List of geotopes in the Würzburg district

This list contains twelve geotopes in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg 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
Lützelbruch WNW from Lindelbach		679A002	Randersacker position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The quarry area opens up the uppermost parts of the Upper Muschelkalk and the lowest layers of the Lower Keuper. The quarry was extracted, the extraction of which is documented by the remains of the extraction systems and temporary demonstrations. The eponymous right-angled cleft on the quarry floor is particularly easy to see. In the eastern part of the quarry, a fault penetrates the layers.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Sediment structures, layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural monument
Former Muschelkalkbruch Höchheimer Höhe ENE from Greußenheim		679A004	Greußenheim position	Western Franconian Plates	The quarry shows the sequence of layers from wave lime sequence 7 to the 3rd foam lime bank. The wave limestone sequence 7 shows landslide phenomena (including sigmoidal fissures) that were formed in semi-consolidated sediments. A fault is localized in the northern part, the displacement of which can be quantified on the 1st foam limestone bank.	1200 40 × 30	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock, sedimentary structures, fault type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component
Former Gypsum break NE from Bergtheim		679A005	Bergtheim position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The following are the basic plaster layers of the myophoria layers in the form of layered, partially leached, white plaster in which thin clay and marl stones are interposed. In the largely overgrown quarries, only small parts of the former quarry walls are exposed. Karst features with a cave are recognizable.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Gypsum	Quarry	significant	Landscape component
Former Rectangular limestone quarries Gieshügel NE from Randersacker		679A006	Randersacker position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The uppermost layers of the Upper Muschelkalk and the lowest layers of the Lower Keuper are exposed in several neighboring quarries that are now heavily collapsed and overgrown. The quarry was mined. The site is owned by the University of Würzburg and is mainly used as an outdoor teaching area for ecological reasons. It is surrounded by an electric fence and is not accessible.	300000 1500 × 200	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock : Limestone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Former sandstone quarry W von Höchberg	more pictures	679A007	Höchberg position	Western Franconian Plates	In the long-abandoned quarry, the layers of the Lower Keuper (so-called Lettenkeuper) are exposed with the red and green clays and the underlying sandstone. The walls show a typical inventory of fluvial sedimentation with channel bodies and flood layers. Trace fossils can be seen on the strata. The dismantling walls show clear signs of processing.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, plant fossils, animal fossils, sedimentary structures Type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 86
Kaisersteinbruch WSW from Gaubüttelbrunn		679A009	Kirchheim position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The abandoned quarry of the Kaisersteinbruch GmbH company is located in the area of the parallelepiped limestone that was formerly mined at the level of the upper main cuboid horizon. Only the quarry-worthy horizon can still be seen on the former quarry walls, but the right-angled cleft is clearly visible on the excavation floor in the central area. On the occasion of a European symposium of stone sculptors, artistic sculptures were set up, twelve of which can still be seen in the quarry today.	45000 300 × 150	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock : Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Quarry on the Thüngersheim-Güntersleben road	more pictures	679A010	Thüngersheim position	Western Franconian Plates	The small former Muschelkalk quarry opens up the sequence of layers of the Lower Muschelkalk from the lying of the 2nd foam limestone bank to the Orbicularis layers. On the former excavation wall, the development of the history of deposits can be read from the wave limestone sequence 7 with significant landslides via diagenetic overprinting below the 2nd foam limestone bank to the top of the 2nd foam limestone bank.	1200 60 × 20	Type: Type of rock, type of layer sequence : Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Shell limestone profile on Höhfeldplatte SE from Thüngersheim	more pictures	679A011	Thüngersheim position	Western Franconian Plates	At the edge of the Höhfeldplatte nature reserve, the sequence of layers from the spiriferina bank to the lower part of the Middle Muschelkalk is exposed. The stratigraphically deeper area is developed on the slope edge as an artificially extended slope crack, the higher area on a footpath along the upper edge of an adjacent quarry. The outcrops of the limestone bank, the base of the Middle Muschelkalk and the fossil orbicularis layers are valuable.	4000 200 × 20	Type: layer sequence, rock type, fossil soil type: limestone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Block limestone quarry NW of Kleinochsenfurt		679A012	Ochsenfurt position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The quarry opens up the rectangular limestone facies of the Upper Muschelkalk. It was created in the 1940s for the construction of the neighboring Main barrage. Regular grazing prevents overgrowth. The break lies in a nature reserve.	25000 250 × 100	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures, gorge Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 83
Karst spring in the Norbertusheim tunnel near Oberzell		679Q001	Zeil am Main Position	Western Franconian Plates	At the end of the Norbertusheim tunnel near Zell, a heavily pouring spring emerges from a karstified fault with only a slight offset from the upper area of the orbicularis layers. The emerging water, as well as that from more than 25 other sources in the tunnel, is used to supply the city of Würzburg with water and is treated in the nearby, listed waterworks.	6 3 × 2	Type: Noise Source Type: Limestone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	no protected area
Rock slopes on the Hirschberg ENE from Erlabrunn	more pictures	679R003	Thüngersheim position	Western Franconian Plates	On the slopes of the Hirschberg south of Thüngersheim, the layers of the uppermost lower shell limestone spread out. Among other things, the three foam limestone banks in the steepest section of the slope are exposed, while the less weather-resistant orbicularis layers cause the slope to flatten. Typical for this part of Main Franconia is the spread of the vineyards on the slope, which spare the area of the steep limestone bank level.	8000 200 × 40	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, layer sequence type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Muschelkalkhang Talberg NNW from Veitshöchheim		679R004	Thüngersheim position	Western Franconian Plates	On the steep slopes of the Talberg, the layers of the Lower Muschelkalk spread out in the stratigraphic area of the foam limestone banks. The layers show remarkable landslide phenomena, some of which led to a brecciated habitus of the limestone packages. In two nature reserves on the slopes, vegetation characteristic of this substrate has developed.	6750 150 × 45	Type: rock wall / slope, type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures, type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area