List of geotopes in Lower Franconia

The list of geotopes in Lower Franconia includes the following lists of geotopes in Lower Franconian counties and cities from the article namespace:

The selection corresponds to the administrative region of Lower Franconia . The list contains the official names and numbers of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as well as their geographical location. Further detailed information on the properties is available in the lists at the district level. This list may not be complete. Around 3,400 geotopes (as of October 2018) 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. Entering the geotopes is at your own risk and the LfU assumes no liability.

Surname	image	Geotope ID	Municipality / location	Geological unit of space	description	Area m² / extension m	geology	Digestion type	value	Protection status	comment
Quarry at the Stengerts WNW of Gailbach		661A004	Aschaffenburg position	Vorpessart	The abandoned quarry of quartz diorite is not a typical intrusive rock , but rather has the appearance of gneiss . It contains large sprinkles of potassium feldspar in a streaky distribution. The quartz diorite is interspersed with pegmatite dikes that lead to 1 cm large titanite crystals. The quarry is now used as a shooting range, but can be visited after prior registration.	4000 100 × 40	Type: Rock type, Mineral type: Diorite	Quarry	precious	Part of the landscape, nature park
Noriswand SE from Aschaffenburg	more pictures	661A005	Aschaffenburg position	Vorpessart	At the Stengerts there is an elongated gorge-like quarry in the forest. Up until the end of the 19th century, lamprophyres of the varieties Spessartite and Kersantite were mined here. The open corridor of the fine-grained, dark gray, splintery breaking rock is overgrown with moss. Both gneisses of the Elterhof formation and diorite are exposed as secondary rocks.	4000 100 × 40	Type: Rock type, Contact type: Diorite	Quarry	especially valuable	Part of the landscape, nature park
White quarry - Heinrich SW shaft of Haibach		661G001	Aschaffenburg position	Vorpessart	There are numerous small marble lenses within the Elterhof formation of the Crystalline Vorspessart. Between Schweinheim and Gailbach, one of these lenses was mined from around 1870 to 1942, initially in a ravine-like quarry, and later also underground. The ravine-like break and a tunnel mouth hole are still preserved today. The material was used for paper production in Aschaffenburg-Damm.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Quarry / Pit Type: Marble	Open pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Bensenbruch S from Dörrmorsbach	more pictures	661G002	Aschaffenburg position	Vorpessart	Two caves have remained from the former Bensenbruch. In the larger one, 50 to 60 people could find protection during a bombing raid in 1945. The lamprophyre dike is bounded by the basal breccia (red sandstone) alternating with siltstones from the crumbly slate series.	75 15 × 5	Type: tunnel, quarry / pit, rock type, contact type: lamprophyr, sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Sea of rocks on Grauberg / Stengerts NW of Gailbach	more pictures	661R001	Aschaffenburg position	Vorpessart	On the Grauberg there is a sea of blocks of diorite rocks weathered by wool sack in the forest. The sea of rocks and the Noris wall have been protected as part of the landscape since 1996 because of their rarity and scientific importance.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Blockmeer Type: Diorite	block	precious	Part of the landscape, nature park
Teufelskanzel on Godelsberg E Aschaffenburg	more pictures	661R002	Aschaffenburg position	Vorpessart	The Teufelskanzel viewpoint is located on the northwest corner of the Godelsberg summit plateau. It is accessed via the Spessart-Weg 1 hiking trail and can be easily reached from a hiking car park a short distance away. The pulpit consists of a natural collection of several large blocks of Goldbacher Orthgneiss. This grainy, fibrous muscovite-biotite gneiss is mostly medium to coarse-grained. It often contains conspicuous nests of mica. Further controls of gneiss blocks are also located on the north slope of the mountain (more at the Goldbacher Kanzel). The Kippenburg is located a short distance from the geotope. It was built as a ruin around 1839 from rubble stones to amuse the population.	600 30 × 20	Type: Block Sea Type: Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural park
Goldbacher-Gneiss Aufschluss SE from Kleinostheim		661A002	Mainaschaff position	Lower Main Level	The Goldbacher gneiss is only exposed at the root of a tree about 2 m wide. The place is now used as a mountain bike practice area and was filled in with sand and completely redesigned.	50 10 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Muscovite-Biotite-Gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Olivine nephelinite in Strietwald SE of Kleinostheim	more pictures	661A003	Mainaschaff position	Lower Main Level	A very steep staircase leads from the Kulturweg to the Teschenhöhle. An information board explains the rock in the vicinity. They are Schlottuffe with olivine nepheline bombs. The trough is very overgrown so that the outcrop wall is inaccessible and barely visible.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Nephelinite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Phonolithbruch Rückersbacher Schlucht W von Johannesberg	more pictures	671A001	Kleinostheim position	Vorpessart	In a small, abandoned quarry, only heavily weathered remains of phonolite are left in a narrow, narrow gorge. The Tephritic phonolite is strongly fissured and brecciated in the western part by faults parallel to the mountain edge. This is the only phonolite deposit in Bavaria.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Phonolite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Dolomite quarry on Graefenberg S of Rottenberg	more pictures	671A002	Hösbach position	Spessart	Pending here is Zechsteindolomit, which is thin-banked in the lower fracture area and thick-banked to massive towards the top. The weathered, bituminous dolomite has numerous calcite-filled drusen (similar to rough cheeks) and barite ducts in the lower area. The stone marls of the higher Zechstein are hardly accessible, karstification funnels and seam mountains of the crystalline can no longer be observed. The break is now no longer open to the public.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Rock type, Minerals Type: Dolomite stone, Rauhwacke	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Street outcrop SW of Wesemichshof	more pictures	671A003	Kleinahl position	Spessart	Massive yellowish Zechsteindolomit is exposed on the road, which is partially concealed on steep faults. Root formation and barren passages are clearly visible above the road.	550 25 × 22	Type: Rock type, Mineral type: Dolomite stone	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ellet stone on the calf's hump near Kleinostheim		671A005	Kleinostheim position	Lower Main Level	Staurolite-garnet-plagioclase-gneiss protrudes from the trees above the road. A cross is on the hump and a memorial plaque for Ketteler is attached to the rock.	80 10 × 8	Type: Type of rock, minerals, rock wall / slope Type: staurolite-garnet-plagioclase-gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss rocks NNW from Stockstadt		671A006	Stockstadt am Main position	Lower Main Level	At the village square of Stockstadt there is a small rock group of basement rock that protrudes through the Main gravel. It is a gneiss from the red gneiss complex that is adorned with a statue of the Virgin Mary.	32 8 × 4	Type: Rock type, hard rock Type: Muscovite-biotite-gneiss	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Rock group Königssitz WNW von Kleinostheim		671A007	Stockstadt am Main position	Lower Main Level	Surrounded by motorway entrances, there are remnants of the former mining of Goldbach gneiss in a very overgrown hollow. They are weathered rocks that are lined up next to each other.	450 30 × 15	Type: Rock Type: Muscovite-Biotite-Gneiss	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Sandstone outcrop NW of Mespelbrunn Castle		671A008	Mespelbrunn position	Spessart	Heigenbrücker sandstone from the Gelnhausen succession is unlocked in a private car park.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	embankment	significant	Natural park
Sandstone quarry NE of Röderhof	more pictures	671A009	Schöllkrippen forest position	Spessart	In the former sandstone quarry, typical deposit forms and rock formations of the Heigenbrücker sandstone (Gelnhausen sequence) are exposed. Crumbly slate stands below the slope of the path. The outcrop is cleared and very well maintained.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock group at the wildlife park N of Haibach	more pictures	671A010	Haibach position	Vorpessart	Above the Haibach wildlife park, a steep rock group of fissured biotite gneiss protrudes, which can be traced further into the forest. The outcrop is well preserved and children like to use it as a climbing rock.	48 8 × 6	Type: Rock Type: Biotite Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Former sandstone quarry near Heigenbrücken		671A011	Heigenbrücken position	Spessart	The break offers an insight into the type locality of the Heigenbrücken sandstone. It is located NE of the train station in the new development area, has been closed for a long time, but is still in good condition.	175 35 × 5	Type: Type locality Type: Sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park
Exposure on Lindenberg NE of Laufach		671A012	Laufach position	Vorpessart	The former outcrop of muscovite-biotite slate has now been filled in and overgrown. Any rock standing in the way is no longer visible. There are only a few reading stones left.	4 2 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Muscovite-Biotite-Gneiss	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry on the Eichenberg-Sailauf road		671A013	Sailauf position	Vorpessart	Muscovite-biotite-gneiss (Haibacher gneiss) within the mica-slate-paragneiss group was mined in the quarry.	60 20 × 3	Type: Rock Type: Muscovite-Biotite-Gneiss	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry E from Hörstein		671A014	Alzenau position	Vorpessart	Amphibolite of the Hörstein-Huckelheim formation was mined in the quarry. The quarry is very overgrown, the walls of the quarry hardly accessible.	500 50 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Amphibolite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry between Hörstein and Hohl		671A015	Alzenau position	Vorpessart	In the now very overgrown quarry, staurolite-garnet-plagioclase-gneiss of the Mömbris formation was mined.	500 50 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Staurolite-Garnet-Plagioclase-Gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
1. Quartz train NW from Gunzenbach		671A016	Mömbri's position	Vorpessart	In the very overgrown outcrop you can see red, platy to banky exuding quartzite and quartzite slate with intermediate layers of quartz-rich mica slate. The rock formation shows the alternate stratification originally created by sediment.	150 30 × 5	Type: Layer sequence Type: Quartzite	Quarry	precious	Natural park
1. Quartz train S from Molkenberg		671A017	Mömbri's position	Vorpessart	Next to the street, quartzite to quartzite slate is exposed in a former quarry behind a residential building . It is dissected at shear fissures and exuding flat to banky.	500 100 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Quartzite	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Former quarry E von Strötzbach		671A018	Mömbri's position	Vorpessart	The former quarry of garnet-plagioclase-gneiss is now very ingrown and filled with rubble, so that the pit walls are not accessible.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock type: Garnet plagioclase gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry at the Herrnmühle ESE von Michelbach	more pictures	671A019	Alzenau position	Vorpessart	Reddish, quartzitic mica schist was mined in the small quarry. Today the outcrop has grown a little.	300 30 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Mica Slate	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quartzite blocks on the Hahnenkamm SE of Kälberau	more pictures	671A020	Alzenau position	Vorpessart	The quartzite blocks on the Hahnenkamm belong to the 4th quartzite train in the Vorspessart (Hahnenkamm quartzite). There are further, weathered and non-standing quartzite blocks scattered on the slope.	2 2 × 1	Type: Rock Type: Quartzite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Pit NW of Oberhemsbach		671A021	Alzenau position	Vorpessart	The former quarry of Paragneiss is overgrown and covered with soil. Any rock standing in the way is no longer visible.	50 10 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry S of Erlenbach		671A022	Hösbach position	Vorpessart	In the overgrown quarry, Schöllkrippen gneiss was extracted from the red gneiss complex.	60 20 × 3	Type: Rock Type: Muscovite-Biotite-Gneiss	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Keiner-Bruch SE from Oberbessenbach		671A024	Bessenbach position	Spessart	The former sandstone quarry Keiner is located on Kulturweg 2. Here red-brown to pale red, fine to medium-grain, medium to thick banked Heigenbrücker sandstone was mined. The break is a bit overgrown and is used by climbers today.	13600 170 × 80	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry WSW from bridges		671A027	Mömbri's position	Vorpessart	In the quarry near Hemsbach, garnet-containing mica slates to quartzite slates from the Geiselbach formation are pending. Up to 1 cm thick layers of dense, low-mica quartzites are integrated into it. The quartzite contains light mica and rarely some tourmaline.	90 100 530 × 170	Type: Rock Type: Quartzite	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Sandstone quarry at the parking lot Wodianka SW von Heigenbrücken		671A030	Forst Hain in the Spessart position	Spessart	Across the street from the Wodianka hut is a former red sand quarry. The red-brown to pale red, medium-grain sandstone belongs to the Heigenbrücken sandstone.	7000 140 × 50	Type: Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Zechstein outcrop at the sports ground S von Feldkahl		671A031	Hösbach position	Vorpessart	At the SW edge of the golf course at the sports field of the TSV Feldkahl, a Zechsteindolomit banked on a long rock face is unlocked. Fissures occasionally lead to barite (sometimes small crystals).	2700 270 × 10	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, minerals Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Quarry on Wendelberg W of Haibach		671A032	Haibach position	Vorpessart	Biotite gneiss was mined in the former quarry. The Wendelberg gneiss is a small-grain gneiss with a clear parallel texture. Locally, pegmatitic streaks can be observed, which displaced the gneiss substance and which are apparently of a younger age. Minerals worth collecting were found in the pegmatite dikes, such as tourmaline, apatite and ilmenite, rarely also beryl, large tabular muscovites and biotites. Spessartine was first found on Wendelberg.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Rock type, Mineral type: Biotite gneiss	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Quarry and rocks SW of Rückersbach		671A033	Kleinostheim position	Vorpessart	In the old quarry at the witch's house, an alternating layer of garnet plagioclase gneiss and mica slate has been opened up. Above the quarry follows the most scenic part of the gorge on the slopes of the Rückersbach: rock groups of staurolite-garnet-plagioclase-gneiss over a length of about 500 m.	750 30 × 25	Type: Rock type, rock group Type: Garnet-plagioclase gneiss, mica schist, staurolite-garnet-plagioclase gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Copper mine Wilhelmine E von Sommerkahl	more pictures	671G001	Summer bald position	Spessart	Spectacular wallpapers of brightly colored copper minerals, especially green malachite and blue azurite, cover the quarry walls of the Wilhelmine copper ore mine. The copper minerals are located in an orthogneiss that was formed around 335 million years ago during the Variscan orogeny. Hydrothermal veins lead as ores made of colored copper gravel (bornite), silver-containing arsenic (tennantite), copper pyrites and pyrite in addition to quartz and barite as veins. The geotope is one of Bavaria's hundred most beautiful geotopes and is explained on site with a corresponding information board.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Gallery Type: Gneiss	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 23
Copper slate quarry Help God NE von Großkahl		671G002	Kleinahl position	Spessart	Mining on copper slate has been documented here since 1454 and continued with interruptions until 1835. Copper, lead and silver were extracted. On the slope of the Habersberg, the circular pings of the former shaft and heaps are preserved as mining tools. Copper shale with traces of lead and copper minerals can be found on the heaps. The former mouth holes of the old Kahler tunnel and the Maximiliansstollen should still be able to be located on the basis of escaping mine water. The area is designated as a ground monument (Fig. 3, light red area, monument no. D-6-5821-0026). Unfortunately, part of the former mining site has been covered by an excavated earth dump.	0 not specified	Type: Halde, Pinge / nfeld Type: Mudstone , non-ferrous metal ore	Ping	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Copper shale mining on Rothen Rain NE by Sailauf		671G003	Sailaufer Forst position	Vorpessart	The medieval duckel mining on copper slate left a large number of pings here. In the Duckel mining, a shaft was sunk into the copper shale and this was dismantled. The copper slate was then excavated from the side. Instead, a new shaft was sunk some distance away before support was needed. Copper and lead were extracted. The Schachtpingen are still up to 3 m deep, the heaps have a diameter of up to 30 m. The site is a ground monument (monument no. D-6-5921-0048).	357500 650 × 550	Type: Pinge / nfeld, shaft type: Bricks	Ping	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Dune in Kühbruch E from Kahl a. M.	more pictures	671R001	Alzenau position	Lower Main Level	The sand dune in Kühbruch, together with the adjoining dune in the Sauweide, form the Neufeld sub-area belonging to the Alzenauer Sande nature reserve. On the narrow, irregularly shaped dunes, the flat windward slope to the west and the steeper leeward slope in the east can be easily understood. Strong westerly winds picked up fine sand from the gravel of the Main and Kahl during the cold times and deposited it elsewhere in the form of drifting sand covers and dunes.	6000 200 × 30	Type: Dune Type: Sand	no information	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Dune in the Sauweide E von Kahl a. M.	more pictures	671R002	Alzenau position	Lower Main Level	The sand dune in the Sauweide, together with the adjoining dune in Kühbruch, forms the Neufeld sub-area belonging to the Alzenauer Sande nature reserve. You can see a narrow, irregularly shaped stretch of dunes. Strong westerly winds picked up fine sand from the gravel of the Main and Kahl during the cold times and deposited it elsewhere in the form of drifting sand covers and dunes.	14400 180 × 80	Type: Dune Type: Sand	no information	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Beutelstein SW from Oberbessenbach		671R003	Bessenbach position	Vorpessart	In the forest, blocks of wool-sack-weathered diorite are spread over the entire slope. As the most striking and largest of these diorite rocks, the bag stone protrudes from the block stream sea.	1000 40 × 25	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: diorite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Quartz porphyry quarry NE from Sailauf		671A004	Sailauf position	Spessart	Rhyolite was mined in the Hartkoppe quarry north of Sailauf. It is a fine-grained, dense rock of reddish to reddish-gray color and has a fine-porphyry structure. The rhyolite body is cylindrical in the surrounding gneiss of the red gneiss complex and is covered by sediments of the Zechstein. Larger crevices, which can usually be traced almost vertically through the rock, were later filled with iron, manganese and arsenic minerals. The quarry is the type locality of the minerals Sailaufit and Okruschit. The dismantling stopped at the end of 2017. On the first level of the quarry there is an information board on which you can find out more about the quarry and its minerals and look into the quarry. This board is part of the approximately 10 km long Bleckmaul & Sailaufit cultural circuit, which begins in Sailauf at the St. Vitus Church.	60000 300 × 200	Type: rock type, minerals, type locality 4 contact type: rhyolite, dolomite stone, mudstone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Aufgel. Quartzite quarries NNE from Geiselbach		671A034	Geiselbach position	Vorpessart	On the Kreuzberg north-northeast of Geiselbach there are several abandoned quarries. The rocks extracted here belong to the 4th quartz range of the Geiselbach Formation. Very few good outcrops of this rock still exist. On the basis of paleontological findings of pteridophytes (vascular pore plants) and spores, the quartzite and the rocks that emerge (partly garnet-bearing mica schist and quartzite-mica schist) can be placed in the Silurian-Devonian border area. There are several mostly very small (approx. Five by five meters) mining sites and a larger (approx. 40 by 50 meters) quarry. The building material for the Church of St. Magdalena in Geiselbach was dismantled in one of the quarries. The extensive mining area extends over an area of around 300 by 150 meters on the southern slope of the Kreuzberg. It is located in a high forest and is easily accessible via an unmarked hiking trail. Outcrops are only available in a few places, but sufficient heaps and readings are possible everywhere.	2000 50x40	Type: Rock Type: Quartzite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former basalt quarry Sodenberg SW von Diebach	more pictures	672A001	Hammelburg position	Western Franconian Plates	A chimney filling was deeply dismantled on the Sodenberg. There is a columnar, secreting basalt covered with a mantle of tuffy breccia. The numerous extensive spoil heaps testify to an unfavorable (i.e. high) spoil / usable rock ratio. The extraction from the very deep pit floor is unclear, as there is no entry / exit. The mining had developed into a narrow hole with steep, no longer stable embankments.	21600 180 × 120	Type: Rock, Quarry / Pit Type: Basalt	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Former Basalt quarry Knürzchen NE from Schildeck		672A003	Schondra position	Rhön	The small quarry is located in a basalt chimney. The small columnar secretion leads to angular to rounded blocks that are weathered in a spherical shell. A vent breccia is exposed at the edge, formerly also areas with adjacent rock breccia.	225 15 × 15	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Rudelberg E quarry by Schondra		672A004	Schondra position	Rhön	In the abandoned quarry, layers of the lowest lower shell limestone are pending. Typical of this section is the high proportion of marly areas as well as conglomerate benches and benches with sea lily stems. The border limestone (the border bank to the Upper Buntsandstein) can be found twice in the path below the quarry.	800 100 × 8	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Clay pit SE from Untereschenbach		672A005	Hammelburg position	Western Franconian Plates	The abandoned clay pit opens up the upper parts (approx. 5 m) of the lower red clay stones in the lower part of the pit wall (red-brown clay silt stones with gray-green reduction horizons) as well as excellently preserved white-gray red quartzite (at the top) 2.5-3.0 m thick with bleached layers below its base. A special geotope due to the rarity of outcrops in red quartzite.	4000 100 × 40	Type: Layer sequence Type: claystone, sandstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	no protected area
Former Ofenthaler Berg quarry near Hammelburg		672A006	Hammelburg position	Western Franconian Plates	The abandoned quarry is divided into a lower and an upper area. In the lower area of the myophoric layers of the uppermost red sandstone are the red intermediate and the hanging part of the myophoric layers, followed by the basal layers of the lower shell limestone. The upper area opens up the layers to below the terebratel benches in a dismantling wall. The oolite bank is visible in the upper third.	36000 300 × 120	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Disturbance Type: Limestone, Claystone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry SE from Stralsbach		672A007	Burkardroth position	Rhön	In two quarries near Stralsbach, there is a lot of sloping lower Muschelkalk in great thickness in a trench-like fault system. Here it is lowered to the level of the upper red sandstone. Due to its higher resistance to weathering, the red sandstone forms a morphological high area (relief reversal).	120 20 × 6	Type: Fault, Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry Kehlmetze E von Nüdlingen		672A008	Nüdlingen position	Northern Franconian Plates	In the former small quarry, Wellenkalk is exposed to the Beta 2 oolite bank. The bench is oolithic-fine conglomerate with a characteristic wavy surface. Best exposure from this bank in the whole region and easily accessible.	8000 200 × 40	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Rock type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former Quarry Höret SE von Arnshausen		672A009	Bad Kissingen position	Western Franconian Plates	Folded corrugated limestone from the foam limestone region is exposed in the Höret quarry. In the west, the folded layers change into undeformed limestone. In the east, the folds are limited by a fault that shifts the Lower Muschelkalk to the Upper Muschelkalk with a jump height of approx. 100-130 m. In the meantime, only a very small wrinkled area can be seen at the Bruch entrance. The exposed sloping layer surfaces are still impressive.	3600 60 × 60	Type: fold / trough / saddle, fault, rock type: limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former Quarry at the Platzer Kuppe NE of Geroda		672A011	Geroda position	Rhön	In a small quarry on the northwest side of the Platzer Kuppe, Unterer Muschelkalk (wave limestone) was mined, namely Unterer Muschelkalk 1 with a conglomerate bank and (above) a prominent oolite bank. The profile connects stratigraphically to the Schondra profile at the top.	900 30 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former Bellevue SE basalt quarry from Wildflecken	more pictures	672A012	Wildspot position	Rhön	The abandoned quarry shows beautifully formed basalt columns on various levels.	54000 180 × 300	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Basalt quarries at Hegkopf S from Schönderling		672A013	Geiersnest-East position	Rhön	The former main quarry on basalt is completely overgrown and can be addressed as a biotope through the formation of a lake. A small shallow pit southwest of the former main quarry shows overburden and overgrowth as well as basalt with numerous weathered olivine tubers.	3600 60 × 60	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Basaltsee am Farnsberg (inkwell) ESE von Riedenberg	more pictures	672A014	Riedenberg position	Rhön	A lake has formed in a crater-shaped former basalt quarry. There are still old factories on the western edge of the lake. A house for friends of nature makes the geologically and ecologically interesting quarry accessible for leisure purposes. The quarry shows basalts in predominantly columnar formation. Location of the former Spitzer Steinküppel quarry.	40000 200 × 200	Type: basalt columns, quarry / pit, rock type: basalt	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve
Volcanic crater on the ESE mountain rock in Oberbach	more pictures	672A017	Wildspot position	Rhön	Abandoned basalt quarry, on the walls of which the contact between black basalt columns and red slag is repeatedly opened up. This interface dips towards the center of the fracture. Obviously lava has filled a depression in the slag here. The basalt columns that were mined here may have been created as a filling of a lava lake within the crater of a small cinder cone.	16000 200 × 80	Type: Contact, Igneous Structure, Basalt Columns, Type of Rock Type: Basalt, Tuff / Tuffite	Quarry	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 84
Chirotherien sandstone NE from Euerdorf		672A018	Your village position	Rhön	At the Saalrangen northeast of Euerdorf, tread seals of dinosaur precursors were uncovered, which can be assigned to the Thuringian chirotheria sandstone. The way through the time from Bad Kissingen to the Terra Triassica Museum in Euerdorf leads past the geotope.	400 20 × 20	Type: trace fossils, sequence of layers, rock type: sandstone	other information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 98
Aufgel. Shell limestone quarry NE from Rannungen		672A020	Rannungen position	Northern Franconian Plates	The easily accessible abandoned quarry opens up Lower Muschelkalk (mostly wavy limestone), which occasionally contains fossils, both traces of bioturbation and fauna.	500 50 × 10	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, trace fossils, animal fossils Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Aufgel. Muschelkalkbruch SE from Ramsthal	more pictures	672A021	Ramsthal position	Western Franconian Plates	In the abandoned quarry, shell pavement and a lime bank with a stromatolithic character are exposed. There are opportunities to find fossils.	600 30 × 20	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, trace fossils, animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component
Aufgel. Arnshausen quarry NE		672A022	Bad Kissingen position	Rhön	Rock sandstone was extracted from the abandoned quarry. Above the rock sandstone, layers of carnelian dolomite and Thuringian chirotheria sandstone are exposed. The violet-brown color in the upper section of the carnelian-dolomite layers is interpreted as soil formation (violet horizon). Occasionally clay siltstone layers are interposed.	0 not specified	Type: layer sequence, fossil soil, rock type: sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park
Aufgel. Limestone quarry Kalkofen W von Poppenlauer		672A024	Maßbach position	Northern Franconian Plates	In the extensive quarry area, Lower Muschelkalk is exposed, which occasionally shows ripples.	21000 300 × 70	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Aufgel. Limestone quarry S of Münnerstadt		672A025	Münnerstadt position	Northern Franconian Plates	The partially overgrown break opens up Lower Muschelkalk (wave limestone series, mu2) and is difficult to access.	1200 60 × 20	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock, sedimentary structures Type: limestone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve
Aufgel. Limestone quarry in the former StOÜbPl E von Reiterswiesen		672A026	Bad Kissingen position	Northern Franconian Plates	The relatively well preserved, easily accessible and little overgrown quarry opens up Lower Muschelkalk (Terebratel and foam limestone banks).	3200 80 × 40	Type: quarry / pit, rock type, layer sequence type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Aufgel. ESE limestone quarry in Reiterswiesen		672A027	Bad Kissingen position	Northern Franconian Plates	The small quarry, located right next to a forest path in the nature reserve, opens up Lower Muschelkalk (mu2 - mu3).	400 40 × 10	Type: quarry / pit, rock type, layer sequence type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Former Barite mine, Grube Marie SW in Wildflecken		672G001	Wildspot position	Rhön	In a total of 3 old tunnels, one of which was blasted (two are still accessible but secured by grids), barite was mostly mined before the war. Stratigraphically, the barite deposits are located in the Middle Buntsandstein, their formation is probably of a hydrothermal type. A viewing gallery can be viewed by appointment (information in the House of the Black Mountains in Oberbach).	100 50 × 2	Type: Tunnels, Minerals Type: Vein mineralization , sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kothener Sauerbrunnen NE by Kothen		672Q001	Moth position	Rhön	The Kothener Sauerbrunnen is freely accessible. It is framed and covered with a brick pavilion.	1 1 × 1	Type: Mineral Spring Type: Sandstone, Basanite	no information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Volcanic cone Mettermich NNW from Schondra	more pictures	672R001	Schondra position	Rhön	Above a relatively small central cone, the two closely adjacent peaks of the volcanic cone rise approx. 5 m above the surrounding area with the columnar basalt. There is a wide sea of blocks around it. At the top of the protected part of the landscape there is a ring wall from early human history, as well as a wide driveway and other peculiarly arranged basalt walls.	40000 200 × 200	Type: volcanic vent Type: basalt	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Dreistelz WNW volcanic cone from Oberleichtersbach	more pictures	672R002	Dreistelzer forest position	Rhön	The Dreistelz is the highest volcanic cone in the region. The steep central area is oriented EW like a walkway. It has small rock formations at the top (right next to the observation tower) and a small basalt quarry at the western end of the steep area. Remnants of Lower Muschelkalk are present around the edge of the cone. On the east side of the cone, enormous areas of basalt rubble have started to slide down to the Dreistelz-Modlos road.	160000 400 × 400	Type: volcanic vent Type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt quarry on the stump of lime tree N of Schondra	more pictures	672R003	Schondra position	Rhön	The quarry was created solely for the purpose of supplying the A7 motorway construction. A whole basalt cone was artificially removed except for a kind of crater wall. The different types of basalt secretion are interesting, especially the fan-shaped basalt columns (piles) at the quarry entrance. As the occurrence of a clod of pyroclastic rocks shows, the columnar basalts arose from a former lava lake.	70,000 350 × 200	Type: basalt columns, volcanic vent, rock type: basalt	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 7
Pilster stone NE from Kothen	more pictures	672R004	Moth position	Rhön	To the north-east of Kothen is the scenic Pilsterstein, a morphologically carved out from weathering, running east-west, like volcanic vent. The rock here does not show the typical formation of mostly six-sided basalt columns typical of basaltic rocks, but rather it exudes more irregularly and sometimes rather in platy layers. Since a platy segregation is typical for the likewise volcanic rock phonolite, it was at times assumed that the pilster stone would consist of this rock, which is widespread in the Hessian Rhön. In fact, it is a basalt-like basanite.	3600 60 × 60	Type: rocky dome, volcanic vent, basalt columns Type: basanite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Falkenwand WSW from Elfershausen		672R005	Elfershausen position	Western Franconian Plates	The Höhenweg (circular route 5 of the Rhön Nature Park) runs below the wave limestone-Saaleprallhangs always in red tone on the rubble (border yellow limestone) of the Lower Muschelkalk. Thanks to the landscape management of the Bad Kissingen care association and the Bad Kissingen section of the DAV, the Falkenwand is easily accessible and visible again. There is constant traffic noise from the nearby motorway.	360000 1200 × 300	Type: Impact slope, type of layers : dolomite stone, limestone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Long stones NW of Riedenberg	more pictures	672R007	Römershager Forst-Nord position	Rhön	Blocks of the rock sandstone of the uppermost Middle Buntsandstein, which forms a step in the terrain about 20 m higher, have gravitationally slid down the slope. The largest block of the medium to coarse-grained to fine gravel rock sandstone is 15 m long (without transverse fissures) and up to 2 m thick and its longitudinal axis is adjusted in the direction of the slope. About 100 m above is the rock group Steinhaufen	400 40 × 10	Type: landslide, rock type: sandstone	other information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rock group The large stones NW of Riedenberg	more pictures	672R008	Great Auersberg position	Rhön	The large stones consist of white, medium to coarse-grained to fine gravel rock sandstone from the uppermost middle colored sandstone. The striking inclined stratification was removed by the weathering. The rocky sandstone at the upper edge of the valley forms a mighty block flow down the slope that extends down to the bottom of the valley. In the gorge, sections of the deeper Middle Buntsandstein are exposed.	7500 50 × 150	Type: rock group, rock type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Steinernes Meer at Berghaus Rhön SE von Riedenberg		672R009	Riedenberg position	Rhön	The basalt block field consists partly of blocks without intermediate substance (sea of blocks), partly of blocks that float in a loamy base. The consistently sharp-edged blocks indicate short hiking trails (i.e. the place of origin of the blocks very close). The restless surface morphology speaks for sliding masses. The block field is located directly above the Berghaus Rhön car park.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Sea of Boulders, Basalt Columns, Type of Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Vulkanschlot Lösershag SE from Oberbach		672R010	Wildspot position	Rhön	The summit structure of the Lösershag consists of a steep summit (volcanic vent made of adjacent basalt columns). Several impressive block seas at the foot of the slope, very scenic. Remote, but easy to reach via hiking trails. Small, abandoned quarry on the north-western slope of the mountain with radial basalt columns.	160000 400 × 400	Type: volcanic chimney, basalt columns, sea boulders, rock type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Buntsandsteinschlucht Dörflinger Ruh SSW from Bad Brückenau		672R012	Bad Brückenau position	Rhön	The upcoming occurrence of large clods (blocks and slabs) of rock sandstone in the gorge is due to a tectonic subsidence within an approximately north-south-facing ditch.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Canyon, Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sinkhole SW of Maßbach		672R013	Maßbach position	Northern Franconian Plates	The circular hole is about 10 m deep and overgrown with old trees. Presumably this collapse doline results from leaching in the underlying Lower Muschelkalk.	225 15 × 15	Type: sinkhole Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Landscape component
Wichtelhöhlen SW of Bad Kissingen		672R014	Your village position	Rhön	On the Alte Euerdorfer Straße, in the area of the Saale-Prallhangs Batzenleite, there is a larger outcrop in the rock sandstone. Individual blocks up to 10 m in size that have been detached from the association also occur. Pronounced gaps and cavities between the blocks represent the legendary Wichtelhöhlen. The way through the time from Bad Kissingen to the Museum Terra Triassica in Euerdorf leads past the geotope.	15000 300 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, boulder sea, tafoni / honeycomb weathering, sedimentary structures, type of rock type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Neuwiesgraben-Schlucht S from Dittlofsroda		672R015	Wartmannsroth position	Rhön	The Neuwiesgraben has partly deepened like a gorge into the red sandstone of the Röt succession and occasionally forms small waterfalls.	5000 500 × 10	Type: Canyon, Waterfall Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock clearance Wildweibstein N von Völkersleier		672R016	Forst Detter-Süd position	Rhön	On the Wildweibstein there are extensive rock exposures and rock seas in the rock sandstone of the Hardegsen range.	0 not specified	Type: Felsburg, Blockmeer Type: Sandstone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
A crack of the Schindeller fountain ENE from Kleinbrach		672R017	Bad Kissingen position	Rhön	The Schindeller Graben, which slopes steeply west to the Franconian Saale, has dug itself deep into the intensely red-brown sandstone of the Hardegsen range, which forms striking banks (thicknesses in the dm area). Several waterfalls up to two meters high were created. The water flow varies greatly depending on the weather.	1500 100 × 15	Type: Storage conditions, rock type, sequence of layers, waterfall Type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrop at Kapellenberg SE from Zeil am Main		674A001	Zeil am Main Position	Hassberge region	Outcrop with reed sandstone below, above Lehrberg layers with individual plaster layers and lenses. The geotope fell into disrepair and was completely overgrown in 2012. An information board is available.	2500 250 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: sandstone, claystone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Keuper profile Königsberger Steige near Königsberg		674A002	Koenigsberg position in Bavaria	Hassberge region	Outcrops in myophoria and estheria layers and in the reed sandstone on the Königsberger Steige, information boards are available.	1500 300 × 5	Type: standard / reference profile Type: sandstone, claystone, marlstone	embankment	precious	Natural park
Former basalt quarries on Bramberg S von Hohnhausen		674A003	Burgpreppach position	Hassberge region	Two former quarries north and south of Bramberg Castle . Basalt chimney with a concentrically structured filling. Basalt columns on the inside, basalt breccia and debris from the surrounding rocks on the outside (especially fritted Keupertone).	2800 70 × 40	Type: minerals, volcanic vent, basalt columns Type: basalt	Quarry	precious	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park
Former Eichelberg S sandstone quarry from Burgpreppach	more pictures	674A004	Burgpreppach position	Hassberge region	Banky to thick banky, white-gray, fine-grained sandstone, fractures perpendicular to the layer surface. Ripple marks and impressions of mussels can be seen. At the bottom there is a storage layer of light clay.	6000 150 × 40	Type: Type of rock, reservoir type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Clay pit at Wolfshügel ESE von Ostheim		674A005	Hofheim in Lower Franconia position	Hassberge region	Clay pit on the eastern slope of Wolfsberg, which opens up the upper layers of myophoria. A few meters below, the lead gloss bank can be seen as a small step in the terrain.	250 25 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Clay Marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Factory sand quarry W of Kleinsteinach		674A007	Riedbach position	Northern Franconian Plates	Artificial sandstone , medium-banked, irregularly fissured and pale brown, rising up flat. Small building blocks were probably extracted in the quarry. There is an explanation board at the excursion opening.	600 40 × 15	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Tuff breccia W from Mechenried		674A008	Riedbach position	Northern Franconian Plates	Outcrop of tuff breccia with volcanic and sedimentary components, the surface is weathered. Many rocks were converted into clay minerals, presumably by post-volcanic thermal waters. Located just west of Mechenried , it was partially overgrown in 2013.	60 30 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Tuff / Tuffite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Rocks at the castle ruins in Altenstein	more pictures	674A010	Maroldsweisach position	Hassberge region	The Altenstein castle ruins stand on Rhätsandstein . The sandstones slide partially on the underlying clays and clay marls of the Feuerletten down the slope. Information boards for the Haßberge Castle History Trail.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Soil monument, nature park
Rhaet rock face NE of Rabelsdorf		674A011	Parish position	Hassberge region	Sandstone wall in the Rhät der Haßberge east of Rabelsdorf. Rock walls and non-local blocks in various stages of separation.	15000 60 × 250	Type: rock type, rock wall / slope type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry between Junkersdorf and Altenstein		674A013	Maroldsweisach position	Hassberge region	Exposure of red-violet, dolomitic clay marls with dolomitic limestone banks, some meters thick, in the Feuerletten. The lime was mined earlier.	3600 60 × 60	Type: Rock Type: Mudstone, Dolomite Stone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, landscape reserve, bird sanctuary
Mainauen WSW from Ziegelanger	more pictures	674A016	Zeil am Main Position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Former sand pit in which oak streams are exposed. The trees were built between 8000 BC. And 250 AD deposited there. Unique in this accumulation and presentation. Adventure trail is set up, the trail consists of locally mined main gravel.	30000 200 × 150	Type: Vegetable fossils, breakthrough valley Type: Gravel, sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	especially valuable	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 85
Zeilberg E basalt quarry from Maroldsweisach	more pictures	674A017	Maroldsweisach position	Hassberge region	The Zeilberg is the largest volcanic vent of the Heldburg gang . A stone adventure trail gives an insight into a large basalt quarry that is not accessible. There is a knocking area where basalt stones with olivine bulbs can be examined.	500000 1000 × 500	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: Basalt	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Quarry NE of Gleisenau		674A019	Ebelsbach position	Hassberge region	Quarry with Coburg sandstone (not bubble sandstone as previously assumed). Coburg sandstone and bubble sandstone are difficult to distinguish here and are summarized in the Hassberge formation . Information board of the Haßberge georoute.	4000 80 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Reed sand quarry NE of Zeil		674A020	Zeil am Main Position	Hassberge region	Greenish-yellow, clayey and easy to work sandstone, which was used as stone . The sandstone is divided into three layers by two thin, platy clay layers. Information board of the Haßberge georoute. In 2012 the geotope was overgrown.	100 20 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Aufgel. Clay pit NW of Rügheim		674A021	Hofheim in Lower Franconia position	Northern Franconian Plates	Opened clay pit, on the northern outcrop wall of which the higher layers of the Lower Keuper are covered by three loess deposits of different ages . The sequence of the Lower Dolomite Stones and the Lower Estherian Slate is easy to see. Information board of the Haßberge georoute.	60000 300 × 200	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: claystone, loess loam	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	no protected area
Rhätsandsteinbruch N von Buch		674A023	Untermerzbach position	Hassberge region	Abandoned quarry in the Rhätsandstein .	17000 170 × 100	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sandstone quarry W of Neubrunn		674A024	Kirchlauter position	Hassberge region	Abandoned quarry that unlocks Coburg sandstone and its clayey side rocks. Excursion point of the Geo-Route of the Haßberge Nature Park with information board.	0 not specified	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock, sedimentary structures Type: sandstone, claystone	Quarry	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary, nature park
Gas outlets NE from Mechenried		674A025	Riedbach position	Northern Franconian Plates	To the south of the Mechenried - Rügheim road, gas escapes from the ground in several places. This can best be observed in low pressure weather conditions (noise development) or on wet ground (formation of bubbles). Plants partially care or are brown in color, it smells like rotten eggs. The gas contains 18.1 volume percent carbon dioxide, approx. 0.5 volume percent hydrocarbons, 0.02 to 0.03 ppm ozone, 8 to 10 ppm sulfur dioxide, 0.1 to 0.5 ppm hydrogen sulfide, 0.01 ppm carbon monoxide, 0 .01 ppm nitrous gases. The cause of the gas leaks could be the Heldburger gang .	1400 70 × 20	Type: Disturbance Type: Mudstone	no information	precious	no protected area
Exposure in the Heldburger marl E from Neuses		674A026	Bundorf position	Hassberge region	Exposure of the distal facies of the Coburg Sandstone and the Lower Burgsandstone (Heldburg Gypsum Marl). Colorful succession of clay and silt stones, clay marls, gypsum stone and dolomite layers (stone marl).	300 30 × 10	Type: Layer sequence, rock type, sediment structures Type: sandstone, marlstone, clay marl	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Reed sand quarry NE of Koenigsberg Castle		674A027	Koenigsberg position in Bavaria	Hassberge region	Abandoned sandstone quarry northeast of Königsberg Castle , on Coburger Strasse in the direction of Hohnhausen . Reed sandstone ( Stuttgart formation ), in massive banks with clearly recognizable sloping bodies. Between two sandstone banks, synsedimentary deformed layers can be seen, which could have been caused by earthquakes during the Triassic . The quarry is freely accessible.	0 not specified	Type: sedimentary structures, storage conditions, discordance Type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Schlot breccia SE from Schweinshaupten		674A028	Bundorf position	Hassberge region	To the south-east of the Schweinshaupten bathing pond, a tertiary breccia slot is opened on a path embankment, which is part of the Heldburg gang. The total size of the chimney is around 100 by 75 m. Only about 10 percent of the chimney filling consists of basalt, xenolites from the deeper crust and crystalline are involved to a small extent. Mesozoic sediments form the main mass of the ejecta material: mainly claystones, marl and gypsum marl, as well as subordinate sandstones of the Coburg sandstone, the castle sandstone and the reed sandstone. This confirms the important finding that layers of the Jura were still present in the Haßberg Mountains in the Tertiary.	75 15 × 5	Type: Igneous structure Type: Basalt, Breccia	other information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Geusfeld - ravine at the Marienkapelle		674A029	Rauhenebrach position	Sandstone Keuper Region	At the small Marienkapelle in Geusfeld there are sandstones of the Stuttgart formation (reed sandstone) in the embankment. In addition to thicker benches, in which the weathering has very nicely prepared the sloping structure, there are also benches a few cm thick with no recognizable internal structure. Towards the top, dark gray Latvians join in between the sandstone banks. The name reed sandstone comes from the stone breakers who mistook common horsetail remnants for petrified reeds. These sandstones were formed by a north-east-south-west running river system, which in some cases had sunk several tens of meters into the underground of the grave field formation (layers of estheria) before these river channels were filled with sand. The sandstones exposed here, with their thick, sloping benches, show the characteristic image of such a channel filling.	240 80 × 3	Type: sequence of layers, rock type: sandstone, claystone	embankment	significant	Natural park
Sandstone quarry between Koppenwind and Untersteinbach		674A030	Rauhenebrach position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The former quarry in Coburg Sandstone (Haßberge Formation) is largely overgrown and the walls are only partially accessible. Especially in the east wall, the thick sandstone is still well developed today. Sandy-clayey sediments follow above the work stone bench, some of which are deepened into the sandstone like channels. In a similar position, TRUSHEIM first found fossils of the leaf pod Triops cancriformis in 1934. These animals, which are only a few cm tall, belong to the longest-lived known animal species on earth. In the meantime proven since the time of the Upper Buntsandstein, it still occurs today, i. H. it has existed for at least 250 million years. Although the fossil layer is no longer there today, the global reputation (quote from GEYER 2002) of this information lies not only in the first discovery of the Triops, but also in the good quality of preservation of countless specimens in many stages of development from egg to adult.	4900 70 × 70	Type: Type locality, Animal fossils, Trace fossils, Vegetable fossils, Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rotenhan NE castle ruins of Rotenhan	more pictures	674G001	Boars position	Hassberge region	The castle was carved out of obliquely layered Rhaetian sandstone cliffs, which had slid down the slope to this location on the clays below. Entering the site at your own risk, the owner assumes no liability. Rocks and vegetation should not be destroyed or changed. The geotope is one of the hundred most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria , information board available.	4800 80 × 60	Type: Wrought Rock Type: Sandstone	other information	especially valuable	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 44
Castle ruins and sandstone cliffs NE of Buch		674G002	Untermerzbach position	Hassberge region	Castle, which was carved into the sandstone rock of the Rhät and supplemented by walls. The walls were carved with a herringbone pattern . Striking Torstein, two remarkable cellars. Information board of the Geotour Hassberge.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Wrought Rock Type: Sandstone	other information	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former sandstone quarry N of Dürrnhof		674G003	Parish position	Hassberge region	Quarry that opens up medium to large-grain, channel-shaped poured sandstones 10 m high. The dismantling was done by hand, traces of processing (scraping) are partly still clearly visible.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Quarry / Pit Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Silver sand cave E of Stettfeld		674G004	Stettfeld position	Hassberge region	Cave dug into the middle castle sandstone. Here a fine-grained and mica-rich, light-colored sand was mined, which was used as writing sand . The entrance is locked and there is an information board.	600 30 × 20	Type: Stud Type: Sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Eisenquelle NE from Wonfurt	more pictures	674Q001	Wonfurt position	Eastern Franconian Plates	Source with a flow rate of about 15 l / s. The water comes from layers of the Middle Muschelkalk, which rise from a fault here. Limestone deposits have formed at the source. Red iron hydroxide deposits are visible in the stream .	25 5 × 5	Type: source of disturbance, sintering type: limestone, tufa	no information	especially valuable	Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rock labyrinth at Lichtenstein Castle	more pictures	674R001	Parish position	Hassberge region	Rock labyrinth south of the Lichtenstein castle ruins , in which, among other things, sloping layers, various weathering stones, layer springs and weathering honeycombs can be seen. House-sized boulders detached from the association were integrated into the castle. Information board of the Geotour Haßberge.	8400 140 × 60	Type: Group of rocks Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ponor W from Zell am Ebersberg		674R002	Knetzgau position	Sandstone Keuper Region	A stream gradually seeps away on karst plaster, until it disappears completely in a pit-like ponor . The stream continues to flow underground, which can be recognized by a ditch with reeds and bushes. After approx. 600 m, the water comes back to the surface at a spring. There is also a small wetland area.	600 30 × 20	Type: Ponor, sinkhole, layer source Type: plaster of paris, clay marl stone	no information	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Hohler Stein in the Haßwald W of Reutersbrunn		674R003	Boars position	Hassberge region	The hollow stone is a larger group of Rhaetian sandstone blocks up to 10 m in size, on an area of 70 × 25 m. It was created from a 7 m thick slab of sandstone that slid down the slope and broke into numerous individual parts.	1750 70 × 25	Type: landslide, boulder, sedimentary structures Type: sandstone	block	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Wörth with Sichelsee W from Augsfeld		674R005	Hassfurt position	Eastern Franconian Plates	Viewing platform on which information is provided about the dynamics of the river and the displacement of the Main. During strong floods, the meanders of the Main were often broken and backwaters formed . The Sichelsee became an oxbow lake during a flood in 1676 and remained untouched. A small parking lot is available.	210000 700 × 300	Type: meander, stream / river course Type: sand, silt	no information	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Gebrünnsee northwest of Westheim		678R001	Knetzgau position	Eastern Franconian Plates	Doline, which is used as a fish pond, surrounded by old trees. Formerly geotope number 678R001.		Type: sinkhole, constriction source Type: plaster of paris	no information	precious	Natural monument	Possibly deleted by the LfU (Oct. 2018)
Gipskeuper on Schwanberg NE of Iphofen	more pictures	675A001	Iphofen position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The outcrops show the partly continuous, partly erosive contact between the layers of estheria and the reed sandstone. Gray clay and clay marl stones with white plaster layers (layers of estheria) are overlaid by yellow sandstones (reed sandstone). Partly, clearly recognizable sedimentation structures are preserved in the sandstones.	100 50 × 2	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: sandstone, clay marlstone	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 57
Former Muschelkalkbruch SW of Krautheim	more pictures	675A002	Volkach position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The outcrop lies in a horst clod divided by a fault (fault zone of Wipfeld-Gailbach-Prichsenstadt). The profile extends from the thick-banked stylolite limestone (Middle Muschelkalk) to the Upper Muschelkalk, the latter only being visible at the upper edge of the fracture, but difficult to access.	3600 40 × 90	Type: sequence of layers, fault type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Former Muschelkalkbruch Scepter E from Obernbreit		675A003	Obernbreit position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The upcoming, fossil-rich sequence of layers lies outside (to the east) of the rectangular limestone area. It is addressed as normal or Uffenheim facies. The only complete Nautilus lower jaw (conchorhynchus avirostris) was found in the scepter Bruch. The sequence of layers extends from the upper part of the thick bank zone to the ostracodenton.	800 80 × 10	Type: Animal Fossils, Layer Sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former Sandstone quarry SE from Brno		675A006	Prichsenstadt position	Eastern Franconian Plates	In the thin-banked sandstone of the abandoned quarry, there are plant chaff and remains, such as. B. the horsetail Equisetites. The great thickness of the sandstone indicates that it is present there as flood facies. A dismantling wall is well preserved and accessible. The area is used as an orchard.	9000 180 × 50	Type: Vegetable Fossils, Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Clay marlstone on the Schwanberg NNE from Iphofen	more pictures	675A007	Iphofen position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The outcrop presents gypsum-bearing estheria layers with a maximum height of 8 m. Gray clay and marl stones are crisscrossed by layers of plaster of paris, some 1–2 cm thick.	3000 15 × 200	Type: Rock Type: Clay marl, gypsum	embankment	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former Muschelkalkbruch SSW from Dettelbach	more pictures	675A008	Dettelbach position	Eastern Franconian Plates	Large outcrop with a far-reaching profile from the upper Muschelkalk to the lower Keuper. The Cycloidesbank lies in the area of the fracture bottom, but is largely dismantled. The Terebratelbank is in the upper third. The profile extends to the Wagnerian plates in the lower Keuper.	39000 300 × 130	Type: layer sequence, animal fossils, sedimentary structures Type: limestone, marlstone	Quarry	especially valuable	no protected area
Acrodus-Corbula-Zone SE from Nenzenheim	more pictures	675A009	Iphofen position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The former road outcrop has overgrown. Red-purple claystones (kmM) are overlaid by gray-green claystones (kmE), which - typical for the clayey gypsum keuper - indicate a close change to dolomite stone banks: This is followed by the Corbula bank. This is better 50 m further to the east in a former clay pit and is 60 cm thick. Remnants of the Acrodus bank are preserved as reading stones in the geotope area.	5000 100 × 50	Type: standard / reference profile, disturbance type: claystone, marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park
Frankfurter Brüche SE from Rödelsee	more pictures	675A010	Iphofen position	Gypsum Keuper Region	On the hiking trail from Rödelsee to Schwanberg there is an area of old sandstone quarries, which are known as the Frankfurt quarries after the headquarters of the former operator company. They are now partly overgrown. A footpath leads to the upper part of an outcrop wall with red and green clay and marl stones from the Lehrberg strata. White and light orange-colored bands of plaster of paris (mountain gypsum) can be seen within the strata. In the lower part, reed sandstone is exposed in a few places.	5000 100 × 50	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: claystone, sandstone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Reed sand quarry SE von Seinsheim		675A011	Seinsheim position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The abandoned reed sand quarry of Seinsheim is located on the northwest slope of the Kapellberg. Plant fossils (especially horsetail remains) are occasionally found in the rubble. In the Bruch, stones were last broken in 1989 for the renovation of the church wall in Seinsheim. Today the quarry is used as a climbing garden.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock type, Vegetable fossils, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Reed sand quarry Kugelspiel WSW von Castell		675A012	Castell position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The old reed sand quarry is located southwest of Castell below the Kugelspielberg. Several thick sandstone banks alternate with thin clayey layers. The quarry is located a little below the Steigerwald Panorama Trail.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Ortelsbruch ESE from Abtswind	more pictures	675A013	Abtswind position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The reed sand quarry is on the A2 hiking trail. The fine-grained sandstone with a very even structure is temporarily mined in 2 layers, each 2 to 3 m thick. The building blocks for the Würzburg Residence come from here.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures, Vegetable fossils Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Small and large Grundlos NE from Hellmitzheim	more pictures	675Q001	Iphofen position	Gypsum Keuper Region	The course of the stream and the banks of the two small spring pools are designated as natural monuments. Sulphatic water emerges from the karstified gypsum in two small spring funnels. The springs are now completely overgrown.	250 50 × 5	Type: Constriction Source Type: Plaster of Paris, Clay Marlstone	no information	significant	Natural monument
Dunes in the Michelheidewald NW of Wiesentheid		675R001	Wiesentheid position	Eastern Franconian Plates	In the Michelheidewald, a late or post-glacial dune field and drifting sand cover formed over the Lettenkeuper. In the wooded area of Gauwitzen there are long stretches of northwest-facing dunes, but other dune shapes also occur in the Fladig area (several individual dunes and two arched dune ridges).	8000 400 × 20	Type: Dune field Type: Sand	no information	significant	Bird sanctuary
Dunes in the Spessart E of Sommerach	more pictures	675R002	Volkach position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The dune field with a spacious, 10 m high sickle dune was created late to postglacial by blowing out the main valley gravel. From an ecological point of view, it is an important special location. In the north wing of the great dune there is an abandoned sand pit that is now beginning to overgrown.	15000 500 × 30	Type: Dune field Type: Sand	other information	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Eichelsee sinkhole on Kreuzberg NNW of Sommerach	more pictures	675R003	Sommerach position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The temporarily water-filled sinkhole on the Kreuzberg lies in layers of factory sandstone. It was probably created by breaking a karst cavity in the underlying rocks of the Upper Muschelkalk. The sinkhole is muddy in the dry season.	225 15 × 15	Type: sinkhole Type: sandstone, limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Landscape protection area
Volkacher Mainschleife	more pictures	675R004	Volkach position	Eastern Franconian Plates	In the Volkacher Mainschleife the Main flows around the Umlaufberg of the Vogelsburg. Particularly impressive is the section south of Volkach, where the Main has carved out a 5 km long impact and sliding slope. The central part of the Prallhang forms the prerequisite for one of the best vineyards in Germany (Escherndorfer Lump) due to the southern exposure, the steepness and the shell limestone soil.	5000000 5000 × 1000	Type: stream / river course, impact slope, circulating / breakthrough mountain Type: limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 72
Dune field on the sand hill NNW of Geiselwind		675R005	Geiselwind position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The extensive dune field with z. There is a partly pronounced relief in the forest, no sand is exposed. The local hiking trail G2, which also leads to the Alte Drei-Franken-Stein, crosses the area.	480000 800 × 600	Type: Dune field Type: Sand	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Dune field NE of Grafenneuses		675R006	Geiselwind position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The up to 15 m high dune ridges are separated from each other as elongated walls with small valleys in between. The dune field formed in the central area approx. 300 200 m lies in the forest. Sand is not open. The local hiking trail G1 crosses the area.	210000 700 × 300	Type: Dune field Type: Sand	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Ansbach NNE quarry		677A001	Clearing position	Spessart	The former quarrying in the corrugated limestone was temporarily used as a storage area. On the exposed layer surface of the Oolith Bank Alpha, a loose fossil patch with various peculiarities appears.	3200 80 × 40	Type: Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Red sandstone profile WSW from Gambach	more pictures	677A004	Karlstadt position	Rhön	The outcrop is part of the profile on the Gambacher Steige. The sequence of layers from rock sandstone to Thuringian chirotheria sandstone is documented on the outcrop that is crossed by a footpath. Particularly noteworthy are the carnelian-dolomite layers in a special preservation with a fossil soil horizon and root tubes. The Solling sandstone shows a typical formation with fluvial sedimentary structures.	40 20 × 2	Type: type locality, layer sequence, sedimentary structures, animal fossils, fossil soil Type: sandstone	Quarry	especially valuable	Nature reserve, FFH area
Former Muschelkalkbruch on Geiersberg NW of Birkenfeld		677A005	Birkenfeld position	Western Franconian Plates	In the abandoned quarry, the upper part of the Lower Muschelkalk is exposed. The developed sequence of layers begins in the horizontal level of the spiriferina bench and ends at the level of the 1st foam lime bench. This 1st foam lime bench shows a diagenetic lower bench with shrinkage cracks and drill marks. The corrugated limestone sequences contain landslide structures that can develop up to the complete dissolution of the stratification and into a conglomerate habitus.	800 40 × 20	Type: Rock type, Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former Gypsum break N from Stetten		677A006	Karlstadt position	Western Franconian Plates	The former gypsum mine shows the sequence of layers from the orbicularis layers of the lower shell limestone to the residual clays and marls of the middle shell limestone. Dolomitic marl limestone and leached cell dolomites of the basal layers of the Middle Muschelkalk dominate. The Stetten conglomerate was identified at the base of the Middle Muschelkalk, an intraclast-rich limestone with numerous vertebrate remains, the type of which is the outcrop.	7500 150 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, Rock type, Animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	FFH area
Former Quarry on Grainberg S of Gambach	more pictures	677A007	Karlstadt position	Rhön	In the abandoned quarry, the lowest layers of the Lower Muschelkalk are exposed, from the border yellow limestone to the wave limestone sequence 1. Above the border yellow limestone, several solid and hard grounds have been developed, some of which are fossilized (drillworm bank).	100 20 × 5	Type: Layer sequence, Rock type, Animal fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Nature reserve, FFH area
Shell limestone profile Kalbenstein SE from Gambach	more pictures	677A009	Karlstadt position	Western Franconian Plates	Almost all of the Lower Muschelkalk is developed on the former impact slope of the Main in typical formation with a detailed sequence of layers. This can be seen from the hiking trail. A via ferrata leads through the wall. Faults are responsible for frequent rockfalls that created a specific morphological situation in front of the wall. The slopes of the Kalbenstein and the Grainberg bear dry limestone lawns and dry forest vegetation.	220000 2000 × 110	Type: sequence of layers, rock wall / slope, rock fall, karst horizontal cave , impact slope Type: limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 35
Former Quarry NE of Himmelstadt		677A010	Karlstadt position	Western Franconian Plates	In the former quarry, the sequence of layers from wave limestone series 3 to wave limestone series 4 is exposed. Several horizons show landslide phenomena including sigmoid fractures. A complex fault running parallel to the Main is a dislocation with a Y-shaped clod as a result of multi-phase loading.	3600 120 × 30	Type: fault, rock type, layer sequence, sediment structures Type: limestone	Quarry	significant	FFH area
Former Clay pit NE of Wiesenfeld		677A012	Karlstadt position	Spessart	The former clay pit of the Wiesenfeld brickworks is a westward-facing outcrop in the Upper Röttonstones, with the lower half of the outcrop wall largely collapsed. Within the dominant sequence of violet-red marly clay and silt stones, whitish dolomite and fine sand layers as well as greenish reduction horizons can be seen. Sedimentation cycles in the Playa deposits can also be determined fine stratigraphically.	4800 160 × 30	Type: Rock type: Mudstone, siltstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Road outcrop and quarry SW of Marktheidenfeld		677A013	Marktheidenfeld position	Spessart	Along the road at the southern end of Marktheidenfeld on the right-hand Main Prallhang, the sequence of layers of the Hardegsen alternation and the hanging rock sandstone are exposed. At street level, several rock cellars have been driven into the sandstones. The Höphere part of the Hardegson alternation is developed in a former quarry area in which strata areas are partially littered with trace fossils.	9000 300 × 30	Type: Layer sequence, rock type, animal fossils Type: sandstone, siltstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Street outcrop S of Tiefenthal		677A014	Erlenbach near Marktheidenfeld position	Western Franconian Plates	The road profile reveals the sequence of layers of the Lower Muschelkalk from the level of the Spiriferinabank to the foam limestone banks. In some of the corrugated limestone packages, clear sliding phenomena can be seen, which document interesting sedimentological aspects.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock : Limestone	embankment	significant	no protected area
Stelzenbachschlucht S from Rothenfels Castle		677A015	Rothenfels position	Spessart	The largely natural slope profile below Rothenfels Castle opens up the sequence of layers of the Middle Buntsandstein from the level of the Hardegsen alternation to the rock sandstone and laterally to the Solling sandstone. The sequence documents the variability in the lithological formation and the sedimentological inventory of the sandstone packages.	8000 200 × 40	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Rocks at the Partenstein train station		677A016	Partenstein position	Spessart	The profile at the Partenstein train station opens up the Dickbank sandstone (formerly Unterer Miltenberger Sandstein, Calvörde formation). The sandstone is fine to medium-grained, clayey-iron, partly weak quartzite bound, pale violet-red, partly flamed white. Typical fluvial sediment structures can be seen in some areas (bank-internal inclined stratification bodies, accumulations of clay galls, grinding marks).	1000 100 × 10	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock type: sandstone	embankment	precious	Natural park
Muschelkalkbruch at the Lange Lage W of Karlburg		677A017	Karlstadt position	Western Franconian Plates	The small, former shell limestone quarry opens up the sequence of layers of the lower shell limestone from wave limestone sequence 7 to the hanging wall of the 2nd foam limestone bank. The historical development of the deposits with clear landslides and injection structures has been preserved in an exemplary manner on the former dismantling walls.	1800 60 × 30	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock : Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Clay pit NE of Wiesenfeld		677A018	Karlstadt position	Spessart	In the clay pit, red clay stones and myophoric layers of the upper red sandstone were mined. The pit is the most impressive and best preserved outcrop in this layer sequence in Bavaria. The Vulgaris-Costata-Bank is uniquely open-minded here, representing a nationally important time stamp in the Upper Buntsandstein. The mussels Costatoria costata and Myophoria vulgaris occur together in it.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Layer Sequence, Animal Fossils Type: Mudstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	especially valuable	no protected area
Former Sandstone quarry Steinernes Haus W von Lohr		677G001	Rechtenbach position	Spessart	During the former sandstone quarrying, a lot of overburden was stored in the hills around the quarry. Large rock sandstone slabs with clear sloping structures are exposed on the edge of the slope. The loose material was cleared out from under the blocks and a cavity was expanded, in front of which there are remains of a platform or weir. This accommodation is believed to have been used by quarry workers and coal-miners.	8000 200 × 40	Type: Quarry / Pit, Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Barite mining W from Rechtenbach		677G002	Forst Lohrerstraße position	Spessart	Only spoil heaps and the collapsed mouth hole can be seen from the former barite mining. Many pieces of barite and accompanying minerals can still be found in the material of the mine dumps. 300 m to the southwest and higher on the slope in the curve of the forest road, there are peculiar barite breccias on the heap of a schurf, which are probably early attempts to cast artificial stone. During the 2nd World War the stone was used for heavy mast foundations. Today radiation protection rooms are built from it.	1400 70 × 20	Type: tunnel, dump type: sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Barite pit Erichstollen NE of Partenstein	more pictures	677G003	Partenstein position	Spessart	The plant at the Erichstollen, which has been closed since 1964, documents the remains of the most important heavy spar mining in the Spessart. The small mining museum in the old school building next to the town hall of Partenstein provides more information. The tunnel was excavated from 1919 to 1922 over 520 m from the Marienschacht as a discharge tunnel for the 37-m floor of the productive Erich tunnel, in order to be able to more easily retrieve the heavy spar from the mountain on carts and transport it via the Schnepfenthal. Remnants of mineralization on a NW-SE trending dike can be seen around the tunnel mouth hole. Pieces of barite can still be found in the dump material in the nearby loading bunker.	4500 150 × 30	Type: tunnel, dump, minerals Type: vein mineralization , sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Heidenloch NW of Birkenfeld		677H001	Birkenfeld position	Western Franconian Plates	The relatively large karst cave in the corrugated limestone (layers under the 2nd foam limestone bank) allows conclusions to be drawn about the history of the landscape. After about 40 m length, backfilling with cave clay. After a fatal accident, the cave was closed with a grid.	54 30 × 2	Type: Karst Horizontal Cave Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Schächerloch NE from Bischbrunn		677H002	Esselbach position	Spessart	The Schächerloch is a cleft cave in the Solling sandstone that has been artificially expanded. The entrance to the Felsenmeer area consists of an inconspicuous, rectangular hole that leads into a two-meter-deep shaft, from where the approximately 15-meter-long crevasse cave begins. The cave has been used since the Neolithic and is said to a. served as a refuge for the German Emperor Heinrich IV.	30 15 × 2	Type: Fissured / Tectonic Cave Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Source pot Kühles Loch W of Münster	more pictures	677Q001	Eußenheim position	Western Franconian Plates	The Kühle Loch is an approx. 25 m long head, fed by several springs in the Lower Muschelkalk, which is one of the most productive in Lower Franconia. The spring funnel is probably about 4 m deep, the water temperature is relatively constant between 8 and 12 ° C throughout the year.	300 25 × 12	Type: Constriction Source Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Natural monument
Tuff rock and tuff cave on Schlossberg Homburg		677R001	Triefenstein position	Spessart	The outcrop on the road shows a profile from the Lower Röttonstones over the red quartzite to the Upper Röttonstones of the Upper Buntsandstein. The Mesozoic layers are covered in the lower area by mighty Holocene calcareous sinter deposits in which plant and animal remains are embedded. The lime-saturated water comes from the castle spring, which rises above the hanging layers of the Lower Muschelkalk.	3200 80 × 40	Type: Sinter formation, Tuff cave, Vegetable fossils, Animal fossils, Layer source Type: Sandstone, Tufa limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Tufa wall in the Klingelbachgraben W of Lengfurt	more pictures	677R002	Triefenstein position	Spessart	On the edge of the slope to the Main valley lies the deeply incised brook valley, which has gorge-like incisions in the area of the flat sandstone. A chalk tuff wallpaper that extends to the bottom of the valley is formed by the waters of the spring outlets in a red shade and forms a semi-cave. The sequence of shifts is almost completely open. The dense hillside and canyon forest is part of a 170 hectare nature reserve.	6000 150 × 40	Type: Sinter formation, ravine, layer sequence Type: Tufa, sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Doline Soll-See WNW from Johannishof		677R003	Birkenfeld position	Western Franconian Plates	The leaching of gypsum in the Middle Muschelkalk caused the formation of karst hollow forms in the vicinity of the Johannishof. The Soll-See was created by silting up a large sinkhole and today forms a shallow, episodic water-bearing pool, which is surrounded by thick bushes and trees.	1200 40 × 30	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	no protected area
Rock foundations of Karlburg W von Karlstadt	more pictures	677R004	Karlstadt position	Western Franconian Plates	Below the Karlburg the sequence of layers of the Lower Muschelkalk is exposed. There, the lime banks appear as characteristic cornices. In the lower area of the rock face, the wave limestone sequences document the appearance of landslides in the semi-consolidated sediment.	20000 200 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures, type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Maintalprallhang SE from Karlstadt	more pictures	677R005	Karlstadt position	Western Franconian Plates	Large parts of the main valley slopes between Retzbach and Karlstadt are designed as steep walls. In the upper area, the lime banks are exposed and form eye-catching cornices. Above this, a slope flattening occurs in the area of the orbicularis layers and the less weather-resistant rocks of the Middle Muschelkalk. These areas are used as vineyards. The layers of the upper shell limestone appear above this.	3600 120 × 30	Type: Prallhang Type: Limestone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	FFH area
Main impact slope Kallmuth N from Homburg	more pictures	677R006	Triefenstein position	Western Franconian Plates	Above the famous Homburger Kallmuth vineyard, the uppermost layers of red sandstone and the basal layers of shell limestone are exposed. The sequence of layers of the rarely exposed upper myophoric layers of the Röt and the complete sequence in the border yellow limestone is remarkable. The vineyards lie on the red clay stones. This is the only place in Lower Franconia where the Buntsandstein-Muschelkalk border is completely open.	40000 400 × 100	Type: Impact slope, layer sequence Type: Limestone, claystone, marlstone	embankment	especially valuable	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Tretstein Gorge S from Eidenbacherhof	more pictures	677R007	Graefendorf position	Rhön	The Tretstein water crack lies in a gorge-like valley cut north of the Franconian Saale. The stream flowing there exhumed the weather-resistant sandstone banks within the Röt series, so that individual, smaller waterfalls were created. A series of slightly higher cascades emerged at the level of the red quartzite.	12000 300 × 40	Type: Canyon, Waterfall Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Ringelbachschlucht NW of Gössenheim	more pictures	677R008	Gössenheim position	Rhön	The steep, deeply cut water crack forms the drainage channel of the red quartzite area north of the lower Wern. By clearing out the lower red clay stones and flushing under the lower red quartzite bank, red quartzite blocks break off and a block current forms. The blocks show oblique stratification and oscillation ripples.	75000 250 × 300	Type: Block Stream, Canyon Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument
Maintalprallhang SE from Retzbach		677R009	Zellingen position	Western Franconian Plates	The upper layers of the wave limestone are exposed to the west of Retzbach. The 1st and 2nd foam lime banks form distinctive cornices that create a natural steep wall. A slope flattening above marks the transition to the orbicularis layers in the hanging wall.	200000 1000 × 200	Type: Impact slope, rock wall / slope Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	FFH area
Romberg SE from Sendelbach		677R010	Lohr am Main position	Spessart	The morphologically conspicuous former Umlaufberg of the Main is largely covered by the oldest Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene gravel, which can be found in places on easily recognizable river terraces. The mountain is protected as a nature reserve. A 1.4 km long nature trail leads through sandy grasslands and fields.	650000 1000 × 650	Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Flying sands at Saupürzel NE of Karlstadt	more pictures	677R011	Karlstadt position	Western Franconian Plates	At the Saupürzel northeast of Karlstadt, drifting sands are widespread. They belong to the area of the Karlstadt arid areas, which are designated as a nature reserve. The formation of the dunes is illustrated on site by display boards.	260000 650 × 400	Type: Dune field Type: Sand	no information	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Umlaufberg Achtelsberg NW from Hafenlohr		677R012	Hafenlohr position	Spessart	The morphologically conspicuous, around 1.5 km long former Umlaufberg of the Main is bordered along its length by young valley sediments of the Hafenlohr Bach and the Lauter Grund and rises approx. 80 m above this floodplain level. At the Achtelsberg the terrace levels at 185 m and 200 m above sea level can be verified, which were created in the Old Pleistocene.	1500000 1500 × 1000	Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Main loop near Urphar		677R013	Kreuzwertheim position	Spessart	At Urphar, an approx. 100 m high impact slope was cut out very impressively through the Main. A 4 km long and at the narrowest point only 450 m wide circulating mountain formed.	2000000 4000 × 500	Type: Prallhang Type: Sandstone, Mudstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Aufgel. Muschelkalk quarry on Frohnberg near Ansbach		677A019	Clearing position	Western Franconian Plates	The abandoned Muschelkalk quarry on the western slope of the Frohnberg near Ansbach opens up Lower Muschelkalk. Despite the beginning of vegetation, Lower Muschelkalk 1 and 2 (wave limestone) and the Beta 2 oolite bank are exposed in numerous places. The latter contains massive amounts of animal fossils (shell remains), while the limestone mainly contains trace fossils (bioturbation).	11000 110 × 100	Type: Layer sequence, sediment structures, animal fossils 4 trace fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Hölzlesgraben near Fuchsenmühle		677R014	Karbach position	Spessart	The 400 meter long and up to eight meter high brook fissure of the Hölzlesgraben offers outcrops in the slab sandstone in the lower area, directly above the Fuchsenmühle. Oblique stratification can rarely be observed. In the uppermost area, red quartzite is exposed, where a smaller waterfall has formed. The water flow is strongly fluctuating due to the weather. Plant fossils (including the roots of conifers) can be found occasionally. Outcrops exist only in a few places, as the steep valley flanks are heavily rolled and partially overgrown. Outcrops of Solling sandstone and the Lower Röttonsteine described in the literature are hardly available. A noticeable widening of the trench on the north flank (only a little below the middle of the Hölzlesgraben) could be due to mining activity, as the slab sandstone was often used as a building material. A forest path runs almost parallel to the stream, which provides a view of the gorge regardless of the water flow.	4300 430 × 10	Type: ravine, rock type, storage conditions Type: sandstone, quartzite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry in the SW of Reistenhausen		676A002	Collenberg position	Spessart	In a long line of quarries in the Main Valley between Miltenberg and Stadtprozelten, the Miltenberg sandstone was quarried as a coveted natural stone in great abundance. Today these abandoned quarries provide space for protected species. This former quarry was therefore designated as a nature reserve.	90000 900 × 100	Type: Layer sequence Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Red sandstone outcrop WSW von Dorfprozelten		676A005	Dorfprozelten position	Spessart	In a long line of quarries in the Main Valley between Miltenberg and Stadtprozelten, the Miltenberg sandstone was quarried as a coveted natural stone in great abundance. From a little distance, this steep, former quarry is impressive, but as a nature reserve it is very ingrown and actually inaccessible.	57000 570 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former Quarries WSW of Miltenberg		676A006	Miltenberg position	Odenwald	The large, old and abandoned red sand quarries near Miltenberg are extremely steep and not entirely harmless. On March 28, 2005, a large amount of rock, weighing up to a few tons, fell on the dealership and caused considerable damage. The beautiful outcrop is now secured.	12400 310 × 40	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park
Former Großheubach quarry NNW		676A007	Großheubach position	Spessart	To the north of Großheubach is a former red sand quarry which, due to its use as a TRIAL training route, is very well maintained and not overgrown. The brown-red to light purple mica-bearing fine to medium sandstones are z. T. weakly scoop-bearing. They contain sloping layers, flow ripples and clay galls. In the upper area, silt and claystone layers are interposed.	6175 95 × 65	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Red sand quarry Königswald E von Mömlingen		676A008	Mömlingen position	Odenwald	In the Königswald east of Mömlingen there is an extensive area with historical quarries in the Lower Buntsandstein. The quarry to the south is now used as an event location and has a hut and a barbecue area.	15000 300 × 50	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sandstone quarry W von Bürgstadt		676A009	Burgstadt position	Spessart	On the banks of the Main across from Bürgstadt, the Calvoerde-Dickbank sandstone (Miltenberg sandstone) is exposed in an old quarry. The entrance immediately in front of the geotope is overgrown and cordoned off, but 3/4 of the wall is clearly visible.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Soil profile at the Schwedenschanze WSW in Mömlingen		676A011	Mömlingen position	Odenwald	The soil profile is a so-called sediment trap. Various floors were exposed here in a very small space. In addition to frost wedges and a polygon pattern floor, Rohlöss with an age of around 17,000 years was also found. The outcrop is on the Geopark Path Fire and Water Mömlingen.	40 20 × 2	Type: Fossil Soil, Schurf, Rock Type: Loess, Silt, Sandstone	Schurf	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Mühlhansenloch WSW from Mömlingen		676A012	Mömlingen position	Odenwald	The Mühlhansenloch is interpreted as a Maar-Diatrem volcano. On the tuff wall you can see a basalt dike in places. The outcrop is on the Geopark Path Fire and Water Mömlingen.	40 20 × 2	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: Tuff / tuffite, basalt	Schurf	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Underground clay mining E from Klingenberg		676G001	Klingenberg am Main position	Spessart	The city of Klingenberg operated a clay mine until December 2011, the history of which goes back several centuries. The area of the clay pit lies in a valley basin. Here clay was initially mined in open-cast mine holes and since the middle of the 18th century underground. The clay deposit owes its existence to a trench-like collapse in a red sandstone saddle that plunged to the east. In 2012 security and safekeeping work was carried out on the company premises. The tunnels are closed. At the Seitenbach below the site, a tunnel opening from the early days of mining was renovated. In addition, rails, hoists and a cage are reminiscent of mining.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Adit, Disturbance Type: Clay, Sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Hay pillars on Haineberg SSW from Kleinheubach		676G002	Miltenberg position	Odenwald	The hay pillars are 7.5 m long and 1.3 m thick. They were knocked out of the red sandstone on the spot and were probably intended for the construction of the Mainz Cathedral in the 11th century. Of the original 42 columns, there were still 14 in the 18th century. Today, 8 columns are still preserved.	200 20 × 10	Type: Wrought Rock Type: Sandstone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt mine on the Buchberg SW of Mömlingen		676G003	Mömlingen position	Odenwald	Presumably in 1851, a basalt passage, presumably 5 to 10 m wide, was first opened up in the opencast mine. From 1892 basalt was repeatedly mined underground. In 1928 basalt mining was stopped due to a lack of funds. The opencast mine has now been filled. Today you can still see a row of pines with a dump and an attempt at opencast mining, which however did not reach the basalt. Basalt outcrops are not available, basalt stones can be found on the heaps. A shaft that was connected to the underpass tunnel is still available, but is currently covered.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Pinge / nfeld, Schacht, Halde Type: Basalt	Ping	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Zigeunerhöhle SE by Heppdiel		676H001	Eichenbühl position	Odenwald	A large, slipped sandstone slab from the middle red sandstone lies at an angle on the slope in the forest. The resulting cavity was used as a cave or refuge, which can be recognized by the niches in the interior.	12 4 × 3	Type: Covered Cave Type: Sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Zittenfeldener Quelle (Siegfriedquelle) SSE from Amorbach	more pictures	676Q001	Amorbach position	Odenwald	Due to the intermediate layers of clay in the red sandstone, there are many springs, especially in the middle red sandstone. The Zittenfelden spring is one of several springs in the Odenwald that claims to be the Siegfried spring where Siegfried von Hagen was murdered. Today's source outlet is expanded like a cave. A few meters above there is another spring grotto that has fallen dry.	1000 200 × 5	Type: Layer Source Type: Sandstone	cave	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Röllbachquelle SE from Röllbach	more pictures	676Q002	Röllbach position	Spessart	In the local recreation facility at Röllbachsbrunnen, the spring fill is used as a water treading basin. The source outlet is one of many sources that arise from the clay / sandstone alternation of the middle red sandstone.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Layer Source Type: Sandstone	no information	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Block field at Hallstein WSW from Weilbach		676R001	Weilbach position	Odenwald	Approx. 30 meters below the Hallhöhe, in a deforested and newly planted area in the forest, there is a collection of larger, non-standing rock blocks made of rock sandstone. The largest of these blocks is marked with white letters as the Hallstein natural monument. In the periglacial of the Würm Ice Age, this block migrated approx. 50 m from the next to the valley.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Boulder Sea, Boulder Type: Sandstone	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Umlaufberg NNE from Faulbach		676R002	Faulbach position	Spessart	Clearly set off from the surrounding landscape of the dark, forest-covered low mountain range hills, near Faulbach there is an oval-shaped hill covered with meadows (Grohberg). It is the backward island of a previous meander. The best view of this Umlaufberg can be found on the opposite side of the Main near Mondfeld.	935000 1100 × 850	Type: circulation / breakdown Mountain Type: loess, sandstone	no information	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Seltenbachschlucht E from Klingenberg	more pictures	676R003	Klingenberg am Main position	Spessart	The Seltenbach Gorge is one of the few easily accessible places where, among other things, rocks from the Middle Buntsandstein are exposed. Various sediments of the red sandstone can be studied on the rock walls. At the upper end of the gorge is the Klingenberg clay mine, where particularly pure and high-quality special clays were extracted.	20000 1000 × 20	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 90
Former Basalt quarry Altenfeld NW of Urspringen		673A001	Ostheim before the Rhön position	Rhön	In the former, extensive mining area, the exposure conditions are very poor due to the strong overgrowning. However, the quarry serves as an example of natural succession of uncultivated quarries.	120000 400 × 300	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Basaltsee quarry northwest of Oberelsbach	more pictures	673A003	Oberelsbach position	Rhön	This exposure shows typical, columnar basalt of the Rhön. Due to the already existing protection status (NSG Rhön), dry and wet biotopes formed in the Bruch. The source outlets in the outcrop feed the basalt lake. Formerly up to 12 m high pillars were opened here, which were dismantled in the 1930s and sent to Holland for dam construction. Only the top ends of the basalt columns are visible. Developed with parking lot, kiosk, barbecue area.	450 30 × 15	Type: basalt columns, rock type, layer source type: basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural monument, nature reserve, landscape protection area
Basaltsee (Silbersee) S of Roth	more pictures	673A004	Hausen position	Rhön	In the central part of the former basalt quarry, fan-shaped or pile-shaped columnar basalt was mined. The massive olivine basalts show columnar formation on the SW wall. At the deepest point of the bottom a lake formed, which is partly surrounded by a picturesque tree population (picnic area and hiking trails open up the place). Beautiful, palisade-like basalt columns along the south and south-west bank.	14000 100 × 140	Type: basalt columns, rock wall / slope, rock type: basalt	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Basalt quarry NNE from Sennhütte		673A005	Fladungen position	Rhön	In the former basalt quarrying, columnar basalt is partially exposed on the steep walls.	21600 120 × 180	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Basalt quarry E from Sennhütte		673A006	Fladungen position	Rhön	The entire quarry complex (approx. 3 larger extraction areas) opens up tuff, basanite and columnar basalt. Basalt flows store e.g. T. on pyroclastites. In this break there is interesting geology paired with valuable wet and dry biotopes. The entire complex is overgrown and difficult to walk, the two lakes are fishing waters.	120000 300 × 400	Type: Basalt columns, sequence of layers, type of rock Type: Basalt, tuff / tuffite	Quarry	significant	Bird sanctuary, nature park
Former Basalt quarry WSW from Roth		673A007	Hausen position	Rhön	The former quarry is right on the edge of the NSG Lange Rhön. He develops olivine basalts in massive training.	20000 100 × 200	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former Basalt quarry N of Bischofsheim (am Holzberg)		673A008	Bischofsheim in the Rhön position	Rhön	The extensive basalt quarry complex has two main excavation levels. Above the upper level there are basalt columns showing effusive lava ceilings (similar to those in the neighboring Bauersberg quarry). T. bulky waste, partly in the groundwater area, deposited.	120000 300 × 400	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Shell limestone quarry northwest of Hollstadt		673A009	Hollstadt position	Northern Franconian Plates	The former quarry opens up a section of the Lower Muschelkalk with the Beta 2 oolite bank under the upper edge. The main wall, which is formed by a single large fissure area, shows a karst chute and primary sedimentary structures (sedimentary landslides, inclined stratification, bioturbation) that have been excellently prepared by weathering. Buildings have been heavily overbuilt since the initial survey.	1000 50 × 20	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type, karst chimney, karst crevice Type: limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Clay pit ENE from Kleinbardorf		673A010	Bad Königshofen in the Grabfeld position	Hassberge region	The uppermost section of the myophoria layers is exposed, consisting of alternating blue-green and red-brown clay silt stones with hard dolomitic marl banks (stone marls) inserted into them. The open fracture tectonics is a typical (Germanotype or Saxon) alternative tectonics. The outcrop is the type locality of the Grabfeld formation.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Type locality, disturbance, sequence of layers Type: Clay marl	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrop at the Judenhügel NE of Sulzfeld		673A011	Sulzfeld position	Hassberge region	In a ravine on the hill, clay-marly layers of the Middle to Upper Burgsandstein (basin facies) are well exposed in a slightly (20 °) inclined position. They are marked by stone marl banks with gray-greenish and red-brown clay silt stones in between. The gray-greenish (chemically-reduced?) Clay siltstone inclusions directly below the stone marl banks are typical.	800 80 × 10	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock Type: Clay marl	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt prism wall on the Gangolfsberg WNW of Urspringen	more pictures	673A016	Oberelsbach position	Rhön	Basalt columns (approx. 30–40 cm in diameter) lying on top of each other like a stack of wood. Spectacularly open-minded and visible. Information board on the wall base. Medium-sized sea of blocks to the right of the prism wall. Very rare type of digestion. Approx. 50 m west to the right of the path there is a small outcrop with contact between basalt / tuff and slag. Possibly. Remnant of a cinder cone?	150 30 × 5	Type: basalt columns, contact, rock type: basalt, tuff / tuffite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Brend gate NW of Schönau		673A017	Schönau at the Brend Position	Rhön	The 10 m high outcrop on the steep bank of the Brend shows part of the Volpriehausen alternation. It represents the only major outcrop in this sequence in the entire region.	0 not specified	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: sandstone, claystone, siltstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Gypsum marl outcrop at Altenburg SE von Trappstadt		673A019	Trappstadt position	Hassberge region	Below the Altenburg plateau, which is formed from layers of Coburg sandstone, the Heldburg marl is exposed. A plaster lens used to be removed here. Today only a small outcrop is left overgrown with rare plants typical of the site.	120 30 × 4	Type: Type of rock, sedimentary structures Type: gypsum, marlstone	Open pit	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Aufgel. Rhätsandsteinbruch SE by Johanneshof		673A020	Sulzfeld position	Hassberge region	The abandoned quarry at the holiday complex is located in the lower part of the Rhät. What is particularly striking in the quarry is a dense array of crevices and faults that literally break the sandstone layers into dominoes. Some of the sandstone banks are tilted and placed at an angle. The brackish water mussel Haßbergia haßbergensis can be found in the uppermost parts of the sandstone. Information board No. 15 of the Haßberge route.	250 25 × 10	Type: Fault, Animal Fossils, Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape reserve, bird sanctuary, nature park
Abandoned clay pit S from Großbardorf		673A021	Großbardorf position	Hassberge region	The layers of the grave field formation with their alternating blue-green and red-brown clay silt stones are exposed. Hard dolomitic stone marl benches are inserted in it. The prominent bench in the uppermost area is the so-called beta bench.	1200 120 × 10	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: clay, marlstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	no protected area
Abandoned reed sand quarry NNW of Eyershausen		673A022	Bad Königshofen in the Grabfeld position	Hassberge region	The dismantling walls document a mighty and homogeneous sandstone, which is traversed by sloping fissures. The parting line that divides the sandstone is only slightly formed. The quarry is located in the center of a former river channel. At the lower entrance to the break, the transition to the Middle Estherian layers is open. The upper part was cleared out by the river system.	8100 90 × 90	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Gypsum hill SE from Alsleben		673A023	Trappstadt position	Hassberge region	In the nature reserve southeast of Alsleben, a pronounced subrosion landscape has been preserved over an area of around 200 200 meters. Numerous unevenness are the remains of the leaching of gypsum (gypsum karst) from the gypsum keuper. In the wider area, due to intensive agriculture, no evidence of subrosion can be seen. Occasionally, however, smaller pieces of plaster of paris can be found on the arable land.	40000 200 × 200	Type: subrosion landscape, sinkhole, sinkhole, layer level Type: plaster	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Basalt quarry on the northern slope of the Kreuzberg		673A024	Bischofsheim in the Rhön position	Rhön	The small basalt quarry located on the slope shows extremely regular basalt columns, as if drawn with a ruler. The quarry is growing rapidly.	400 20 × 20	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former basalt quarry Steinernes Haus 2		673A025	Oberelsbach position	Rhön	Former dismantling of basalt columns, which stand in the partially overgrown up to 8 meter high exposed walls in horizontal to vertical position. In the late summer of 2010, parts of the outcrop were deforested. Unusual is the occurrence of the swamp heart leaf (Parnassia palustris), an indicator for damp locations, which prefers chalky-marly locations. This may indicate backfilling with foreign material.	17500 175 × 100	Type: Rock type, Basalt columns Type: Basalt	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Sand pit S by Wollbach		673A026	Wollbach position	Rhön	The sand pit is owned by the municipality and opens up an approx. 4 m thick sand deposit. After consulting the municipal administration, private individuals may remove sand for non-commercial purposes. The cross-layered sand contains irregular, thin layers of light gray plastic clay. On the northern excavation face there are brood tubes from hymenoptera (presumably solitary bees). In the eastern area there is a seldom drying out accumulation of surface water. Approx. 500 m northwest There is another sand pit. This is operated sporadically. It is fenced in and entry is prohibited. In the clay lenses there, relics of leaves, fruits and seeds were found, which allow a stratigraphic assignment to the Pliocene. The organic matter was dissolved by circulating water, so that only prints remained. It is assumed that these are deposits of a primeval Saale with a river-side forest. Thus one of the oldest known river systems in Northern Bavaria is documented here.	2700 90 × 30	Type: Vegetable Fossils, Open Pit Type: Sand, Clay	Gravel pit / sand pit	especially valuable	no protected area
Frickenhäuser See ESE from Frickenhausen	more pictures	673R001	Mellrichstadt position	Northern Franconian Plates	The almost circular, inflow and outflow-free Frickenhäuser Lake, the only naturally formed lake in northern Lower Franconia, lies on a fault that separates a slab of Lower Muschelkalk in the NE from the Upper Buntsandstein in the SW, about 20 degrees to the SW. Since half of the lake lies in the area of the lower shell limestone, which was previously there, it must have been dissolved. It remains to be seen whether the fundamental cause is leaching of Zechstein salt.	22500 150 × 150	Type: sinkhole, rock type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Natural monument, landscape protection area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 12
Basalt block sea Johannisfeuer on Kreuzberg	more pictures	673R002	Bischofsheim in the Rhön position	Rhön	Immediately to the east of the transmitter mast lies a wide sea of boulders made of massive basalt. The Kreuzberg is the most popular excursion mountain in the Bavarian Rhön (monastery). As a result, the block sea is also better known than the block sea on neighboring mountains. The block flow on the eastern slope feeds on the basalt on the edge of the plateau / valley slope.	8000 200 × 40	Type: Block Sea, Rock Type: Basalt	other information	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Teufelskeller on Gangolfsberg NW of Oberelsbach	more pictures	673R003	Oberelsbach position	Rhön	Rock wall with cut of two basalt ceilings over a discordance: in the hanging wall a more or less horizontally layered ceiling, underneath a ceiling consisting of steep basalt columns that are bent over directly under the discordance. The Teufelskeller is a 5 3 1.5 m large natural cave under a huge fall block at the foot of the steep wall, where numerous small blocks lie around. The earlier interpretation of the formation as a gas bubble in the magma cannot be confirmed.	4000 100 × 40	Type: volcanic vent, basalt columns, boulder, contact, rock type: basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Basalt block rubble at the Eisgraben WSW von Hausen		673R004	Hausen position	Rhön	The deposit is located on the slope of the Eisgraben behind a house (Eisgraben hut) and turns into a slide down the valley.	6000 60 × 100	Type: Blockmeer Type: Basalt	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Shell limestone strata NW of Ostheim		673R005	Ostheim before the Rhön position	Northern Franconian Plates	The Weyershauk nature reserve is located on a slab of Lower Muschelkalk (wave limestone) that dips to the east at about 20 °. The path leading to the top rises especially in its upper half (up to the summit cross) with the streaking on the edge of the terrain and z. Partly well exposed limestone layers (especially with a conglomerate bank).	240000 300 × 800	Type: Layer Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Sinkhole NNW of Großbardorf		673R006	Großbardorf position	Northern Franconian Plates	The circular, approx. 10 m deep and funnel-shaped widened hole was created in 1989 by leaching in the Upper Muschelkalk, approx. 350 m west of the Untertanningsmühle in the forest.	4 2 × 2	Type: sinkhole, karst shaft cave Type: clay marl stone, gypsum	other information	precious	no protected area
Teufelsmühle SSE by Holzberg	more pictures	673R007	Bischofsheim in the Rhön position	Rhön	Surrounded by canyon forest lies a legendary 3 m deep fall.	60 20 × 3	Type: Waterfall Type: Basalt	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Schwarzes Moor WNW von Hausen	more pictures	673R008	Hausen position	Rhön	The Black Moor is one of the largest and best preserved moorlands in the Rhön. The visitors are led through the raised bog on wooden planks. Signs show the origin and ecology of the moor. An observation tower provides an overview.	1200000 1500 × 800	Type: raised bog, low bog Type: peat, basalt	no information	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 47
Basalt block heaps on Gangolfsberg NW of Oberelsbach		673R009	Oberelsbach position	Rhön	The block heap made of early Tertiary basalt covers large areas of the west side of the Gangolfsberg.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Blockmeer Type: Basalt	block	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Arnsberg NE volcanic residue from Wildflecken		673R010	Bischofsheim in the Rhön position	Rhön	The summit area of the Arnsberg consists of a morphologically striking basalt dome, which towers over the surrounding Lower Muschelkalk by about 50 m. The hiking trail leading to the summit shows the Lower Muschelkalk pending, while the partially wooded hilltop offers opportunities to find basalt (partly pending, partly as reading stones).	250000 500 × 500	Type: volcanic vent, cliff Type: basalt, limestone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area
Quarry in the Höllental near Schweinfurt		662A001	Schweinfurt position	Eastern Franconian Plates	In this old quarry in Höllental, a profile in the uppermost shell limestone at the level of the upper Terebratelbank and the ostracod clay above it is exposed. The information is the type locality of the mussel crab Euestheria franconica Reible 1962, which gives the biostratigraphic Euestheria franconica zone its name.	Type: type locality, animal fossils, layer sequence Type: claystone, marlstone, limestone	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area
Former SW Kronungen factory sandstone quarry		678A001	Poppenhausen position	Eastern Franconian Plates	Of the formerly exposed layers of the Lower Keuper (a profile from the factory sandstone to the Anoplophora sandstone), only the factory sandstone and mudstone immediately above are now accessible. However, large blocks of sandstone are still stored in the quarry area. A former mining tunnel is now used by bats as a sleeping quarters. The quarry is privately owned and not accessible.	41600 260 × 160	Type: Layer sequence, tunnel type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape component
Former Quarry NW of Wülfershausen		678A003	Waterless position	Western Franconian Plates	In the quarry, the sequence of layers from the upper part of the Middle Muschelkalk in the horizontal part of the chert bank to the deep main Muschelkalk up to the Zeller claystone horizon is accessible. Parts of the bulbous limestone are oolithic and unusually rich in fossils. A collapse funnel is also cut into the quarry wall, which can be traced back to the leaching of underlying rocks.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, Animal fossils, Rock type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Schleerieth WNW factory sand quarry		678A004	Werneck position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The layers from the factory sandstone to the anoplophora horizon are open. Remarkable are the plant remains from the upper part of the sandstone, which are among the best preserved plant fossils of the Triassic in the world. In addition, the deposit conditions from the factory sandstone to the anthraconite bank are excellently documented.	87500 350 × 250	Type: Sequence of layers, Vegetable fossils Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former Factory sandstone quarry E from Egenhausen		678A005	Werneck position	Eastern Franconian Plates	In the abandoned quarry area, the sequence of layers from the factory sandstone to the anthraconite bank is still accessible. The Albertibank area shows an unusual, dolomitic-dominated sequence with a clear diagenetic overprint. Large horsetail fragments are embedded at the top of the channel sandstone.	20000 250 × 80	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: sandstone, claystone, dolomite stone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former sandstone quarry SE from Egenhausen		678A006	Werneck position	Eastern Franconian Plates	In the abandoned quarry area, the sequence of layers from the factory sandstone to the Albertibank is still accessible. The factory sandstone in the south-western part of the site is extraordinarily thick with benches up to over 5 m thick.	8000 160 × 50	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: sandstone, claystone, dolomite stone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Gypsum break N from Sulzheim		678A010	Sulzheim position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The gypsum quarry north of Sulzheim has been abandoned and serves as a nature reserve. It is located on the Gipsrundweg. A viewing platform provides a glimpse. Exemplary plaster karst forms can be seen in the broken walls.	40000 200 × 200	Type: Rock type, karst chimney, karst crevice Type: gypsum	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Quarry Zabelstein bar NE from Altmannsdorf		678A011	Hundelshausen position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The Zabelstein bar is located in the area of an abandoned quarry in the bubble sandstone. The dismantling walls show some interesting sedimentary structures.	1000 50 × 20	Type: sediment structures, layer sequence type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Mineral spring E from Untereuerheim		678Q001	Grettstadt position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The spring, pouring approx. 10 l / s, has a clearly red colored bottom and iron hydroxide precipitations can also be seen on plants. In addition to high iron contents, a clear emphasis on calcium sulfate can be seen in the chemistry. The spring water is mixed water from a higher groundwater level with deep waters that penetrate from faults in the Kissingen-Haßfurt fault zone from a depth of at least 100 m.	5 5 × 1	Type: Noise Source Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Natural monument
Gründleinsloch (Blue Grotto) WNW of Pusselsheim	more pictures	678Q002	Donnersdorf position	Sandstone Keuper Region	At the artesian spring outlet, a limestone funnel forms, which is 1–1.5 m above the surrounding area.	36 18 × 2	Type: Constriction source, sinter formation Type: Limestone, tufa	no information	precious	Natural monument
Gypsum karst spring S from Falkenstein	more pictures	678Q003	Donnersdorf position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Sources in the base plaster are mostly bound to the bite of the plaster layers. The promotion takes place via karst paths in the gypsum-bearing layers.	20 5 × 4	Type: Layer source, rock type: Gypsum, claystone, marlstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Doline WNW from Wiebelsberg		678R002	Oberschwarzach position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The subrosion phenomenon in the gypsum keuper is about 70 × 50 meters in size and about 5 meters deep. It has no water.	5400 90 × 60	Type: sinkhole Type: gypsum, claystone, marlstone	no information	significant	no protected area
Swan Lake NW of Alitzheim		678R003	Sulzheim position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The Swan Lake lies in a shallow subrosion depression of the myophoric layers (gypsum keuper). There are no geological layers exposed. The lake and its surroundings are worth protecting as a biotope.	150,000 500 × 300	Type: subrosion sink Type: plaster of paris	no information	precious	Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Eichelmannsee SE from Gerolzhofen		678R004	Gerolzhofen position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The silting up Eichelmansee lies on the edge of the plaster of paris layer. Its emergence is probably due to the appearance of subrosion.	8000 100 × 80	Type: sinkhole, layer type: plaster of paris	no information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Sulzheimer gypsum hill	more pictures	678R005	Sulzheim position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The Sulzheimer gypsum hills are of great ecological importance as a location for rare flora communities (especially postglacial steppe vegetation). In the area with unsteady relief created by gypsum leaching or subrosion, there are sinkholes and sinkholes as well as mushroom-shaped hardened stones made of gypsum and layers of caves.	80000 400 × 200	Type: subrosion landscape, sinkhole, sinkhole, layer level Type: plaster	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 87
Wagnersee S from Pusselsheim		678R006	Donnersdorf position	Eastern Franconian Plates	The flat and almost circular depression is filled with water. Their location on the level of the base plaster indicates a genesis in the wake of a sinkhole formation. Meanwhile overgrown. No access to the property. No outcrops available, but a very beautiful biotope.	4800 80 × 60	Type: sinkhole Type: gypsum, claystone, marlstone	no information	significant	Natural monument
Sinkholes in Mahlholz SE from Gerolzhofen		678R007	Gerolzhofen position	Sandstone Keuper Region	Several sinkhole fields can be found in the Mahlholz forest area. In the western area there are four sinkholes next to each other. One of these overgrown sinkholes has a water inflow.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Dolinenfeld, Ponor Type: Plaster of Paris	no information	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Ponordoline Hollergrube NNW from Sulzheim		678R008	Sulzheim position	Sandstone Keuper Region	The Ponordoline Hollergrube is located in a depression in a forest near the abandoned gypsum quarry north of Sulzheim. The mostly dry stream bed leading to it is an impressive testimony to the large amounts of water that are discharged here.	500 50 × 10	Type: Ponor, sinkhole Type: plaster	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary
Meadow landscape NW of Hirschfeld		678R009	Röthlein position	Eastern Franconian Plates	This meadow landscape was formed with the typical meadow vegetation through recurring flood events. The edges of the terrace and the former meandering course of the Main can be seen. The Unkenbach runs in a former loop of the river Main. The meanders were broken by the flood events and natural still waters formed, such as north-west of Hirschfeld.	150000 1500 × 100	Type: terrace, meander type: silt, sand, gravel	no information	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary
Flying sand dune in Tännig E of Grafenrheinfeld		678R010	Grafenrheinfeld position	Eastern Franconian Plates	In the Tännig east of Grafenrheinfeld there is a small dune field in an extensive former mining area of Pleistocene drifting sand. In the cold periods of the last 2.6 million years, westerly winds deposited the sand in places protected from the wind. The most striking dune is accessible by a hiking trail (Auenwaldweg) that leads directly past it. There are two major outcrops of sand. The dune and its surroundings are under special protection as a protected landscape component.	8000 200 × 40	Type: Dune field Type: Sand	other information	precious	Part of the landscape, bird sanctuary
Road profiles Am Stein, Löwe am Stein near Würzburg		663A001	Wurzburg position	Western Franconian Plates	An eyrie and several antithetical faults are excellently exposed in the street profile. The offset amounts and dragging can be easily recognized using guide horizons (e.g. 2nd foam lime bank). The outcrop is on a four-lane main road and is not accessible, but can be seen from the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road.	600 600 × 1	Type: Fault, layer sequence Type: Limestone	embankment	precious	no protected area
Rock wall at the Maschikuliturm in Würzburg	more pictures	663R001	Wurzburg position	Western Franconian Plates	Part of the Lower Muschelkalk (mu 3, Upper Wellenkalk) is exposed. The first foam lime bank shows noticeable fluctuations in thickness in the outcrop area and wedges out in places. The second lime bank is of normal thickness and emerges as a cornice. The erosive lower edges of both benches are particularly easy to see.	3500 350 × 10	Type: Layer step, rock wall / slope, rock type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Lime sinter on the Main between Oberzell Abbey and Zellerau		663R002	Wurzburg position	Western Franconian Plates	Along the Würzburg / Zellerau cycle path to Oberzell Abbey, a limestone-rippled slope of the Main, typical of the area, is exposed. The constant leakage of spring water in the upper area resulted in calcium sinter precipitations.	2000 200 × 10	Type: Sinter Formation Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
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