List of geotopes in the district of Schweinfurt
This list contains the geotopes of the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt 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 |
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Former SW Kronungen factory sandstone quarry | 678A001 |
Poppenhausen position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | Of the formerly exposed layers of the Lower Keuper (a profile from the factory sandstone to the Anoplophora sandstone), only the factory sandstone and mudstone immediately above are now accessible. However, large blocks of sandstone are still stored in the quarry area. A former mining tunnel is now used by bats as a sleeping quarters. The quarry is privately owned and not accessible. | 41600 260 × 160 |
Type: Layer sequence, tunnel type: Sandstone |
Quarry | significant | Landscape component | ||
Former Quarry NW of Wülfershausen | 678A003 |
Waterless position |
Western Franconian Plates | In the quarry, the sequence of layers from the upper part of the Middle Muschelkalk in the horizontal part of the chert bank to the deep main Muschelkalk up to the Zeller claystone horizon is accessible. Parts of the bulbous limestone are oolithic and unusually rich in fossils. A collapse funnel is also cut into the quarry wall, which can be traced back to the leaching of underlying rocks. | 10000 200 × 50 |
Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Rock type: Limestone |
Quarry | precious | no protected area | ||
Schleerieth WNW factory sand quarry | 678A004 |
Werneck position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The layers from the factory sandstone to the anoplophora horizon are open. Remarkable are the plant remains from the upper part of the sandstone, which are among the best preserved plant fossils of the Triassic in the world. In addition, the deposit conditions from the factory sandstone to the anthraconite bank are excellently documented. | 87500 350 × 250 |
Type: Sequence of layers, Vegetable fossils Type: Sandstone |
Quarry | significant | no protected area | ||
Former Factory sandstone quarry E from Egenhausen | 678A005 |
Werneck position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | In the abandoned quarry area, the sequence of layers from the factory sandstone to the anthraconite bank is still accessible. The Albertibank area shows an unusual, dolomitic-dominated sequence with a clear diagenetic overprint. Large horsetail fragments are embedded at the top of the channel sandstone. | 20000 250 × 80 |
Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: sandstone, claystone, dolomite stone |
Quarry | significant | no protected area | ||
Former sandstone quarry SE from Egenhausen | 678A006 |
Werneck position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | In the abandoned quarry area, the sequence of layers from the factory sandstone to the Albertibank is still accessible. The factory sandstone in the south-western part of the site is extraordinarily thick with benches up to over 5 m thick. | 8000 160 × 50 |
Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: sandstone, claystone, dolomite stone |
Quarry | significant | no protected area | ||
Gypsum break N from Sulzheim | 678A010 |
Sulzheim position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The gypsum quarry north of Sulzheim has been abandoned and serves as a nature reserve. It is located on the Gipsrundweg. A viewing platform provides a glimpse. Exemplary plaster karst forms can be seen in the broken walls. | 40000 200 × 200 |
Type: Rock type, karst chimney, karst crevice Type: gypsum |
Quarry | precious | no protected area | ||
Quarry Zabelstein bar NE from Altmannsdorf | 678A011 |
Hundelshausen position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The Zabelstein bar is located in the area of an abandoned quarry in the bubble sandstone. The dismantling walls show some interesting sedimentary structures. | 1000 50 × 20 |
Type: sediment structures, layer sequence type: sandstone |
Quarry | precious | Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary | ||
Mineral spring E from Untereuerheim | 678Q001 |
Grettstadt position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The spring, pouring approx. 10 l / s, has a clearly red colored bottom and iron hydroxide precipitations can also be seen on plants. In addition to high iron contents, a clear emphasis on calcium sulfate can be seen in the chemistry. The spring water is mixed water from a higher groundwater level with deep waters that penetrate from faults in the Kissingen-Haßfurt fault zone from a depth of at least 100 m. | 5 5 × 1 |
Type: Noise Source Type: Limestone |
no information | precious | Natural monument | ||
Gründleinsloch (Blue Grotto) WNW of Pusselsheim |
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678Q002 |
Donnersdorf position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | At the artesian spring outlet, a limestone funnel forms, which is 1–1.5 m above the surrounding area. | 36 18 × 2 |
Type: Constriction source, sinter formation Type: Limestone, tufa |
no information | precious | Natural monument | |
Gypsum karst spring S from Falkenstein |
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678Q003 |
Donnersdorf position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | Sources in the base plaster are mostly bound to the bite of the plaster layers. The promotion takes place via karst paths in the gypsum-bearing layers. | 20 5 × 4 |
Type: Layer source, rock type: Gypsum, claystone, marlstone |
Slope crack / rock wall | significant | Natural monument, nature park | |
Doline WNW from Wiebelsberg | 678R002 |
Oberschwarzach position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The subrosion phenomenon in the gypsum keuper is about 70 × 50 meters in size and about 5 meters deep. It has no water. | 5400 90 × 60 |
Type: sinkhole Type: gypsum, claystone, marlstone |
no information | significant | no protected area | ||
Swan Lake NW of Alitzheim | 678R003 |
Sulzheim position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The Swan Lake lies in a shallow subrosion depression of the myophoric layers (gypsum keuper). There are no geological layers exposed. The lake and its surroundings are worth protecting as a biotope. | 150,000 500 × 300 |
Type: subrosion sink Type: plaster of paris |
no information | precious | Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary | ||
Eichelmannsee SE from Gerolzhofen | 678R004 |
Gerolzhofen position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The silting up Eichelmansee lies on the edge of the plaster of paris layer. Its emergence is probably due to the appearance of subrosion. | 8000 100 × 80 |
Type: sinkhole, layer type: plaster of paris |
no information | precious | Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
Sulzheimer gypsum hill |
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678R005 |
Sulzheim position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The Sulzheimer gypsum hills are of great ecological importance as a location for rare flora communities (especially postglacial steppe vegetation). In the area with unsteady relief created by gypsum leaching or subrosion, there are sinkholes and sinkholes as well as mushroom-shaped hardened stones made of gypsum and layers of caves. | 80000 400 × 200 |
Type: subrosion landscape, sinkhole, sinkhole, layer level Type: plaster |
Slope crack / rock wall | precious | Nature reserve, landscape protection area | Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 87 |
Wagnersee S from Pusselsheim | 678R006 |
Donnersdorf position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | The flat and almost circular depression is filled with water. Their location on the level of the base plaster indicates a genesis in the wake of a sinkhole formation. Meanwhile overgrown. No access to the property. No outcrops available, but a very beautiful biotope. | 4800 80 × 60 |
Type: sinkhole Type: gypsum, claystone, marlstone |
no information | significant | Natural monument | ||
Sinkholes in Mahlholz SE from Gerolzhofen | 678R007 |
Gerolzhofen position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | Several sinkhole fields can be found in the Mahlholz forest area. In the western area there are four sinkholes next to each other. One of these overgrown sinkholes has a water inflow. | 10000 100 × 100 |
Type: Dolinenfeld, Ponor Type: Plaster of Paris |
no information | precious | Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area | ||
Ponordoline Hollergrube NNW from Sulzheim | 678R008 |
Sulzheim position |
Sandstone Keuper Region | The Ponordoline Hollergrube is located in a depression in a forest near the abandoned gypsum quarry north of Sulzheim. The mostly dry stream bed leading to it is an impressive testimony to the large amounts of water that are discharged here. | 500 50 × 10 |
Type: Ponor, sinkhole Type: plaster |
Sinkhole / sinkhole | precious | FFH area, bird sanctuary | ||
Meadow landscape NW of Hirschfeld | 678R009 |
Röthlein position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | This meadow landscape was formed with the typical meadow vegetation through recurring flood events. The edges of the terrace and the former meandering course of the Main can be seen. The Unkenbach runs in a former loop of the river Main. The meanders were broken by the flood events and natural still waters formed, such as north-west of Hirschfeld. | 150000 1500 × 100 |
Type: terrace, meander type: silt, sand, gravel |
no information | precious | FFH area, bird sanctuary | ||
Flying sand dune in Tännig E of Grafenrheinfeld | 678R010 |
Grafenrheinfeld position |
Eastern Franconian Plates | In the Tännig east of Grafenrheinfeld there is a small dune field in an extensive former mining area of Pleistocene drifting sand. In the cold periods of the last 2.6 million years, westerly winds deposited the sand in places protected from the wind. The most striking dune is accessible by a hiking trail (Auenwaldweg) that leads directly past it. There are two major outcrops of sand. The dune and its surroundings are under special protection as a protected landscape component. | 8000 200 × 40 |
Type: Dune field Type: Sand |
other information | precious | Part of the landscape, bird sanctuary |
See also
- List of nature reserves in the city of Schweinfurt
- List of landscape protection areas in Schweinfurt
- List of FFH areas in the city of Schweinfurt
- List of nature reserves in the district of Schweinfurt
- List of landscape protection areas in the district of Schweinfurt
- List of FFH areas in the district of Schweinfurt
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)
Web links
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