrow gorge has some good outcrops in the Upper Burgsandstein. The Deutsche Bahn had the trees in the gorge cut down to secure their electricity pylons. The geotope was also affected.	15000 300 × 50	Type: Canyon, Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Landscape protection area
Gorge Schnittlinger Loch ENE from Fünfbronn	more pictures	576R002	Gap position	Southwest Albrand region	The approx. 50 m deep gorge begins in the west with a narrow gorge. It opens up the Upper Burgsandstein, and sediment structures are also clearly visible.	250 50 × 5	Type: Gorge, Gorge, Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Sinter terraces in Heinrichsgraben SE von Untermässing	more pictures	576R003	Greding position	Southern Franconian Alb	A lime-rich spring rises in Heinrichsgraben at the Malm lower limit, which feeds the small stream in the ditch. Due to the high lime content, tuff precipitates in small mossy cascades over a length of approx. 100 m.	15000 300 × 50	Type: sintered terraces, stratified spring type: limestone, tufa	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area
Druid stone NE from Untersteinbach	more pictures	576R004	Georgensgmünd position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The large rock, weathered on all sides, lies on a wooded knoll.	10 5 × 2	Type: Ridge Type: Sandstone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area