List of geotopes in the Schwandorf district

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Palatinate district of Schwandorf 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
Former quarries northwest of Ödmiesbach		376A006	Teunz position	Naab Mountains	In the large, former granite quarry, fine to medium-grained light two-mica granites of the Oberviechtach granite massif are exposed. The quarry walls show a pronounced and noticeable fissure. The quarry is quite overgrown and collapsed.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Pingartener Porphyry SSE from Pingarten	more pictures	376A007	Bodenwoehr position	Naab Mountains	The former quarry develops Rotliegend breccias, the so-called Erzhäuser Arkose with fluorspar mineralization. The structures can be clearly seen on the break wall. The rock consists of a fine-grained base mass with coarse mineral and rock fragments. Because of its resemblance to volcanic rocks, the sediment was mistakenly named Pingarten Porphyry. The steep rocks were dragged up at the pile fault on the north edge of the Bodenwöhrer depression.	750 150 × 5	Type: Type locality, Minerals, Disorder Type: Breccia	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 6
Former quarry on Regen SW of Marienthal		376A009	Nittenau position	Regensburg Forest	In the quarry, which has been abandoned for a long time, there is a small-grain two-mica granite that appears in the shape of a stick and builds up the neighboring Gailenberg and parts of the Schwarzberg. The quarry is very overgrown, the walls are hardly accessible during the growing season.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Limestone quarry on Brunnberg NW of Burglengenfeld		376A011	Burglengenfeld position	Middle Franconian Alb	Limestone is mined for the Burglengenfeld cement works in the very spacious quarry. The extraction of raw materials began in 1913. On the east side of the site on the road from Burglengenfeld in the direction of Dirnau / Bubenhof there is a show point (explanatory boards, large blocks of limestone) from which you can see the quarry (photo point). Bank limestone from Malm alpha to the lower delta is open. The Malm Beta has developed very thick banks (up to 4 m bank thickness).	150,000 600 × 250	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, fault Type: Limestone, marlstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former quarry NW of Jeding		376A013	Fensterbach position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the quarry, which has been abandoned for a long time, fine-grain glauconite sandstone from the Upper Cretaceous is exposed. Today the quarry is very overgrown and swampy. A pond makes access to the exposed walls difficult. Only a small part of the once open-minded profile [Krumbeck 1918, Lehner 1934] can still be seen. The Jedinger sandstone was mined as a building block.	6250 125 × 50	Type: type locality, rock type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former quarry SW of Kadermühle		376A014	Schmidgaden position	Naab Mountains	In the abandoned quarry, fine-grain granite is exposed, fluorspar can be found in fissures. The fracture is relatively strongly overgrown, so the exposure conditions are not particularly good. The geotope is partly on the route of the planned A 6 motorway (ongoing planning approval procedure!).	1250 50 × 25	Type: Rock Type , Minerals Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Rock face on Kolm NE of Oberwarnbach	more pictures	376A019	Schwarzach near Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	Medium to coarse-grained granite with reddish feldspars is exposed along the former railway line on the south side of the Kolm. The steep rock face is quite overgrown. In an abandoned quarry (approx. 100 m further E) the rock can be seen a little better in broken blocks. The granite is part of a larger granite train that extends parallel to the pile over several tens of kilometers.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Granite	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Flussspargang N from Wölsendorf		376A020	Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	On the steep slope embankment there is a fluorspar walk (Rolandgang) in medium to coarse-grained Variscan granite. The color spectrum of the fluorspar of this corridor, which here is split into 2 more than 0.5 m wide rubble, is remarkable (white, green, purple, black). There are several former mining tunnels in the area. The area was described and drawn by Gümbel and is therefore also called Gümbel-Eck.	6000 200 × 30	Type: Minerals, Vein, Adit Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	embankment	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sandstone wall northwest of Grünwald	more pictures	376A021	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the former quarry, multi-colored banded iron sandstones from the Dogger Beta are exposed. Particularly noticeable are dark iron hydroxide layers (> 1 centimeter thick), which run through the sandstones and appear as wavy ribbons in the cut. In many places there are still traces of cutting from sandstone mining. They show that the sandstone was relatively easy to work with. It was previously used as factory sandstone z. B. dismantled to build houses and bridges.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Gorge NW of Taxöldern		376A022	Bodenwoehr position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the gorge, thick, rough sandstone banks of the Upper Plant Sandstone are exposed. The quartz sandstones containing feldspar (with small quartz pebbles) are not very strongly consolidated here. At Erzhäuser, the sandstone was mined as building sandstone.	200 10 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Oberturon sandstone on Dachsberg SE from Schwarzenfeld		376A023	Schwarzenfeld position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the flat summit area of the Dachsberg (wooded hilltop) one encounters a collection of more or less pending blocks made of a light, unevenly grained, partly quartzite-bound sandstone from the Cretaceous period. The Dachsberg is in the area of a strip of steep Upper Cretaceous layers near the pile fault. The rocks of the overburden are dragged up in clods near the border with the crystalline basement on the northern edge of the Bodenwöhrer Halbgabens.	600 20 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite outcrop N by Steinmühle	more pictures	376A028	Oberviechtach position	Naab Mountains	Fine-grained two-mica granite with biotite slugs is exposed along the road embankment. The granite is strongly fissured. The outcrop is well suited as an excursion point (useful exposure conditions, easily accessible).	500 50 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Granite	embankment	precious	Natural park
Granite quarry W von Häuslberg		376A029	Guteneck position	Naab Mountains	In the now presumably abandoned quarry, fine-grain granite from the Oberviechtach granite massif has been exposed. The quarry is quite overgrown, the outcrop walls are difficult to access because of the vegetation. In the past, paving stones were extracted in the quarry, later it was used to extract gravel.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss outcrop on Nabburg Castle Hill	more pictures	376A030	Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	The rock face that forms the eastern slope of the Nabburg castle hill offers a good outcrop of cordierite-sillmanite-gneiss. The clearly schisted gneiss is criss-crossed by aplitic and pegmatitic passages. The exposure wall is accessible via the small road next to the railway line.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss, Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Opencast lignite mine S in Wackersdorf	more pictures	376A031	Wackersdorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The former lignite field belongs to a branch of the Urnaab channel system, which begins near Wackersdorf and reaches the main channel northeast of Klardorf. The branching branch contained the most important and best brown coal deposits in the Upper Palatinate . The former open-cast lignite mine has been largely recultivated today. On the sole, the beginning of succession shows through loose vegetation and water accumulation. The western part is backfilled (ash), in the south the coal for the Dachelhofen power plant is temporarily stored .	250000 500 × 500	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: lignite, sand	Open pit	precious	no protected area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 99
Gravel pit E from Heidweiherhöf		376A032	Neukirchen-Balbini position	Naab Mountains	In the largely abandoned gravel pit (only sporadic material extraction), a partially decomposed, heavily disturbed granite with a reddish color is extracted as gravel. The rock has been tectonically damaged by the pile fault. The geotope is located in the district of Schwandorf, but was originally recorded under 372A009 (Lkr. Cham)!	4900 70 × 70	Type: Rock Type: Granite Gravel	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Clay pit on the Silberberg SW of Bruck id Opf.		376A034	Bruck in the Upper Palatinate position	Bodenwöhrer valley	Opalinus Clay is mined in the large clay pit. Parts of the pit are backfilled, in other areas the clay on the sloping wall of the pit can be excavated under a thin layer of debris. The dark gray clay, which breaks up into fine flakes, contains lime and clay iron lumps as well as gypsum crystals that have accumulated at the base of the wall. The pit is one of the few places in the district where Opalinus Clay is exposed.	12000 150 × 80	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, discordance Type: clay, sandstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Natural park
Gneiss rock Dachsbau on Signalberg NE of Pondorf		376A036	Weiding position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	There are numerous gneiss cliffs in the summit area of the Signalberg. Although the rocks are mostly heavily overgrown with lichen, various metamorphic structural elements such as foliation and small folds can still be seen in the weathering. The clearly banded gneiss contains numerous, mostly elongated quartz knuckles (up to the size of a child's head).	900 60 × 15	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure, rocky dome Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Magdalenafels E by Schönsee	more pictures	376A037	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	Not far from the St. Magdalena Chapel, numerous gneiss noses come to light on the slope. Many blocks of gneiss are scattered around the area. In the blocks, the rock and its structure are nicely exposed. A rock slab directly next to the chapel shows the metamorphic structural elements particularly clearly. You can see e.g. B. cleavage, separation into light and dark bands, folds, various inclusions (surrounded by gneiss) and quartz crumple.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Quarries at the Schwammerling near Schwandorf	more pictures	376A038	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The Schwammerling is a lookout point over the old town of Schwandorf. There are several old quarries in the iron sandstone of the Dogger Beta in the area.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Quartz quarry at Hirschberg E von Hofenstetten		376A039	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	To the northwest of the observation tower on the Hirschberg summit is an abandoned quarry in pile quartz. The multi-phase fracturing and re-healing of the quartz rock is clearly visible.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock type, metamorphic structure Type: Vein quartz	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Lignite exploration at Lindensee S of Hofenstetten		376A041	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Bodenwöhrer valley	On the north bank of the Linden lake (south of Hofenstetten), smaller outcrops of brown coal tertiary can be found in numerous erosion channels. The conditions change frequently due to erosion.	250 50 × 5	Type: Rock type, sequence of layers, open-cast mining Type: Lignite, sand	Open pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Rauberweiher lignite mine field	more pictures	376G001	Wackersdorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	Like many former opencast mines, this former quarry is now filled with groundwater. A kilometer-long row of lakes characterizes the former mining area. Individual mining facilities are still spread across the site.	8000000 8000 × 1000	Type: Open pit type: Clay, sand, lignite	other information	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Fluorspar mine Erika SE from Freiung		376G003	Stulln position	Naab Mountains	The fluorspar mine Erika was one of the numerous fluorspar mines in the Upper Palatinate in the Nabburg area. The production of fluorspar began in 1923. In 1973, after the deposits were exhausted, the operation was stopped and the mine closed. Today the site has fallen into disrepair, the shaft closed. In 2002 a collapse in the underground mine building caused a sinkhole near the former main shaft, which has been backfilled.	8000 100 × 80	Type: Manhole Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	no protected area
Former Reichhart-Schacht show mine in Freiung		376G004	Stulln position	Naab Mountains	Of the numerous fluorspar pits in the Nabburg mining district (all of which have been closed since 1987), only the Reichhart shaft could be visited as a visitor mine. Open-minded u. a. a textbook zoned fluorite-barite tunnel (fluorspar-barite tunnel). In order to maintain the accessibility of some soles, 400 to 500 cubic meters of water had to be pumped out of the pit every day. The visitor mine is now closed. The underground facilities are under water.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Manhole, Minerals Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	Monument protection
Former fluorspar mine Hermine E von Freiung		376G005	Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	The Hermine corridor in the Wölsendorf riverside district was sporadically dismantled as early as the 19th century. The first underground mining on fluorspar began in 1917. The actual Hermine mine was built in 1943. In May 1987, the Hermine mine and the Helene mine were the last remaining fluorspar mines to be shut down at the same time. With that the mining in the Wölsendorfer Revier finally went out.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Manhole Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former fluorspar mine Erna NE von Stulln		376G006	Stulln position	Naab Mountains	The Erna mine dismantled several corridors (including Erna, Anna I, Anna II) from 1940 after the merging of some small businesses. The goods to be conveyed went directly to the processing plants. In 1981 the mine was closed. The wooden headframe and the wooden bridge for processing (Fig. 3 and 4, 2005 and 2000 respectively) were later demolished. The building of the previous processing is still standing. However, industrial companies (including metal construction companies) are now located there, as well as a private household. Therefore it cannot be entered!	7500 150 × 50	Type: Manhole Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	Monument protection
Former quarry SE from Prackendorf		376G007	Dieterskirchen position	Naab Mountains	The granite quarry was shut down in the 1960s. In the upper part there is a lake in front of the steep break wall.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Quarry / Pit, Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former barite mine W from Furthmühle	more pictures	376G008	Schwarzach near Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	Right next to the road is the mouth hole of a former barite tunnel. It is a short (but branched) tunnel system in reddish granite. In the roof there are remains of the excavated barite vein. The mineral barite (mineralogical name: barite, chemical barium sulfate) got its name due to its relatively high density (4.5). It is a hydrothermal vein mineral and often occurs as an accompanying mineral to fluorspar (fluorite).	50 50 × 1	Type: Adit Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarries SE by Gleiritsch		376G009	Gliding position	Naab Mountains	Numerous large old granite quarries in the wooded slope testify to earlier mining activities.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Quarry / Pit Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Felsenkeller in Schwandorf	more pictures	376G010	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	Hidden under the vineyard in Schwandorf, laid out over several floors, is a huge system of rock cellars (estimated total corridor length: 6 km). Research into and renovation of the facilities is ongoing. A part of the opened cellars can be visited through the city of Schwandorf. Construction of the cellars from at least the 15th century (beer storage) up to the 20th century (including air raid shelters). The basement rooms, carved directly into the rock, offer fantastic outcrops in the iron sandstone.	30000 6000 × 5	Type: rock cellar, rock type: sandstone	Rock cellar	precious	Monument protection
Former Heinrich-Kocher-Stollen E show mine in Wölsendorf		376G011	Schwarzach near Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	Fluorspar was mined in the Heinrich Kocher tunnel from 1937 to 1952. The show mine that used to be operated here no longer exists, the tunnel mouth hole is barred.	20 10 × 2	Type: Adit, Rock Type , Minerals Type: Vein mineralization , granite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Güttingloch and traces of gold mining in Gütting-Unterlangau		376G012	Oberviechtach position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Gütting Forest near Unterlangau there are extensive pits and heaps as relics of historical gold mining. The situation is explained by an information pavilion and a nature trail. The geotope is protected as a ground monument (monument no. D-3-6440-0003).	60000 300 × 200	Type: Soap laundry, open-cast mine, pinge field, dump Type: Cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Schurf	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Traces of gold mining in the Murach valley below Tannermühle		376G014	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Murach valley below Tannermühle near Unterlangau there is an extensive area with relics of historical mining on soap gold on the Murach, Braunbeergraben and Forellenbach. Extensive washing ponds and pits have been preserved. An educational trail explains gold mining in historical and geological terms. Guided hikes on the nature trail are offered as well as gold panning on the trout stream. An information point is located a short distance away in Unterlangau. The geotope, together with the Unterlangau area, is under protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-3-6440- 0003).	140000 700 × 200	Type: Soap laundry, digging, opencast mining, dump Type: Cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Ping	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Flint stone mining S from Saltendorf		376G015	Teublitz position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the high forest on the plateau south of Saltendorf there are several pings that testify to modern flint quarrying. In the area of the deposit, which was already used in the Stone Age, the flint stone (chert nodules) was mined between 1794 and 1808 in a real mine field in day shafts up to 15 m deep. At the time when the flints quarried here were used for flintlock rifles, they were among the highest quality in the entire region. Today only two larger pings less than two meters deep and numerous smaller depressions in the forest are preserved. All mining sites were leveled on the agricultural areas north to north-west. However, unlike in the high forest, good finds of chert tubers and debris are possible there. A marked hiking trail (No. 6, Panoramasteig in the city triangle) crosses the former mining site. Parts of the site are under special protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-3-6738-0050).	10000 100 × 100	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Clay, chert , sand	Ping	precious	Ground monument
Sulfur spring in Schwandorf		376Q001	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The contained source on the eastern edge of the wood and vineyard rises from the Dogger groundwater level. The spring constantly pours 0.1-0.2 l / s. The water contains noticeably hydrogen sulphide, which can usually be smelled.	1 1 × 1	Type: Layer Source Type: Sandstone	no information	significant	Natural monument
Gögglbachquelle SW of Gögglbach		376Q002	Schwandorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Gögglbachquelle (also Göggelbach) rises in the Dogger-Malm border area. Up to 150 m below the source, the biogenically supported limestone precipitation resulted in numerous tuff cascades up to one meter high. There are also geological outcrops in the immediate vicinity: in a ravine approx. 600 m northeast of the source there is iron sandstone from the Dogger Beta (Upper Aalenium), an abandoned quarry approx the source forms. The source is only about 100 m north of a marked hiking trail (Schwandorfer Panoramaweg). An information board from the Oberpfälzer Waldverein provides explanations on geology and hydrology. Despite the snowmelt, the discharge at the time of recording was only about 1 l / s.	200 100 × 2	Type: Layer source Type: Limestone, Tufa-limestone	other information	precious	no protected area
Rainstein N from Marienthal		376R001	Nittenau position	Regensburg Forest	The Rainstein is a towering granite outcrop on the north bank of the rain, but it is hidden because of the tall trees. The rocks show the typical rounded shapes of wool sack weathering. There are numerous large blocks at the foot of the rock face. The rock is what is known as crystal granite 1 from the Regensburg Forest, a medium to coarse-grained two-mica granite with conspicuous feldspar fragments.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
High rock with block heather NE of Stadlern	more pictures	376R002	Stadlern position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	A rock rib made of cordierite-sillimanite-flaser gneiss, which protrudes prominently from the surrounding area, is called high rock. There are more gneiss peaks in the area. The rocks are surrounded by numerous blocks, some of which appear as individual blocks, others as a regular block field and are framed by heather vegetation. The blocks come from Pleistocene weathering and erosion processes. The pending gneiss partially disintegrated on the spot as a result of frost blasting.	33000 150 × 220	Type: rocky dome, rock type, block flow type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 80
Burgfels Reichenstein NE from Stadlern	more pictures	376R003	Stadlern position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The rocky slope below the Reichenstein castle ruins is criss-crossed by individual rocks and ribs made of gneiss. Since the rocks are mostly quite overgrown, the exposure conditions are comparatively poor. Only a few of the rocks can be seen better. One of the rock walls is used as a short climbing rock.	12000 300 × 40	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Weingartenfels NNW from Waldhäuser	more pictures	376R004	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	At 896 m, the Weingartenfels is the highest point in the Schwandorf district. In the area of the summit there are several rock cliffs made of gneiss. A lookout tower (Böhmerwaldturm) protruding over the forest allows a beautiful panoramic view of the wooded heights of the Bavarian-Bohemian border area.	200 20 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock summit SW of Wildstein	more pictures	376R005	Teunz position	Naab Mountains	The summit of the Wildstein is built up from a massive gneiss rock that slopes steeply to the west. There are further rock clearances in the summit area. A castle used to stand between these rocks, a conspicuous wall still marks the former facilities (summer 2005: archaeological excavations). From the highest point you have a good view of the Upper Palatinate Forest. Immediately at the western foot of the summit rock is an open block field.	100 20 × 5	Type: rocky dome, block flow Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite block Saddle Horse S from Niesaß		376R007	Dieterskirchen position	Naab Mountains	The saddle horse, a large granite block made from Oberviechtach granite, has the unusual shape of a saddle. The boulder is about 100 m from the road in the forest and can be reached via a beaten path.	9 4 × 2	Type: Boulder Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Oberviechtacher Granite Massif W from Obermurach	more pictures	376R008	Oberviechtach position	Naab Mountains	The towering rock on which the Obermurach castle ruins stand consists of fine-grain granite from the Oberviechtach granite massif. There are many granite blocks in the area.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Felsburg, Blockstrom Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite hump SW by Nefling		376R009	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	The small rock hump consists of granite weathered by wool sacks. The approx. 3 × 3 m outcrop shows the typical Neunburg granite with large crystalline feldspars with an edge length of up to 3 cm.	200 10 × 20	Type: rocky dome, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Druidenstein near Kröblitz	more pictures	376R010	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	On a hill, there are mighty granite blocks that are partly scattered, partly piled on top of each other and weathered like wool sacks. The top stone has a circular hole on a flat surface, which was probably made artificially (age unknown - possibly from Celtic times). The blocks consist of porphyry granite and contain numerous rock inclusions in places.	400 20 × 20	Type: wool sack formation, rocky dome Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Kulzer Moos NW of Thanstein	more pictures	376R011	Thanstein position	Naab Mountains	Numerous peat cuttings can be found in the Kulzer Moos, which were used to produce fuel. The peat cuttings, which are heavily overgrown today, can be recognized by their vegetation and their irregular soil shape. The Kulzer Moos, now designated as a nature reserve, probably goes back to a silted-up lake from the last Ice Age. It is just one example of the many moors and wetlands in the Upper Palatinate Forest. An educational moor trail leads through the area from the east.	200000 1000 × 200	Type: Fen Type: Peat	no information	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Lenkenhammerfels WSW from Muggenthal	more pictures	376R012	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	To the southeast of the road, a few outcrops of cordierite-sillimanite-gneiss protrude from the slope. Since the rocks are quite overgrown, the outcrop situation is relatively bad. There are numerous blocks of gneiss at the foot of the rock face.	3600 60 × 60	Type: rock wall / slope Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Wotanstein in the Hinteren Fuchswinkel SE by Rosenthal		376R013	Weiding position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The bizarrely shaped, strongly jagged rock formations, with z. The partly crevice-covering blocks convey the character of a cave. Numerous quartz mineralizations are several square meters in size.	1600 40 × 40	Type: rock tower / needle Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Wool sack-like granite block SSW from Nefling		376R016	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	To the south of the road in the forest lies a single granite block with the characteristic rounded shape that is caused by the weathering of wool sacks. The particularly large wool sack consists of a large-grain granite with large feldspar crystals.	90 15 × 6	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural park
Serpentinite hump S from Antelsdorf		376R017	Oberviechtach position	Naab Mountains	There are a total of four small serpentinite deposits, which are morphologically identified as small humps. The vegetation also stands out from its surroundings through dry grass or pine forests.	3000 150 × 20	Type: Type of rock, hard rock Type: serpentinite, granite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Serpentinite back N by Niedermurach		376R018	Niedermurach position	Naab Mountains	The serpentine ridge protrudes into the Murach valley with steep, partly rocky slopes. The serpentinite is well exposed and has not yet been disturbed by mining. The slopes are covered with dry grass and pines. A notice board (natura 2000) above on the southwest side explains the biological characteristics of this site with serpentinite in the subsoil.	15000 150 × 100	Type: rock type, hard rock type: serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Wasserstein in Frauen-Holz SE from Fischbach	more pictures	376R019	Nittenau position	Regensburg Forest	The water stone is the summit block of an ensemble of granite rocks, which show the typical round shapes of a wool sack weathering. On top of the large rock, which can be climbed with the help of a ladder, there is a natural, shallow rock pool that is filled with water and flows into a channel. The granite block shows other forms of erosion such as cart-like depressions (gullies) and puddle-like basins.	20 5 × 4	Type: Boulder, Wool Sack Formation, Rock Dome Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Blockstrom NE from Warnthal		376R020	Dieterskirchen position	Naab Mountains	At the ash breakthrough between the granite hills Kohlhügel and Warnberg, southeast of the river (accessible from the road), there is a block field made of large granite blocks. Such block fields are common in the granite areas of the Upper Palatinate Forest. The blocks of coarse-grained granite came down from the neighboring Warnberg in the Pleistocene as a block flow. The periglacial climate in the Pleistocene favored the formation (frost splintering) and the movement of the blocks (soil flow).	3000 75 × 40	Type: Block Stream Type: Granite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Kalvarienberg W from Winklarn		376R021	Winklarn position	Naab Mountains	Under the morphologically outstanding Calvary hides an elongated serpentinite body, which, as a hardening member, withstood erosion better than the surrounding gneiss. On the steep east side of the hill on a footpath east of the Way of the Cross the serpentinite is exposed in two places (approx. 20 m² each). The rock, which is very dark in the fresh quarry, has a whitish scent. In the fresh break it can be seen that the serpentinite is criss-crossed by healed fissures like a grid.	6000 150 × 40	Type: Hard rock, Type of rock : Serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock ridge stone cliffs ENE from Schönsee	more pictures	376R022	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The gneiss rocks pull down the slope as a distinctive rock rib. While the lower area is in the forest, there is a small forest clearing at the upper end of the rib. Although the rocks are predominantly covered with lichen and mosses, foliation structures can be seen in the metamorphic rock on the weathered rock surfaces.	1800 120 × 15	Type: rock wall / slope, type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Iron sandstone step SSW from Spielberg		376R023	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The outcrop of the iron sandstone from the Dogger forms a striking steep step on the slope, which is formed by rock walls over long stretches in the upper steep slope. Directly above the rocks there is a leveling area. Iron sandstone with cross stratification is exposed on the rock walls. A honeycomb weathering of the sandstone is particularly striking here. From hole patterns (a few mm in size) to honeycomb nets (honeycomb a few cm in size), everything is represented.	14000 700 × 20	Type: layer level, rock type, tafoni / honeycomb weathering type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Rock clearance E from Dietldorf		376R024	Burglengenfeld position	Middle Franconian Alb	Immediately north of the Dietldorf-Burglengenfeld road, the border area between the calcareous Arzberg Formation (Malm Gamma) and the dolomitic Pottenstein Formation (Malm Delta) is exposed in a rock excavation.	600 30 × 20	Type: Hard Type: Limestone, Dolomite Stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area