List of geotopes in the Tirschenreuth district

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth 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
Quartz porphyry hill NNE by Lenau	more pictures	377A002	Kulmain position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	In the small extraction point, a lava blanket can be seen over an older lava flow. The paleo-soil between the two units is fritted and includes a thin layer of volcanoclastic material (tuff). The edge of greenish, copper-mineralized veins (malachite) is bleached and covered with growth. Yellow to red carnelian and red jasper are rarely found. The outcrop is volcanologically interesting as the extraction vent is in the hill behind the outcrop.	600 30 × 20	Type: rock type, volcanic vent, contact type: rhyolite	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former marble quarry N of Unterwappenöst	more pictures	377A003	Kulmain position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the quarry, ancient Paleozoic, metamorphic limestone has been developed. The former sedimentary layer structure is still clearly visible. It consists of an alternation of almost pure carbonate layers and light mica emphasized, former clay-rich areas with pyrite or magnetite. Graphite dusting results in light gray banding. The formerly horizontal layer packages are now steeply positioned and folded. Dark shear surfaces in the mica-rich areas are z. T. can be interpreted as Mylonite zones.	1200 60 × 20	Type: Type of stone, type of layer sequence : Marble	Quarry	precious	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 92
Former basalt quarry SE from Aign	more pictures	377A004	Kulmain position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Basalt from a former production chimney was almost completely mined in the quarry. The former chimney wall with chimney breccia and tuff ring can be seen in the steep quarry walls. Remnants of lying basalt columns also mark the contact between the basalt and the adjacent rock. Adjacent rocks are dolomite, limestone, marl, etc. fritted by the heat of the basalt. Mudstones of the lower shell limestone. A lake has formed over the bottom of the fracture. In the area of the water surface, the basalt columns can still be seen.	1500 60 × 25	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent, contact, basalt columns Type: basalt, limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former marble quarry S from Neusorg		377A005	Neusorg position	Fichtel Mountains	Outcrops in the Neusorg marble can only be found a few in the former mine area. In the middle, two lakes cover most of the area. The banks are forested, the water is used for fish farming. On the shore of the larger lake and in the inaccessible walls, banded and folded marble features occasionally come to light. The break gives its name to the marble train that stretches from Neusorg over Stöcken-Dechantsee and Unterwappenöst.	43500 290 × 150	Type: Rock Type: Marble	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Former quarry NW of Selingau		377A007	Ebnath position	Fichtel Mountains	In the almost completely overgrown quarry filled with rubbish, garden waste and rubble and the mostly collapsed walls, a few small outcrops can be found in clearly banded calcium silicate. The bottom of the pit and the outcrops in gabbro amphibolites, tuffites and the granite dike are no longer accessible.	7500 100 × 75	Type: Layer sequence, contact type: Lime silicate rock, amphibolite, granite	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Franzosenfelsen SW of Lochau		377A009	Neusorg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The mica schists (otherwise rarely exposed in the area) in the road outcrop show clear layers from thin-leaved to compact layers, which is due to a rhythmic change in the former sedimentary rock. The former clay to sandy part was converted to mica slate. The outcrop lies in the fold leg of a large fold, which is shown by parallel foliation with folded pegmatite dikes.	800 32 × 25	Type: Rock Type: Quartz, Phyllite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Wappenstein on Silberrangen NW of Groschlattengrün		377A011	Pechbrunn position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The summit of the Wappenstein is the remainder of an old volcanic vent with several extraction centers. The basalt tuff was mined in several small extraction sites that are now in ruins until around 1930. The tuff is related to the Miocene basalt volcanism in the Upper Palatinate. The central part of the chimney is marked by twisted basalt columns. The surrounding chimney breccia and the tuff ring can no longer be seen. The outcrop is surrounded by a sea of blocks of basalt.	48000 320 × 150	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: Tuff / tuffite, basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural monument
Former basalt mining N von Steinmühle		377A017	Mitterteich position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The former quarry is located in a lava layer that has been almost completely dismantled. The quarry is almost completely overgrown, the lakes on the bottom are beginning to silt up. In the front part of the pit, facing the B 299, there is a garbage dump and a hazardous waste collection point. The rear part is a biotope. Only a few strongly overgrown outcrops of basalt columns can be found in the biotope.	72800 260 × 280	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	inferior	no protected area
Rocks at Lerchenbühl NE of Neualbenreuth	more pictures	377A019	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The isolated rock at the edge of the forest is a rare outcrop in the Cambrian mica schist and quartzitic mica schist of the Neualbenreuther layers, which are hardly exposed on the surface. In part, there are still clear layers in the rock, which indicate deposits in a former molasse sea and in places contain gold soaps. During the weathering, a roughly diamond-shaped rock was formed along folds, crevices and foliations.	30 10 × 3	Type: Type of rock, sedimentary structures Type: Mica schist, quartzite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Exposure on the Galgenberg SSE from Waldeck		377A020	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	A former volcanic vent is cut in the fenced-in outcrop on the western slope of the Galgenberg. When the volcano erupted, a vent was created that was filled by the breccia. The later basalt dike (basalt columns) cut through to the surface, fed lava fountains and thus created the tuff ring. In the breccia there are dm-sized rocks made of gray claystones of the Estherian layers and gravel-bearing coarse sandstones of the Benker sandstone.	20 10 × 2	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: Breccia, basalt	other information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry on Kusch E von Köglitz		377A021	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the quarry, the chimney of a former volcano filled with an eruption breccia is cut. Basalt later penetrated again in the volcano, penetrating as a duct to the surface, feeding lava fountains and creating a tuff ring. The chimney wall was prepared by the quarry, as the basalt in the chimney was completely mined. In small fractures in the east, basalt ducts branching off radially into the surrounding Benker sandstone were exposed from the chimney.	200 10 × 20	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: basalt, breccia, sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrops in the Fichtelnaabtal SE from Rosenbühl		377A023	Kemnath position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	On the steep bank of the Fichtelnnaab, in the vicinity of the weir near Hopfau, rocks from the Erbendorf green slate series are exposed. As a result of a rock fall, serpentinites and the like are on an area of 4 × 10 m. Mica schist has been exposed from the wedge of growth in a subduction zone. The rocks show clear banding, which indicates an original stratification or early foliation. A short tunnel, in which asbestos was probably extracted, was buried by the rock fall.	8000 400 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Serpentinite, Mica Slate	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Soap quarry on Föhrenbühl E from Grötschenreuth		377A024	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The former soapstone quarry was re-exposed in 2007 and opens up examples of serpentinite and soapstone from the Erbendorf green slate series. Soapstone (talc) was mined in the small quarry, which was ground and used industrially as a ceramic raw material. The soapstone was created when Ur-Europe collided with parts of Ur-Africa from the rocks of the upper mantle. The accompanying minerals are chlorite, calcite, dolomite, serpentine (asbestos), actinolite and magnetite.	2 2 × 1	Type: rock type, metamorphic structure, quarry / pit type: serpentinite, amphibolite, talc schist	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former quarry on Kornberg SW of Schadenreuth		377A027	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A lava flow is cut in the outcrop at the foot of the former Kornberg volcano. Since rhyolite lava is relatively viscous, it does not flow very far and forms a massive lava blanket near the chimney. The corrugated surface (flow structure) is still preserved on the lava flow. The lava flow was deposited over a layer of tuff. The layer change between lava flows and tuffs is typical for a stratovolcano (like Vesuvius). What is remarkable is the lack of stone forest granites.	3450 115 × 30	Type: rock type, volcanic vent, contact type: rhyolite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry in the ice granite near Liebenstein		377A029	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A very light-colored variety of Falkenberg granite was mined in the abandoned quarry. The granite in the quarry is hardly weathered. The wide gap made it possible to break large blocks. The high proportion of up to 8 cm in size feldspars makes the rock appear white as ice (ice granite). Dark, coloring minerals such as muscovite and biotite are hardly available. The quarry gained importance because the granite for the Nazi party rally building in Nuremberg was quarried here.	250 25 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Phycode schist outcrop in Trevesen		377A030	Pullenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the village of Trevesen, 98 greenish quartzite phycode slates are exposed in the garden of the Trevesen property. The quartzite schists form smaller, rather rare interventions within the phycode layers. The peculiarity is that these areas indicate a period with an increased input of quartz sand from the mainland into the predominantly clayey, marine sediments. This can be explained either with a climate catastrophe or the beginning of the Variscan orogeny.	350 35 × 10	Type: rock type, fold / hollow / saddle type: phyllite, mica schist	embankment	precious	Natural park
Phycode layers profile on the Kranichberg NNW of Bingarten		377A031	Kemnath position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In an outcrop in the road embankment, the phycode layers typical for the entire region can be found with a very clear alternation of sandy and clayey layers in the marine area with approximately equal proportions. The greenish rocks are strongly folded and the two legs of a larger fold have been shifted clearly against each other. Folded quartz furniture and aplit dykes are clues to the formation of granite during orogeny.	250 25 × 10	Type: Rock type: Phyllite, mica schist, aplite	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss exposure S from Steinmühle	more pictures	377A032	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Banded gneisses with larger migmatic areas can be seen in the outcrop along the road. The rock is clearly folded, which can be seen from the folded, bright migmatic layers. The migmatic areas mark zones in which granitic melt was formed on site during orogeny. The specialty is that good outcrops in the ribbon gneisses in the area are rare.	216 54 × 4	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure, fold / hollow / saddle Type: Gneiss	embankment	significant	no protected area
Outcrops at the sports field in Ebnath		377A033	Ebnath position	Fichtel Mountains	In the Felsenhäusl you can find marble strips and folded mica slate with lime silicate lenses from the Upper Proterozoic lime / lime silicate rock series. The former stratification of the sediments and a 2 m thick marble lens clearly show the deposition conditions at the time. In the outcrop it is easy to distinguish between stratification and foliation. The outcrop is special in that good outcrops are rare in the lime / lime silicate rock series.	100 20 × 5	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, rock cellar, rock wall / slope Type: mica slate, calcium silicate rock, marble	Rock cellar	precious	Natural park
Former Quarry at Steinbühl NE of Dobrigau		377A034	Leonberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the old quarry in the forest with sparse trees, only part of the former quarry wall has been preserved. The bottom of the pit is covered with water. An outcrop of approx. 4 × 3 m opens up the heavily folded u. shale slate of the Wetzldorf sequence. During the metamorphosis, the former mudstone is heavily silicified by mobilizing quartz. The slate can be split into slabs approx. 2 to 3 cm thick. The outcrop is special because good outcrops are rare.	8 4 × 2	Type: Rock type, fold / trough / saddle type: Kieselschiefer	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Heusterzbühl SSW gravel pit from Münchsgrün		377A035	Leonberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Heusterzbühl mine, soil-forming processes, which converted the sands and gravels deposited in the Tertiary fluviatile into podsol, can be easily understood. The pebbles and sands are used to gravel the surrounding forest roads.	15000 300 × 50	Type: soil profile, kaolinization, sequence of layers Type: gravel, sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 91
Sandstone outcrop Paterlhütte WSW from Erbendorf		377A036	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the abandoned quarry northwest of the Paterlhütte there are greenish-gray sandstones as well as silt and claystone layers of the Lower Rotliee. So-called fire slate contain charred plant remains. There is a tunnel mouth hole in the outcrop wall.	2000 80 × 25	Type: sequence of layers, rock type, vegetable fossils type: sandstone, claystone, coal	Quarry	especially valuable	no protected area
Kiesgrube SE from Albenreuth		377A037	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The Albenreuth gravel is located in the gravel pit immediately southeast of Albenreuth. They contain pebbles from Cambro-Ordovician phyllites, mica schist and quartzites as well as quartz porphyry, conglomerate and sandy mudstone from Rotliegend. The pit is the only permanent outcrop in the Albenreuth gravel, which is now attributed to the Hesserberg member of the Hessenreuth formation.	400 20 × 20	Type: type locality, sediment structures, type of rock, layer sequence type: gravel	Gravel pit / sand pit	especially valuable	no protected area
Outcrop of the Franconian Line 500 m N from Waldeck		377A038	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In a wooded area approx. 500 m north of the church of Waldeck, the Franconian line that falls to the ENE is exposed in a ravine in the southern embankment. Epigneise of the basement (rhyolite metavulcanites of the Saxothuringian) lie on Triassic rocks (Benker sandstone) due to tectonically. In the border area there are gray disturbance bands.	10 5 × 2	Type: Disturbance Type: Gneiss, Sandstone	other information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rock SE from Leugas		377A039	Wiesau position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Rock formation and abandoned quarry, in which medium-grain, partially porphyry Mitterteicher granite stands. The fine fissures in the uppermost area of the wall are particularly noticeable, while wool sack weathering can be observed below. The granite, which is actually very compact, is partly badly weathered. The kaolinization of the feldspars can be seen very well on the exposed walls in the west of the outcrop.	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock type, kaolinization, wool sacking, crevice type: granite	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Quartz passage N from Leonberg		377A041	Leonberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A pending quartz vein has been exposed in a pit. It is a large block, which is milk-white in color and strongly fissured. The surface is covered with moss.	60 10 × 6	Type: Gait Type: Gait quartz	not known	significant	no protected area
Quarry S of Mammersreuth		377A042	Waldsassen position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	At the edge of the forest south of Mammersreuth there is a small abandoned quarry in the Phylliten Gräfenthal formation. This is the only outcrop in these rocks in the entire region. The foliation is steep, the original stratification can be recognized by changing the material in the handpieces. The site is occasionally maintained and is therefore easily accessible.	1200 40 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Phyllite	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Pingenfeld in Aign's Spitalholz NE		377G001	Kulmain position	Fichtel Mountains	In the 16th century, mining on brown iron a. Copper ore operated in the Ordovician quartz phyllites that formed during tropical weathering in the Tertiary. Even today, on a hilltop in the forest, an extensive area with pings up to 6 m in diameter and up to 2 m deep is evidence of a busy mining operation. There is also a buried tunnel mouth hole with a heap.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Phyllite	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Large ping in Burgholz N of Schachten		377G003	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Synsedimentary gold deposits were mined in the 16th century. The large pinge is contaminated with rubbish deposits.	15 5 × 3	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Phyllite	no information	significant	no protected area
Eisener Hut SE from Pfaffenreuth		377G004	Leonberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Synsedimentary gravel ore deposits occur in Ordovician phyllites near Pfaffenreuth. The iron hat (natural monument!) Is a hardened quartz that was created by tertiary lateritic weathering and interspersed with limonite (brown iron ore). It shows the outcrop of one of these camps (M-camps, mainly magnetic gravel) on the earth's surface. Traces of mining were already mentioned by Flurl (1792). Remnants of the Bayerland mine, which was in operation until 1971, are nearby.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Open pit, hard rock, minerals Type: iron ore, phyllite	Schurf	precious	Natural monument
Pingen am Högelstein NW of Mähring		377G005	Mähring position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the 17th and 18th centuries copper was mined here, some of which was bound to quartz lenses in Cambrian mica schists. Scattered pings in the forest around the church of St. Nikolaus and dumps near the stream and a buried tunnel mouth hole with water outlet have been preserved as mining tools. Vein quartz with small quartz crystals and brown iron can be found on the heaps.	44200 340 × 130	Type: Pinge / nfeld, Minerals, Stollen Type: Mica schist	Ping	precious	no protected area
Pingenfeld Churfürst am Unteren Brand near Ernestgrün		377G007	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	There are three pings in a wood. The pings Churfürst, Güldenstern and an unnamed pinge have a diameter of 5 to 6 meters and a shaft depth of approx. 8 meters. A cable winch (reel) from the 16th century is reproduced. The gold deposit has a total extension of 2 km in length and is approximately 800 m wide. The Steppenloch shaft was 200 m further to the east.	8250 110 × 75	Type: Pinge / nfeld, Schacht, Halde Type: Mica schist, quartzite	Ping	precious	no protected area
Soap hills and funnel pits near the gold fountain SW Erbendorf		377G008	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern era, gold was dug for gold in trenches and pings with a diameter of up to 10 m at the gold fountain in the Kirchwald south of Erbendorf, and gold was panned in the nearby Galgenbach. Gold soaps formed in a matrix of biotite gneisses, granites, phyllites, mica schist and Guttenberg quartzite in the Albenreuth gravel from the Cretaceous period in the Hessenreuther Wald.	32000 400 × 80	Type: Soap laundry, Pinge / nfeld, Schurf Type: Gneiss, conglomerate	Ping	precious	no protected area
Rotenfels iron mine		377G009	Immenreuth position	Fichtel Mountains	At the Rotenfels in the Flötzbachtal, quartzites of the Frauenbach formation are exposed, which are impregnated with the iron mineral hematite and therefore have a distinct red color. Iron ore was probably mined here from the 15th to the 18th century. Relics of tunnel mouth holes, collapsed shafts and dump material testify to the former mining.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Opencast mining, tunnel, dump Type: Iron ore, quartzite	Pit / canal / ravine	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gold soap factory in the valley of the Kalmreut NNE from Altmugl		377G010	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	There are numerous soap mounds and ditches from the processing of gold soaps in the forest.	20800 260 × 80	Type: Soap Laundry Type: Quartzite	no information	significant	no protected area
Sauerbrunnen in the NSG Waldnaabtal ENE of Ödwalpersreuth		377Q001	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the publicly accessible mineral fountain on the hiking trail above the log cabin in the NSG Waldnaabtal rises a spring with sulfur and. carbonated water that colors the surrounding granite yellowish-reddish. In the Tirschenreuth area there are a number of such sourlings, which are associated with the beginning of volcanic activity. Earthquakes and the subsequent extraction of hot, sulphurous water from springs in the stone forest are historically documented.	1 1 × 1	Type: Constriction Source Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Weißenstein WSW ruins from Fuchsmühl	more pictures	377R001	Waldershof position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	There are several massive rock towers from z. Sometimes bizarre weathered granite wool sacks. The ruins of the old castle, which were built on the summit platform in the Middle Ages, are now used as a destination for excursions.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Hackelstein summit W from Fuchsmühl	more pictures	377R002	Fuchsmühl position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	It is a group of imposing rock formations made of sacks of granite wool piled on top of each other. A little below the summit lies another large rock formation.	2800 70 × 40	Type: rock castle, rock type, metamorphic structure type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Felsental SE from Muglmühle	more pictures	377R003	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Large rocks made of biotite-rich Cambrian mica schists and quartzites lie in the narrow brook valley. A stair-like waterfall with a total height of approx. 4 m and whirlpool holes characterize the Bachtal. Sign to the waterfall.	80 20 × 4	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, metamorphic structure, contact type: mica schist, vein mineralization	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Schlossberg SSW from Waldeck	more pictures	377R004	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	As a hardened basalt, the Schlossberg towers over the sedimentary rock surroundings. On the south side of the summit there is a large outcrop in the massive basalt, which contains numerous peridotite inclusions (olivine nodules). A weak column structure can be seen.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rocky dome, volcanic vent, rock type, minerals type: basalt, peridotite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Härtling SW from Anzenberg	more pictures	377R005	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The basaltic, long-elliptical vent breccia filling extends in a north-south direction. It contains rubble-rich Benker sandstone and arkoses from the Coburg sandstone.	2500 50 × 50	Type: hardness, volcanic vent, rock type, contact type: basalt, breccia, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Armesberg E from Altensteinreuth		377R006	Kulmain position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The feldspar basalt containing nepheline is only available in the uppermost summit area. A moss-covered block pile adjoins the southeast slope.	10000 100 × 100	Type: volcanic chimney, basalt columns, rock type, sea of rocks, minerals Type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Saubadfelsen NW of Napfberg		377R007	Erbendorf position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The massive rocks made of fine to medium-grain granite show weathered wool sacks. At the foot of the rock formation there is a block heap.	12000 200 × 60	Type: Crag, rock type, sea of boulders, wool sack formation Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Serpentinite Härtling Föhrenbühl E from Grötschenreuth		377R008	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The serpentinites of the Erbendorf green slate zone break through the weathered cover here as groups of rocks and ribs. The back bears lean vegetation typical of serpentinite sites (Föhrenbühl).	5000 250 × 20	Type: hardness, metamorphic structure, contact type: serpentinite, amphibolite, green slate	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 50
Redwitzit blocks S from Röthenbach		377R009	Reuth near Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On both sides of the street are the large, whale-shaped blocks. Recent formation of sacrificial boilers. Morphologically striking are the ribs, which trace the cementing of an older fissure network (due to albite-rich plagioclase and quartz).	10000 100 × 100	Type: wool sack formation, contact type: granodiorite, vein mineralization	block	precious	Natural park
Härtling Kühstein SE from Erbendorf		377R010	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the foot of the serpentinite back of the hardlings lies a block field.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Felskuppe, Härtling, Blockmeer, Rock Type: Serpentinite, Amphibolite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, FFH area, nature park
Teufelsstein NE from Napfberg		377R011	Erbendorf position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Large granite block in the shape of wool sack.	1750 70 × 25	Type: wool sack formation, rock group Type: granite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Burgberg in Falkenberg	more pictures	377R012	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The eroded, exposed granite rock weathered in the typical wool sack shape.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Natural monument	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 4
NSG Waldnaabtal SW from Falkenberg	more pictures	377R013	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the nature reserve, the Waldnaab crosses the Falkenberg granite massif between Falkenberg and Windischeschenbach over a length of 12 km. The river valley, cut like a gorge, deserves the name Canon. Erosion coves and grinding marks in the rock walls testify how the river ate its way into the subsoil relatively quickly as the area began to lift. To the north of the Sauerbrunnen, the Waldnaab breakthrough can be found as a particularly narrow place with many boulders in the river bed.	480000 6000 × 80	Type: Canyon Type: Granite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Rock formations ENE from Troglauermühle		377R014	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the Troglauermühle, the Waldnaab cuts through the Falkenberg granite over a length of 100 m. The relatively narrow valley with up to 20 m high granite walls on both sides of the river offers shelter for humans and animals in erosion caves. The protected location by the water caused already in the Stein- u. Urnfield time (12,000 or 800 BC) people to settle here, which is proven by a large number of finds from a rock shelter (Abri).	6000 100 × 60	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, bank / surf cave type: granite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Sulzteichstein W by Beidl		377R015	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A monolithic granite block with three crosses protrudes from the Sulzteich pond in Beidl. The stone is of local importance because its origin is puzzled and therefore it is popularly known as the Devil's Stone or Three Cross Stone. The stone is largely overgrown. Only above the surface of the water does a narrow, vegetation-free area mark the constant change in the water level; in autumn 2006 it was approx. 30 cm wide.	12 4 × 3	Type: wool sack formation, rock type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument
Bürgerfelsen on Burgberg in Falkenberg		377R016	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the foot of the castle hill lies the granite block made of Falkenberg granite with feldspar fragments of up to 5 cm in length.	50 10 × 5	Type: wool sack formation, rock type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument, FFH area
Wolfenstein SE from Hohenwald	more pictures	377R017	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The massive granite rock formation has feldspar sprouts of different sizes. It weathers in the form of a wool sack and is covered in pseudo-carts.	900 30 × 30	Type: carts / fields, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Small Teufelsküche NE in Lengenfeld		377R018	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the entrance to the Small Devil's Kitchen, the property is best opened. The granite blocks pile up in and around the stream over a length of approx. 50 m.	2500 50 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area
Great Devil's Kitchen N of Pilmersreuth	more pictures	377R019	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Grouped around a stream there are several rock formations made of granite wool sacks with feldspar fragments up to 4 cm in length.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, rock group, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
High stone N by Liebenstein		377R020	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The granite shows the beginning of wool sack weathering at the fissures and is covered by pseudo-carts.	25 5 × 5	Type: carts / fields, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Granite rock Tiefenlohe SE from Liebenstein		377R021	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The granite formation shows wool sack formations.	200 20 × 10	Type: wool sack formation, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument
Poppenlohfelsen SSE from Schwarzenbach		377R022	Bärnau position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Small rocky hill in the eastern edge of the Falkenberg granite.	200 20 × 10	Type: rocky dome, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument
Steinernes Viertel SSE by Naab		377R023	Bärnau position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The beautiful rock group Steinernes Viertel is located on a small knoll in the forest. The individual granite rocks have been carved out by weathering wool sacks and are increasingly falling apart into a sea of blocks. The weathering starts at the horizontal and vertical crevices and creates carts on the rocks. The medium-grain Flossenbürger granite with lots of light mica and up to 1 cm in size quartz and moss is hidden under the growth of lichen and moss. Feldspar crystals.	60 10 × 6	Type: wool sack formation, rock group, block sea, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt cone Steinhübel E by Pechbrunn		377R024	Pechbrunn position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The entire summit is completely grown together, only a few small outcrops can be seen.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Ridge Type: Basalt	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument
Dolines in the Wunsiedler marble SW of Waldershof		377R025	Waldershof position	Fichtel Mountains	There are 3 sinkholes in a row in the forest. The pits are partially overgrown with grass. The arrangement suggests an elongated karst system underground. There is another large grassy sinkhole about 50 meters away.	90 15 × 6	Type: sinkhole Type: marble	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Natural park
Huberfelsen E rock group from Neuköslarn		377R026	Erbendorf position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Huberfelsen form a group of about 12 rock towers along the ridge. The Steinwald granite shows an unusually high muscovite content here. The mica, feldspars and quartz are roughly all the same size with about 0.3 to 0.5 cm. The granite is sheared horizontally in the upper area of the towers. Weathering gives rise to both rounded and flattened wool sack structures.	40,000 500 × 80	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Reiseneggerfelsen (Steinschlatter) ENE from Neuköslarn		377R027	Pullenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Reiseneggerfelsen, also called Steinschlatter, is a large granite monolith. The granite is comparable to the nearby Huberfelsen. The granite block forms a rounded back. On the back there is a viewing platform with a view over the stone forest.	30000 300 × 100	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Giant bowl NNE from Friedenfels		377R028	Friedenfels position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Giant Bowl rock tower was created through the weathering of wool sacks in the Steinwald granite. Cross and horizontal fissures let the rock break. The weathering penetrated the crevices and created blocks of cubic meters that were piled up by gigantic hands. The two-mica granite has only a little muscovite. The feldspars reach up to 2 cm in size.	250 25 × 10	Type: wool sack formation, rock castle, rock group, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Frog rock WSW from Altmugl		377R029	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The outcrop in the banded slates of the Ernestgrüner-Neualbenreuther ore formation. The rock shows an alternating layer of formerly clayey and sandy sedimentation. The weathering intervened in the fractures created by fissures and foliage and created a trapezoidal rock. Its shape is reminiscent of a frog, which is what gives it its name.	120 12 × 10	Type: rock tower / needle, sedimentary structures Type: mica schist, phyllite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Kuschberg SE from Atzmannsberg		377R030	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The Kuschberg near Atzmannsberg is a former volcanic vent. Alkali olivine basalts penetrated the chimney in the Tertiary. The chimney is surrounded by a tuff ring with tuffs and eruption breccia. On the Kuschberg two good outcrops have been preserved in the chimney breccia and the columnar basalts of the chimney.	6400 80 × 80	Type: Hardening Type: Basalt, Tuff / Tuffit	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Volcanic vent on Oberteich Bühl NNW from Oberteich		377R031	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Oberteicher Bühl is a former volcano, the chimney and lava cover of which is carved out as hardness. The fine-grained and olovinreian alkali basalt was mined in many small extraction sites. The basalt shows a flowing texture with few bubble cavities. The chimney is surrounded by a tuff ring.	28900 170 × 170	Type: volcanic chimney, rock type: basalt, tuff / tuffite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Konnsberg E from Konnersreuth		377R032	Konnersreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Konnsbühl volcano rises above the area as a striking Härtlings summit. About 20 million years ago, molten basalt flowed out of the former chimney and formed a lava blanket on the surrounding gneiss around the delivery channel. The former extensive cover with lava can now be seen as a sea of basalt blocks at the top of the mountain. In a small quarry in the lava cover in the east of the mountain, you can find beautiful basalt columns several meters high.	35000 350 × 100	Type: volcanic chimney, boulder sea, rock type: basalt, tuff / tuffite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Rotliegend-Vulkanite WNW Oberwappenöst		377R033	Kulmain position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In a small wood, tuffs and lavas made of rhyolite / quartz porphyry can be found in former pings. The undergrowth is very bushy and rhyolites with feldspars up to 0.5 cm in size can only be found in the fallen pings. It is believed that semi-precious stones were dug here.	2500 50 × 50	Type: hard rock, type of rock : rhyolite, tuff / tuffite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural park
Peat bog NW of Rosall		377R034	Leonberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Peat bog in the forest.	60000 2000 × 30	Type: Fen Type: Peat	no information	significant	no protected area
Gulgberg W from Pleussen		377R035	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Basalt dome with extraction sites and a sea of blocks at the summit	1000000 1000 × 1000	Type: volcanic vent, rock type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	significant	no protected area
Golitzstein NW of Mähring		377R036	Mähring position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Golitzstein is a single standing monolithic rock made of mica schist, surrounded by a sea of blocks. The cm-large quartz crystals in the folded quartz layers are striking. Light muscovite layers between the quartzite layers indicate a former stratification in the sediment.	400 20 × 20	Type: rock tower / needle, boulder, sea boulder Type: mica schist	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Valley of the Wondreb WNW of Wondreb		377R037	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Wondreb meanders in innumerable meanders through a park-like landscape. The Wondreb Valley is a good example of the harmony between nature conservation and agriculture.	700000 3500 × 200	Type: stream / river course, meander type: sand, silt, gravel	no information	significant	no protected area
Corundum gneiss and gabbro blocks WSW from Plößberg		377R038	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Pointholz forest area there are many blocks of different sizes and different lithologies. The formation of the rocks shows that a contact zone has formed around the Falkenberg granite in the garnet-cordierite-sillimanite gneiss. The corundum-hercynite rock and the Redwitzite gabbro were not influenced by it. The corundum-hercynite rock was created by metamorphosis of former laterites and was only heated up much later when the gabbro was seated.	25 5 × 5	Type: Boulder Type: Gabbro, Gneiss	no information	significant	no protected area
Wackelstein W from Schurbach		377R039	Ebnath position	Fichtel Mountains	The rock has been carved out by weathering the wool sack of the Kosseine granite. The large potassium feldspars in the granite are striking. The rocking stone is a large flat rock that can be made to tip (wobble) by a person with strength and skill.	0 not specified	Type: wool sack formation, boulder, rock type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt dome Großbüchlberg		377R040	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In Großbüchlberg there is a striking basalt hardwood. The black to black-gray, strongly splintery breaking alkali basalt is open and exudes columnar. From Großbüchlberg you have an impressive view over the Mitterteich basin. The location is therefore regularly visited by excursions.	16000 160 × 100	Type: Härtling, Basalt Columns Type: Alkali, Basalt	no information	precious	no protected area
Quaternary Maar SE from Neualbenreuth		377R041	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Approx. 1.5 km south-east of Neualbenreuth, north-west of the Tillenberg, there is an approx. 250 m × 350 m large, rounded structure characterized by bog formation, which was identified as a maar by a research drilling in 2015. The maar funnel is filled with over 90 meters of sediment. It is a maar funnel that is believed to be around 200,000 years old.	87500 250 × 350	Type: Maar, transitional moor Type: silt, sand, peat	no information	especially valuable	Water protection area