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 |
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Bodenmühlwand NE from Wolfsbach |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
See also
- List of nature reserves in the city of Bayreuth
- List of landscape protection areas in the city of Bayreuth
- List of FFH areas in the city of Bayreuth
- List of natural monuments in Bayreuth
- List of nature reserves in the Bayreuth district
- List of landscape protection areas in the Bayreuth district
- List of protected landscape components in the Bayreuth district
- List of natural monuments in the Bayreuth district
- List of FFH areas in the Bayreuth district
- List of geotopes in the Bayreuth district
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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