List of geotopes in Bayreuth

This list contains the geotopes of the Upper Franconian city of Bayreuth 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
Bodenmühlwand NE from Wolfsbach	more pictures	462A001	Bayreuth position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	30 m high profile on a bulging slope of the Red Main . The complete estheria layers in their clayey-marly normal facies and reed sandstone in its massive form are open here . The wall is a major excursion destination and has been described in numerous scientific publications. There were also numerous fossil finds here .	40 40 × 1	Type: Layer sequence, discordance, Animal fossils Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 45
Buchstein SW rock group from Bayreuth	more pictures	462R001	Bayreuth position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Sandstone rock with honeycomb weathering and limonite crystallization, which is protected as a natural monument next to a bio-landfill.	30000 300 × 100	Type: rock group, Tafoni / honeycomb weathering Type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, FFH area
Teufelsgraben with Teufelsbrücke ENE from Donndorf	more pictures	462R002	Bayreuth position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Rock bridge near Donndorf made of sandstone from Lias Alpha.	4000 100 × 40	Type: Group of rocks, Vegetable fossils, Shore / surf cave Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area