List of geotopes in Passau

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This list contains the geotopes of the Lower Bavarian city ​​of Passau 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
Leptynite outcrop at Alten Rieser Strasse (Hacklberg) 262A002 Passau
position 		Passau Forest The street outcrop in the Hacklberg district, City of Passau, near the confluence of Alte Rieser Strasse and Neue Rieser Strasse. It opens up the largest known and accessible leptynite deposit (orthogneiss) in the region (20 m thick!). The leptynite is a medium-grain gneiss with a pronounced streaky parallel texture. Garnet nests often appear. The rock is interpreted as meta-rhyolite. The outcrop is a sample location for age determination. 10
10 × 1 		Type: rock type, standard / reference profile
type: meta-rhyolite 		embankment especially valuable no protected area
Halser Ilzschleife NE by Hofbauer Ilz loop neck NNW.JPG
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 262R001 Passau
position 		Passau Forest In the area of ​​Hals (district of Passau) the Ilz has dug into the ground with a large double meander, the loops of which have almost broken through. The double meander lies in the area of ​​a fault zone (secondary pile, running parallel to the pile), on which heavily deformed gneiss (mylonite, pearl gneiss) are present. The rock on the slope W of the castle is open. Part of the Ilz water is diverted at the Ilzstau before the second loop. 800000
1000 × 800 		Type: Meander, stream / river course, impact slope
Type: Mylonite, gneiss 		Impact slope / river bed / stream profile precious Nature reserve, FFH area

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