List of geotopes in the district of Schweinfurt

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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
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 Gründleinsloch.JPG
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 678q003-Gipskarstquelle-S-Falkenstein-2303.jpg
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 2015 Sulzheimer Gypsum Hill 03.jpg
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

Individual evidence

  1. Data source: Bavarian State Office for the Environment, www.lfu.bayern.de, Geotoprecherche (accessed on September 16, 2017)

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