List of geotopes in Nuremberg

This list contains the geotopes of the Middle Franconian city ​​of Nuremberg 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
Sandstone rocks near the Nuremberg Imperial Castle	more pictures	564A002	Nuremberg position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The type locality of the widespread castle sandstone is at the Imperial Castle in Nuremberg. The castle sandstone is a fine to medium-grained sandstone. In addition to quartz grains, it contains a considerable proportion of feldspar. The building block of Nuremberg was once widely known.	51000 170 × 300	Type: Type locality Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Ground monument	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 11
Nuremberg rock cellar	more pictures	564G001	Nuremberg position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Not specified	0 not specified	Type: rock cellar Type: sandstone	Rock cellar	precious	no protected area
Historic sandstone quarries at Schmausenbuck E in Nuremberg	more pictures	564G002	Nuremberg position	Sandstone Keuper Region	There are extensive areas around the Schmausenbuck with numerous historical mining sites for castle sandstone. The sandstones were built in Nuremberg. Today they form elements that shape the landscape inside and outside the zoo. The geotope is under protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-5-6532-0558).	150,000 500 × 300	Type: Quarry / Pit Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, FFH area

See also

• List of nature reserves in the city of Nuremberg
• List of landscape protection areas in the city of Nuremberg
• List of protected landscape components in Nuremberg
• List of natural monuments in Nuremberg
• List of FFH areas in the city of Nuremberg

• List of nature reserves in the district of Nürnberger Land
• List of landscape protection areas in the district of Nürnberger Land
• List of FFH areas in the district of Nürnberger Land
• List of protected landscape components in the district of Nürnberger Land
• List of natural monuments in the district of Nürnberger Land

Individual evidence

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

Web links

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