List of geotopes in the Upper Palatinate

The list of geotopes in the Upper Palatinate is a summary of the geotopes in the Upper Palatinate . It automatically integrates the following lists of geotopes in Upper Franconian counties and cities from the article namespace:

This list is incomplete. Some geotopes are unsuitable for publication.

Surname	image	Geotope ID	Municipality / location	Geological unit of space	description	Area m² / extension m	geology	Digestion type	value	Protection status	comment
Knockfelsen in the Ammerbachtal NW of Lengenloh		361R001	Amberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the Ammerbachtal, several Franconian dolomite cliffs protrude from the Cretaceous sediment cover as individual peaks exposed by erosion - so-called knocks. At the Kreuzfelsen and the Knockfelsen located to the north (on pastures) a thick banked, dome-shaped bedding can be clearly seen. These are the former reef domes that were modeled out by weathering.	500 25 × 20	Type: Crag Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Former quarry SW of Kager	more pictures	362A001	Regensburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	Reference profile of the Netzstall subformation of the Torleite formation on the Middle Franconian Alb. Medium to thick banked, yellowish gray to bright white limestones with very well developed, even layer boundaries. The layer surfaces rub off chalky. The micritic limestones break in fragments. The occurrence shows very strong fissures. These layers were also known as Kager layers. These rocks were deposited in the central area of the stratified facies basin of Kager-Eberwies. A large part of the former quarry area is now occupied by the Regensburg animal shelter.	4200 120 × 35	Type: standard / reference profile, rock type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
Dogger outcrop NW of Tegernheim		362A003	Regensburg position	Regensburg Forest	Dogger iron sandstones are exposed on the western slope of the Tegernheimer Graben near the Keilberg fault. These are slightly flaky and sometimes noticeably red-colored and softened.	100 20 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Friedrich-Zeche opencast mine near Dech Betten	more pictures	362G001	Regensburg position	Southern Franconian Alb	The tertiary brown coal reached a thickness of 24 m here. The mining mainly relates to the clayey main intermediate compound, a mining permit for the Friedrich-Zeche is available until 2029. A nature trail for geology, landscape and raw material extraction with a viewing platform was set up at the edge of the opencast mine.	62500 250 × 250	Type: Open-cast mining, layer sequence Type: Lignite, clay	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	significant	Landscape component
Cave at Keilstein NE of Schwabelweis	more pictures	362H001	Regensburg position	Dungau	The half-cave consists of two similar recessed indentations. The angular rock structures show an impressive change between white and completely black surfaces.	15 3 × 5	Type: Karst halfway / natural bridge Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Rocky slopes on the south side of the Keilberg NE of Regensburg	more pictures	362R001	Regensburg position	Dungau	In the area of the Keilberg Fault, which separates the crystalline basement of the Vorderen Bavarian Forest from the overburden in the west, the entire Jura curves upward to the east like a flexure. The individual layers of the shift come to light on the southern slope of the Keilberg. The transition from steep to W dipping into flat white Jurassic limestones is easy to see.	200000 1000 × 200	Type: rock group, layer sequence, flexure, karst horizontal cave Type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Nature reserve
The big rock on the Keilberg NE of Schwabelweis	more pictures	362R002	Regensburg position	Dungau	The Malm Epsilon begins at the top of the rock with thin limestone.	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock castle, type of layers : limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Rock group on the SW part of the Keilberg N of Schwabelweis	more pictures	362R003	Regensburg position	Dungau	The rock group opens up the mass limestone of the Malm Epsilon and Zeta. A dense series of pebble sponges can be seen at their feet. On the level between the two rock galleries there are thin limestone from the Malm Epsilon.	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock group, layer sequence type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Large sinkhole Schauergrube W from Vorderkeilberg	more pictures	362R004	Regensburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The completely overgrown sinkhole has an irregular, not round outer edge.	800 40 × 20	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	Natural monument
Rocky slope on the Winzerer Höhen near Niederwinzer	more pictures	362R005	Regensburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The rocky slope made of massive Malmkalk was built into the base by a garage. The exposure is not publicly available.	30 30 × 1	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Rocks on the Max-Schulze-Steig N of Sinzing		362R006	Regensburg position	Southern Franconian Alb	Numerous impressive rock towers over 20 m high characterize the Danube side in the area of the NSG Max-Schulze-Steig. There are also about 30 smaller caves there. The rocks consist of plump rock limestone from the White Jura. The high-altitude trail runs more or less on the surface of the Pre-Cretaceous land. To the east of the way there are some former quarries in the Regensburg green sandstone (Regensburg Formation, Upper Cretaceous) When prominent rocks in this area were to be blasted and dismantled at the beginning of the 20th century, the senior building officer Max Schultze bought the area with his own funds. In 1921 it was placed under nature protection. The entire Danube bank was then - with two exceptions (forest and vineyard) - unforested and grazed with sheep and cows.	40 20 × 2	Type: rock wall / slope, sequence of layers, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: limestone, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve
Former limestone quarry near Rieden		371A001	Ensdorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The outcrops on the embankment of Vilstalstrasse are the remains of the former limestone quarry. You can see the limestones of the Malm alpha and beta in bank facies. Most of the areas are now almost completely overgrown, but a section directly on the bike path still gives a good insight into the typical structure of the layers: 1 - 2 dm thick limestone banks alternate with thin layers of fine-leaved marl. According to modern nomenclature, the rocks of the outcrop are placed in the Hartmannshof Formation (Middle Oxfordian - Lower Kimmeridgian).	300 30 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former limestone quarry near Rieden		371A001	Ensdorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The outcrops on the embankment of Vilstalstrasse are the remains of the former limestone quarry. You can see the limestones of the Malm alpha and beta in bank facies. Most of the areas are now almost completely overgrown, but a section directly on the bike path still gives a good insight into the typical structure of the layers: 1 - 2 dm thick limestone banks alternate with thin layers of fine-leaved marl. According to modern nomenclature, the rocks of the outcrop are placed in the Hartmannshof Formation (Middle Oxfordian - Lower Kimmeridgian).	300 30 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Quarry near Pettenhof		371A004	Schmidmühlen position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the abandoned quarry, banked limestone and marl are exposed. Sometimes there are numerous fossils. The effects of soil formation on limestone can be clearly seen in the upper area: upwards the bank dissolves into individual lime blocks.	3750 75 × 50	Type: Rock type, Fissure type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Carnelian bench NE by Schnaittenbach		371A005	Schnaittenbach position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the bubble sandstone, a layer of the sandstone keuper, carnelian horizons appear in places (up to more than 1 m in thickness). Here the carnelian bench takes up an area of approx. 6000 square meters. However, it is only unlocked by mineral collectors in a few small places. Carnelian is the reddish colored variant of chalcedony. Chalcedony consists of cryptocrystalline silicon dioxide (same chemistry as quartz) and has a waxy sheen.	20 2 × 10	Type: Minerals, Rock Type: Sandstone	Schurf	significant	no protected area
Sand pits N by Suss		371A006	Hahnbach position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Castle sandstone as well as terrace sand and flowing earth from the Quaternary were exposed in the sand pits. The former sand pits are now largely backfilled and recultivated. Only the southern part of the pit with castle sandstone is still open. Colored sandstones with mudstone horizons emerge on the heavily sloping pit walls with deep erosion channels (badlands). The pit wall appears striped in white, red and purple.	31250 250 × 125	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Former quarry E from Oberweißbach		371A007	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	In the quarries E from Oberweißbach to Teufelslochleite, Malm Alpha and Beta are open in bank facies. Karst hollow forms filled with colorful Cretaceous sediments are cut into the quarries near Oberweißbach. The break is now strongly overgrown.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Rock, Animal Fossils, Karst Vent, Karst Fissure Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Sand pit on the Kühberg		371A008	Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The sand pit on Kühberg has largely been abandoned, but sand may still be extracted sporadically. Most of the pit is overgrown or filled, only in a few places is the sandstone of the Rhaet-Lias transition layers well exposed. There the base of the wall consists of a light, several meters thick cross-layered sandstone bank. It is overlaid by a sequence of clearly banked yellowish-brownish sandstones that are differently consolidated.	42500 425 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	FFH area
Hornstein-rich dolomite NE from Albersdorf		371A009	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	On the forest slope there is very chert-rich dolomite in several house-sized rocks or rock towers and small exposed walls.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Type of rock, rock face / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Dolomite rock SW of Lockenricht	more pictures	371A010	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	Banked, chert-rich dolomite stone stands in several rocks here. At the foot of the rocks there are sometimes small karst holes and a large abri. The rock group known as the lookout rock lies on a circular hiking trail (cave path).	400 20 × 20	Type: Type of rock, rock face / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Quarry on Ödersberg NE of Fürnried		371A011	Birgland position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the Fürnrieder Wanne a series of well-banked limes (Malm-Epsilon) is exposed, which occasionally contain chert, crinoid stalk limbs and rarely brachipods.	300 30 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Rock foot in Högen		371A012	Weigendorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	In Högen, two outcrops show reef dolomites over the banked limestone of the Malm Beta. An imposing rock tower in the middle of the village is now completely surrounded by houses and is therefore no longer accessible. The well-preserved rock face on the northern edge of the village, however, is easily accessible. The change from bank facies to massive reef facies can be clearly seen there.	75 15 × 5	Type: Layer sequence, rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area
Kaolin sand pit at Forsthof NW of Tanzfleck		371A014	Clearance position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the now abandoned pit, quartz-feldspar-kaolin sand from the middle red sandstone was extracted as a raw material for the ceramic industry. A large part of the mine area now houses a lake. The kaolin sands are of the same age as those at Hirschau-Schnaittenbach. They are strongly kaolinized feldspar-rich river sediments (channel deposits, stratified flood sediments).	93750 375 × 250	Type: Rock Type: Arkose	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	no protected area
Former quarry N von Malsbach		371A017	Hohenburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the abandoned quarry, Werkalk (Malm Beta) and Unter-Kimmeridge strata (Malm Gamma) are exposed. The formerly clearly visible layer boundary of the two units can no longer be recognized as a result of the vegetation. The banked limestones are fossil-bearing (e.g. molluscs: mussel shells, belemnite rusts).	200 20 × 10	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrop at Mausberg SW von Gibbach		371A020	Hahnbach position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	On the Mausberg, obliquely layered sandstones of the Rhaet-Lias transition layers are exposed on a small area. The sandstones here reach a thickness of 12-15 meters and form a steep step in the slope. In the fairly overgrown outcrop the traces of processing from the breakdown can still be seen.	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	other information	significant	no protected area
Outcrops W from Kricklhof		371A021	Hirschau position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the former quarry, fine-grain granite was mined, which emerges here under a thin layer of the overburden. The granite can still be seen relatively well, but the approximately 1 meter thick Permotriadic sediments (carnelian dolomite) can hardly be seen.	150 15 × 10	Type: Discordance, sequence of layers Type: Granite, dolomite stone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Kaolin pits near Hirschau-Schnaittenbach	more pictures	371A022	Hirschau position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Kaolin (china clay) has been mined in the Hirschau - Schnaittenbach area since the first half of the 19th century. This is where the 40-meter-thick sequence of layers of the higher main red sandstone (middle red sandstone) comes to light. The strikingly light, kaolinite-containing sands are extracted in open-cast mining. Originally deposited as sand containing feldspar, the sequence of layers is strongly kaolinized, i.e. the feldspar has largely been converted into the clay mineral kaolinite.	3000000 6000 × 500	Type: kaolinization, rock type: sandstone	Open pit	precious	no protected area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 65
Sand pit NNW of Atzmannsricht		371A024	Give Bach position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Light to white, evenly fine-grained, only weakly bound sands of the Dogger Beta are several tens of meters thick. In contrast to the otherwise widespread typical brown-yellow formation of the Dogger iron sandstone, the sands here in the Hirschau region usually contain hardly any iron. When washed, they are used in the glass industry - hence the name glass sand. But they are also used for various other technical purposes.	35000 175 × 200	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Former quarry WSW of Bischofsreuth		371A028	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	In the old quarry, large-scale, banked Malm-Beta limestone has been exposed (fossil discovery site). But the way to the former quarry is already overgrown, the quarry itself is almost inaccessible (heavily bushed!).	7500 150 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Sand pit W von Sand near Auerbach		371A030	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The former sand pit is now largely overgrown, but the wall on the east side still allows an impression of the chalk sediments there - the Auerbach cellar sandstone. Coarse-grained to fine-gravel arkose appears at the outcrop, i.e. sand that contains quartz as well as a significant proportion of feldspar. The sand (stone) is only weakly bound. It is divided into several decimetres thick benches, which internally show a diagonal stratification.	20 10 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Arkose	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	FFH area, nature park
Street embankment with rock cellar in Auerbach		371A031	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	On the embankment, the Cretaceous sediments spread around Auerbach - the Auerbach cellar sandstone - are exposed. The coarse-grained quartz-feldspar-sandstone (arkose) shows as the most conspicuous sedimentary structures inclined stratification and precipitation of iron hydroxide (yellow-brown colorations). The loosely bound sandstone is easy to work on, as the cutting tracks and the rock cellars on the road show. The sandstone also got its name after the rock cellars.	100 50 × 2	Type: rock type, rock cellar type: arkose	embankment	precious	Natural park
Sandstone rocks in Aschach		371A032	Freudenberg position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the middle of the village on the embankment, sandstones of the Rhaetian transition layers are exposed. The yellow-brown sandstones, which are designed here as coarse sandstones, show oblique layers. They are easy to work on, as the rock cellars carved into the stone prove. The sandstones are much more stable than the underlying Feuerletten and the overlying Liastonen, so that they appear as a striking steep step (layer step).	40 20 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	embankment	precious	no protected area
Conglomerate blocks N of Hohenkemnath		371A033	Ursensollen position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the wood there is a stream of blocks (as well as blocks collected) from the Amberg ore conglomerate. The conglomerate and breccia blocks contain fragments of Malmkalk, pebbles and iron ore as well as quartz pebbles. The material is embedded in a yellowish to deep dark red sandy matrix. The rock was created in the Obercenoman when the sea penetrated the Amberg Bay, where both chalk ore and Jura limestone were due to tectonic movements.	2500 50 × 50	Type: rock type, block flow type: breccia, conglomerate	block	precious	Natural park
Former Glass sand pit N by Atzmannsricht		371A034	Hirschau position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Former glass sand pit, closed after the main road was rebuilt. The pit was not backfilled and in the future it will probably be one of the few Dogger glass sand pits that could be permanently preserved.	3000 100 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Aufgel. Großschönbrunn quarry NE		371A035	Clearance position	Northern Franconian Alb	In the Haarhölzern NE of Großschönbrunn there is an extensive area with abandoned quarries in the Seugast sandstone (factory sandstone of the Oberturon). The outcrops include a dismantling wall up to approx. 10 m high with traces of processing. These are the only outcrops recorded as a geotope in the Seugast sandstone.	35000 500 × 70	Type: rock type, layer sequence, quarry / pit type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Theuern NNE quarry		371A036	Kümmersbruck position	Middle Franconian Alb	According to modern nomenclature, the rocks of this geotope belong to the Arzberg Formation (Lower Kimmeridgian) and Theuern Subformation of the Treuchtlingen Formation (lower Upper Kimmeridgian). In the lower area of the quarry, the Arzberg formation has been mined. The Theuern subformation forms the upper end of the outcrop.	70,000 350 × 200	Type: Type locality, layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape component, landscape protection area, nature park
Former sand pit E von Diebis		371A037	Ebermannsdorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	Tuberous sand subformation (the sub-turon Winzerberg formation) in atypical formation with a clear feldspar content, fossil (fracture) management.	0 not specified	Type: Type of rock, type of layer sequence : Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Exposure NE of Leidersdorf		371A038	Ensdorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	According to modern nomenclature, the rocks of this geotope belong to the Lower Franconian Alb formation. With the information on rock and stratigraphy stored in the BIS, the geology of this geotope can currently (March 2014) only be reproduced very inadequately.	40 20 × 2	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	embankment	significant	no protected area
Rock clearance E from Spieshof		371A039	Vineyard position	Middle Franconian Alb	According to modern nomenclature, the rocks of this geotope belong to the Frankenalb formation. This occurrence is the one with the youngest rocks of the Weißjura on the Kartenballt Rieden. In addition to the mass dolomites, the Velburg horizon is developed here. This is a prominent key horizon. With a thickness of up to 5 meters, this horizon with medium-banked and level limestone and dolomite stones occurs widespread in the Franconian Alb and separates both the mass dolomites / limestone of the Lower from the Middle Franconian Alb formation, as well as the thick-banked to giant-banked dolomites the Bernhof sub-formation of the Pottenstein Formation from the layer members of the Pottenstein Formation following above. With the information on rock and stratigraphy stored in the BIS, the geology of this geotope can currently (March 2014) only be reproduced very inadequately.	300 30 × 10	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry NE of Spieshof		371A040	Vineyard position	Middle Franconian Alb	According to modern nomenclature, the rocks of this geotope belong to the Theuern subformation of the Treuchtlingen formation. With the information on rocks and stratigraphy stored in the BIS, the geology of this geotope can currently (March 2014) only be reproduced very inadequately.	750 50 × 15	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock clearance N from Spieshof		371A041	Vineyard position	Middle Franconian Alb	According to modern nomenclature, the rocks in this geotope belong to the Bernhof subformation of the Pottenstein Formation. With the information on rock and stratigraphy stored in the BIS, the geology of this geotope can currently (March 2014) only be reproduced very inadequately.	4500 150 × 30	Type: Rock type, rock group Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Limestone quarry at the western foot of the Riedener Schloßberg		371A042	Vineyard position	Middle Franconian Alb	The abandoned quarry was listed for the first time in the building materials map from 1947 as object 565/12 (Werkkalk des Unteren Malm), then in the quarry register in 1957 as object 565/16. According to modern nomenclature, the rocks of this geotope belong to the Arzberg Formation (Lower Kimmeridgian) and Bernhof Subformation of the Pottenstein Formation (lower Upper Kimmeridgian). The limestones of the Arzberg Formation were mined. The Bernhof subformation, shaped by the dolomites, stands immediately above the outcrop. The community-owned quarry was released in 2013 and shows, among other things, (paleo-) karst phenomena. With the information on rock and stratigraphy stored in the BIS, the geology of this geotope can currently (March 2014) only be reproduced very inadequately.	4900 140 × 35	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock Type: Limestone, dolomite stone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Abandoned quarry in Schmidmühlen		371A043	Schmidmühlen position	Middle Franconian Alb	The abandoned quarry is on the road towards Burglengenfeld (St 2235). There are clearly banked limestones of the Arzberg Formation (formerly: Upper Marl Limestone of the Malm gamma), the Arzberg Formation is completely open. A larger karst chimney is located roughly in the middle of the exposed wall. Horizontal armor can be seen in the south-east wall. Today the site is used as a base for the road construction department. Entry is possible after consultation.	3200 80 × 40	Type: Type of rock, layer sequence, fault, sediment structures, karst chimney, karst crevice, quarry / pit Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Former Quarry E of Sigras		371A046	Edelsfeld position	Northern Franconian Alb	Quarry in the stratified facies of the White Jura. The bench limes of the Hartmannshof Formation (Werkkalke) and the Arzberg Formation (Upper Marl Limestone) were mined. The boundary between the two units are the rocks of the Platynota zone with the ammonite species from which it is named, Sutneria platynota. Compared to the limestones in the lying and hanging walls, this area has a very strong emphasis on marl (Platynota marl). The bottom of the abandoned quarry is very overgrown and overgrown, so that it is very difficult to enter during the growing season.	7500 150 × 50	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock : Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Web incision WSW from Schlicht		371A047	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	Along the approx. 200 m long embankment, yellowish-brown to rust-brown Great Dane sandstones are exposed again and again	1000 200 × 5	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock type: sandstone	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area
Former Sand pit at Schwabenberg SE from Axtheid-Berg		371A050	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	This is where the so-called Vilseck building sands are found. These light to brownish, obliquely layered quartz feldspar kaolin sands (with occasional limonite lenses and layers) are now part of the Seugast subformation of the Roding Formation. (Geology under strain 2 - geological description is incorrect, but the stratigraphy stored for geotopes currently does not allow a more meaningful assignment). The north-east wall of the pit is still open today and allows an insight into the layer structure.	1200 40 × 30	Type: Type of rock, type of layer sequence : Sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Hohlweg SW of Oberlohhof		371A051	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	Border area between the Seugast subformation of the Roding Formation and the Jeding Formation. The yellowish-brown, immature Seugaster sandstone, which was deposited in a continental environment, is closed off by a limonitic horizon. This is developed in the ravine. A high point of the national survey carved into the sandstone also marks this area. The light greenish-gray, uniform-grain and mostly fine-grain sandstones of the Jeding Formation set in above the lemonite horizon. A low to very low, but almost always present mica flow is characteristic of this sandstone, which was deposited under shallow marine conditions.	2 2 × 1	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	embankment	significant	no protected area
Former Quarry SW of Wickenricht		371A052	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	The former quarry in the SW Rockfall of Wickenricht is an example of the formerly numerous small quarries in the limestone of the White Jura, which were built to supply the nearest villages with road construction material. The well-banked limestones of the Hartmannshof formation (factory limes) were mined at this point. The relatively intense, narrow fissures here allow the limestone to crumble in small pieces.	900 30 × 30	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock : Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former Quarry SW of Reisach		371A053	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	After the Second World War, several small quarries were operated in W von Schlicht on the northern edge of the slope to the Vilstal to extract packing material, gravel and grit as well as white lime and fertilizer lime. One of these quarries is the small quarry located approx. 300 m SW of Reisach on the so-called Teufelsweg, in which limestones from the Hartmannshof formation in the Weißjura were mined. Less than 100 m SSW from this quarry there is another former quarry in these rocks. The frost-resistant material was very useful as road gravel. For a short time it was also processed into quicklime. The lime kiln used for this is located in SE von Reisach im Vilstal and is still preserved today.	1800 60 × 30	Type: Layer sequence, type of rock : Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former Quarry SE from Reisach		371A055	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	On the northern edge of the slope to the Vilstal, W von Schlicht operated a few quarries for the extraction of packing material, gravel and grit as well as white lime and fertilizer lime. The limestones of the Hartmannshof formation of the Weißjura were quarried. In the quarry SE in Reisach, the extracted material was processed for the respective purpose. Among other things, burnt lime was also produced in a lime kiln built after the Second World War. But after just a few years, the production of quicklime was stopped again. All of these quarries have been abandoned for many years and only the lime kiln and some open quarry walls still remind of the dismantling.	6300 70 × 90	Type: rock type, lime kiln type: limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Iron ore mining Anna shaft		371G001	Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Of the mine, which was closed in 1974, only the winding tower of the St. Anna shaft (industrial monument) remains. The underground mining of the iron ore fields near Sulzbach-Rosenberg began in the 19th century. Since a large amount of ore could not be mined in the shafts sunk directly into the ore bodies (safety pillar), the St. Anna shaft was sunk as a central shaft outside the ore formation through sandy and clayey upper chalk sediments into the Malm limestone in 1954 under difficult conditions.	2500 50 × 50	Type: shaft type: iron ore, sandstone, siltstone	no information	significant	no protected area
Iron ore mining Leonie mine	more pictures	371G002	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Celts probably already extracted iron ore in Auerbach. Mining of the upper ore deposit began in the Middle Ages. The underground construction of the Leoni pit with ore extraction from the lower store was opened in 1972, the mine was in operation until 1989. The former company site is now an industrial site, the headframe is still standing. To the north and east is the fracture field created above the underground mining field with numerous collapse funnels (Pingen, partly filled with water) (NSG).	40000 200 × 200	Type: shaft, pinge field Type: iron ore, sandstone	no information	significant	Natural park
Monte Kaolino near Hirschau	more pictures	371G004	Hirschau position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Near the villages of Hirschau and Schnaittenbach, kaolinitic sands have been mined from the middle red sandstone for the extraction of the clay mineral kaolinite for a long time. Kaolinite - the white gold of the Upper Palatinate - is mainly used in the ceramics industry. B. needed for porcelain production. The waste material (quartz sand) from kaolin mining today forms a mountain more than 100 m high, Monte Kaolino. The artificial embankment is used for tourism as a ski slope.	160000 400 × 400	Type: Stockpile Type: Sand	no information	precious	no protected area
Maffei shafts of the Nitzlbuch mine		371G005	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	In the extensive hollow, heaps and depressions indicate the former mining (fracture field above the mined ore deposit). The conveyor system with the two winding towers is still there. Today there is a mining museum on the former premises. Opening times (as of 2014): May to September, Sundays 3pm to 5pm, information: http://www.museumtheuern.de/museum/ .	60000 300 × 200	Type: Shaft Type: Iron Ore	no information	significant	Monument protection, nature park
Bruchfeld Grossenfalz		371G006	Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The Großfalz NSG is located directly above a former iron ore body that was almost completely mined from 1959 to 1974. The locality at that time had to be relocated in the early 1960s. The ore mining was carried out in such a way that the iron ore was removed in slices until the ore body was exhausted. Later the mountains collapsed over the cavity and left a fracture field with very restless morphology on the surface of the earth. The largest pinge is now filled with water (lake).	20000 200 × 100	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: sand, clay	no information	precious	Nature reserve
Bruchfeld am Galgenberg		371G007	Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The fracture field at Galgenberg is one of several fracture fields that trace the former location of the mined iron ore bodies of Sulzbach-Rosenberg. They move about NNW-SSE from Großenfalz to Eichelberg. The cavities created during mining later collapsed and the rock above sagged. This created the break fields with deep crevices and pings. The crevasses on the upper slope used to be more than 20 m deep. The movements are not yet completed.	45000 300 × 150	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Dolomite stone, sandstone, mudstone	Ping	significant	no protected area
Mill quarry W of Massenricht		371G008	Hirschau position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Between Ehenfeld and Freihung, the Cretaceous sandstones of the Roding Formation (Ehenfeld layers) are upright or slightly tipped over along the Freihunger fault zone. The heavily silicified rocks here were suitable for the production of millstones. Therefore, numerous millstone quarries, lined up like a string of pearls, were created in this area, in which centuries of mining took place. The large, partly filled and partly under water quarry west of Massenricht, which was in operation until 1893, still testifies to this today. The impressive eastern quarry wall represents a complex fault structure in which upheavals and lateral displacements are intensely latticed, so that in it both rubble-bearing Cretaceous rocks and fine-grain, white-gray (bleached) sandstones of the iron sandstone formation (Dogger Beta) from the immediate sub-camp of the Mill sandstones are available.	12500 250 × 50	Type: quarry / pit, fault, storage conditions Type: sandstone, quartz sandstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Easter cave (A 94) near Trondorf (show cave)	more pictures	371H002	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the little banked Franconian dolomite there is an extensive corridor system with dome-like extensions. The approximately 200 m long show cave with its diverse stalactite formations can be visited on Sundays and public holidays in summer.	2220 185 × 12	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Soil monument, FFH area, nature park
Schelmbachstein Cave (A32) W of Königstein	more pictures	371H003	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The cave is also known as Schelmbachsteinloch or Breitensteiner Peasant Woman. Its two entrance shafts lead into a branching floor system of remarkable dimensions with halls and connecting shafts. The total length of the passage is 230 m, the depth extends to −41 m below the entrance. At the bottom of the entrance shafts, prehistoric finds were made (including human skulls). The cave shows some sintering, in the area of the entry shafts ice can form in winter. Access is only possible with shaft equipment.	4600 230 × 20	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Natural monument, ground monument, landscape protection area
Osterloch (E8) SE from Illschwang	more pictures	371H005	Illschwang position	Middle Franconian Alb	On the southeast slope of the Hainsberg rock massif, at the east end of the large rock face, is the entrance to the Osterloch near Illschwang. An approximately 2 m wide and 1 m high entrance leads to a spacious hall sloping to the rear with a flat vaulted ceiling and sintering. The space forks in the back. Prehistoric finds have been made in the cave.	100 25 × 4	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, ground monument, landscape protection area
Ponordoline with cave A269	more pictures	371H006	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The entrance to the cave (cave in the sinkhole), which has so far been measured to a length of 136 m, lies in an oval sinkhole. A pronounced ditch flows into the sinkhole from NE.	200 20 × 10	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave, sinkhole, ponor Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Cave A56 near Steinamwasser	more pictures	371H007	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The entrance to the cave without a name in Steinamwasser opens up in a rock wall directly behind the Gasthaus Zur frisch Quelle. The extensive hall and hall system extends over a total length of 530 m. A large number of pressure line and solution forms are developed, such as stalactites, sinter glaciers, wall and floor sinter, ceilings and wall carts. The cave is locked (key in the guest house, not accessible in heavy rain).	5300 530 × 10	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Felslindl ENE cave from Saaß (A54)	more pictures	371H008	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Felslindl (or Felsländl) cave is located on the north bank of the Speckbach. The large 16 m wide and 5 m high entrance hall has always been known to the population. A cave system with a total length of 110 m connects to this hall. A collapse in the ceiling created a second entrance. The cave is badly affected by wall graffiti, soot deposits and waste in the entrance area. Camping is prohibited in order to avoid further pollution of the cave.	1650 110 × 15	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Appelshöhle (A 29) near Vogelherd	more pictures	371H009	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	The 80 m long cave shows sintering and pronounced forms of lye. The entrance is locked. Important prehistoric finds were made in the show cave.	960 80 × 12	Type: Karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, ground monument, nature park
Schelmbachstein grotto W of Königstein (A34)	more pictures	371H011	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Schelmbachstein grotto, also known as the Sundial or Farmer's Hole, is located on the western slope of the Schelmbachstein. The through cave is an impressive example of the development of a cave ruin. The portal (16 m wide, 5 m high) is followed by a wide, approximately 30 m long hall. In the rear part, which has collapsed from the plateau of the summit, you get back to daylight through a funnel-like sinkhole.	480 30 × 16	Type: Karst horizontal cave, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Karst spring near Steinbach	more pictures	371Q001	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Steinbach spring rising from karst crevices (deep karst) is set in stone. The source discharge is about 15 to 20 liters per second.	9 3 × 3	Type: Constriction Source Type: Limestone	no information	significant	Natural park
Karst spring Seven springs near Sulzbach-Rosenberg	more pictures	371Q002	Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	Numerous springs come to light in the Breitenbrunn valley. The strong karst springs (Seven Sources) lie at the foot of dolomite rocks and are adjacent to wet areas. A hiking trail leads through the idyllic landscape.	200 20 × 10	Type: Narrow source, rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area
Kallmünzer between Rieden and Thanheim	more pictures	371R002	Vineyard position	Middle Franconian Alb	In different regions of the Franconian Jura, including the Upper Palatinate Jura, individual, mostly silicate-bound sandstone blocks repeatedly appear on the surface. These remnants of the formerly more than 100 m thick cover of this area with deposits from the Cretaceous period are called Kallmünzer. Unlike the rock that used to surround them, they (so far) escaped erosion due to their high resistance to weathering. The large, silicate-bound block of coarse-grained quartz sandstone of geotope 371R002 is located directly next to the local connection to Thanheim. Due to its location, the origin of this Kallmünzer is possible both from the Winzerberg Formation of the Upper Cretaceous and from the Schutzfels Formation of the Lower Cretaceous - most likely, however, is that it belongs to the Schutzfels Formation.	10 4 × 2	Type: Relic Rocks Type: Sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument
House stone NE from Unterpennading		371R003	Freudenberg position	Naab Mountains	The irregularly rugged rock group consists of medium-grain, red Naab granite with red feldspars. Quartz and black-green, converted biotites are embedded. The crystalline basement reaches far to the west of the Naab Valley and protrudes into the Upper Palatinate hill country (= Naab Mountains).	2500 50 × 50	Type: Group of rocks Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Osterlochfelsen SE from Illschwang		371R005	Illschwang position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Osterlochfelsen belongs to the Hainsburg rock massif, which drops steeply up to 20 meters. Several small karst openings and the Osterloch karst cave near Illschwang can be found in the Frankendolomit wall. Vertical clefts divide the east-west striking rock face into several sections. The Osterlochfelsen can be reached via a marked hiking trail.	11000 220 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Calamus rock and sugar loaf SE from Illschwang		371R006	Illschwang position	Middle Franconian Alb	The 20 to 30 meter high rock face with a rock tower in front lies on a wooded slope. The formerly good view to the north from the top of the rocks is now somewhat restricted by the tall trees. The rock wall consists of thick-banked Franconian dolomite with chert lumps and shows the pitted weathering characteristic of the rock. The rocks can be reached via hiking trails.	2000 100 × 20	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Teufelskanzel S by Illschwang		371R007	Illschwang position	Middle Franconian Alb	The pulpit-like rock tower from Franconian dolomite stands together with two other rock towers, towered over by trees, in a mixed forest. The indistinctly thick banked to massive rocks show the typical appearance of this rock: a habitus with holes due to weathering. Strips of white chert tubers that run through the dolomite stone are noticeable. The Teufelskanzel is signposted from the hiking trail (No. 8).	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Kühlochfelsen E from Königstein	more pictures	371R008	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Kühlochfelsen are striking rock faces made of Franconian dolomite, which are in the forest, but are largely bare. Some of them are used as climbing rocks - the system of fissures has created many intersections and edges. They show the typical holey appearance of the Franconian dolomite. The eponymous Kühloch (A040), a 60 m long karst cave with a hall-like main room, opens on the uppermost slope on the NE side. The area can be reached via hiking trails.	2000 100 × 20	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, ground monument, landscape protection area
Kieselstein SW of Hohenzant		371R009	Vilseck position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Dogger beta iron sandstone comes to light on the steep step on the slope. The pebble is a completely over-sintered sandstone rock, which is separated from the surrounding area by a deep chasm. While the typical iron sandstone can be seen on its back, its front is completely covered with a bulbous lime crust. The origin of the tubers (marble up to the size of a fist) is unclear. Due to the heavy vegetation, this unusual rock hardly comes into its own.	48 8 × 6	Type: rock wall / slope, sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Koppenstein NW from Nasnitz		371R010	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	Distinctive small rock tower made of banked franc dolomite. In the meantime, trees and bushes in the immediate vicinity have almost reached the height of the rock and partially cover it.	40 8 × 5	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, nature park
Gun rock near Weidlwang		371R012	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The distinctive, towering dolomite rock in the village of Weidlwang is adorned with a cannon with a soldier figure. The story of the gunner goes back to an incident during the Thirty Years' War.	900 30 × 30	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Nature park, natural monument
Schmelcherfels SW of Steinamwasser	more pictures	371R013	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Schmelcherfelsen is a striking dolomite rock made of Franconian dolomite on the north bank of the Flembach Valley, through which a marked hiking trail leads. The towering cliff shows predominantly a massive habit, bench joints can only be seen in the upper area of the rock face.	1800 60 × 30	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rocks near Steinamwasser	more pictures	371R014	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The village of Steinamwasser is surrounded by high dolomite rocks, each of which shows outcrops over several tens of square meters. As early as 1937, various rock areas were placed under protection. Three of the rock towers from Franconian dolomite are designated as natural monuments, including twin rocks and brothers rocks. The dolomite rocks partially show pronounced covings and various karstification phenomena.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
The Pfaffenstein W from Eschenfelden		371R016	Hirschbach position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Pfaffenstein is made up of several large rock groups from Franconian dolomite. From Eschenfelden a marked hiking trail leads past the rock ensemble. The formerly good vantage point is now a bit overgrown.	600 40 × 15	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Giant gate and SE front door from Riglashof		371R017	Hirschbach position	Northern Franconian Alb	The extensive rock area with several rock castles is located on the summit of the Holzberg and has several rock gates. z. B. the giant gate and the front door. The rocks consist of clearly banked, thick-banked carbonate rock with a sugar-grained appearance and holey weathering. There are numerous small chert bulbs (diameter approx. 2 cm) that stand out as white wefters.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rock castle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Quartzite blocks (Kallmünzer) W from Eschenfelden		371R018	Hirschbach position	Northern Franconian Alb	To the north of P 494 (Kranawitten) one encounters a group of numerous Kallmünzer blocks (whitish, yellowish and reddish colored quartz sandstones), which are the remains of the former chalk cover (silicified quartz sandstones of the Michelfelder strata) here on an extensive dolomite plateau. The hardening blocks were probably relocated in the Ice Age by soil flow (solifluction).	200 20 × 10	Type: relic rocks Type: scree, sandstone	block	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Langenstein SE from Eschenfelden		371R019	Hirschbach position	Northern Franconian Alb	The summit area of the Langenstein consists of 2 larger rock towers made of Franconian dolomite, which protrude from the forest. In the wider area there are more rock cliffs made of dolomite stone. The rock towers at the summit are only accessible by climbing - from there you have a beautiful panoramic view of the Kuppenalb of the Upper Palatinate Jura.	450 30 × 15	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Altenburg SE from Eschenfelden	more pictures	371R020	Hirschbach position	Northern Franconian Alb	A rock bar juts out of the relatively dense coniferous forest of the summit (only visible up close). The elongated rock bar made of splintered dolomite is surrounded on all sides by steep walls.	500 50 × 10	Type: Felsburg Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Kallmünzerblock N from Steinbach	more pictures	371R022	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Northern Franconian Alb	Relatively large Kallmünzerblock (relic of the covering of the Malm with Cretan Michelfelder layers) at the parking lot on the N outskirts of Steinbach.	6 3 × 2	Type: relic rocks Type: scree, sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Kallmünzersteine (149 copies) E from Fichtenhof	more pictures	371R023	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	On the fenced field lie 149 sandstone blocks - so-called Kallmünzer (relics of the formerly extensive Upper Cretaceous cover, of which today only individual silicified blocks are left). During the visit in 2005, the area served as a pasture for horses. The accumulation of sandstone blocks was clearly visible in the grassed meadow.	10000 100 × 100	Type: relic rocks Type: scree, sandstone	block	significant	Nature park, natural monument
Rocks in the NSG Neidstein SW of Tabernackel	more pictures	371R024	Etzelwang position	Northern Franconian Alb	On the western mountain slope of the Neidsteiner Schloss there are numerous rock sections made of typical Franconian dolomite, including the giant stone and an approx. 7 meter deep cave, the Fuchsloch. On an area of 10,000 square meters you will find steep rock walls and rock massifs as high as a house in the midst of old foliage.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Hartenfels E from Neukirchen	more pictures	371R025	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	A mighty rock tower made of Franconian dolomite builds the summit of the Hartenfels (climbing garden). From the summit of the Hartenfels you have a beautiful view to the south and west over the Kuppenalb landscape. Pronounced karst features can be found on the slopes: u. a. on the southeast side the Franzosenloch (A43, smaller, branched corridor and room system) and on the south side the Frauenfelshöhle (or Windloch A106, small floor cave).	4000 100 × 40	Type: rock tower / needle, rock castle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, ground monument, nature park
Rock wall with chimney W from Ermhof		371R026	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The north side of the beech mountain is formed by a steep rock face made of Frankendolomite. The rock face is used as a climbing garden.	3750 125 × 30	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Starenfels NE of Neutras with cleft cavity A18	more pictures	371R027	Etzelwang position	Northern Franconian Alb	The summit and the surrounding slopes of the Starenberg are interspersed with rock faces made of Franconian dolomite. On the NNW slope of the mountain approx. 20 m below the summit, a crevice cave with a total of 23 m in length opens in the high rock face - the Starenfels Cave (or Green Grotto). Prehistoric finds were made in the cave.	15000 150 × 100	Type: rock castle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Brunnstein NE from Krottensee		371R028	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The group of high dolomite rocks can be reached via a hiking trail. However, trees tower above the rock formation so that it can no longer be made out from a distance.	12 4 × 3	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Türkenfelsen W of Ammerried	more pictures	371R030	Birgland position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Türkenfelsen is a wall-like rock formation made of typical, holey, weathered Franconian dolomite with a striking rock breakthrough (former rock gate), several natural rock gates and other karst holes. In places the rock shows solution carts. The Türkenfelsen is used as a climbing rock and can be reached via a marked hiking trail.	200 50 × 4	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Kuhfels S from Bachetsfeld	more pictures	371R031	Illschwang position	Middle Franconian Alb	The impressive, towering rock formation made of Franconian dolomite is heavily fissured in places and shows bizarre weathering forms (wooden dolomite). There are remains of karst cavities in the rock face. A small climb leads through the middle of the rock face (surefootedness and a head for heights required!)	1200 40 × 30	Type: rock tower / needle, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
High perforated rock N of Buchhof		371R032	Birgland position	Middle Franconian Alb	Rock tower made of Franconian dolomite, which is divided by vertical clefts. The rock shows a conspicuous holey-porous weathering.	80 10 × 8	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
North face of the Brennersberg SSW von Wolfsfeld		371R033	Kastl position	Middle Franconian Alb	On the north face of the Brennersberg there is table-bank dolomite in the transition to reef dolomite. After a small leveling, light dolomite rocks of the Malm Epsilon rise above a 10 to 15 m thick base of dark reef dolomite rocks of the Malm Delta. They are broken up into individual rock pinnacles by clefts. The reef dolomites here contain a striking number of light-colored pebbles arranged in more or less layers.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	no protected area
Ebersbach boiler pits		371R035	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	The boiler pits are three shallow sinkholes in which water has collected. Wet biotopes (numerous insects, amphibians) have developed there. The karstification-capable Malm limestones are only a little below the current surface. The sinkholes have traced their way from the Malm to the surface (chalk sediments, Alblehm).	150 10 × 15	Type: sinkhole Type: Carbonate quartz sand	no information	significant	Natural monument
Schelmbachstein W by Königstein		371R036	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The peak of the Schelmbach stone (wooded) consists of a group of dolomite rocks, some of which are heavily mossy. A large sinkhole has collapsed in the summit area - one of the entrances to the Schelmbachstein grotto (371H003 - sundial). On the north side of the Schelmbach stone, a little below the rock faces, there is another cave - the Breitensteiner farmer's wife (371H011).	200000 500 × 400	Type: rocky dome, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rabenfels NE from Krottensee	more pictures	371R037	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Rabenfels - a cylindrical rock tower with a distinctive overhang at the top - impresses above all with its shape. The rock tower from Frankendolomit used as a climbing rock towers high above the forest, but its summit can only be climbed by difficult climbing. A hiking trail leads to the foot of the rock and can be seen clearly from the forest road.	25 5 × 5	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Breitenstein SE from Königstein	more pictures	371R038	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The forest behind the chapel leads directly into a steep rock face made of Franconian dolomite, which serves as a climbing wall. Two column-like turrets are particularly noticeable on the rock formation.	300 30 × 10	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Breitensteiner Männl near Breitenstein	more pictures	371R039	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Francendolomite rock formation, visible from the street, is on private property and is therefore not directly accessible. The shape of the freestanding dolomite rock is reminiscent of a figure.	28 7 × 4	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Thorstein E from Königstein		371R040	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	In the summit area of the Thorstein there are striking, beautiful rock groups made of Franconian dolomite, which, however, are towered over by the surrounding trees. One of the rocks shows a conspicuous hollow near the foot of the rock.	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, nature park
Parasol NE from Krottensee		371R041	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Parasolfelen (also Prapluie) are two neighboring dolomite rocks, each about 8 m high, both of which have the bizarre shape of a mushroom. They consist of thick-banked franc dolomite, whereby the handle is noticeably fissured into smaller pieces and is therefore not as weather-resistant as the hat. The neighboring rock face also shows a pronounced hollow at the same height as a preliminary stage of a mushroom rock. The rock group can be reached via a hiking trail.	9 3 × 3	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock labyrinth S by Sackdilling		371R042	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The rock labyrinth at Sackdilling consists of a large group of impressive dolomite rocks. There are numerous large blocks below. There are several short karst caves in the rocks, e.g. B. the small farmer's hole (A042, approx. 35 m corridor length) and the large farmer's hole (A133, approx. 50 m corridor length). A marked hiking trail leads through the rock labyrinth.	60000 400 × 150	Type: rock group, boulder, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Sulzfelsen SE from Bärnhof		371R043	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Rock summit with a total of four large rock groups, consisting of massive, heavily perforated dolomite. There are several small karst caves at the base of the rocks. Two short through caves and natural arches are particularly striking.	60000 300 × 200	Type: rock castle, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Teufelsstein at Kreuzberg NW of Mülles	more pictures	371R044	Hahnbach position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The Teufelsstein am Kreuzberg is a so-called Kallmünzer, a relic rock of the former chalk cover. The sandy chalk sediments were in places bound pebbly. This resulted in very hard quartz sandstones, which withstood weathering much better than the surrounding and underlying rocks. After all, they were preserved as individual blocks on much older rocks (here Dogger). Many Kallmünzer blocks were relocated in the Quaternary by floor tiles.	9 3 × 3	Type: Boulder, Relic Rock Type: Sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument
Kallmünzer devil saddle horse NE from Weißenberg		371R045	Edelsfeld position	Northern Franconian Alb	The devil saddle horse is a peculiarly shaped Kallmünzerblock, which lies here in the area of chalk sediments on Unterem Malm. Kallmünzer are silicified sandstone blocks that are left over as remnants of a formerly more widespread chalk sediment layer. This Kallmünzer has an unusual, saddle-like shape with several channel-like depressions. According to legend, the stone served the devil as a horse.	2 2 × 2	Type: Boulder Type: Sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument
Koenigsteiner Polje		371R046	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Königstein lies on the edge of an elongated valley basin about 5 km long and 1 km wide, which is surrounded by wooded heights of Franconian dolomite. It is a fossilized polje (large karst hollow form without surface drainage) from the Cretaceous period. Thick chalk sediments (Michelfelder layers) with colored ocher are deposited in the valley basin, which was mined as colored earth in many places until the post-war period. You have a good overview of the Polje from Felsen in Loch.	1500000 5000 × 300	Type: Polje Type: sand, clay	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock slope on the Schafberg S of Loch		371R047	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	Directly behind the village of Loch on the northern slope of the Schafberg rises a striking rock face made of Franconian dolomite (thick-banked algae-sponge-reef limestone). From the top of the rock you have a beautiful view over the Koenigsteiner Polje. At the foot of the wall and on the slope below there are large fall blocks. The cleft cave at the foot of the rock face (private property, cave not accessible) gave the place its name. Archaeological finds were made in the approx. 250 m long cave.	8000 100 × 80	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Dolomite rocks on Steinberg E from Koenigstein	more pictures	371R048	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Steinberg consists of a group of large, mostly elongated rocks made of Franconian dolomite. On all sides down the slope there are fields with numerous fall blocks. The Franconian dolomite shows itself in its typical holey weathering, partly it contains white chert bulbs (arranged in layers). Numerous karst features such as small caves and abrises can be observed in the rocks. A hiking trail criss-crosses the charming rocky landscape.	100000 400 × 250	Type: rock group, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Stone town in the Wellucker Forest NW of Koenigstein	more pictures	371R049	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The stone city is an impressive ensemble of dolomite rocks, which are strongly fissured and thus disintegrate into individual rock towers. Two mushroom-shaped rock towers (two-brothers rocks) are particularly striking, showing the different weathering behavior of individual horizons of the thick-banked Franconian dolomite. Many of the other rocks also show covings in the horizon of the mushroom stalks. The area is accessible via a circular hiking trail and is used as a climbing garden.	37500 250 × 150	Type: rock group, rock tower / needle, rock wall / slope Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Kallmünzerfeld on Steinberg NW of Ziegelhütte	more pictures	371R050	Hirschbach position	Northern Franconian Alb	A particularly large number of Kallmünzer blocks can be found on the southern foothills of the Steinberg. The blocks are evidence of a Cretaceous sediment cover (relics of the Michelfelder layers?). The terrestrial sands were silicified, are therefore particularly weather-resistant and have been preserved as individual, mostly relocated blocks. The largest block (cyprian stone) weighs more than 100 tons and has a circumference of 16 m. The area can be reached via a footpath from WSW (note on forest road).	10000 100 × 100	Type: relic rock, boulder, hard rock Type: sandstone	block	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Doline and wind hole W from Buchhof (A15)		371R051	Hirschbach position	Northern Franconian Alb	In the middle of a field, surrounded by trees, lies the 16 m long and 12 m wide deep sinkhole, which is immediately followed by a canyon-like crevice cave (passage length 28 m). The cave - wind hole or winter hole or snow hole - ends 27 m below the edge of the sinkhole in a flooded swallow hole. Frankendolomite rich in chert is exposed on the walls.	192 16 × 12	Type: sinkhole, karst shaft cave Type: dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Dolomite rock with Brünlingsloch (A62) SE from Lockenricht		371R052	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The summit of the Brünlingsberg consists of a group of dolomite rocks (Brünlingsfelsen), which show the typical holey appearance of the Franconian dolomite. At the foot of a prominent rock tower, on the northwest side of the slope, there is a horizontal karst cave, the Brünlingsloch (A62 - formerly also known as Kasparhöhle), about 15 m in length with puffs and little sintering.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	inferior	Natural monument, FFH area, nature park
Neutrasfelsen W of Neutras	more pictures	371R053	Etzelwang position	Northern Franconian Alb	The Neutrasfelsen, a towering rock area made of Franconian dolomite, protrudes over the tree tops of the surrounding forest. The rock summit can be climbed using footsteps on the west side (surefootedness required!) And offers a good view of the Kuppenalb. On the north slope of the rock, the entrance to a crevice cave opens (Bettelküche or Neutrashöhle A89).	4000 80 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, ground monument, landscape protection area
Kallmünzer blocks NE from Aschach		371R054	Freudenberg position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	There are three Kallmünzer blocks in the open field. Kallmünzer are relic stones from the chalk. Part of the former covering with chalk sediments was later cemented with silica to form hard, extremely weather-resistant sandstone. Individual blocks - the so-called Kallmünzer - are still preserved as the last remains. They are now on an older surface, here on Opalinus Clay from the Dogger (Jura). Often they were transported by floor tiles during the Ice Age.	3 2 × 2	Type: Relic Rocks Type: Sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument
Hussitenloch (sinkhole) W of Ursensollen		371R055	Ursensollen position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Hussitenloch is a large, wide sinkhole (or small karst basin) with a flat floor and partly steep, partly flatter slopes. Since the edge and the slopes of the sinkhole are lined with trees, the morphological shape of this typical karst hollow shape is not particularly evident in the terrain.	4800 80 × 60	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock wall with caves SSE von Götzendorf		371R056	Illschwang position	Middle Franconian Alb	The steep Franconian dolomite rocks are arranged like an amphitheater. When weathered, the rock shows a typical holey appearance. There are several small caves in the rocks (including Fritzenloch E-006 and Fritzenberg Grotto E-090). Particularly noticeable is the cave entrance to the Fritzenloch in the right wall area. A 12 m long and 4 m wide hall connects to the large entrance and ends in a short horizontal corridor.	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Dolomite rocks with caves on Lochberg NE of Blechhof		371R057	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the Frankendolomit rock face, which forms a striking step on the western slope of the Lochberg, there are two caves - the Big and Small Hundsloch (A-135 and A-136). The large dog hole consists of a large vault (entrance approx. 16 m wide) with rock chambers. It opens in the background of a burglary that was probably created a long time ago by the collapse of parts of the cave. The Kleine Hundsloch is a slightly sintered horizontal passage about 20 m long.	800 40 × 20	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Guckerlochfelsen E from Michelfeld	more pictures	371R058	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The peephole rock forms the steep, southern valley slope of the Flembach valley W of Michelfeld. The rock face made of Franconian dolomite is criss-crossed by the 17 m long Guckerloch (or Guggerloch, A-044) through cave. Further short karst caves open in the steep rock face to the west below the peephole. The rock is said to have been the site of a castle in the past.	500 50 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument, nature park
Rocks at the Speckbach ENE from Saaß	more pictures	371R059	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The north bank of the Speck Brook is lined with numerous rocks and rock towers made of typical Franconian dolomite. Some of the rocks are right on the edge of the forest, other dolomite rocks can be found in the adjacent wood. Several karst caves open up in the rock walls, the Felslindl with a total length of 110 m (A54) and the A93 cave to the west of it. The caves and individual rocks are designated as natural monuments. The rocks are used as climbing rocks.	2500 250 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature park, natural monument
Karst landscape on Sternsteinberg W von Sulzbach-Rosenberg		371R060	Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Sternsteinberg west of Sulzbach-Rosenberg forms a distinctive, wooded hard ridge. The partly banked, partly massive Franconian dolomite forms rock fragments up to 20 m high and shows karst features in many places. Among other things, there is a small cave in the northwestern area of the ridge. The western edge is a beautifully exposed sponge reef.	75000 500 × 150	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	cave	precious	Landscape protection area
Caves at Lenzenberg SE from Peilstein	more pictures	371R061	Neukirchen bei Sulzbach-Rosenberg position	Middle Franconian Alb	To the southeast of Peilstein, several small caves are accessible to tourists on the Lenzenberg by a hiking trail (Höhlensteig). The upcoming Franconian dolomite forms a distinctive step on the northern slope. In the area of the banked dolomite there are particularly many karst phenomena. The massive dolomite contains numerous cavities that occasionally contain dolomite crystals. Parts of the site are protected as a natural monument, the Geiskirche (A96) and Bärenloch (A63) caves are also protected as a ground monument (monument no. D-3-6435-0109 and D-3-6435-0110).	80000 800 × 100	Type: Group of rocks Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, ground monument, nature park
Kallmünzer NNW from Pruihausen		371R062	Koenigstein position	Northern Franconian Alb	The sandstones of the Cretaceous period usually have a relatively weak grain bond. Therefore, they weather relatively quickly. However, there was local impregnation with silica in the circular sandstones, which led to the formation of very hard and very weather-resistant quartzitsch bound sandstones (quartzites). While the surrounding crumbly sandstones weather, these tough quartz sandstones remain as weathering residues on the surface of the earth. After the place Kallmünz (at the confluence of the Vils in the Naab) these isolated blocks were named as Kallmünzer. The Kallmünzer on the edge of the NNW of Pruihausen is about 3.5 × 1.5 × 1.5 m in size.	5 4 × 2	Type: Relic rocks, Type of rock : Quartz sandstone	block	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kallmünzer from Seiboldsricht		371R063	Vilseck position	Northern Franconian Alb	The sandstones of the Cretaceous period usually have a relatively weak grain bond. This is why they weather relatively quickly. However, there was local impregnation with silica in the circular sandstones, which led to the formation of very hard and very weather-resistant quartzitsch bound sandstones (quartzites). While the surrounding crumbly sandstones weather, these tough quartz sandstones remain as weathering residues on the surface of the earth. The origins of the word Kallmünzer are “Kalminzer”, “Kulmitzer” or “Kalmünzer”. Like the word Kulm, these words are of Slavic origin. The Kallmünzer from Seiboldsricht is not a typical Kallmünzer for the Vilseck area because it does not have a brown crust of weathering, but has a fresh surface.	2 2 × 2	Type: Relict rocks, type of rock, type of layer sequence : Quartz sandstone	block	significant	no protected area
Vogelherdgrotte ENE from Krottensee	more pictures	574H002	Auerbach in the Upper Palatinate position	Northern Franconian Alb	The spacious through cave is located in the state forest, about 2.5 km east-northeast of Krottensee and can be reached via hiking trails. It experiences a heavy use of leisure time.	288 18 × 16	Type: Karst horizontal cave, rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former ESE quarry from Schellhof		372A001	Rötz position	Naab Mountains	The former quarry (now the road embankment ) lies in the border zone of the Neunburg granite against cordierite gneiss and a slightly lasered granite of the Oberviechtach type. The Neunburg granite pervades the two adjacent rocks with its passages.	2500 250 × 10	Type: Contact, Rock Type: Granite, Gneiss	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry at Blätterberg SE from Furth in the forest		372A003	Furth in the forest position	High arch	In the forest east of the hamlet of Blätterberg (at the southeast end of the Blätterberg) there are two abandoned (and heavily overgrown) outcrops in amphibolites of the shear zone of the Hohe Bogen. There are currently no fresh outcrops. The metabasites belong to the gabbro amphibolite mass of Neukirchen-Kdyne, which is part of the tectonic unit of the Tepla-Barrandium (Bohemikum).	3000 100 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Amphibolite	Quarry	inferior	Natural park
Quarry at Daberg N von Ochsenweide		372A006	Furth in the forest position	High arch	The quarry on Daberg opens up parts of a large gabbro stock and gabbro apophyses (metagabbros with amphibolite hornrock clods) in the western and central section. Mica slate emerges in the east. The metabasites with their host rock belong to the gabbro amphibolite mass of Neukirchen-Kdyne, which is assigned to the tectonic unit of the Tepla-Barrandium (Bohemikum).	60000 300 × 200	Type: Rock Type: Meta, Gabbro, Mica Slate, Amphibolite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Track section ENE from Seuchau		372A007	Furth in the forest position	High arch	Amphibolite is exposed in the railway cuts near Seuchau (east of the tunnel). This amphibolite belongs to the amphibolite (mylonite) unit of the shear zone of the Hohen Bogen at the edge of the gabbro amphibolite mass of Neukirchen-Kdyne.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Amphibolite	embankment	inferior	Landscape protection area, nature park
Digestion E from Hindelmühle		372A008	Stamsried position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The outcrops at the Hindelmühle show sharply flattened blastomylonitic gneisses, together with a light-colored granite, in which a lamprophyre tunnel is inserted. The outcrop is in the garden of a private house.	75 15 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Blastomylonite	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sand pit NW of Mitterkreith		372A010	Roding position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the former sand pit, heavily weathered sandstones (whitish to yellow, crumbly quartz sandstone) are exposed. A distinctive, more solidified, often heavily iron-containing layer (border bank / transgression bank) shows numerous fossils that point to a marine environment (e.g. pierced mussel shells). Part of the pit has been recultivated, but the middle part currently still offers good exposure conditions.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock type, Layer sequence, Animal fossils Type: Sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry E von Strahlfeld		372A011	Stamsried position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The quarry is located in the area of the striking pile fault zone, which has been active several times in the history of the earth and here at the edge of the Bodenwoehrer depression separates the crystalline of the Upper Palatinate Forest from chalk sediments. Tectonized Moldanubian granites and gneisses are exposed in the quarry. The rocks, some of which are intensely red in color, are mostly badly weathered and brittle. In the quarry, a borehole was sunk to explore the pile fault, which has drilled Cretaceous sediments.	3500 70 × 50	Type: rock type, fault type: granite, gneiss, mylonite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry on the NW of Cham vineyard		372A012	Cham position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	Katzberg granite, a fine-grain two-mica granite, was mined in the former quarry. In the granite there are clods of dietetic gneiss. In the area of tectonic faults, the granite is blastomylonitic overprinted. The quarry is currently largely free of vegetation and allows a good view of the rock (the bottom of the quarry is meadow, sparse vegetation on the edges.)	9375 125 × 75	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Former sandstone quarry S von Oberkreith		372A013	Roding position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the district of Cham there are generally very few outcrops in sandstone. The few occurrences, even if the outcrops are largely overgrown, are therefore important witnesses to the history of the earth (and the development of the Cretaceous sediments). In the Oberkreith area, the Cretaceous building sands have solidified to form a sandstone, which was previously extracted as Oberkreither factory sandstone.	8 4 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Natural park
Former Blaubergsee quarry NW of Runding		372A014	Runding position	Rear Bavarian Forest	Granite has been mined in the area of the Blauberg for more than a century. This former quarry opened up a coarse-grained granite, which is interspersed with younger fine-grained granite veins. However, the exposure conditions are no longer very good: a large part of the walls is no longer accessible because of the Blaubergsee, and the walls are mostly overgrown with lichen and algae, so the Blauberg granite is rarely seen fresh.	6250 125 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Exposure to the rain between Chamerau and Göttling		372A015	Runding position	Rear Bavarian Forest	Along the railway line, gneisses are exposed on the steep slope embankment, which have been changed by the tectonic movements along the Rundiger shear zone. The old gneiss structure is interspersed discordantly with blastomylonites. The outcrops are accessible via a footpath that runs parallel to the railway on the southwest side of the railway tracks.	60 3 × 20	Type: Fault, Rock Type: Blastomylonite	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrops on the Schlossberg Runding		372A016	Runding position	Rear Bavarian Forest	Several small outcrops on the Schlossberg show blastomylonites from the Rundinger movement zone, which discordantly enforce the old gneiss structure. Accessible outcrops (albeit a bit overgrown and collapsed) can be found e.g. B. in the area of the moat.	55 11 × 5	Type: Rock type, Fault type: Blastomylonite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Former mining sites on the Kleinenzenrieder Pfahl		372A017	Rötz position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the forest near Kleinenzenried there are several pile quartz mining sites of the Kleinenzenried secondary pile - a fault and movement zone with vein quartz that runs more or less parallel to the fault zone of the Bavarian pile. The old dismantling walls are no longer accessible due to water accumulation, but the pile quartz is still visible in the heaps of heaps.	8750 175 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Vein quartz	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Old Asbestos Schurf E from Rimbach		372A026	Rimbach position	High arch	Little can be seen of the former asbestos mining (and any outcrop). The ditch, which was still visible until recently, has almost disappeared due to dense vegetation and forest work (difficult to find). An open dump can only be found directly below on hiking trail no. 7, with serpentinite reading stones in the typical formation, with asbestos veins. The Serpenitint deposit marks the border between Moldanubian gneisses and the amphibolites of the Hohen Bogen.	64 16 × 4	Type: Minerals, Quarry / Pit, Dump Type: Serpentinite	Schurf	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former quarry N of Blasihof		372A031	Furth in the forest position	High arch	Today there is a lake in the bottom of the former granite quarry Blasihof. The former quarry area is now integrated into a wildlife park.	2500 100 × 25	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry E von Lambach		372A035	Lam position	Rear Bavarian Forest	Osser quartzite and mica slate are exposed in the former quarry. In the crevices there are pebbles, in the structure relics of Ottrelith, Staurolite and Garnet can be found. The quarry has been reforested and has now largely overgrown - the exposure conditions are correspondingly poor.	450 15 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Quartzite, Mica Slate	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock hump on the southern slope of Heiling N von Treitersberg		372A036	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	On the southern slope of Heilingholz there are numerous hardwoods and rock outcrops that lie in the giant contact breccia of crystal granite I and anatexite.	20 5 × 4	Type: contact, rocky dome, hardening type: granite, anatexite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrops at Dachsbau E in Schweinsberg		372A037	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	In the area of the Dachsbau site on the southwest side of the Schweinsberg there is wool sack-weathered and heavily buried crystal granite. The granite is so strongly decomposed over large areas that the decomposition can be directly excavated as sand with gravel components (feldspar large crystals). Large, rounded granite blocks (compact wool sacks) up to 10 m in length, where the crystal bond has not yet loosened, float in this decomposition.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Rock type, wool sack formation Type: Granite, granite gravel	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry Heiderbügl E von Loibling		372A040	Roding position	Regensburg Forest	On the wall of the Heiderbügl quarry, a fine-grained quartz mica diorite vein can be seen, which has a fine-grained sage facies. This igneous vein intruded into anatectic paragneiss and coarse porphyry crystal granite 1. A younger granite also intruded the quartz mica diorite. Part of the quarry is backfilled with excavated earth, but there are still good outcrops.	1125 75 × 15	Type: Contact, Rock Type: Quartz, Diorite, Granite, Gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
South slope of the Dechantberg SW of Trasching		372A041	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	The rock areas on the southern slope of the Dechantberg represent the type locality of crystal granite II (after G. Fischer 1959). It forms corridors up to 100 m wide that can form km-long trains. Along the path leading north is crystal granite I, to the east in the forest crystal granite II.	2 2 × 1	Type: Type locality Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sand pit on Ochsenberg NW of Kiesried		372A042	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	In the area of the former sand pits (collapsed / overgrown) there is currently little to see. Granite gravel / granite substitute is only unlocked in the area of a fresh extraction point. There used to be a beautiful outcrop in the autochthonous grus of Kristallgranit I with numerous large potash feldspars (Carlsbad twins) that could be easily collected. Pleistocene red loam was exposed above that, digging 2 m deep into the granite in weathering pockets.	160 20 × 8	Type: Rock type, Fossil soil Type: Granite, granite gravel, clay	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Exposure at the Teufelsbuzn NE of Reichenbach		372A044	Walderbach position	Regensburg Forest	The former quarry in reddish granite on the northern edge of the Regental on the outskirts of Kienleiten in the area of the protected Teufelsbuzn natural monument is quite overgrown. In addition to the quarry on the road towards Walderbach, there are further outcrops.	3300 110 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Blocks in Schwarzhanselholz NW of Süssenbach		372A046	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	In this area, an approx. 1 km long and 200 to 300 m wide zone of gneiss breccia in the crystal granite I is formed. Gneiss blocks as high as a house and small clods with tectonic data that are twisted against each other float in the crystal granite I. The gneiss inclusions show no signs of dissolution or other contact phenomena.	80 10 × 8	Type: Rock, Boulder Type: Granite, Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former granite quarry E from Walderbach		372A047	Walderbach position	Regensburg Forest	In the long-abandoned quarry on the northern slope of the Regetal there is reddish colored crystal granite II, which appears here partly with, but partly without, feldspar large crystals. The granite shows a relatively close-knit structure of dividing surfaces. The exposed walls are difficult to access during the growing season.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarries near Regenpeilstein		372A051	Roding position	Regensburg Forest	The large quarries near Regenpeilstein open up a red granite with rare potash feldspars. Under the influence of the pile faults, the granite here has already been severely damaged.	2000 200 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Former Quarry at Ochsenberg NE of Zell		372A054	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	In this quarry, the relative age ratio of crystal granite I to quartz mica diorite and crystal granite II could be recognized particularly well. Today the outcrop situation in the long-abandoned quarry is bad, the rock walls are hardly accessible during the growing season.	800 80 × 10	Type: Contact, Rock Type: Granite, Diorite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry E von Katzenrohrbach		372A055	Walderbach position	Regensburg Forest	The abandoned granite quarry is located on the southern steep bank of the rain. The former dismantling wall, which is now partially overgrown, drops very steeply (and is therefore difficult to access). At the foot of the wall, however, the rock is exposed to large fall blocks.	300 15 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry Himmelsleite N from Roßbach		372A056	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	Quartz mica diorite intruded into an older (anatectic) coarse-grained granite. Younger vein granite (crystal granite II) contains rounded diorite clods. There is now a lake in the former quarry. The exposed walls are no longer accessible with dry feet.	60000 400 × 150	Type: Contact, Rock Type: Granite, Diorite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry near Holzmühl		372A057	Michelsneukirchen position	Regensburg Forest	The exposure shows the layers and folds in the anatectic modified cordierite gneiss and in the ribbon gneiss. Numerous calcium silicate lenses with attractive reaction zones are embedded in the ribbon gneisses. The quarry, which was abandoned for a long time, has now grown a little bit over, the exposure conditions are no longer very good.	125 25 × 5	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry northwest of Obertrübenbach		372A059	Roding position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The break opens up the erosion discordance between crystalline basement and Upper Chalk strata. In a fine-grained granite, individual channels reach down to a depth of meters under the general support surface, which are filled with coarse debris made of crystalline components. Sandstones and marl (partly fossil-bearing) follow up. (Chalk layer sequence: equivalents to Regensburg green sandstone and Eibrunner marl - Reinhausen layers above).	250 50 × 5	Type: discordance, layer sequence, standard / reference profile, animal fossils Type: sandstone, marl, granite	Quarry	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 75
Gneiss exposure E from Weigelsberg		372A060	Traitsching position	Front Bavarian Forest	The outcrop on the B 20 near Weigelsberg shows garnet-cordierite-sillimanite gneiss with aploid flames. The slope wall (possibly a former quarry wall?) Is quite overgrown and difficult to reach during the growing season.	9 3 × 3	Type: Rock Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry NW of Wilting		372A061	Traitsching position	Front Bavarian Forest	The former quarrying of dioritic rocks and pile quartz in the area of a rocky knoll has been properly recultivated. There are still residual outcrops available (somewhat overgrown).	400 100 × 4	Type: Rock Type: Diorite, Vein quartz	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss outcrop S from Neuhaus		372A062	Schorndorf position	Front Bavarian Forest	Coarse, homogenized granular gneisses with large potassium feldspar holoblasts are to be found next to them.	9 3 × 3	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry NW of Flammried		372A064	Zandt position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The area between the Rundiger shear zone in the north and the pile fault in the south is itself also intensely deformed and criss-crossed by numerous ductile shear zones. In the quarry there are monotonous paragneiss mylonites in which a metatectic layer separation is relictically preserved in parts. A clearly fibrous, fine-grain granite is (was) exposed in the hanging wall of the quarry.	500 50 × 10	Type: rock type, fault type: gneiss, mylonite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrop on the B 85 between Miltach and Agleiten		372A065	Miltach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The rock embankment created by blasting when the road was widened opens up various forms of gneiss. The various gneiss structures can be studied on the gneiss (e.g. foliation, folding and folds, partial mobilization, blastesis, etc.). In addition to tightly sloping gneiss, pearl gneisses and almost completely homogenized gneisses (migmatites) occur. The embankment currently offers optimal conditions for exposure (watch out for the traffic!).	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock type, metamorphic structure Type: Gneiss	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry above the Agleite NW of Miltach		372A066	Miltach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The break opens up massive cordierite gneiss, interspersed with T-shaped aplites, which laterally end in diffuse feldspatations of the gneiss. There are calcium silicate gneiss lentils, and blastomylonite on movement paths.	12 4 × 3	Type: Rock Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss, Blastomylonite	Quarry	inferior	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry at Ziegelberg NW of Blaibach		372A067	Blaibach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	There are several abandoned (and overgrown) granite quarries on the southwest side of the Ziegelberg near Blaibach. It is a two-mica granite whose muscovites are light blond in color. Granite was mined here until the middle of the 20th century. Blaibach was known as a stone carving village.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry between Ottmannszell and Eck		372A070	Arrach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	Biotite plagioclase gneisses and cordierite gneisses are exposed in small quarries. They show increasing mobilization towards the south and also the involvement of garnet metaaplites. The quarry, which was abandoned for a long time, is now largely overgrown, and the outcrop situation is pretty bad.	100 25 × 4	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry NW of Roßbach		372A077	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	Various types of quartz mica diorite were exposed in the former quarry (Großer Schwinger'scher Steinbruch). Various minerals have been found in aplites and pegmatites. The former quarry is now filled with groundwater, there are no more (accessible) outcrops.	35000 175 × 200	Type: Rock Type , Minerals, Contact Type: Quartz, Diorite, Granite, Pegmatite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former granite quarry NE from Gumping	more pictures	372A078	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	The quarry has flooded, the former dismantling walls are no longer accessible. Medium-grain granite with isolated orthoclase inserts, which was similar to crystal granite II, was exposed. Furthermore, grain gneiss, biotite-rich paragneiss, crystal granite I and diorite were found in the quarry.	56875 325 × 175	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
The Riedhof SE stake		372A079	Miltach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	In the area of the pile wood between the villages of Riedhof and Pfahl, the devil's wall of the pile emerges morphologically as the back of the hardship. The visible pile line with several wall-like quartz rocks is approx. 250 m long and about 20 m high at the steep drop. The outcrops show the pile quartz in its typical development as quartz breccia (multiphase quartz precipitates that have broken and healed again).	750 250 × 3	Type: rock type, hard rock type: vein quartz	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
The Hanzinger stake		372A081	Cham position	Rear Bavarian Forest	South of Hanzing in the forest you come across the (untouched) quartz wall of the pile, which is morphologically noticeable here as a hardy. Several pits and pits in the vicinity testify to the former quartz mining. The largest mining site (a roughly 150 m long pit) is overgrown.	40 10 × 4	Type: rock type, hard rock type: vein quartz	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry at Altrandsberg NE pile		372A082	Miltach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The former pit in the area of the pile near Altrandsberg opens up pile quartz and pile slate. The rather extensive mining shows the pile quartz in its typical development as quartz breccia (multiphase quartz precipitation with tectonic shattering, which is healed again by quartz). The outcrops in the pit are largely overgrown, there are more outcrops at the access road. Uranium minerals were known from the area near Altrandsberg.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Minerals, Rock Type , Fault Type: Vein quartz, ultramylonite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry at the playground NW of stilt houses	more pictures	372A083	Cham position	Rear Bavarian Forest	At the far end of the site there are remains of old mining sites, which show the pile quartz in relatively fresh cracking. To the north-west, the post is characterized by a distinctive hardened ridge (in TK 25: Devil's Wall). There are smaller rock faces with natural outcrops. The playground was designed with several blocks of different crystalline rocks (including the 'pole dragon'), but not from pole quartz!	60 10 × 6	Type: rock type, hard rock type: vein quartz	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Quarry at Radling NW stake		372A084	Cham position	Rear Bavarian Forest	At Radling, the post protrudes prominently from the landscape as a hardened back. The quarrying of pile quartz was stopped in the quarry near Radling. What remained was a high, steep wall with a rubble slope. At the foot of the wall there is a small lake, the former dismantling wall is no longer accessible. Following the stake to the northwest you can reach other old mining sites.	22500 225 × 100	Type: rock type, hard rock type: vein quartz	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Quarry in the pile wood NE of Wilting		372A085	Traitsching position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The quarrying of quartz created a bizarre relief in the pile wood near Wilting. The area is overgrown and partly inaccessible.	37500 750 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Vein quartz	Quarry	inferior	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Pile quartz pit SW of Ried a. Stake	more pictures	372A086	Cham position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The former pile quartz pit is located in the pile hardening ridge, which is lined with pine trees, southeast of Thierlstein. The outcrop (somewhat overgrown and partially overturned) shows the quartz breccia typical of pile quartz, broken in many cases and cemented again with quartz.	2250 75 × 30	Type: rock type, hard rock type: vein quartz	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Pile quartz pit W from Ried a. Stake	more pictures	372A087	Cham position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The former pile quartz pit is located in the pile hardened ridge, which is lined with pine trees, west of Ried am Pfahl. The outcrop (somewhat overgrown and partially overturned) shows the quartz breccia typical of pile quartz, broken in many cases and cemented again with quartz.	5000 100 × 50	Type: rock type, hard rock type: vein quartz	Quarry	inferior	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former Quarry on the stake of the Schwärzenberg NW of Strahlfeld		372A089	Roding position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The old quarry in pile quartz at the foot of the castle on the Schwärzenberg is located in a thick wood and is difficult to access. The former excavation walls and dump material open up typical pile quartz (which is much easier to see on the castle rocks).	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock type, Fault type: Vein quartz	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
ENE quarry from Löwenbrunn		372A094	Stamsried position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The quarry is located in the area of a fault zone that was active in several phases. The most prominent rock exposed are quartz breccias, which (comparable to the vein quartz on the pile) were created through repeated movements and quartz supply. Quartz that had already crystallized out was broken, the cracks healed again with quartz. In addition, tectonated rocks of various forms (mylonitized gneiss, mylonites, blastomylonites) can be found.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock type, fault type: Vein quartz, blastomylonite, mylonite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rock outcrops at Cham train station	more pictures	372A095	Cham position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The embankment parallel to the railroad tracks on the northeast side of the station opens up over a length of 100 m, light, fine-grain two-mica granite that has been changed by tectonic processes. The mylonitization is different, from a weak adjustment of the crystals to blastomylonites. Intermediate are mylonitized gneisses. Quartz precipitations occurred in the area of interference.	200 100 × 2	Type: rock type, fault type: granite, mylonite, blastomylonite	embankment	significant	Natural park
Rock outcrops on the Ständelberg NE of Lamberg		372A096	Neukirchen near the Holy Blood position	High arch	The small rocky knoll in the forest opens up clearly schisty amphibolites (garnet hornblendite) of the high arch near the border to the Moldanubic. Light-colored mobiles, which consist largely of plagioclase, trace a fold in the dm area. Although the rocks are often heavily mossed, the rock and structure are usually easy to see. The quickest way to reach the outcrops is from the Schicherhofweg (field path between Lamberg and Schicherhof).	150 15 × 10	Type: Rock type, Metamorphic structure Type: Amphibolite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Serpentinite outcrop on Schicherhofweg E from Lamberg		372A097	Neukirchen near the Holy Blood position	High arch	South of the Schicherhofweg between Lamberg and Schicherhof, a small rock cliff opens up severely schisted serpentinite. The rocks, which are light when weathered, are very dark when freshly broken. The foliation is almost vertical. The serpentinite occurrence marks the eastern limit of the gabbro amphibolite mass to the rocks of the Moldanubic. Since serpentinites (ultrabasites) are tectonically very mobile, their occurrence is often tied to tectonic nappes, as is the case here.	5 5 × 1	Type: Type of rock, fault, metamorphic structure Type: Serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Road exposure at the melting bar at Oberschmelz		372A098	Lam position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The small outcrop on the embankment at the Schmelzerriegel shows closely-grained garnet-bearing mica schist. Mica-rich layers alternate with quartz lenses and quartz knuckles arranged in layers (quartz segregations). The mica schists contain andalusite.	8 8 × 1	Type: Rock Type: Mica Slate	embankment	precious	Natural park
Lindtach WNW quarry from Strahlfeld		372A101	Roding position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The quarry cannot be seen from the road (free for agriculture and forestry). It is partly overgrown. In some places the walls of the quarry, which are up to 10 m high, are still easily accessible. The beige-brown sandstone (formerly: Upper Plant Sandstone, now: Roding Formation, Freihöls Subformation) is mostly medium-grained with rounded quartz grains in the mm range. However, there are always very coarse-grained layers with larger quartz pebbles and, more rarely, very fine-grained layers. The quarry was in operation until 1957. The church in Neubäu was probably built from this, as it was only built at the beginning of the 20th century and at that time this quarry was the only larger one in the area.	4000 200 × 20	Type: rock type, sediment structures, quarry / pit type: sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gold soap works in Krammaholz		372G001	Schonthal position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The Tannenbach in Krammaholz north of Niederpremeischl is accompanied by traces of former gold mining. The extremely restless morphology of this pit field with hollow forms (pings, elongated trenches, remains of a canal) and hills (individual soap mounds, ridges) indicates the brisk mining activity. In the Middle Ages, attempts were made here to wash soap gold - i.e. gold on a secondary deposit - out of the gravel.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Soap laundry, Pinge / nfeld Type: Biotite, gneiss	no information	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry at Hinterhelmhof		372G002	Neukirchen near the Holy Blood position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The former quarry just south of the Czech border opens up a dark and light flamed limestone marble. The quarry is largely overgrown, but there are still residual outcrops and fall blocks. Lime used to be a sought-after raw material in the generally lime-poor area of the Bavarian and Upper Palatinate Forest, among other things for the production of quicklime.	100 10 × 10	Type: Quarry / Pit Type: Marble	Quarry	significant	Nature park, protected landscape area
Former quarry at the lime kiln NW of Rimbach		372G004	Arnschwang position	Rear Bavarian Forest	In the now overgrown and collapsed quarry, lime marble, lime silicate rock, granite and gneiss were exposed. The current exposure situation is very bad, but the rocks can be found as reading stones. The entrances to a former large underground lime marble quarry were filled in, there is only one ventilation shaft. In the very lime-poor area, marble was a sought-after raw material. For a long time lime was mined and quicklime was produced in the lime kiln.	300 30 × 10	Type: quarry / pit, type of rock, type of layer sequence : calcium silicate rock, marble, granite	Quarry	precious	Nature park, protected landscape area
Lime kiln NE tunnel		372G005	Arnschwang position	Rear Bavarian Forest	Latticed gallery (bat protection) of an underground limestone marble quarry. Marble and lime silicate stone are exposed at the entrance. In the generally lime-poor area of the Bavarian and Upper Palatinate Forest, marble was a sought-after raw material. The few deposits were mined over centuries and processed into quicklime (see the place name Kalkofen).	20 10 × 2	Type: tunnel, layer sequence type: lime silicate rock, marble, granite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Nature park, protected landscape area
Former asbestos tunnel (asbestos hole) in the Aignwald E of Rimbach		372G006	Rimbach position	High arch	Chrysotile asbestos mineralization can be found in serpentinite lenses over a length of approx. 7.5 km on the southern slope of the Hohen Bogen. Today the deposit is of no interest for mining because of the low asbestos content (2–6%) and short fibers. The main and secondary tunnels have a total length of 200 m. In the Aignwald, in addition to the closed tunnel, a drained shaft about 100 m to the east and a pinge 30 m to the west, each with dump areas, testify to the former mining.	2000 200 × 10	Type: tunnel, rock type, mineral type: serpentinite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Nature park, landscape protection area, FFH area
Fürstenzeche Buchet show mine near Lam		372G010	Lam position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The mining of lead, copper and silver began in the Fürstenzeche in 1463 and lasted until 1732. From 1925 to 1962 fluorspar was extracted in two phases. The age of the mineralized quartz fluorspar veins is dated to about 240 million years, the veins are the same age as the pile and the Nabburg fluorspar district. Today part of the former mine site serves as a visitor mine and a healing gallery.	1500 50 × 30	Type: tunnels, minerals, rock type: pegmatite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Nature park, protected landscape area
Mining relics on the Schwarzeck SW of Lohberg		372G011	Lohberg position	Rear Bavarian Forest	In the area of the Schwarzeck, a pegmatite emerges in the gneiss rock. In the former tunnel, rose quartz was extracted for the glass industry, and feldspar was also extracted from 1930. In the vicinity of the closed tunnel there is a short test tunnel in pegmatite (including exposure of writing granite) and a large water-filled shaft (secured by grids) in addition to dump areas.	9 3 × 3	Type: tunnels, minerals, rock type: gneiss, pegmatite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former quartz quarry in the Stanzenwald NE von Eck		372G012	Arrach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The underground mining of the Stanzen quartz mine near Eck is an example of a zonal pegmatite in gneiss. In the center of the pegmatite (wall and ceiling of the gallery) you can see huge crystals of potassium feldspar in quartz. Also nicely open-minded: typical large to giant-grained pegmatite, graphical intergrowths of quartz and feldspar (font granite), contact zone with the gneiss. In addition to the tunnel, other former mining sites (pinge, ditch) and heaps testify to the earlier quartz mining.	1500 50 × 30	Type: tunnel, rock type, minerals, contact type: pegmatite, vein mineralization , gneiss	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Nature park, protected landscape area
Erdstall Schrazelloch at the Rabmühle		372G013	Stamsried position	Naab Mountains	The Schrazelloch near Rabmühle is probably the best preserved earth stable in the district. The winding and branched corridor system with alternating corridors and chambers at different altitudes (differences a few dm) has a length of about 35 m. The tunnels are cut directly into mica schist (with shallow sloping foliation), and there are often traces of sawing on the tunnel walls. Only the entrance area is bricked (entrance closed).	70 35 × 2	Type: rock cellar, tunnel type: gneiss	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Natural monument, ground monument, landscape protection area
Schrazelloch SW from Sinzendorf		372G014	Waldmünchen position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the biotite gneiss rock on the Bletschen mountain directly north of the summit of the church, a small shaft about 1.5 m deep with a short passage opens. Nothing is known about the function and origin of the (presumably artificial) hole. However, the rock corridor in no way resembles the Erdststall (Schrazellöchern) in the district. This Schrazel cave can be reached via a small path that branches off from the forest nature trail.	3 3 × 1	Type: rock cellar, tunnel, eruption / weathering cave Type: biotite, gneiss	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Erdstall in Wulfing		372G015	Cham position	Front Bavarian Forest	The earth stable is carved into weathered granite, traces of processing are still clearly preserved.	15 5 × 3	Type: rock cellar, gallery type: granite gravel	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Soil monument, nature park
Erdstall in Hochbrunn		372G016	Roding position	Front Bavarian Forest	The entrance to the Erdstall (Schrazelloch) is on the southwest corner of the easternmost residential building in Hochbrunn (entrance closed by a steel plate). This earth stable, the corridors of which also extend under the house built in 1922, was discovered much later by accident. Private property - do not visit without the consent of the owner!	20 10 × 2	Type: rock cellar, tunnel type: gneiss	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Soil monument, nature park, landscape protection area
Silver mine Kühberg SE from Lixenried		372G025	Furth in the forest position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	At the point where an abandoned silver mine is marked in old maps, there is now a row of pines that merges down the slope into the cut in the terrain of a former tunnel access. A mouth hole is no longer visible. The dump left by mining is large. The period and purpose of the mining are in the dark. A mining attempt on sulphide ores can be assumed.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Stollen, Schurf Type: Mica schist	Schurf	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Old Schanze gold soap factory near Diepoltsried		372G026	Rötz position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the forest to the east of Diepoltsried, an elongated field of pits where gold soap washes from the Middle Ages to the early modern period begins. It winds 1.7 km through the forest to the Steinbach. The Hübel and Gräben - with height differences of up to 6 m (!) - do not follow the current stream, but an older valley with quartz gravel. The quartz gravel comes directly from a quartz dike in the immediate vicinity. In the area around Rötz, Oberviechtach and Schönsee we now know numerous such pit fields that testify to the brisk gold panning attempts - however, the yield was probably never really profitable.	76500 1700 × 45	Type: Soap Laundry, Schurf Type: Gravel, Sand	no information	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Räuber-Heigl-Höhle SE from Reitberg	more pictures	372H001	Bad Kötzting position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The cover cave, created by tearing up mountains and falling rocks, is well hidden approx. 50 m below the summit cross of the Kreuzfelsen near the hiking trail. A narrow entrance leads to a larger room, which narrows to a loophole at the back, which leads to the outside again. The various metamorphic structural elements of the gneiss can be seen particularly well on the rock walls in and around the cave.	50 10 × 5	Type: Covered Cave Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Hirschbrunnen NW of Roding		372Q001	Roding position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The source of the Hirschbrunnenbach is in the Rodinger Forest. Morphologically, the deer fountain consists of a classic spring niche with a swamp area and a small spring pond at the beginning of the stream. Water abstraction from the area has already led to a decline in the discharge and to the temporary drying up of the springs. The springs are at risk as an increase in water abstraction is planned.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Constriction Source Type: Quartz Sandstone	no information	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Ecklwies and Helferstein ESE rock group from Alletswind		372R001	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	To the north of the Lobenstein ruins at the foot of the Schlossberg there are several large, rounded granite rocks in the meadow. These wool sack weathered blocks were peeled out of the granite gravel and exposed in the course of the Pleistocene. Presumably they were partially relocated by floor tiles.	18400 230 × 80	Type: rock group, wool sack formation, hardness Type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Dachsbau rock group on the Mantelberg		372R002	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	Rock group of large granite blocks weathered by wool sack on the north face of the Mantelberg. The weathering and separation into individual blocks have resulted in narrow alleys and passages between the high granite boulders.	200 20 × 10	Type: rock group, wool sack formation Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Dreiwappen-Felsen NW of Furth im Wald		372R003	Furth in the forest position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The three-coat of arms rock directly on the German-Czech border consists of garnet gneiss. Until 1628 the rock excavation was the border point between Bavaria, Bohemia and the Duchy of Palatinate. The three state coats of arms were previously cut into a beech tree, in 1766 when the border was marked between Churbayern and Bohemia, they were carved into the stone rock.	1500 50 × 30	Type: rocky dome Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Fischerbuxn ENE rock group from Kragenried		372R004	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	Granite rocks weathered like wool sacks	2000 80 × 25	Type: wool sack formation, rock group Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
The stake at Thierlstein	more pictures	372R005	Cham position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The castle of Thierlstein was built on a massive hard quartz pile. The light pile quartz was included in the foundations of the building, in the castle garden the pile is in several small rock groups. Since the castle is privately owned and the area is fenced, the outcrops are not accessible.	200 20 × 10	Type: hardness, fault, rock type: Vein quartz	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Härtlings back W from Ried a. Stake		372R006	Schorndorf position	Rear Bavarian Forest	To the south of Ried am Pfahl, the large fault zone of the pile emerges as a distinctive hard ridge. In the area, which is largely overgrown with pine trees, there are several former quartz mining sites on the north side. In the upper area, the pile quartz is partly naturally exposed on rock walls and boulders (with weathering crusts), partly artificially on pits and small mining sites.	10000 500 × 20	Type: Hard rock, rock wall / slope, fault, rock type: Vein quartz	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Summit of Haidstein W von Liebenstein		372R007	Chamerau position	Rear Bavarian Forest	At the summit of the Haidstein there is a striking gneiss rock with a steep drop to the west. Biotite-plagioclase-layer gneiss is open and reveals numerous typical metamorphic structural elements: metatectic banding or fluttering, quartz lenses and creases, folds and folds. In the vicinity of the summit there are numerous other rock sections made of metatectic gneiss.	100000 500 × 200	Type: rocky dome, type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ossersattel	more pictures	372R009	Lam position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The prominent rock ridge on the Ossersattel consists of so-called Osser quartzite, which is heavily folded here. In addition to mica slate, quartzites are widespread in the area of the Künischer Mountains, but especially in the Osser area. Quartzites are metamorphic rocks that emerged from sediments that were very rich in quartz sand (quartz sandstones) and consist largely of quartz.	200 20 × 10	Type: rocky dome, hard rock, type of rock : quartzite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Big Osser	more pictures	372R010	Lohberg position	Rear Bavarian Forest	In the area of the Künischen Mountains, the rocks show a somewhat lower degree of metamorphism than in the rest of the Bavarian Forest. Instead of the highly metamorphic gneisses and migmatites, mica slate dominates here. The summit rocks of the Großer Osser consist of quartz-rich, heavily folded mica schists, which in places contain numerous garnets (up to 4 mm in diameter).	15000 300 × 50	Type: rocky dome, hard rock, type of rock : mica schist, quartzite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 59
Little Osser	more pictures	372R011	Lohberg position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The rocky summit structure of the Kleiner Osser consists of quartz-rich, heavily folded mica schists. The cliffs and the numerous large blocks are the result of increased physical weathering and erosion under the periglacial climatic conditions of recent geological history. From the summit of the Kleiner Osser, which is in front of the main ridge of the Künischer Mountains, you have an excellent view of the landscape of the Lamer Winkel.	2000 100 × 20	Type: rock wall / slope, hard rock, rock type: mica schist	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape component, landscape protection area
Falkenstein Castle Hill	more pictures	372R012	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	There are numerous rock clearances around the Falkenstein Castle Hill. Various striking rock formations with wool sack weathering and rock lanes on the north side (rock garden - NSG) have been given their own names. In the outcrops near Falkenstein, granular gneisses (largely homogenized gneisses (Diatexite), in the border zone between nebulitic gneisses and granite) are developed in the transition to crystal granite 1. In the literature they are treated partly as granite, partly as gneiss.	250000 500 × 500	Type: Härtling, rock group, type of rock, cover cave Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, nature park
Granite rock group on the Mantelberg near Haag		372R013	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	Group of mattress-like weathered granite rocks. In this area on the Mantelberg, the horizontal cleft is pronounced and relatively narrow. The effect of weathering along the dividing surfaces creates the impression of a mattress stack.	100 20 × 5	Type: wool sack formation, rocky dome Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
The White Rock W of Blaibach		372R014	Miltach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The White Rock at the southeastern end of the Großer Roßberg is a strikingly bright summit cliff made of granite weathered by wool sack. The rocks consist of a light, medium-grain two-mica granite.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Ridge Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kreuzfelsen at Kaitersberg E Bad Kötzting		372R015	Hohenwarth position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The Kreuzfelsen forms the westernmost summit of the Kaitersberg range with an excellent view to the south and west. The gneiss summit cliffs sloping steeply to the south are easy to climb from the north side. The metatectic gneisses with gently sloping foliation are heavily folded. A smooth rock face on the path below the summit offers a particularly beautiful outcrop.	400 40 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Rauchröhren rock group SW of Arrach	more pictures	372R016	Bad Kötzting position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The ridge area of the Kaitersberg in the area of the Steinbühler Gesenkes and the Hohen Stein is unusually rugged and rocky for the low mountain range of the Bavarian Forest (and therefore also a popular climbing area). The rock ensemble of the Rauchröhren consists of several gneiss rock towers that were split by tearing apart mountains. In the area of these rock towers, various metamorphic structural elements (banding, folding, quartz lenses, etc.) of the metatectic gneiss are nicely exposed.	9000 300 × 30	Type: rock wall / slope, rock tower / needle, type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape component, landscape protection area
Summit of the Großer Riedelstein from Arrach	more pictures	372R017	Arrach position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The Große Riedelstein (1132 m) is the highest peak in the Kaitersberg area. The summit itself consists of a steep S-sloping rock cliff made of typical metatectic (partially melted) gneiss, which are widespread along the entire Arber-Kaitersberg-Zug. Characteristic is the fibrous banding with light areas made of quartz and feldspar, which have already been mobilized, and the dark, non-melted areas made of biotite, cordierite and sillimanite.	60000 300 × 200	Type: rock wall / slope Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape component, landscape protection area
Hindenburg pulpit NE by Brennes	more pictures	372R018	Lohberg position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The rock tower consists of sillimanite-rich mica slate to mica gneiss with plagioclase, biotite and sillimanite as the main mixture. The metamorphic structures such as foliation or layering, folding and quartz segregation (quartz lenses) are clearly visible on the smooth fissures of the rock tower. The observation tower offers a beautiful view over the Lamer Winkel.	400 20 × 20	Type: rock wall / slope Type: mica schist, biotite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Small Arbersee	more pictures	372R019	Lohberg position	Rear Bavarian Forest	The Kleine Arbersee with its 3 floating islands is one of the attractions of the Arberg region. It was once dammed and lowered to transport wood. The cirque was the starting point of the Pleistocene glaciation, downstream the retreat stages of the glaciation can be observed.	27500 550 × 50	Type: Kar Type: Moraine	no information	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
The Hörndl S from Lohberg		372R020	Lohberg position	Rear Bavarian Forest	In the area of the summit region there are several rock exemptions and rock cliffs made of folded gneiss. The whole area is quite overgrown, the exposure situation accordingly moderate.	20000 200 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Granite rock group SSW from Luckstein		372R021	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	Rock exposure in crystal granite (porphyry structure: even-grained base material with large feldspar crystal fragments) made of large blocks and rocks weathered by wool sack. Somewhat hidden (overgrown) south of the summit there is a large oval granite block with only a very small contact surface. It gives the impression of tipping over at any moment.	20 5 × 4	Type: wool sack formation, rocky dome Type: granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Burgberg Schwärzenberg NW from Strahlfeld	more pictures	372R022	Roding position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The castle was built on the stake quartz rock of the Schwärzenberg, which stands out as a hardship. Numerous outcrops show the whitish to reddish quartz breccia of the pile quartz rock.	9 3 × 3	Type: rock wall / slope, hard rock, fault, rock type: vein quartz	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks on the municipality mountain SW of Schergendorf		372R023	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	In the summit area of the municipality mountain there is a granite summit cliff weathered by wool sacks, which looks as if it will soon fall apart. The fissures between the individual fissured bodies are very much widened, part of the cliff has already sagged. At the top of the rock is a bowl-like depression (sacrificial stone).	64 8 × 8	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Stone wall on the Schwarzwihrberg NW of Rötz		372R024	Rötz position	Naab Mountains	The granite rocks form a ridge sloping on both sides of the stone wall on the Schwarzwihrberg, over which a hiking trail leads. In places the rock ridge looks like a stone wall. Sometimes the wall, weathered like a wool sack, drops steeply up to 20 m.	9000 300 × 30	Type: wool sack formation, rock wall / slope Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Schlossberg Schwarzenburg NW from Bauhof		372R025	Rötz position	Naab Mountains	Parts of the castle complex stand on granite rocks. Other rock formations (protected as natural monuments) surround the castle ruins. It is granite from the Neunburg granite massif, weathered by wool sacks.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Drachenfels in Treffelstein	more pictures	372R026	Treffelstein position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The Drachenburg of Treffelstein is built on the Drachenfels.	140 20 × 7	Type: rock wall / slope Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Granite cliff on Ronberg NE of Ettmannsdorf		372R027	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	A granite cliff protruding from the slope forms the small rocky pre-summit of the Ronberg with its steep rock faces.	400 20 × 20	Type: Crag, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape component, landscape protection area
Schwammerlstein SSW from Woppmannsdorf		372R028	Michelsneukirchen position	Regensburg Forest	Two large, seemingly loosely stacked granite blocks in typical wool sack weathering form the mushroom stone. The group of rocks, protected as a natural monument, can be reached from hiking trail 95 (sign).	12 4 × 4	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape component, landscape protection area
Klammerfels SE from Herzogau		372R029	Waldmünchen position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	Several gneiss cliffs emerge along the ridge of Klammer-Felsen. At the southwestern foot of the Klammerfelsen and between Klammerfelsen and Hoher Stein, digging points and pinging points indicate a former mining activity. Presumably there are traces of degradation from quartz extraction for the glass industry (mining of small quartz veins).	25000 500 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, pinge field Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Einsiedlerfels SE from Pucher	more pictures	372R030	Waldmünchen position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The Einsiedlerfels is a rock that has been weathered all around and made of intensely folded gneiss. Located in a wooded area, however, the striking rock tower does not appear in the terrain.	136 17 × 8	Type: rocky dome Type: biotite, cordierite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rocks near Katzbach	more pictures	372R031	Waldmünchen position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the area of the railway bridge in Katzbach there is a large rock made of garnet-bearing metatectic gneiss. The exposure shows various metamorphic structural elements such as B. a distinctive banding due to partial mobilization (metatexis), quartz lenses and folds. The red garnet crystals here reach a diameter of up to one centimeter.	225 15 × 15	Type: rock wall / slope, metamorphic structure, rock type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Hoher Stein SE from Herzogau		372R032	Gleißenberg position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	Several small gneiss rock cliffs emerge in the summit area of the Hohe Stein. Such rock exposures on peaks and ridges are a typical landscape element for the stony Upper Palatinate Forest.	100 10 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock foundation in Waldmünchen	more pictures	372R033	Waldmünchen position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The house at Pfarrgasse 6 is built on this little gneiss rock. The rock outcrop at the foot of the house wall in Pfarrgasse is currently largely covered by ground cover plants, but the gneiss can be seen on the other side of the house from another outcrop.	9 3 × 3	Type: rocky dome Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural park
Schindbühl NE from Lixenried		372R034	Furth in the forest position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	At the wooded Schindbühl (or Schindbichl) one encounters a loose stream of small blocks and several striking larger (up to house-sized) rocks made of gneiss. On the weathered surfaces of the blocks, the gneiss structure is partially visible: foliation, folds, quartz lenses, etc. (carved out by weathering).	20000 200 × 100	Type: rock group, block stream Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Sacrificial stone W from Süssenbach		372R035	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	There is a trough-shaped depression in sack-shaped granite blocks. According to the story, it is a Germanic sacrificial site. A natural development cannot be ruled out.	48 6 × 8	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape component, landscape protection area
Granite rocks at the northern summit of the Lauberberg NW of Falkenstein		372R036	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The summit area of the Lauberberg is made up of large, wool sack-weathered summit cliffs made of crystal granite with strikingly large feldspar ridges. Viewed from the west, the rock ensemble reveals extensive, onion-skinned segregation areas. Directly at the summit, a bowl stone forms a small water bowl.	1200 60 × 20	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks at the southern summit of the Lauberberg NW of Falkenstein		372R037	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	In the summit area in the southern part of the Lauberberg, large blocks of granite rock weathered by wool sack and a striking granite rock cliff emerge that drops more than 10 m steeply. A stream of large granite spheres connects to the south.	400 20 × 20	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Teufelsstein SE from Breitenbach		372R038	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	Large granite boulder, which has trough-shaped weathering forms. The block is in the area of a private house between the house and garage on private property.	24 6 × 4	Type: Boulder, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Hohe Wacht NW of Marienstein		372R039	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	In the area of the hill near Marienstein there are several particularly large, rounded granite blocks made of crystal granite, which were created during the weathering of wool sacks that is typical of granite and which were exposed in recent geological history. The Marienstein Church is built directly onto the large granite block of the Hohe Wacht. There is a hatch under the overhanging wall.	32 8 × 4	Type: Boulder Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Pig's head NW of Marienstein		372R040	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	In the area of the hill near Marienstein there are several particularly large, rounded granite blocks that were created during the weathering of wool sacks that is typical of granite and that have been exposed in recent geological history. The pig's head is a granite rock tower with an overhang on one side. The striking rock tower is located directly on the marked hiking trail on the slope northwest of the church.	56 8 × 7	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Giant table NW by Marienstein		372R041	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	In the area of the hill near Marienstein there are several particularly large, rounded granite blocks that were created during the weathering of wool sacks that is typical of granite and that have been exposed in recent geological history. The so-called giant table is a large boulder that rests on two smaller ones. A small passage has been created underneath.	40 8 × 5	Type: Boulder, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Large ski jump at Falkenstein Castle Hill		372R042	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The Große Schanze (or Schanzl) is a rock formation in the NSG Felsengarten Burgberg Falkenstein. The large rock tower, weathered by wool sacks, is accessed by a bridge.	48 8 × 6	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Nature reserve, nature park
Frogmouth on Falkenstein Castle Hill	more pictures	372R044	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The Froschmaul is a large boulder with an overhang in the area of the rock garden on the Falkenstein castle hill. As a result of the wool sack weathering, the strikingly rounded rock shapes were created. The resemblance to a frog's mouth is created by deeply re-weathered horizontal dividing surfaces and the overhang.	150 10 × 15	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	inferior	Nature reserve, nature park
Hohler Stein on Burgberg NW of Falkenstein	more pictures	372R045	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The Hohle Stein is located in the nature reserve on Burgberg Falkenstein. A covered cave was created under wool-sack-like granite blocks by sliding out a rock segment.	150 15 × 10	Type: wool sack formation, cover cavity Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, nature park
Klause am Burgberg NW of Falkenstein		372R046	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The Klause, a rock spur with typical wool sack weathering, is located in the nature reserve on Burgberg Falkenstein.	50 10 × 5	Type: rocky dome, wool sack formation Type: Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Nature reserve, nature park
Stone alley on Burgberg NW of Falkenstein		372R047	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The Steinerne Gässchen is a rock formation in the nature reserve on Burgberg Falkenstein. The granite rock, weathered by wool sack, is split along a cleft surface due to weathering and slope movement. The hiking trail leads through the alley that has been created.	375 25 × 15	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, nature park
Pericardial alley on Burgberg NW of Falkenstein	more pictures	372R048	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The rock formation Herzpaketgässchen is located in the nature reserve on Burgberg Falkenstein. Between large granite blocks weathered by wool sacks, a narrow alley was created as a passage.	28 7 × 4	Type: Crag, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Nature reserve, nature park
Granite rock E from Schergendorf		372R049	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	Beautiful rock ensemble consisting of granite rocks (coarse-grained crystal granite) that are partially weathered to the height of a house. The rocks form distinctive overhangs and cover caves in places. A rock shows shell formation on the top.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Heiligenkammer am Mantelberg SSW from Antersberg		372R051	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	The ND Heiligenkammer is a large group of granite blocks weathered by wool sack. The coarse-grained crystal granite is fissured to a relatively large extent here, so that very large fissured bodies (rounded granite blocks) have formed during the weathering. At the lower end of the rock group, a granite block is superimposed on others in such a way that a cover cave has been created. The approach to the ND is somewhat unclear: the hiking trail 119/120 ends approx. 100 m before the rocks. Turn left at the end of the road!	80 10 × 8	Type: Ridge, wool sack formation, cover cave Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks NW of Süssenbach		372R052	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	Group of wool sack-like granite blocks.	20 5 × 4	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Wasserstein NW from Zwiglhof		372R053	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	Large, wool-sack-like granite block with a trough-shaped, water-filled hollow shape on the top.	800 40 × 20	Type: Carts / Fields, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks at Wasserstein W von Neuhofen		372R054	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	Rock summit made of granite blocks weathered by wool sack.	750 75 × 10	Type: Ridge Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks at Sattelstein E from Süssenbach		372R055	Forest position	Regensburg Forest	Rocky mountain top made of crystal granite with a small block current. The rocks show the rounded shapes of wool sack weathering that are typical for granite weathering. Despite the heavy weathering, the large feldspar ridges of the crystal granite are clearly visible in the boulders.	3750 75 × 50	Type: Ridge, Block Stream Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Pfaffenstein SE from Hochgart		372R056	Reichenbach position	Regensburg Forest	The impressive summit section of the Pfaffenstein consists of a granite dome weathered by wool sacks with several huge round wool sacks. In the wider area there are numerous other beautiful granite rocks weathered by wool sacks. The summit, a particularly beautiful example of granite weathering, is protected as a natural monument. The summit is accessible via hiking trail no.48.	625 25 × 25	Type: Dome, Boulder Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Teufelsbuzn rock face with Kienleiten SE cave		372R057	Walderbach position	Regensburg Forest	Rock spur made of reddish crystal granite with steep walls on the northern steep bank of the Regen on the outskirts of Kienleiten.	1500 150 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, eruption / weathering cave Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite blocks SW from Eidengrub		372R058	Michelsneukirchen position	Regensburg Forest	Rock group made of granite blocks weathered by wool sacks in a wooded area west of Dörfling. The granite blocks consist of coarse-grained granite with large feldspar large crystals (crystal granite). This type of granite is very widespread in the region and forms numerous groups of wool sack weathered blocks and summits.	50 10 × 5	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Weizstube in the Zellerbach SW of Beucherling		372R061	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	The stream covers a short distance of about 10 meters in altitude on a small step in the terrain (granite barrier). In this area, blocks of wool sack weathered over a length of approx. 50 meters have been washed away from the granite gravel material originally surrounding them and form a block flow or a small sea of blocks here.	50 10 × 5	Type: Block Sea, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Noah's Ark SSE by Hammühle		372R062	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	In the forest above the Weizstube block stream there is a rock formation that (very remotely) resembles a ship and is called Noah's Ark. A large round granite block (wool sack block) rests on an even larger round granite rock.	75 15 × 5	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Tannenfels SW of Zell		372R063	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	In the area of the Tannenfels there are several small groups of wool sack weathered granite rocks (overgrown, unspectacular). The exact location of the group protected as ND is somewhat unclear.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite blocks near Hetzenbach		372R064	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	In the vicinity of the church, both in the meadow area and in the forest, there are numerous round, wool-sack-weathered granite blocks made of crystal granite (loose block stream).	16875 225 × 75	Type: Block Sea, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Granite rocks on the Geiselberg NE of Zell		372R065	Cell position	Regensburg Forest	The summit of the Geiselberg consists of a summit cliff made of crystal granite with the typical rounded shapes of wool sack weathering. To the north, a loose block field joins the cliff.	100 20 × 5	Type: Crag, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite blocks NE from Mattenzell		372R066	Falkenstein position	Regensburg Forest	Unspectacular rock group made of granite blocks weathered by wool sack. Heavily mossy and largely overgrown.	40 8 × 5	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	inferior	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Summit rocks on the Eckstein (high arch) ENE from Rimbach		372R067	Rimbach position	High arch	In the area of the summit of the Ecksteine the amphibolite mylonites of the Hohen Bogen are exposed on the rock walls (danger of falling!). Numerous structural elements such as B. Observe folding and changing characteristics of the mylonitization. The typical appearance as well as the various forms of amphibolite with different degrees of deformation (foliation) and different feldspar proportions can already be recognized by the numerous reading stones on the hiking trails.	300 15 × 20	Type: rock wall / slope, type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: amphibolite, mylonite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Block stream at the Hohen Bogen NE of Rimbach		372R068	Rimbach position	High arch	Above the road from the Diensthütte to the Burgstall lies this block flow, which consists of amphibolite blocks of fist size up to about 1.5 m in diameter. Block flows and block seas can be found in the Bavarian Forest, especially in the high altitudes. They were formed under periglacial climatic conditions during the Pleistocene. Large rocks were blown up and broken up by frost blasting. Floor tiling contributed to the relocation of the blocks.	3200 80 × 40	Type: Block Stream Type: Amphibolite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss rocks NW of Altenschneeberg	more pictures	372R069	Tiefenbach position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	To the north of the television tower, a series of gneiss rock ribs form the ridge of the mountain. Due to the foliage, the slope slopes gently to the east, while the rocks to the west form steep cliffs. Although the rocks are heavily overgrown with moss and lichen, the rock is therefore often not easily recognizable, but the weathering has clearly carved out the metamorphic structural elements: layer construction, folds in the cm to dm range, quartz crooks and lenses <1 cm to 30 cm in thickness.	2500 100 × 25	Type: rock wall / slope, type of rock, metamorphic structure, type: gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, water protection area
Sea of blocks in the NSG Hölle NW of Postfelden	more pictures	372R070	Rettenbach position	Regensburg Forest	Along the Höllbach, which overcomes a relatively steep gradient of around 40 meters in altitude over a short distance, there is an impressive sea of blocks with blocks up to 5 m in diameter. The rounding of the blocks was not caused by the river, but the result of weathering: granite rocks weathered by wool sacks were broken down into individual wool sacks in the Pleistocene. The granite gravel was washed away, the blocks more or less remained in place.	7000 350 × 20	Type: Block sea, block flow, wool sack formation Type: Granite, Migmatite	block	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock ensemble at the bear cave NE of Rackelsdorf		372R071	Pemfling position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The rock group with a steep rock castle and numerous large boulders consists of garnet-bearing cordierite gneiss, which is partly very well exposed here and shows many metamorphic structural elements. The red garnet crystals are clearly visible. In the area of the rock ensemble there are numerous crevices and cover caves. The bear cave itself is an approx. 5 m long spacious cave under a large boulder on which two more rests.	5000 100 × 50	Type: rock group, rock type, rock castle type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sand pit on the Gitzberg NE by Postbauer-Heng	more pictures	373A001	Postbauer-Heng position	Southwest Albrand region	Doggersandstein outcrop in rock sandstone from the main seam horizon to the beta / gamma limit. Disciteston horizon and grave passages are open. Part of the outcrops was collapsed by the backfilling.	20000 200 × 100	Type: sequence of layers, sediment structures, trace fossils Type: sandstone, clay	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area
Hohlweg NW of Gspannberg	more pictures	373A002	Berg near Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate position	Southwest Albrand region	The ravine through which the road runs opens up Unteren Dogger as light brown sandstone with a small amount of Eisenoolith and a small rock cellar.	60 30 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone, Clay	embankment	significant	no protected area
Former quarry E von Hadermühle		373A006	Lauterhofen position	Middle Franconian Alb	The quarry offers an insight into the stratified limestone of the Lower Malm. The steep walls are largely free of vegetation, the bottom of the quarry is covered by successional vegetation.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former quarry on Rödelberg N of Ischhofen		373A007	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate position	Southern Franconian Alb	Stratified limestone of the Lower Malm is open. Some of them are blurred and show fossils. The fracture is almost completely fused, only a few smaller outcrops are visible.	4 4 × 1	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former quarry on the Sattelberg SW von Hartenhof		373A009	Pilsach position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the partially filled quarry, stratified fossil-bearing limestones of the Malm Gamma 2 and Crussoliensis marl are exposed.	600 30 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Aufgel. Quarry NE of Sengenthal (Winnberg Quarry)	more pictures	373A011	Sengenthal position	Southern Franconian Alb	There is a quarry and a clay pit on the site, both of which show the Upper Dogger (Gamma to Zeta) in a unique way in a continuous profile, overlaid by Malm Alpha and Beta.	160000 800 × 200	Type: Standard / Reference Profile, Animal Fossils, Trace Fossils Type: Limestone, Mudstone	Quarry	especially valuable	FFH area
Former sand pit in the Upper Haid E von Dennenlohe		373A012	Postbauer-Heng position	Southwest Albrand region	The only Rhät sand pit in the district is currently partially filled with disordered deposits (household waste, metals, building rubble, ...).	60 15 × 4	Type: rock type, sedimentary structures type: sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Former sand pit NW of Arzthofen		373A014	Your position	Southern Franconian Alb	The outcrop lies in a dune of Quaternary drift sand.	16 8 × 2	Type: rock type, dune type: sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	no protected area
Former sand pit SW of Wolfersthal		373A017	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	The former pit is overgrown and only easily accessible at the north end. Here the sediment structures can be seen very well in the outcrop (Dogger Beta, Disciteston with U-shaped burial tunnels, Dogger Gamma with Sowerbyi rubble).	700 70 × 10	Type: Sedimentary structures, layer sequence, trace fossils Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry N von Rübling		373A018	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	There are two larger quarry pits in the mining area, but there are only a few outcrops from which the rock can be easily recognized.	1000 200 × 5	Type: Layer sequence Type: Marlstone, Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former quarry W of Ernersdorf		373A021	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	The bank is clearly visible in the limestone, and some cracks are also visible in the quarry wall. The pit is cleanly prepared, an explanatory board says that up to the 1950s six to seven workers mined the lime by hand.	400 80 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry W von Eglasmühle		373A025	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	The quarry wall has no vegetation and shows individual landslides. Fossils can be found in large numbers, especially on the dumps. Garbage deposits affect the landscape.	30000 300 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former SSE quarry in Eismannsdorf		373A026	Breitenbrunn position	Southern Franconian Alb	The relatively large former quarry is located at the top of a Kerb valley in banked limestone. The quarry wall has grown together and is increasingly deteriorating.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former quarry E of the Fuchsmühle		373A027	Hohenfels position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the former quarry east of the Fuchsmühle, the mass dolomite of the Lower Franconian Alb formation is exposed. The massive dolomites show a conspicuous, almost vertical crevice. In addition to the massive, only vertically structured areas, there are also those with a wide, mostly indistinct horizontal structure. These mediate between the mass dolomites of the reefs and the banked dolomites of the Pottenstein Formation, as they are exposed on the opposite edge of the Forellenbach valley.	8000 100 × 80	Type: Rock Type: Dolomite Stone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Hollow way in Doggersandstein SE from Deining	more pictures	373A029	Your position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the fire station in Deining, a deep ravine begins in the Doggersandstone, which offers excellent outcrops in the rock. Strongly solidified rock areas alternate with more crumbling areas. A large number of former rock cellars are located on both sides of the ravine.	1200 120 × 10	Type: Rock type, ravine, tunnel Type: Sandstone	Pit / canal / ravine	significant	FFH area
Rock face SE from Niederhofen	more pictures	373A030	Pilsach position	Middle Franconian Alb	On the steep step between Niederhofen and Dietkirchen on the southeastern slope of the Schwarzen Laaber valley, iron sandstone from the Dogger Beta is exposed on a rock face up to 5 meters high. The yellowish layered sandstones (fine to medium sandstone) show oblique layers in some places. Numerous rock cellars are carved into the sandstone. The machining marks of the tools are still visible on the door frames.	1000 200 × 5	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type, rock cellar type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 69
Former ENE quarry in Hebersdorf		373A031	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the southern part of the quarry, the work limestone is impressively developed as a continuous wall. There are numerous ammonites and belemnites in the limestones. The northern part is used as a landfill.	6250 250 × 25	Type: Rock, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry E from Stetterhof		373A032	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the former quarry, the Malm Werkalk is accessible over several levels. Ammonites are often found in the layers. The dismantling has long been stopped and the walls are z. T. already grown together.	12500 250 × 50	Type: Rock, Animal Fossils Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Former Quarry E from Breitenegg		373A034	Breitenbrunn position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the slope section above the road, dolomitized Malm limestone are cut. In the outcrop you can see a change from massive to banked positions. Sponges and ammonites can be found in the rock. In places the wall is covered with a sinter layer. The rock was sheared along two breaks.	850 170 × 5	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures, Animal fossils Type: Limestone, Dolomite stone	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Former quarry E of Pollanten		373A035	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the quarry, only the upper areas are accessible. In the upper part, reef rubble limestone is exposed. The sedimentation changes from thick banked, coarser to thinner, fine-grained layers. The coarse layers are rich in fossils from the nearby reef area. The lower part of the break is partly collapsed and partly filled with household waste. A small reef body is exposed in the western part of the break.	3600 60 × 60	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures, Fissure / tectonic cave Type: Limestone	Quarry	inferior	Landscape protection area, nature park
Abandoned Eastern Slate Quarry S from Parsberg		373A037	Lupburg position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the quarry, which is partially filled with household waste, platy to thin slab limestone is exposed. The crooked position is clearly developed and occasionally shows sliding folds.	1050 35 × 30	Type: Sequence of layers, sediment structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Multi-colored Doggersandstein on Jurasteig W of Mittersthal		373A038	Your position	Southern Franconian Alb	In a former quarry, an iron ore horizon of the Great Dane sandstone with violet, light red and ocher brown colors is exposed. Leaning bodies can be seen in the sandstone.	750 50 × 15	Type: Rock, Quarry / Pit Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	FFH area
Former clay pit near Heng		373G001	Postbauer-Heng position	Southwest Albrand region	The walls reveal monotonous blue-gray, pyrite-containing, slightly chalky slate clays. Often claystone, less often marl limestone concretions are embedded, light-colored gypsum crystals up to 2 cm in length can often be observed. The top meters of the profile weather to brown, lime-free clay. The details are here z. Some of them are older and overgrown with vegetation.	15000 150 × 100	Type: Quarry / Pit, Rock Type: Mudstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Landscape protection area
Franzosenlöcher SE from Batzhausen		373G003	Seubersdorf in the Upper Palatinate position	Southern Franconian Alb	The area includes several hundred holes and depressions 1 to 10 in diameter in the forest. These French holes resulted from the mining of stone ore and extensions by French soldiers during the war with Austrian troops.	160000 400 × 400	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Limestone	Ping	significant	no protected area
Buch silver sand caves on the Dillberg NNE from Buch	more pictures	373G004	Postbauer-Heng position	Southwest Albrand region	Up until the Second World War, the light, fine-grain sand in the upper iron sandstone was mined underground in tunnels on the western slope of the Dillberg. This silver sand was used for scrubbing the rooms, as polishing sand and as molding sand in industry and was therefore transported to Nuremberg. The silver sand cave with the two adjacent entrances and information board is located on hiking trail no. 1 on the red rectangle from Buch to the Dillberg plateau. Short secondary tunnels branch off from the main tunnel, which were also broken at the entrance and sandstone pillars were left as protection. Most of the entrances to other tunnels on the Dillberg have fallen into disrepair and can not be entered safely. In winter, the silver sand caves are not allowed to be entered, as they are an important winter roost for bats.	8000 400 × 20	Type: Stud Type: Sandstone	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area
König-Otto-Stalactite Cave E of this yard	more pictures	373H001	Velburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The over 200 m long show cave is electrically illuminated. Large sinter cascades, often corkscrew-like twisted stalactites and mighty stalagmites are formed in the cave. A corridor discovered in 1972 connects the König Otto Cave with the Advent Hall.	40000 200 × 200	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area
The hollow hole W of St. Wolfgang	more pictures	373H002	Velburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	The hollow hole impresses with its large entrance. The cave is currently used as a storage room and is locked. There are more caves on the southern slope of the Hohllochberg.	2000 100 × 20	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Krügerloch SW from Eglasmühle	more pictures	373H003	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	The unique cave in the Doggersandstein was partly artificial, partly natural. The Krügerloch is also known under the name Kruzerloch.	108 9 × 12	Type: Cover cave , eruption / weathering cave, gallery Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Tufa cave in Holnstein	more pictures	373H004	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	The very impressive cave in the tuff rock in Holnstein has beautiful sinter formations. Presumably it serves as a shelter for bats. The entrance area serves as a storage area for materials. A total of 25 m are accessible.	150 50 × 3	Type: Tufa cave Type: Travertine	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Hohenberg Cave W of Velburg		373H005	Velburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	Small beautiful cave in the massive dolomite with sinter formations.	100 10 × 10	Type: Karst horizontal cave, sinter formation Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area
Karst spring Mühlbachquelle near Mühlbach	more pictures	373Q001	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	The pouring in the beautiful spring pond usually reaches over 200 l / s. Attempts at marking show the connection with sinkholes near Eutenhofen.	200 20 × 10	Type: rubble spring, karst horizontal cave Type: limestone, limestone marl	no information	especially valuable	Natural monument, nature park
Karst spring SW of Premerzhofen	more pictures	373Q002	Breitenbrunn position	Southern Franconian Alb	The small karst spring emerges from a narrow karst tube and shows strong fluctuations in the discharge. The water is used for fish farming. In the immediate vicinity, several springs emerge into the valley filling.	30 6 × 5	Type: layer source, rock type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
High fountain ENE by Rübling	more pictures	373Q004	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	At the Burgstall Hoher Brunnen there are two sources on the Braunjura / Weißjura border. These are fed from the shallow karst of the plateau between Rübling and Erasbach. The groundwater flow in the shallow karst is very dependent on the weather. In the dry and hot year of 2015, both springs were only sparse rivulets at the beginning of September. On the way through the limestones of the White Jurassic, the cool groundwater dissolves the carbonate. When it emerges from the surface of the earth, the water is heated and the carbonate that is carried along falls out (an effect that everyone in front of the coffee machine at home is familiar with). At the Hohen Brunnen, a tufa cascade has formed on the steep slope of the Braunjura, over which the water falls into the valley - if there is sufficient water flow. The tufa gets its porous character from the participation of algae and moss in the precipitation process. A board on the cascade explains the main features of this process. To protect the cascade from being destroyed, do not enter it!	100 10 × 10	Type: Layer spring, sintered terraces Type: Limestone, tufa, claystone	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Kaltenbachquelle S from Dillberg	more pictures	373Q006	Berg near Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate position	Southwest Albrand region	The beautiful natural layer spring emerges from the water-retaining layer of the Opalinus Clay in the Brown Jura (Dogger). In the iron sandstone above, erosion has washed out a small cave. Here and on the slope of the slope, the yellow-colored layers and red-brown iron precipitations are clearly visible. Depending on the weather, the flow of the spring fluctuates greatly. The Kaltenbach spring is signposted on the Kaltenbachweg (hiking trail no.2 on a green rectangle). Wooden stairs and walkways allow access to the source.	25 5 × 5	Type: Layer Source Type: Sandstone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area
Doline NW of Mantlach		373R001	Velburg position	Southern Franconian Alb	The sinkhole is between fields and is marked by some tall poplars.	170 17 × 10	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	Natural monument
Mushroom rock WSW from St. Colomann	more pictures	373R002	Velburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	On the way to the summit of the Osterberg lies the mushroom-shaped rock with vertical crevices and crevices.	20 5 × 4	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Hohllochberg ENE from Velburg		373R003	Velburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	On the southern slope of the Hohlochberg there are several caves, including the hollow hole. From the hiking trails, numerous rock outcrops are clearly visible, which have numerous small and large outcrops.	60000 300 × 200	Type: rocky dome, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Dolomite on the castle hill of the ruin Velburg	more pictures	373R004	Velburg position	Middle Franconian Alb	Sponge structures in the Malm Delta Dolomite are visible on the way to the ruins. Epsilon reef dolomites and rows of holes and ribbon dolomites on the Delta-Epsilon border directly below the Velburg ruins are also open.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Tuff rock in Holnstein		373R005	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	Lime tuffs are mainly bound to the lime-rich Malm waters, which emerge in numerous springs on the damming clays of the Upper Dogger. The approx. 150 m long and up to 15 m high tuff wall in Holnstein is crossed by a spacious cave.	2000 100 × 20	Type: rock wall / -hang Type: Travertine	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Doline NW of Gimpertshausen		373R006	Breitenbrunn position	Southern Franconian Alb	The sinkhole with a small wood is in a field and is closely circumnavigated by the plow, the sinkhole floor is contaminated with rubbish deposits.	256 16 × 16	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Rocks in the Schnufenhofener dry valley N of Wissing		373R007	Seubersdorf in the Upper Palatinate position	Southern Franconian Alb	The dolomite rock shows significantly thicker to thinner banks that lie flat on top of each other like onion skin. Mellow (marlier) layers can be seen as fillets. This shape is typical of shallow sponge reef structures, although the reef formers are largely destroyed by the later dolomitization.	625 25 × 25	Type: rock wall / slope, sedimentary structures Type: dolomite stone, limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	FFH area
Plankstetten sinkhole W		373R008	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	The sinkhole is shaped like a shallow bowl. A small basin was excavated in the center. The surface water collects here through the sponging of finer clay material, so the basin can serve as a cattle trough.	900 30 × 30	Type: sinkhole Type: dolomite stone	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Ball rock SW from Bottelmühle		373R009	Breitenbrunn position	Southern Franconian Alb	Behind the spherically weathered main rock there is a smaller rock with a short through cave.	140 20 × 7	Type: rock wall / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, part of the landscape
Bachhaupter Felsen SE by Bachhaupt	more pictures	373R010	Breitenbrunn position	Southern Franconian Alb	These are two steep, separated rocks, made of the dirty gray dolomite typical of the Malm Beta with smooth rounded weathered forms. In the upper part of the rocks you can see several layer joints that dip at 45 degrees to the SW and thus trace the steep reef morphology.	300 30 × 10	Type: rock tower / needle, sedimentary structures Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rocks in the Neutal NW of Mitteldorf		373R011	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	Numerous rock outcrops can be found on the north-facing steep slope above the Neutal.	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Radlerfelsen E from Mühlbach		373R012	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	The striking dolomite rock face towers over the wooded slope.	30000 300 × 100	Type: Rock tower / needle Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Head rock E from Mühlbach	more pictures	373R013	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	The rock section east of Mühlbach is made up of thick, flat-banked dolomite from the Malm Delta with a flat roof of thin-banked light limestone from the highest Malm Delta to the deepest Epsilon.	600 60 × 10	Type: rock tower / needle, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock group NE of the Fuchsmühle		373R014	Hohenfels position	Middle Franconian Alb	The rock structures of the rock group are mostly clearly recognizable despite the vegetation and can be followed over a length of almost 250 m. The rock face itself is already within the limits of the JMRC Hohenfels. It is therefore not possible to approach the wall (restricted military area - entry prohibited - use of firearms). The indication of Treuchtlinger marble is to be seen as a gap filler for the Bernhof subformation of the Pottenstein formation (i.e. banked dolomite facies).	7500 250 × 30	Type: rock group, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	FFH area, landscape protection area, bird sanctuary
Dolinenfeld WSW from Pestenrain		373R015	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	Collection of several especially large and deep sinkholes in a small space.	180000 600 × 300	Type: Dolinenfeld Type: Dolomite stone, limestone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Hirschenstein SE from Breitenbrunn		373R016	Breitenbrunn position	Southern Franconian Alb	The deeper part of the wall consists of indistinctly grooved and friable dolomite, which forms covings. Towards the top, a massive, undivided reef dolomite develops, the roof of which is made up of thin-walled dolomite (this area is probably assigned to the Crussoliensis marl).	170 17 × 10	Type: rock tower / needle, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Dolinen SE from Predlfing		373R017	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	The two sinkholes are strongly overgrown, the larger one has a temporary inflow. The connection with the nearby karst spring Parleithen was proven by a marking experiment.	2400 80 × 30	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Sand dunes S of Neumarkt	more pictures	373R018	Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate position	Southwest Albrand region	In the nature reserve south of Neumarkt there are several striking dunes that reach up to 500 m in length and 12 m in height. The loose pine forest vegetation is typical for the type of location.	400000 800 × 500	Type: Dune field Type: Sand	no information	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Zeugenberg NW of Sulzbürg	more pictures	373R019	Mulhouse position	Southwest Albrand region	The plateau area on the Sulzbürg testifies to the former further expansion of the Franconian Alb and the erosion down to the Doggersandstein that already took place at that time. Hollows, ditches and rocky slopes around the plateau offer good outcrops in the Doggersandstone, locally also with iron ore seams. The Pandurenloch on the eastern slope of the Zeugenberg is a short scouring cave in the iron sandstone.	180000 600 × 300	Type: Inselberg / Zeugenberg, eruption / weathering cave Type: sandstone, iron, / manganese ore	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area
Stone channel S from Erasbach	more pictures	373R020	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	A small spring rises on the slope at the border of the Dogger and Malm, below which a stone channel about 100 m long and up to 0.8 m high has formed. The moss-covered tufa deposits run very prominently through the light beech forest.	100 100 × 1	Type: Stone gutter Type: Tufa limestone	no information	significant	Landscape component, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rachental NE from Berching	more pictures	373R021	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the bottom of the Rachental a several meters thick calcareous sinter has deposited over a length of about 150 m. The water from two small springs flows over moss-covered, mostly terraced cascades.	450 150 × 3	Type: Sinterterrassen Type: Travertine	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sand dunes in Graßaholz E von Graßahof		373R022	Your position	Southern Franconian Alb	The sand dunes in the grass wood are shifting dunes for which migration has been proven in historical times. Artefacts from historical times were found during excavations in the dunes in the grass wood. The area around the grass wood is the only area with extensive distribution of Aeolian sands on the Alb plateau. The structural build-up of the dunes and the underlying Malmkalk (Malm Beta) are cut along a path.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Dune Field, Fossil Soil Type: Sand	no information	significant	no protected area
Wolfsberg SE from Dietfurt	more pictures	373R023	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	The Umlaufberg rises above the valley of the former Danube, today's Altmühltal. The Wolfsberg consists of limestones from the Malm. The mountain was probably formed when the original Danube was relocated in the Tertiary. The Wolfsberg is best seen from the north.	1620000 1800 × 900	Type: Umlauf- / breakthrough mountain Type: Limestone, marlstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Dolinen NW of Dietfurt		373R024	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	Several sinkholes are arranged one behind the other in a subsidence field. The larger sinkholes are fenced, and other smaller ones can still be seen in the field. Trees grow in the larger sinkholes, making them harder to see.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Dolinenfeld Type: Limestone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	Natural park
Dolinen N of Gundelshofen		373R025	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	Many sinkholes can be found in a small forest and in the vicinity. The sinkholes are lined up in a chain of sinkholes, which extends from NW to SE.	16000 200 × 80	Type: Dolinenfeld Type: Limestone, Dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Doline ESE by Raitenbuch		373R030	Berching position	Southern Franconian Alb	Small doline lined with trees in the open field.	2100 70 × 30	Type: sinkhole Type: limestone	no information	significant	Natural park
Karst crevices in the Schwedenleite E von Grögling		373R031	Dietfurt at the Altmühl position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the limestone cliffs in the steep face of the Schwedenleite, the rock is literally perforated on one level. The karst cavities reach a height of 50 cm in places. Sinter formations can be seen on the walls and floor of the caves.	3000 300 × 10	Type: Karst horizontal cave , sinter formation, Type of rock : Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Polje W from Hohenfels		373R038	Hohenfels position	Middle Franconian Alb	At Stallhof, west of Hohenfels, there is a shallow depression with a level floor, which is a polje (large karst hollow).	200000 1000 × 200	Type: Polje Type: Dolomite stone	no information	significant	no protected area
Rock clearance on the Parsberg castle hill		373R041	Parsberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	On the Burgberg in Parsberg, exceptionally thick-banked dolomite is exposed. Another special feature are so-called sponge ghosts - the sponges that have been weathered out can be clearly seen as dark cavities.	75 25 × 3	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	no protected area
Marienbild-Felsen in Darshofen		373R042	Parsberg position	Southern Franconian Alb	Banked dolomites of the Hartmannshof formation (= factory lime).	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Outcrop on the Schlossberg near Weihersberg		374A004	Trabitz position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	Arcoses (sandstones with quartz and feldspar) with well-developed oblique and cross stratifications as well as clayey intermediate layers are open here. A horizon with reclaimed dark red claystone shards (resedimentation) is particularly noticeable. Although the sandstone wall is quite overgrown, there are still very good outcrop conditions in places showing different sedimentary structures.	100 10 × 10	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former mine Wilma N von Wendersreuth		374A005	Kirchendemenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The mining area is largely filled with water, so that the outcrops on the bank walls are almost inaccessible. The spoil heaps of the former opencast mine on Meta-Pegmatit are overgrown. Only a few stones rich in garnet and muscovite show the stone.	6375 85 × 75	Type: Rock Type: Pegmatite	other information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry S von Rotzenmühle		374A006	Püchersreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Dark, medium-grain biotite-rich Redwitzites were mined here. The bottom of the former quarry is filled with water. There are broken blocks in the area, e.g. Some of the heaps can also be found.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Diorite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry on the bridging tendrils NE of Flossenbürg		374A007	Flossenbürg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The former quarry shows the characteristics of the Flossenbürger granite. In the vicinity are natural rocky areas that are protected as natural monuments. There is a block flow on the southern steep drop, the granites show wool sack weathering.	450 30 × 15	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Quarry at Wurmstein N of Flossenbürg		374A008	Flossenbürg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the large quarry, blue-gray, medium to coarse-grained two-mica granite is extracted. Fissures and banks are formed in the granite in such a way that large blocks can be extracted. In the Wurmstein quarry, prisoners from the Flossenbürg concentration camp had to mine granite in the 1930s and 1940s, which was used in prestigious National Socialist projects (e.g. Nuremberg Rally Grounds). A wall on the south-western boundary of the quarry has since been left untouched. At the upper end of this prisoner wall, a viewing platform now provides a view of the active quarry. Display boards provide information about the former forced labor. The viewing platform (location of the geotope point) can be reached from the parking lot on Schlossberg via the Wurmsteinweg. The active part of the quarry can be reached from the parking lot via Rumpelbachstraße. This crosses the quarry as a marked hiking trail. Please do not leave the path and, if necessary, observe warning notices!	12000 200 × 60	Type: Rock Type , Minerals Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Schlossberg Flossenbürg	more pictures	374A009	Flossenbürg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The famous Flossenbürg castle ruins are laid out on a granite rocky hill. At the foot there are disused quarries in the Flossenbürger granite, which are filled with water in the sole area. The medium to coarse-grained two-mica granite shows pronounced onion-peeled secretions (separation surface structure - visible especially from the northwest side). The ruin can be reached from the village via a well-developed footpath. Very good vantage point.	160000 400 × 400	Type: type locality, wool sack formation, hardness, rocky dome Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Nature reserve, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 73
Former quarry SW of Theisseil	more pictures	374A010	Theisseil position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Permian quartz porphyry is exposed in the quarry. Although the quarry is almost overgrown, a wall is easily accessible. There and in reading stones, the porphyry structure with mm-large quartz and feldspar crystals in a fine-grained, light yellowish to reddish base can be seen. Large blocks of quartz porphyry can also be found at the parking lot (from there access to the quarry). The quartz porphyry here belongs to a swarm of dikes that breaks through the gneisses.	30000 300 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Rhyolite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Schlossberg in Waldau	more pictures	374A012	Vohenstrauss position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Waldau Castle is built on serpentinite rocks. The bronzite-leading hardling's back is only exposed in a few places around the castle. The outcrops are largely overgrown.	6 3 × 2	Type: rock type, hard rock type: serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Former quarry W von Waldau		374A013	Vohenstrauss position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the now abandoned quarry, light, coarse-grained granites of the Leuchtenberg granite massif were mined. The granites show excellent fissures and banks. Although parts of the quarry are now occupied by a lake, the rock can be seen well through the many large granite blocks piled up on the dump.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Kreuzberg in Pleystein	more pictures	374A015	Pleysteine position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Kreuzberg Pleystein, a 30 m high quartz rock, is the quartz core of a pegmatite. The central quartz mass is surrounded by aplite, which carries many phosphate minerals. Unweathered material with a crystal cellar came to light through a rock fall in the 1970s. Pegmatites are rocks that are characterized by their large to giant-grain crystals. They arise from remnants of igneous melts, which contain a lot of water and usually high concentrations of rare elements.	28000 200 × 140	Type: minerals, hard rock, rock type: pegmatite	Rock slope / cliff	especially valuable	Natural monument, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 36
Leo Maduschka rock in the Zottbachtal NW of Hagenmühle		374A017	Pleysteine position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Leo Maduschka rock is a striking rock group made of gneiss on the edge of the Zottbach valley, on which the typical crinkled gneiss structures with the embedded quartz knuckles are exposed. The rock is named after a former mayor of Pleystein, who was the uncle of the famous mountaineer and scientist Dr. Leo Maduschka was.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Type of rock, rock wall / slope Type: Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gsteinach rock group NW of Pleystein		374A018	Pleysteine position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Gsteinach rock group is a rock ensemble made of gneiss with calcium silicate rock deposits. The formerly heavily overgrown rocks are currently (as of 2005) largely free from trees and easily accessible.	60 10 × 6	Type: Rock Type: Biotite, Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Big stone on the Vorderberg N of Miesbrunn		374A019	Pleysteine position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The 10 m high, steeply rising gneiss rock represents the last exposed remnant of the gneiss roof over the southernmost break of the Flossenbürger granite. It is an intensely folded gneiss, z. T. is traversed by coarse-grained aplit passages. At the foot of the rock, a sharply drawn contact with the pegmatic salband of the underlying medium-grain granite of the edge facies of the Flossenbürger granite is visible. The outcrop is overgrown.	90 15 × 6	Type: Contact, Minerals, Rock Type: Gneiss, Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former quartz quarrying W from Riedlhof		374A020	Eslarn position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	A mighty quartz dike runs along west of Riedlhof with a NW-SE direction. Such tunnels, known as secondary piles, made of milky, cloudy, mostly tectonically heavily stressed and shattered quartz, occur more often in the region and mark shear zones. The quartz was mined here: collapsed pits in the forest show the former mining area. At the edge of the forest there are several quartz blocks, where the rock can be seen clearly.	36 6 × 6	Type: Rock Type: Vein quartz	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrops at the Kainzmühlsperre ENE von Kleßberg		374A022	Leuchtenberg position	Naab Mountains	At the stairs to the dam wall as well as on the way around the reservoir, so-called Fibrolite gneiss (= sillimanite gneiss) are exposed. The light-colored gneisses sporadically contain centimeter-sized almond-shaped sillimanite (= Fibrolite) nodes. Cordierite-sillimanite-gneisses also occur, which usually show a clear layered structure. The rock is usually not easy to see in the outcrops because of the heavy vegetation.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry W von Leuchtenberg		374A023	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the former quarry, a small to medium-grain edge facies of the Leuchtenberg granite massif is exposed. The main components of a granite are the minerals quartz, feldspar and mica. Petrographic examinations showed that the granite here also contains garnet, occasionally sillimanite and other accompanying minerals. Obviously, when the granite stock was formed, adjacent rock was melted and integrated into the melt. The outcrop has since grown significantly.	1200 20 × 60	Type: Rock Type , Minerals Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Boulder near Steinach		374A024	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the entrance to Steinach you will find a boulder that belongs to the Cordiert-Sillimanit-Andalusit-Hornfelse group. It is the remainder of a rock that was once more widespread here, which was broken down into gravel. The Gneishornfels comes from the innermost zone of the contact area of the gneisses with the Leuchtenberg granite. The gneiss was significantly transformed through contact with the silicate melt of the granite pluton - among other things, red garnets grew, which can be seen with the naked eye.	4 2 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Amphibolite, Hornfels	block	significant	Natural park
Franzosenfelsen SE from Döllnitz		374A025	Leuchtenberg position	Naab Mountains	The steep slope on the Pfreimdufer is interspersed with several rock exposures. Moldanubian gneisses with partly thick quartz knuckles or quartz layers are open.	500 100 × 5	Type: Type of rock, rock wall / slope Type: Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rocks Räuberhöhle NW of Linglmühle		374A026	Vohenstrauss position	Naab Mountains	The Moldanubian gneiss has thick quartz knuckles and layers. The name Räuberhöhle comes from a small cave created by a fracture and excavation. The cavity actually pulls a bit under the rock.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock type, rock wall / slope, fissure / tectonic cave Type: Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry northwest of Leuchtenberg		374A027	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Coarse-grained Leuchtenberg granite is exposed in the former quarry. The low-detachable two-mica granite contains grenades up to 1 mm in size. Since the quarry is now filled with water, the outcrop wall is no longer accessible.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Road embankment NE of Unterleif		374A030	Vohenstrauss position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On the road between Roggenstein and Kaimling, amphibolite is open to the embankment directly opposite the intersection of the Unterleif road.	125 25 × 5	Type: Rock Type: Amphibolite	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sand pit N of Pirkerziegelhütte		374A032	Pirk position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the former sand pit, sands of the Rotliegend (Permian) sediments are exposed with sedimentary structures. Although the sediments are more widespread in the district and were previously extracted in some pits (there are several abandoned pits in the area), there are virtually no permanent outcrops. Therefore this outcrop, although largely overgrown and collapsed, is an important geotope, as it still allows an insight into the rock.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Rock type, Sedimentary structures Type: Sandstone	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry near Oberschleif		374A033	Vohenstrauss position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the former quarry, Leuchtenberger granite is exposed with a narrow aplit passage. The Leuchtenberger granite is designed here as a typical crystal granite. In the uniform-grain granite base (medium-coarse-grained), large individual potassium feldspar crystals float, which can be seen in the cut as whitish fingers. Such granite is called porphyry.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Corneliaschacht (Pegmatit Hagendorf-Süd)		374A034	Waidhaus position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The pit of the former feldspar and pegmatite mining is now flooded and no longer accessible. There is no more information. Today's bird sanctuary belongs to the Bund Naturschutz. The Hagendorf-Süd phosphate pegmatite was discovered in 1894 and has since been mined until it was closed in 1983. Hagendorf is (was) a world-famous mineral discovery site and type locality for more than 10 minerals. However, many of the minerals occurring there can only be detected microscopically.	40000 200 × 200	Type: Type locality, Minerals, Quarry / Pit Type: Pegmatite	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Road exposure ENE Döllnitz		374A036	Pressath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	On the northern embankment of the road Keuper sediments are cut over a length of about 40 m. A small section of the bubble sandstone with lettuce layers is open: over a mostly deep red colored clay and siltstone horizon follows a light bank of weakly bound arkose sand (rounded quartz grains, but also feldspar grains (partly kaolinized) and rock fragments) with rapidly changing grain size. There are sloping layers in the bank.	120 40 × 3	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Felsenkeller in Neustadt am Kulm		374A037	Neustadt am Kulm position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	On the eastern edge of Neustadt am Kulm, several rock cellars have been cut into the steep step of the Lower Burgsandstein (Löwenstein Formation). One of the cellars on Sandbergweg has been made accessible to visitors and has been provided with lighting. While the walls in the front area are partially lined, in the rear area the rock forms ceilings and walls. In this sandstone, which also contains pebbles, various sedimentary structures (such as sloping layers, etc.) can be seen.	600 40 × 15	Type: Type of rock, sedimentary structures, rock cellar Type: Sandstone	Rock cellar	precious	Natural park
Street outcrop SW of Störnstein		374A038	Störnstein position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On the northern embankment of the road, muscovite-biotite-gneisses are cut on the slope. The paragneiss belong to the tectonic unit of the Erbendorf-Vohenstrauss zone. In the outcrop (albeit behind the wire mesh), various structural structures of metamorphic rocks can be clearly seen: including folds and folds, foliation, separation of dark and light layers (noticeable banding), quartz furniture.	225 75 × 3	Type: Rock type, metamorphic structure Type: Biotite, gneiss	embankment	precious	Natural park
Clay pit NW of Barbaraberg		374A039	Super tough position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the clay pit Barbaraberg, clay stones of the estheria layers are still mined to a small extent. Often, thin layers of sandstone are integrated into the claystones. The upper bottom of the pit is formed by such a layer. Due to the extensive exposure situation, sediment structures (fossil mud flats) are particularly easy to see.	7500 150 × 50	Type: sedimentary structures, trace fossils Type: sandstone, mudstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Natural park
Orthogneiss outcrop in the Luhetal NE of Michldorf		374A040	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On a steep slope on the Luhe there is a larger natural outcrop of orthogneiss. The coarse-grained and porphyry rock contains up to 5 cm long potash feldspars. This type of rock forms an occurrence more than 1 km long and 150 m wide, which is almost entirely covered by reading stones. The geotope represents the only major outcrop in this gneiss.	500 50 × 10	Type: Rock type, rock group Type: Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Felsenkeller in Parkstein	more pictures	374A041	Park stone position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The historic rock cellars provide a good insight into the chimney breccia and thus into the interior of the Parkstein volcano. Blocks of mostly lighter stone inclusions up to several meters in size are stuck in the dark rocks, which testify to the power of the volcanic explosions. The inclusions are on the one hand sandstones and clays but also coarse conglomerates (made of gravel and rubble) and also basaltic chunks of various sizes. The cellars were created as storage cellars for food and beer. The Parkstein market has renovated the rock cellars and made them accessible again.	60 20 × 3	Type: Rock type, Igneous structure Type: Tuff / Tuffite	Rock cellar	precious	Natural park
Felsenkeller in Luhe		374A042	Luhe-Wildenau position	Naab Mountains	There are several historic rock cellars on the western flank of the Koppelberg in Luhe. In the cellar no. 7 there is an approx. 1.5 m thick shear zone with cataclasite in the red Naab granite.	60 20 × 3	Type: rock cellar Type: cataclasite, granite	Rock cellar	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Gertrud NE von Obersdorf mine		374G001	Kirchendemenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The walled up gallery of the former underground mine on Meta-Pegmatite is said to be well preserved. Evidence can be found on heaps on the mine site. In the trench where the tunnel starts, pegmatitic rock with large muscovite crystals (light mica) is exposed on the wall.	50 10 × 5	Type: Gallery Type: pegmatite, gneiss	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Hagendorf-Nord pegmatite pit (Meixner pit)		374G002	Waidhaus position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Hagendorf-Nord pegmatite stock was developed in 1860. Until the turn of the century, feldspar was extracted in open-cast mining, after which civil engineering and tunnel operations were carried out. Before the mine was closed in 1937, around 220,000 t of feldspar had been extracted. The pit was also known as a mineral discovery site. Many phosphate minerals were found in the edge area of the pegmatite. For phosphophyllite, the pit is probably the type locality. Today the pit is almost overgrown and difficult to visit.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Opencast mining, minerals, type locality, rock type: pegmatite	Open pit	significant	Natural park
Gold soap factory S in Gaisheim		374G003	Moosbach position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The restless relief along the stream is evidence of late medieval gold panning. Small gold flakes were washed out of the stream sediments, but the yield is likely to have been very poor. So-called mine fields with elongated trenches, pits and heaps remained as traces of this gold soap extraction.	15000 300 × 50	Type: Soap laundry, pinging field, scraping Type: gravel, sand, gneiss	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Pegmatite mining NE from Püllersreuth-Lenkermühle		374G004	Kirchendemenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the forest about 300 meters NE of the Lenkermühle there are the remains of an above-ground (large pinge) and underground (approx. 12 m long tunnel) pegmatite mining. In the dump hills in the area (noticeably restless morphology) there is still plenty of rock with a noticeably large amount of light mica (hexagonal muscovite crystals up to several cm in diameter). During mining, beryl and columbite were found in addition to 20–30 cm mica.	400 20 × 20	Type: tunnel, dump, rock type, mineral type: pegmatite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt summit Rauher Kulm	more pictures	374R001	Neustadt am Kulm position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The basalt dome of the Rauhen Kulm is made up of evenly dense nepheline basalt with inclusions of olivines and augite. Only a few outcrops can be found at the summit. The exposed periglacial basalt block sea (block dump), which is particularly widespread on the southern and eastern parts of the mountain, is very noticeable.	62500 250 × 250	Type: Boulder sea, volcanic vent, rock type: Basalt	other information	especially valuable	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Little Kulm	more pictures	374R002	Neustadt am Kulm position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The Kleine Kulm consists of a chimney breccia (a confused mixture of basaltic material and fragments of the collateral rock [mostly Keuper]). A younger basalt dike is forced through this breccia material. The basalt core of the summit was at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Dismantled in the 19th century, leaving the chimney breccia standing, so that the Kleine Kulm looks like a hollow tooth today. The chimney breccia with its Keup inclusions, as well as remnants of the basalt duct, are impressively developed in the abandoned quarry behind the abandoned restaurant. A board in the Geopark explains the geological events. From the remnant of the summit of the Kleiner Kulm mine has an excellent all-round view from the Rauhen Kulm over the Bruchschollenland to the Fichtelgebirge.	1500 50 × 30	Type: volcanic vent, rock type: basalt, breccia	Quarry	precious	Natural monument
Granite rock Galgenkatherl NNE from Windisch-Eschenbach		374R003	Windischeschenbach position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The summit section of the Galgenkatherl consists of Falkenberger granite weathered by wool sacks. It forms a rocky cliff sloping to the west. The former lookout point is growing together. This place served as a place of execution for centuries.	40 8 × 5	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Basalt cone High park stone	more pictures	374R004	Park stone position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The formation of the Hohe Parkstein with its secondary cones is based on a 25 to 30 m wide, basalt-filled, vertical conveyor crevice. Xenolites of volcanic, intrusive and sedimentary origin can be found in the basalt. The basalt of the Parkstein shows on its steep southeast wall (formerly the quarry) the outstandingly pronounced columnar separation with spectacularly curved columns. Next to it is a so-called Schlottuff. The Parkstein is the most impressive volcanic ruin in the Upper Palatinate volcanic area. He was allegedly made by Alexander v. Humboldt calls it the most beautiful volcanic cone in Europe, although this is not documented in writing.	21000 140 × 150	Type: basalt columns, volcanic vent, type of rock Type: basalt, tuff / tuffite	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Nature reserve, FFH area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 20
Girnitz stream in the NSG Doost SE from Gollwitzerhof	more pictures	374R005	Raft position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the valley of the Girnitz there is an impressive sea of blocks with round granite blocks up to 5 m in diameter. Often the blocks are piled on top of each other in such a way that the stream flows underground and can only be heard. The sea of blocks bears witness to the weathering of the granite in the modern earth era. The round blocks were not created by being transported in the river, but are the result of long-lasting, intensive wool sack weathering. The weathered gravel was washed away by the stream.	2000 200 × 10	Type: Block Sea, Wool Sack Formation Type: Granite	other information	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Summit of Gügel SE von Störnstein		374R006	Störnstein position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The summit, which is accessed by steps (the view is completely overgrown), consists of Leuchtenberger granite, which is covered with wool. A part of the mountain is quarried by a hidden former quarry. Coarse-grained Störnstein granite with cm-large feldspar fragments can be seen there. Two varieties of Leuchtenberg granite are exposed: medium-grain biotite granite and coarse-grain leucocrate granite. The quarry is overgrown.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks at the Rotzenbühl adventure playground near Wurz		374R007	Püchersreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The play equipment is integrated into the natural rock formations of the Leuchtenberger Granit. The medium to coarse-grained granite shows wool sack weathering.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural park
Hohler Stein SE from Pfaffenreuth		374R008	Püchersreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The hollow stone is a striking group of granite blocks weathered by wool sack. It is a coarse-grained granite with large potash feldspar sprinkles. Sometimes the twinning of the crystals can also be seen.	24 6 × 4	Type: wool sack formation, rock tower / needle Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Granite rocks on Schleiderberg NW of Georgenberg		374R009	Georgenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On the western slope of Schleiderberg there are several rock groups made of Flossenbürger granite. The rocks show pronounced wool sack weathering of the mattress weathering type. There are numerous blocks around the cliffs (overgrown rock dump). The place is also known as stone rubble. The rocks are difficult to reach due to the dense vegetation.	100 10 × 10	Type: Crag, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Summit of the Schellenberg NE of Waldkirch		374R010	Georgenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The summit section of the Schellenberg consists of several rock castles made of coarse-grained Flossenbürger granite. The impressive rocks consistently show a striking weathering of wool sacks. In some cases, round rock bodies dominate (wool sacks), and sometimes flat ones (mattresses). The remains of the Lug ins Land castle ruins have been preserved on one of the cliffs. An observation tower has also been built here, which allows a good view of the Upper Palatinate Forest in the Flossenbürg area.	20000 200 × 100	Type: rock castle, wool sack formation Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rocks on the Eibelberg E from Flossenbürg		374R011	Flossenbürg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The granite cliffs on the summit of the Eibelberg, made of Flossenbürger granite, show pronounced wool sack weathering of the mattress weathering type - due to the close horizontal gaps, the rocks resemble a stack of mattresses. In the summer of 2005 the rocks could hardly be reached due to storm damage (wind break).	15625 125 × 125	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Teufelsfelsen on Hüttenberg NE of Hildweinsreuth		374R012	Flossenbürg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the summit area of the Hüttenberg there are beautiful, bizarre rock towers made of Flossenbürger granite, which show pronounced wool sack weathering.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Crag, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Bowl stone NE from Oberrehberg		374R013	Georgenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The granite boulder has a wool sack-like shape and shows signs of cart formation. In its surroundings there are humpback meadows on gneiss. It is probably the weathered remnant of a periglacial floating earth blanket.	12 5 × 2	Type: Boulder, Carts / Fields Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Bowl stone N from Neudorf		374R014	Georgenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The round granite block serves as a boundary stone to the Czech Republic. The boulder weathered in the form of a wool sack and is covered by conspicuous pseudo-carts.	8 4 × 2	Type: Boulder, Carts / Fields Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Felsturm bread loaf NE from Waldkirch		374R015	Georgenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The distinctive, single rock tower made of coarse-grained Flossenbürger granite shows clearly pronounced weathering of wool sacks. The rock is narrower at the base than at the top.	40 8 × 5	Type: Rock tower / needle, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Devil's butter keg ENE from Burgmühle		374R016	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The devil's butter barrel is a particularly striking and impressive rock tower made of granite weathered by wool sacks. All around there are other rocks weathered by wool sacks, e.g. Sometimes with impressive sacrificial tubs created by solution weathering.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock tower / needle, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite blocks of God's hands W from Sargmühle		374R017	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the forest there are several strikingly large granite blocks made of Leuchtenberg granite, which have pronounced round shapes as a result of the weathering of the wool sack. One of the boulders shows very distinctive channel-shaped depressions, which, analogous to similar structures in limestone, are referred to in some literature as granite carts or pseudo carts.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
High stone ENE from Leuchtenberg		374R018	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the area of the Hohen Stein there are other blocks in addition to a conical granite block. The blocks of coarse-grained Leuchtenberg granite all show pronounced round shapes, as they arise from the weathering of wool sacks that is typical of granite. There are other, smaller rocky areas in the immediate vicinity.	40 10 × 4	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Kummerer Felsen NE by Leuchtenberg		374R019	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In a small wood there is a group of granite blocks up to 5 m in diameter, weathered by wool sack, made of coarse-grained granite.	100 10 × 10	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Leuchtenberg Castle Hill		374R021	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the listed castle complex, the stone - the Leuchtenberger granite - is integrated into the building in numerous places and is clearly visible. The Leuchtenberger granite is a medium to coarse-grained granite. The entire intrusion area of the Leuchtenberg massif covers an area of approx. 70 km². The granite is usually fissured to a large extent - therefore large sacks of wool and rock towers appear in the area of distribution.	20 5 × 4	Type: rock wall / slope, type locality type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Gneiss rock cairn NE of Döllwitz		374R022	Leuchtenberg position	Naab Mountains	The cairn or rock garden is a gneiss rock protruding from the landscape (in a small wood). Since the rock is heavily overgrown with moss and lichen, the rock cannot always be clearly recognized. In some places, however, a banding and foliation of the gneiss can be clearly seen.	36 6 × 6	Type: Ridge Type: Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Granite dome Heller Stein W by Steinach		374R023	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the summit area, the wool-sack-like light stones protrude. The rock consists of strikingly light, coarse-grained Leuchtenberg granite.	300 30 × 10	Type: rock group, wool sack formation Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Granite rock Teufelspranke E from Leuchtenberg		374R024	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	There are numerous granite rocks on the steep slope, including the Teufelspranke natural monument. The rock made of coarse-grained Leuchtenberg granite weathers to the typical wool sack shape and is covered by pseodo carts.	60 10 × 6	Type: rock tower / needle, wool sack formation, carts / fields Type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Gneiss rocks Drei Felsen WNW von Wildstein		374R026	Tännesberg position	Naab Mountains	The Drei Felsen rock formation consists of migmatized plagioclase-biotite gneisses with large feldspars surrounded by biotite shear surfaces. A block flow connects down the slope.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, block flow Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Summit of the piece stone ENE from Oberlangau		374R027	Eslarn position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The highest elevation of the piece of stone consists of gneiss with cm-large garnet inclusions.	200 20 × 10	Type: Ridge Type: Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Gneiss rock Hutstein WSW from Lindauer Waldhaus		374R028	Eslarn position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The shape of the gneiss floe is reminiscent of a hat. The cordierite flaser gneiss is intensely folded and has cm-large garnet fragments.	168 12 × 14	Type: Ridge Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Summit of the Eulenberg NE from Friedrichshäng	more pictures	374R029	Eslarn position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The gneiss cliff at the summit is protected as a natural monument. Further gneiss rocks are exposed around the summit area. There is much block rubble formed in the Pleistocene in the area.	100 20 × 5	Type: Ridge Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Wolfslohklamm NW from Sargmühle	more pictures	374R030	Leuchtenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Leraubach is coming from the east between Lerau and its confluence with the Luhe a block-rich downhill. In parts the brook crosses a sea of blocks. The rounded granite blocks can be found there in heap. The name gorge is misleading here, as it is not a gorge, but a Kerbtal.	6000 200 × 30	Type: wool sack formation, sea of blocks Type: granite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rock wall in Neuhaus	more pictures	374R032	Windischeschenbach position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On the east bank of the Waldnaab, the granite forms an approx. 15 m high exposed rock face (2005: rock face was largely free from vegetation). Coarse-grained granite with numerous feldspar large crystals is exposed. The rock is usually so badly weathered that no details can be seen, but it shows a striking late weather pattern. The rock face shows a pronounced, oriented network of fissures. The free rock heads have the rounded shapes of wool sack weathering.	400 40 × 10	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural park
Crawlstone WSW from Ritzlersreuth		374R033	Raft position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A rock ensemble of granite blocks weathered by wool sack is hidden in the small wood. The former granite rock castle has collapsed in such a way that the remaining blocks between two very large blocks form a canyon-like alley that is covered by other blocks. This is how a short (creeping) tube was created. The blocks consist of coarse-grained Leuchtenberg granite with striking large potassium feldspar crystals.	48 8 × 6	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Nature reserve, natural monument, landscape protection area
Serpentinite Hill N by Hardt		374R034	Raft position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	To the north of Hardt, three serpentinite lenses (meta-ultrabasites) are inserted into the surrounding amphibolite, which morphologically appear as flat ridges. This clearly shows that the tough serpentinite is harder than the surrounding rocks. There are small outcrops on all three hills that show the surrounding rock. The serpentinites show a conspicuous foliation.	1600 80 × 20	Type: Hard rock, Type of rock : Serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	FFH area, nature park
Serpentinite hill St. Nicholas at Floß	more pictures	374R035	Raft position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Church of St. Nicholas stands on a prominent ridge. Underneath there is a serpentinite body, which protrudes from the surrounding amphibolites as a hardened part due to its weathering resistance. The overgrown slopes are currently no longer showing good outcrops, but to the right of the church staircase the rock - banded serpentinite - can be seen in a prominent block.	9600 120 × 80	Type: Hardening Type: Serpentinite	no information	significant	FFH area, nature park
Giant armchair ESE from Obernankau		374R036	Vohenstrauss position	Naab Mountains	The giant armchair is a towering gneiss rock on the northern slope of the Pfreimdtal, which looks out over the treetops. Therefore you have a beautiful view of the Pfreimdtal from the rock.	225 15 × 15	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Haselstein NW Flossenbürg		374R037	Raft position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On the Haselstein, beautiful wool sack formations in the Flossenbürger granite are exposed in the area of the castle ruins.	60000 200 × 300	Type: wool sack formation, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry E of Kleinrampsau		375A001	Regenstauf position	Regensburg Forest	Quartz porphyry was mined in two adjacent quarries. The quarry floor is strongly overgrown and difficult to access due to fallen granite blocks.	700 20 × 35	Type: Rock Type: Rhyolite, Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former quarry on Schellerberg near Regenstauf		375A002	Regenstauf position	Regensburg Forest	The large quarry has an irregular quarry wall that opens up a Pinitporphyry tunnel with 2 ointment bands. The rock of the Pinitporphyry Dike is much more weathered than the surrounding granite.	2000 50x40	Type: Rock Type: Rhyolite, Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Rocks in Wulkersdorf		375A003	Bernhardswald position	Regensburg Forest	Folded ribbon gneisses are exposed within a farm. The light layers consist of quartz, potassium feldspar and plagioclase, the dark layers of biotite with garnet inclusions. The characteristics are clearly pronounced.	250 25 × 10	Type: Type of rock Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Former quarry W of Plitting		375A004	Bernhardswald position	Regensburg Forest	The blastomylonite, garnet-bearing grain gneiss shows numerous orthoclase inserts up to 12 cm long (Carlsbad twins). The former quarry is almost inaccessible and filled with rubbish. The features described can hardly be recognized.	6 3 × 2	Type: Rock Type: Blastomylonite	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former quarry on Mühlberg SW von Hauzendorf		375A005	Bernhardswald position	Regensburg Forest	In granodioritic granular gneiss there are lentils from banded gneiss and paragneiss clods as well as some basic inclusions.	200 10 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former quarry SE from Beratzhausen		375A006	Beratzhausen position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the former quarry at the southern entrance to Beratzhausen, a sponge reef of the Lower Franconian Alb formation is cut. Partly clear layered joints and some noticeably thin banks trace the structure of the reef dome. These closely spaced layers are likely to correspond to the lower marl plate, which also occurs in the banked and calcareous Treuchtlingen formation (Malm Delta). There is currently no evidence that the area under the thin-banked layers could be Malm Gamma - see MEYER & SCHMIDT-KALER 1983: Geological Guide through the Altmühlalb.	3000 150 × 20	Type: sedimentary structures, rock type: dolomite stone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Niebler E quarry from Hennhüll		375A007	Hemau position	Southern Franconian Alb	The eastern of the former two quarries near Hennhüll is still relatively well preserved. Approx. 15 m of slab and bench limestone has been developed. The bench limestone inserted between the plate limestone consists of 6 horizons of so-called crooked layers as well as rubble limestone and Breistein banks. This form of the Painten formation is called the Hennhüll subformation. Even if the walls slowly collapse and numerous bushes block your view during the vegetation period, this outcrop is still in a very good condition overall, so that not only the walls are still open, but also the stratified surfaces can be seen over long stretches where the respective excavation floors have been created.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Type locality, rock type, sedimentary structures Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former quarry on Hütberg near Deuerling		375A009	Deuerling position	Middle Franconian Alb	The western rocky slope of the Hütberg is mostly only indistinctly banked, but two banks can be seen that could correspond to the lower and upper marl slabs. The Treuchtlinger marble lies here in a small layer facies tub within the Parsberg reef range.	800 40 × 20	Type: Layer sequence Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Climbing rocks of Schönhofen	more pictures	375A010	Nittendorf position	Southern Franconian Alb	A thin band of banked Epsilon dolomite is open above the gray delta dolomite walls. Above it lies a white wooden dolomite from the Upper Malm. The rock walls on the slope of the Schwarzen Laaber are used as a climbing area.	5000 250 × 20	Type: Sequence of layers, rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Former opencast mine NW of Kittenrain		375A011	Bach on the Danube position	Regensburg Forest	In the past, the Kittenrainer Fluorspargang was surface mined here. Outcrops in the adjacent rock (granite) are still present, remains of fluorspar can be found as reading stones.	200 20 × 10	Type: Minerals , Open Pit Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	Open pit	significant	Landscape protection area
W Quarry at Scheuchenberg SE from Sulzbach ad Donau		375A013	Bach on the Danube position	Dungau	On the south side of the Scheuchenberg there are several former quarries in wine-growing rocks of the Danube fault. The westernmost break is easily accessible and hardly collapses. Here, hydrothermally modified, reddish, fine-grain biotite granites that have been repeatedly tectonically brecciated and healed again with quartz are exposed.	20000 200 × 100	Type: rock type, metamorphic structure, fault type: meta, granite, crystalline breccia	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Quarry at Spindelbach ENE von Grünthal		375A014	Wenzenbach position	Regensburg Forest	Inhomogeneous diatexites, which were less affected by homogenization at this point and represent well-foliated biotite-cordierite gneisses, in contact with a fine-grained two-mica granite of the peripheral facies are exposed.	60 12 × 5	Type: Rock type, contact, metamorphic structure Type: Gneiss, granite, migmatite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area
Former Quarry Eckl N Bügerl		375A015	Hemau position	Southern Franconian Alb	There is now a shooting range in the former Eckl quarry north of Bügerl. In the still open quarry wall behind it, there are approx. 5 m thick bench limestone of the deeper Painten formation, in which two crooked layers, each approx. 1 m thick, are inserted.	4000 100 × 40	Type: Rock Type: Limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural park
Steep edge in Laubenhartgrund		375A016	Hemau position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the steep ascent on the east side of the Laubenhartgrund there are approx. 10 m of silica limestone and slab silex that have been mined in a small quarry. However, this occurrence (the type profile of the Tangrintel Formation) has largely collapsed and overgrown today, so that only a few places are left. The indication of Malm Epsilon, stratified limestone is to be seen as a makeshift solution, as the correct geology information is not currently stored in the key list	300 30 × 10	Type: type locality, rock type: pebble limestone	no information	precious	Landscape protection area
Former Quarry at Kollerhof SE from Dinau		375A019	Kallmünz position	Middle Franconian Alb	The outcrop is a reference profile of the Ebenwies subformation of the Torleite formation. The indication Malm Epsilon, stratified limestone under Geological Description is incorrect. It was only used because the field is a mandatory field and the correct information Torleite formation or Ebenwies subformation of the Torleite formation is not available in the key lists.	10000 100 × 100	Type: standard / reference profile, layer sequence type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
former quarry WNW of Krippersberg		375A020	Wolfsegg position	Middle Franconian Alb	Long, sloping quarry in the basal areas of the Regensburg formation (Regensburg green sandstone). The quarry is largely overgrown and dilapidated. In places, however, the green sandstone is still pending. Along the narrow strip of land to the west of the outcrop there are repeatedly plowed-out rocks made of green sandstone with reclaimed plate limestone from the Ebenwies subformation or limestone in the crevices of which green sandstone occurs. These rocks come from the immediate transgression area of the Upper Chalk Sea over the land surface built up by the White Jurassic limestone at that time.	7500 250 × 30	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock type: sand-lime brick	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Limestone extraction N from Brunn		375A023	Brunn position	Middle Franconian Alb	The plate liming on Zeinberg N von Brunn was carried out for research purposes by Dr. Röper (Solnhofen) and delivered numerous fossils. Röper & Rothgänger (1999) Die Plattenkalke von Bronn provide a compilation of this. Unauthorized entry to the fossil site is not allowed! The tub sediments of Brunn with plate limestone (below) and bench limestone (above) belong to the Ebenwies subformation of the Torleite formation and are a reference profile of this subformation. The Malm Epsilon layered lime specification is a stopgap measure, as the key lists in the BIS have not yet allowed correct allocation.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Animal Fossils, Standard / Reference Profile Type: Limestone	other information	especially valuable	no protected area
Former Sand pit on the Girnitz		375A024	Duggendorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the sand pit on the Girnitz, loose sandstone and sands from the protective rock formation were mined for local needs until the 1950s. The unsorted, well rounded quartz sands with a maximum grain size of around 8 mm are partially bound with silicate. These hard parts were not mined and therefore today form small quartzite rocks in the former sand pit, which was unfortunately littered with all sorts of debris. Such quartzites were often to be found on the surface of the Franconian Alb (at least until they were extensively eliminated by the land consolidation). These weather-resistant relic blocks - detached from their original rock structure and not clearly assignable to a parent rock - are commonly referred to as Kallmünzer. The quartzite rocks in the sand pit on the Girnitz are Kallmünzer in the rock and can therefore be assigned to the protective rock formation.	1800 60 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Quartzite, Quartz Sandstone, Sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	Landscape protection area
Former Gneiss fracture on the Refberg NE of Refthal		375A025	Altenthann position	Regensburg Forest	The abandoned quarry on Refberg opens up a granular anatectic biotite gneiss (formed from partially melted granite), which often contains larger inclusions of orthoclase (alkali feldspar) and is therefore also known as granular gneiss. A corridor-shaped diorite deposit was mapped between the parking lot to the west on the St 2650 and the quarry area. It can be proven by reading stones. The pegmatite dikes described by ANDRITZKY (1968) were not (any longer) exposed in the quarry in 2015.	500 20 × 25	Type: metamorphic structure, rock type: gneiss	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area
Cave castle hole		375A026	Nittendorf position	Southern Franconian Alb	The Höhlenburg Loch is one of only two cave castles in Bavaria (the second is in Stein ad Traun in Upper Bavaria). The lower, flatter part of the castle area lies in the plate dolomites, which are part of the Velburg horizon. The steep wall, at the base of which the (residential) caves appear, is formed by mass dolomites of the Middle Franconian Alb formation.	3600 120 × 30	Type: Type of rock, karst halfway / natural bridge, rock castle Type: dolomite stone	cave	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Golden hood		375A027	Beratzhausen position	Southern Franconian Alb	The dolomite of the Frankenalb Formation can disintegrate into its sand-grain-sized, golden-yellow individual crystals in the course of weathering, starting from fissures in the rock. The resulting dolomite sand was previously used for walls in the area of the Alb. When this sand was excavated along the clefts on the golden hood, structures that are reminiscent of walls and rooms were created. This led to two legends according to which the golden hood is said to be the remains of a cursed castle. The massive dolomites of the Frankenalb formation emerged from sponge reefs. Due to the weathering, the contours of these sponges are carved out as hollow shapes. This creates a restless, holey-looking surface of the mass dolomite, which you can see very nicely in the walls of the Golden Dome. Especially in the nooks and crannies of the Golden Dome, the dolomite sands still fill the gaps today, so that you can see very nicely how the massive rock flows smoothly into loose sand.	900 30 × 30	Type: Rock type, crevice, quarry / pit Type: Dolomite stone	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area
Former quarry SE von Ebenwies		375G001	Pettendorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The light limestone (reef rubble limestone of the Upper Kimmeridge) from the former Ebenwies quarry provided the building material for the Walhalla. The broken walls show large areas of drill holes and traces of the wire sawing work with which the limestone blocks were removed from the wall. Romantic overgrown ruins of the earlier factory buildings are still preserved. Stay away from the high break walls! The first major plate limestone development began in the Mittel-Kimmeridge of Ebenwies, the most famous representatives of which are the younger plate limestone of Solnhofen (Unter-Tithon).	800 80 × 10	Type: quarry / pit, layer sequence type: dolomite stone, limestone	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Former fluorspar mine NW of Kittenrain		375G002	Bach on the Danube position	Regensburg Forest	An approximately 2 m thick and 450 m long fluorspar quartz corridor was excavated after several historical operating periods (documented since 1496) in the so-called Schönfrebs mine (name of the pit since 1703) mainly from 1970 to 1994 and largely dismantled. Purple and light green fluorspar, quartz and chert were extracted. The Kittenrain pit can now be visited as a show mine.	100 10 × 10	Type: Stud Type: Granite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Landscape protection area
Former fluorspar mine Sulzbach II		375G003	Donaustauf position	Regensburg Forest	From 1918 to 1960 the mine in the Donaustaufer Fluorsparvier mined a fluorspar dike in granite up to 6 m, later 2 m thick, over three tunnels and a die. Over the course of the day, the corridor was dismantled in a deep dig that extends 200 m up the mountain.	200 100 × 2	Type: tunnels, minerals, layer sequence Type: granite, vein mineralization	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Digging pit field SW of Kohlstadt		375G004	Sinzing position	Southern Franconian Alb	The large excavation pit originates from the former mining of stone ore. The countless small hollows and heaps can be seen very well in the area, which is largely free of undergrowth and moss-grown.	180000 600 × 300	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Limestone	no information	precious	Ground monument
Pinging at Reichenstetten		375G005	Sinzing position	Southern Franconian Alb	In the 1950s, the Rauhlochschacht, a sloping tunnel through which brown coal was extracted, was located on the northwest edge of Reichenstetten. Today's pinge resembles a sinkhole.	3600 60 × 60	Type: Stollen, Pinge / nfeld Type: Limestone, lignite	Ping	significant	no protected area
Robber's Cave N of Etterzhausen		375H001	Nittendorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The spacious cave serves as an excursion destination. It has two entrances (located on the rocky slope). The rock inside the cave is z. Sometimes overgrown with lichens.	250 50 × 5	Type: Karst horizontal cave Type: Dolomite stone	cave	significant	no protected area
Bachmühlbach springs at Bachmühle	more pictures	375Q001	Hemau position	Southern Franconian Alb	The source is located on the Swabian-Franconian lineament. The water exits from several deep funnels at the bottom of the stream. The discharge (approx. 100 l / s) is extremely constant for a karst spring.	1750 350 × 5	Type: Source of interference Type: Dolomite stone, limestone	no information	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area
High rocks N of Beratzhausen		375R001	Beratzhausen position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Hohe Fels north of Beratzhausen is the southwestern flank of a sponge reef from the Lower Franconian Alb formation. Extensive layer joints in the Dolomites, which at first glance appear massive, trace the inclination of the reef flanks to the southwest. About halfway up the high rock, some noticeably thin banks particularly emphasize this collapse. These closely spaced layers should correspond to one of the two marl plates (probably the lower one) that also occur in the banked and calcareous Treuchtlingen Formation (Malm Delta). The Schwarze Laber turns directly in front of the Hohe Fels from the northwest-southeast direction into the northeast-southwest direction. The actual center of the reef is in the south-eastern continuation of the valley.	5000 100 × 50	Type: rock castle, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Castle hill in Wolfsegg	more pictures	375R002	Wolfsegg position	Middle Franconian Alb	Wolfsegg Castle stands on a small island mountain, which is bordered on three sides by the Wolfsegger dry valley. In the east it is separated from the actual valley ascent by a shallow depression, which probably corresponds to an earlier valley level. The castle hill is built up from clearly banked dolomite stones of the Pottenstein formation (Bernhof subformation). There is a cave system in the mountain below the castle. This is not open to the public, access is blocked by a barred gate.	2500 50 × 50	Type: rock castle, karst shaft & horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Kallmünz Castle Hill	more pictures	375R003	Kallmünz position	Middle Franconian Alb	The dolomitized reef complexes of the higher Malm Delta and Epsilon were exposed here in a unique way by Naab and Vils.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Rock wall / slope, sedimentary structures Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Ponor-Doline SE from Neuhof		375R004	Brunn position	Middle Franconian Alb	The sinkhole is connected to the polje of Neuhof - Zeinberg - Wischenhofen via a ditch almost 400 m long. During heavy rain events or when the snow melts in the southern section, a large part of the Polje von Wischenhofen-Neuhof is drained into the subsoil via the sinkhole of this sinkhole. There are more sinkholes, especially in the west and south-west. Just a few meters south of the south wall of the sinkhole, another deep trench begins. This leads to numerous other sinkholes at its bottom and extends to Brunn.	2500 50 × 50	Type: sinkhole Type: dolomite stone	no information	significant	no protected area
Rock wall with cave on Weitzenberg W of Kallmünz		375R005	Kallmünz position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the imposing rock face is a 7 m long cave (location of the cave entrance: R4496438 / H5446826). The cave follows a chasm. The cave ends where the gap has not yet been cleared. The gap is about NW-SE. The wall itself is formed from the widely banked Dolomites of the Bernhof subformation of the Pottenstein formation. The joints between the individual benches are horizontal and do NOT show a domed structure. There are also no areas in which the benches are completely fused and the wall appears to be disorganized. As a first approximation, the wall is built up by three benches with a thickness of several meters. Between these are thinner benches (in the range of 1 m). T. also form fillets. Some of the banks also merge in sections to form a correspondingly thicker bank. Above the rock face, the giant banks z. Sometimes the entire slope is stepped like a staircase up to the striking flattening at about 440 m above sea level. Beneath the wall, too, banked dolomite are repeatedly developed, but the bench strengths rarely exceed 1.5 m.	500 50 × 10	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Rocks at Eichenberg N of Kallmünz		375R006	Kallmünz position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the SW, the base of the Eichenberg consists of banked Dolomites of the Pottenstein Formation, which repeatedly form smaller pulpits and steps as the slope increases. In the NE it is built up by mass dolomites of the Lower Franconian Alb formation. Above this, with the Velburg horizon, which is only a few meters thick, follows a thin layer package. Above this horizon, the massive, light-colored dolomites of the Middle Franconian Alb formation rise vertically up to 20 m. The thin bank of the Velburg horizon is noticeably different from the thick banked Pottenstein Formation as well as the massive Frankenalb Formation and covers both the banked and the massive facies. Therefore, it is a regionally important key horizon, which is z. B. also allows the Lower Franconia to be separated from the Middle Franconian Alb formation.	60000 200 × 300	Type: rock wall / slope, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Galgenberg near Regenstauf		375R007	Regenstauf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Jura rock is covered with typical vegetation (dry grass community). The former outcrops are largely dilapidated.	22500 150 × 150	Type: rock wall / slope, sequence of layers, fault type: limestone	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Regenstaufer Schlossberg		375R008	Regenstauf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The incrusted crystal granite has orthoclase fragments with an edge length of up to 10 cm.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area
Giant jump NW of Drackenstein		375R009	Regenstauf position	Regensburg Forest	The rock formation, also popularly known as the Druid Stone, is said to have served as a thing site at the time of the Marcomanni. It is made of sackcloth granite blocks.	32 8 × 4	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Kürner Schlossberg		375R010	Bernhardswald position	Regensburg Forest	A broad pinitporphyry corridor forms the foundation of the castle. He is open-minded in rocky areas on the southern slope. The aisle sits in the crystal granite 1 that most of the wool sacks in the park are made of.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, wool sack formation Type: rhyolite, granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Granite rock in Kürn		375R011	Bernhardswald position	Regensburg Forest	There are two large blocks of granite rock piled on top of each other on private property. The typical weathering of wool sacks and feldspar sprinkles are striking.	36 6 × 6	Type: Rock tower / needle, wool sack formation Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Galgenberg SE from Beratzhausen		375R012	Beratzhausen position	Middle Franconian Alb	The table mountain-like rock bastions in the northeast belong to the southwest flank of a reef dome, the actual reef center and the northeast flank are not developed. The banks sloping to the southwest show thicknesses in the meter range, but sometimes also below. The layer surfaces are very clearly developed. The rocks southwest of it (up to the railway bridge) are, in contrast, noticeably rugged with numerous peaks and ridges. This is caused by (at least) two gap or fault directions that cross here. The individual clods between the dividing surfaces are correspondingly bizarre carved out by the weathering.	1600 40 × 40	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock clearance 1 SSE from Beratzhausen		375R013	Beratzhausen position	Middle Franconian Alb	The rock face northeast of the waterworks in the valley of the Schwarzen Laber is built up by the Dolomites of the Franconian Alb formation. The impressive rock formation of the Jura is surrounded by a species-rich mixed deciduous forest.	1200 60 × 20	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	inferior	Natural monument
Rock clearance 2 SSE from Beratzhausen		375R014	Beratzhausen position	Southern Franconian Alb	The rock clearance northwest of the waterworks on the Schwarzen Laber belongs to the southwest wing of a reef dome in the dolomite of the Frankenalb formation. There is a small cave at the foot of the northwest wall of the rock exposure. Above the rock formation are three ring walls of Celtic origin.	1000 20 × 50	Type: Rock wall / slope Type: Dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area
Sixenfelsen or Hundstein in Beratzhausen		375R015	Beratzhausen position	Middle Franconian Alb	A sponge reef complex of the Lower Franconian Alb Formation is cut into the steep face along State Road 2294 between the southern entrance to Beratzhausen and the small commercial area. Often indistinct layer joints in the Dolomites, which at first glance appear massive, trace the structure of the reef complex. In the foot area of the rock face and about halfway up, two bands with noticeably thin benches particularly emphasize the flat ups and downs of the layers. These narrow layers are likely to correspond to the lower or upper marl plate, which also occurs in the banked and calcareous Treuchtlingen Formation (Malm Delta). There is currently no evidence of membership in the Malm Gamma (MEYER & SCHMIDT-KALER 1983).	4500 150 × 30	Type: rock wall / slope, layer sequence type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, FFH area
Rock summit with Hiaslhöhle S from Beratzhausen		375R016	Beratzhausen position	Southern Franconian Alb	The small, around eight meter high rocky dome of the Hiasl cave is built up by mass dolomites from the Franconian Alb formation. Numerous crevices run through the horizontally poorly structured block. The Hiaslhöhle, a low cave only a few meters long, was created along one of these clefts. Half of the entrance to the cave is built with stones. However, this barrier still allows a view into the small cavity. The name Hiaslhöhle goes back to the fact that a hermit who was called Hiasl lived there from 1924 to 1948.	100 20 × 5	Type: rocky dome, karst horizontal cave Type: dolomite stone	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Landscape protection area
The yellow rock SE of Schönhofen	more pictures	375R018	Sinzing position	Middle Franconian Alb	According to the ND list, this is the most beautiful and impressive rock formation in the district in the Jura area. The rocks are rich in fossils and surrounded by large open areas of wild grass. The popular destination is also used by climbers. (Limestone banks of the Malm Epsilon above the massive Dolomites of the Malm Delta).	10000 200 × 50	Type: rock castle, type of layers : limestone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Pfalzlbauernberg SE from Schönhofen		375R019	Nittendorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The foot of the mountain is formed by tabletop delta dolomites with recognizable sponge structures. They are overlaid by Malm-Epsilon, initially with a few meters of light limestone banks. Only then does a white mass limestone wall with an indistinct horizontal structure rise vertically. The outcrop is rich in fossils.	600 30 × 20	Type: rock tower / needle, type of layers : limestone, dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	FFH area, bird sanctuary
Rocks with May Cave near Hardt		375R020	Nittendorf position	Southern Franconian Alb	The typical Jura rock formation has two small caves. Individual rock faces are used as climbing rocks.	1400 70 × 20	Type: Rock wall / slope, Karst horizontal cave Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Rock clearance with robber's cave SE von Etterzhausen		375R021	Sinzing position	Middle Franconian Alb	The rock face has three smaller half caves.	300 15 × 20	Type: rock face / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: dolomite stone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	no protected area
Osterstein NW of Pielenhofen		375R022	Brunn position	Middle Franconian Alb	The impressive rock face on the right bank of the Naab is accessible via hiking trails.	14000 200 × 70	Type: Rock wall / slope, Karst horizontal cave Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve
Donaustauf Castle Hill		375R023	Donaustauf position	Dungau	The Burgberg is a striking hardship and a lookout point on the Danube rim . It is built up from the dark reddish-brown breccias of the red-lying. There are good outlines behind the church and at the transition from the outer bailey to the main castle.	120000 400 × 300	Type: Hard rock, Type of rock : Breccia	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	FFH area
Rock slope with cave 100 m south of the Sinzinger motorway bridge	more pictures	375R024	Pentling position	Southern Franconian Alb	The impressive, steep rock face has numerous cavities.	500 20 × 25	Type: rock wall / slope, karst halfway / natural bridge Type: limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Sacrificial stone in Heilingholz SW of Bruckbach		375R025	Brennberg position	Regensburg Forest	Several wool-sack-like crystal granite blocks are scattered over a larger area. The hollow shape on one of the blocks gave it its name.	100 10 × 10	Type: wool sack formation, carts / fields Type: granite	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Wollsackbildung S by Frankenberg		375R026	Brennberg position	Regensburg Forest	The block material contains feldspar fragments with an edge length of up to 10 cm.	2500 50 × 50	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Landscape protection area
Castle hill near Brennberg	more pictures	375R027	Brennberg position	Regensburg Forest	The granite shows large feldspar sprouts. It served as building material for the castle.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Wool sack formation on Eichelberg SSE von Bruckbach		375R028	Brennberg position	Regensburg Forest	In crystal granite I, feldspar fragments with an edge length of up to 7 cm can be found.	200 20 × 10	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	significant	Landscape protection area
Hohe Wand N by Alling		375R029	Sinzing position	Middle Franconian Alb	The mighty Jura rock formation has numerous cavities and a semi-cave. The steep rock face is z. T. used as a climbing rock.	1200 30 × 40	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Limestone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area
Protective rock NW of Pentling	more pictures	375R032	Pentling position	Southern Franconian Alb	On the Schutzfels (on the eastern bank of the Danube between Schwalbennest and Fohlenhof) the type of locality of the Schutzfels formation is open. The clay-sandy deposits of the protective rock formation lie in a karst hollow form formed in massive limestone in the Lower Cretaceous Period . Since these are easily weathered, a semi-cave has formed in this area, which offers protection from bad weather (hence the name Schutzfelsen). The roof of this half-cave is formed by the green sandstone of the Regensburg formation, at the base of which a transgression conglomerate has developed.	200 20 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, type locality, sequence of layers, discordance Type: sandstone, limestone, clay	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Nature reserve, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 56
Dacherlfelsen N by Matting		375R033	Pentling position	Southern Franconian Alb	The steep slope on the left bank of the Danube offers a clear, hardly vegetation-covered outcrop.	7000 100 × 70	Type: rock wall / slope, type of layers : limestone, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Old Danube WSW from Pfatter	more pictures	375R034	Pfatter position	Dungau	The course of the old Danube meander can be clearly seen, the impact slope has been preserved. Here you can find an enormous biodiversity of wetland vegetation and a rich bird life.	150000 1500 × 100	Type: Meander Type: Gravel	no information	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Doline in the key basket valley W Altmannshof		375R038	Hemau position	Southern Franconian Alb	small sinkhole with pending in the mass dolomites that stretch from Eichlberg down to the center of the valley. Two old oaks that grow in the sinkhole make it visible from afar. Stratigraphy: White Jurassic, recent	100 10 × 10	Type: sinkhole Type: dolomite stone	Sinkhole / sinkhole	significant	no protected area
Teufelsgesperr Gorge NW of Hirschling		375R039	Regenstauf position	Regensburg Forest	The Hausbach cut into the crystal granite I northwest of Hirschling, partly like a gorge. In some cases, wool sack weathering can be seen on the rock exposures, on the surrounding hills there are more wool sack weathered granite blocks. In the streambed there are often weathered feldspars. The gorge is only accessible in the lower (southern) area by an unmarked path.	25000 500 × 50	Type: Canyon Type: Granite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	no protected area
Former quarries northwest of Ödmiesbach		376A006	Teunz position	Naab Mountains	In the large, former granite quarry, fine to medium-grained light two-mica granites of the Oberviechtach granite massif are exposed. The quarry walls show a pronounced and noticeable fissure. The quarry is quite overgrown and collapsed.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Pingartener Porphyry SSE from Pingarten	more pictures	376A007	Bodenwoehr position	Naab Mountains	The former quarry develops Rotliegend breccias, the so-called Erzhäuser Arkose with fluorspar mineralization. The structures can be clearly seen on the break wall. The rock consists of a fine-grained base mass with coarse mineral and rock fragments. Because of its resemblance to volcanic rocks, the sediment was mistakenly named Pingarten Porphyry. The steep rocks were dragged up at the pile fault on the north edge of the Bodenwöhrer depression.	750 150 × 5	Type: Type locality, Minerals, Disorder Type: Breccia	Quarry	especially valuable	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 6
Former quarry on Regen SW of Marienthal		376A009	Nittenau position	Regensburg Forest	In the quarry, which has been abandoned for a long time, there is a small-grain two-mica granite that appears in the shape of a stick and builds up the neighboring Gailenberg and parts of the Schwarzberg. The quarry is very overgrown, the walls are hardly accessible during the growing season.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Limestone quarry on Brunnberg NW of Burglengenfeld		376A011	Burglengenfeld position	Middle Franconian Alb	Limestone is mined for the Burglengenfeld cement works in the very spacious quarry. The extraction of raw materials began in 1913. On the east side of the site on the road from Burglengenfeld in the direction of Dirnau / Bubenhof there is a show point (explanatory boards, large blocks of limestone) from which you can see the quarry (photo point). Bank limestone from Malm alpha to the lower delta is open. The Malm Beta has developed very thick banks (up to 4 m bank thickness).	150,000 600 × 250	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, fault Type: Limestone, marlstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former quarry NW of Jeding		376A013	Fensterbach position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the quarry, which has been abandoned for a long time, fine-grain glauconite sandstone from the Upper Cretaceous is exposed. Today the quarry is very overgrown and swampy. A pond makes access to the exposed walls difficult. Only a small part of the once open-minded profile [Krumbeck 1918, Lehner 1934] can still be seen. The Jedinger sandstone was mined as a building block.	6250 125 × 50	Type: type locality, rock type: sandstone	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Former quarry SW of Kadermühle		376A014	Schmidgaden position	Naab Mountains	In the abandoned quarry, fine-grain granite is exposed, fluorspar can be found in fissures. The fracture is relatively strongly overgrown, so the exposure conditions are not particularly good. The geotope is partly on the route of the planned A 6 motorway (ongoing planning approval procedure!).	1250 50 × 25	Type: Rock Type , Minerals Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Rock face on Kolm NE of Oberwarnbach	more pictures	376A019	Schwarzach near Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	Medium to coarse-grained granite with reddish feldspars is exposed along the former railway line on the south side of the Kolm. The steep rock face is quite overgrown. In an abandoned quarry (approx. 100 m further E) the rock can be seen a little better in broken blocks. The granite is part of a larger granite train that extends parallel to the pile over several tens of kilometers.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Granite	embankment	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Flussspargang N from Wölsendorf		376A020	Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	On the steep slope embankment there is a fluorspar walk (Rolandgang) in medium to coarse-grained Variscan granite. The color spectrum of the fluorspar of this corridor, which here is split into 2 more than 0.5 m wide rubble, is remarkable (white, green, purple, black). There are several former mining tunnels in the area. The area was described and drawn by Gümbel and is therefore also called Gümbel-Eck.	6000 200 × 30	Type: Minerals, Vein, Adit Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	embankment	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Sandstone wall northwest of Grünwald	more pictures	376A021	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the former quarry, multi-colored banded iron sandstones from the Dogger Beta are exposed. Particularly noticeable are dark iron hydroxide layers (> 1 centimeter thick), which run through the sandstones and appear as wavy ribbons in the cut. In many places there are still traces of cutting from sandstone mining. They show that the sandstone was relatively easy to work with. It was previously used as factory sandstone z. B. dismantled to build houses and bridges.	200 20 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Gorge NW of Taxöldern		376A022	Bodenwoehr position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the gorge, thick, rough sandstone banks of the Upper Plant Sandstone are exposed. The quartz sandstones containing feldspar (with small quartz pebbles) are not very strongly consolidated here. At Erzhäuser, the sandstone was mined as building sandstone.	200 10 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Oberturon sandstone on Dachsberg SE from Schwarzenfeld		376A023	Schwarzenfeld position	Bodenwöhrer valley	In the flat summit area of the Dachsberg (wooded hilltop) one encounters a collection of more or less pending blocks made of a light, unevenly grained, partly quartzite-bound sandstone from the Cretaceous period. The Dachsberg is in the area of a strip of steep Upper Cretaceous layers near the pile fault. The rocks of the overburden are dragged up in clods near the border with the crystalline basement on the northern edge of the Bodenwöhrer Halbgabens.	600 20 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	block	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite outcrop N by Steinmühle	more pictures	376A028	Oberviechtach position	Naab Mountains	Fine-grained two-mica granite with biotite slugs is exposed along the road embankment. The granite is strongly fissured. The outcrop is well suited as an excursion point (useful exposure conditions, easily accessible).	500 50 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Granite	embankment	precious	Natural park
Granite quarry W von Häuslberg		376A029	Guteneck position	Naab Mountains	In the now presumably abandoned quarry, fine-grain granite from the Oberviechtach granite massif has been exposed. The quarry is quite overgrown, the outcrop walls are difficult to access because of the vegetation. In the past, paving stones were extracted in the quarry, later it was used to extract gravel.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss outcrop on Nabburg Castle Hill	more pictures	376A030	Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	The rock face that forms the eastern slope of the Nabburg castle hill offers a good outcrop of cordierite-sillmanite-gneiss. The clearly schisted gneiss is criss-crossed by aplitic and pegmatitic passages. The exposure wall is accessible via the small road next to the railway line.	1000 100 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Gneiss, Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural park
Opencast lignite mine S in Wackersdorf	more pictures	376A031	Wackersdorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The former lignite field belongs to a branch of the Urnaab channel system, which begins near Wackersdorf and reaches the main channel northeast of Klardorf. The branching branch contained the most important and best brown coal deposits in the Upper Palatinate . The former open-cast lignite mine has been largely recultivated today. On the sole, the beginning of succession shows through loose vegetation and water accumulation. The western part is backfilled (ash), in the south the coal for the Dachelhofen power plant is temporarily stored .	250000 500 × 500	Type: sequence of layers, type of rock Type: lignite, sand	Open pit	precious	no protected area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 99
Gravel pit E from Heidweiherhöf		376A032	Neukirchen-Balbini position	Naab Mountains	In the largely abandoned gravel pit (only sporadic material extraction), a partially decomposed, heavily disturbed granite with a reddish color is extracted as gravel. The rock has been tectonically damaged by the pile fault. The geotope is located in the district of Schwandorf, but was originally recorded under 372A009 (Lkr. Cham)!	4900 70 × 70	Type: Rock Type: Granite Gravel	Gravel pit / sand pit	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Clay pit on the Silberberg SW of Bruck id Opf.		376A034	Bruck in the Upper Palatinate position	Bodenwöhrer valley	Opalinus Clay is mined in the large clay pit. Parts of the pit are backfilled, in other areas the clay on the sloping wall of the pit can be excavated under a thin layer of debris. The dark gray clay, which breaks up into fine flakes, contains lime and clay iron lumps as well as gypsum crystals that have accumulated at the base of the wall. The pit is one of the few places in the district where Opalinus Clay is exposed.	12000 150 × 80	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, discordance Type: clay, sandstone	Clay pit / clay pit / marl pit	precious	Natural park
Gneiss rock Dachsbau on Signalberg NE of Pondorf		376A036	Weiding position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	There are numerous gneiss cliffs in the summit area of the Signalberg. Although the rocks are mostly heavily overgrown with lichen, various metamorphic structural elements such as foliation and small folds can still be seen in the weathering. The clearly banded gneiss contains numerous, mostly elongated quartz knuckles (up to the size of a child's head).	900 60 × 15	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure, rocky dome Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Magdalenafels E by Schönsee	more pictures	376A037	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	Not far from the St. Magdalena Chapel, numerous gneiss noses come to light on the slope. Many blocks of gneiss are scattered around the area. In the blocks, the rock and its structure are nicely exposed. A rock slab directly next to the chapel shows the metamorphic structural elements particularly clearly. You can see e.g. B. cleavage, separation into light and dark bands, folds, various inclusions (surrounded by gneiss) and quartz crumple.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: Cordierite, Sillimanite, Gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, nature park
Quarries at the Schwammerling near Schwandorf	more pictures	376A038	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The Schwammerling is a lookout point over the old town of Schwandorf. There are several old quarries in the iron sandstone of the Dogger Beta in the area.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Type: Sandstone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Quartz quarry at Hirschberg E von Hofenstetten		376A039	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	To the northwest of the observation tower on the Hirschberg summit is an abandoned quarry in pile quartz. The multi-phase fracturing and re-healing of the quartz rock is clearly visible.	5000 100 × 50	Type: Rock type, metamorphic structure Type: Vein quartz	Quarry	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Lignite exploration at Lindensee S of Hofenstetten		376A041	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Bodenwöhrer valley	On the north bank of the Linden lake (south of Hofenstetten), smaller outcrops of brown coal tertiary can be found in numerous erosion channels. The conditions change frequently due to erosion.	250 50 × 5	Type: Rock type, sequence of layers, open-cast mining Type: Lignite, sand	Open pit	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Rauberweiher lignite mine field	more pictures	376G001	Wackersdorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	Like many former opencast mines, this former quarry is now filled with groundwater. A kilometer-long row of lakes characterizes the former mining area. Individual mining facilities are still spread across the site.	8000000 8000 × 1000	Type: Open pit type: Clay, sand, lignite	other information	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, nature park
Fluorspar mine Erika SE from Freiung		376G003	Stulln position	Naab Mountains	The fluorspar mine Erika was one of the numerous fluorspar mines in the Upper Palatinate in the Nabburg area. The production of fluorspar began in 1923. In 1973, after the deposits were exhausted, the operation was stopped and the mine closed. Today the site has fallen into disrepair, the shaft closed. In 2002 a collapse in the underground mine building caused a sinkhole near the former main shaft, which has been backfilled.	8000 100 × 80	Type: Manhole Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	no protected area
Former Reichhart-Schacht show mine in Freiung		376G004	Stulln position	Naab Mountains	Of the numerous fluorspar pits in the Nabburg mining district (all of which have been closed since 1987), only the Reichhart shaft could be visited as a visitor mine. Open-minded u. a. a textbook zoned fluorite-barite tunnel (fluorspar-barite tunnel). In order to maintain the accessibility of some soles, 400 to 500 cubic meters of water had to be pumped out of the pit every day. The visitor mine is now closed. The underground facilities are under water.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Manhole, Minerals Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	Monument protection
Former fluorspar mine Hermine E von Freiung		376G005	Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	The Hermine corridor in the Wölsendorf riverside district was sporadically dismantled as early as the 19th century. The first underground mining on fluorspar began in 1917. The actual Hermine mine was built in 1943. In May 1987, the Hermine mine and the Helene mine were the last remaining fluorspar mines to be shut down at the same time. With that the mining in the Wölsendorfer Revier finally went out.	20000 200 × 100	Type: Manhole Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former fluorspar mine Erna NE von Stulln		376G006	Stulln position	Naab Mountains	The Erna mine dismantled several corridors (including Erna, Anna I, Anna II) from 1940 after the merging of some small businesses. The goods to be conveyed went directly to the processing plants. In 1981 the mine was closed. The wooden headframe and the wooden bridge for processing (Fig. 3 and 4, 2005 and 2000 respectively) were later demolished. The building of the previous processing is still standing. However, industrial companies (including metal construction companies) are now located there, as well as a private household. Therefore it cannot be entered!	7500 150 × 50	Type: Manhole Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	no information	significant	Monument protection
Former quarry SE from Prackendorf		376G007	Dieterskirchen position	Naab Mountains	The granite quarry was shut down in the 1960s. In the upper part there is a lake in front of the steep break wall.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Quarry / Pit, Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former barite mine W from Furthmühle	more pictures	376G008	Schwarzach near Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	Right next to the road is the mouth hole of a former barite tunnel. It is a short (but branched) tunnel system in reddish granite. In the roof there are remains of the excavated barite vein. The mineral barite (mineralogical name: barite, chemical barium sulfate) got its name due to its relatively high density (4.5). It is a hydrothermal vein mineral and often occurs as an accompanying mineral to fluorspar (fluorite).	50 50 × 1	Type: Adit Type: Granite, Vein mineralization	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Granite quarries SE by Gleiritsch		376G009	Gliding position	Naab Mountains	Numerous large old granite quarries in the wooded slope testify to earlier mining activities.	60000 300 × 200	Type: Quarry / Pit Type: Granite	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Felsenkeller in Schwandorf	more pictures	376G010	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	Hidden under the vineyard in Schwandorf, laid out over several floors, is a huge system of rock cellars (estimated total corridor length: 6 km). Research into and renovation of the facilities is ongoing. A part of the opened cellars can be visited through the city of Schwandorf. Construction of the cellars from at least the 15th century (beer storage) up to the 20th century (including air raid shelters). The basement rooms, carved directly into the rock, offer fantastic outcrops in the iron sandstone.	30000 6000 × 5	Type: rock cellar, rock type: sandstone	Rock cellar	precious	Monument protection
Former Heinrich-Kocher-Stollen E show mine in Wölsendorf		376G011	Schwarzach near Nabburg position	Naab Mountains	Fluorspar was mined in the Heinrich Kocher tunnel from 1937 to 1952. The show mine that used to be operated here no longer exists, the tunnel mouth hole is barred.	20 10 × 2	Type: Adit, Rock Type , Minerals Type: Vein mineralization , granite	Tunnel / gallery / shaft	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Güttingloch and traces of gold mining in Gütting-Unterlangau		376G012	Oberviechtach position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Gütting Forest near Unterlangau there are extensive pits and heaps as relics of historical gold mining. The situation is explained by an information pavilion and a nature trail. The geotope is protected as a ground monument (monument no. D-3-6440-0003).	60000 300 × 200	Type: Soap laundry, open-cast mine, pinge field, dump Type: Cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Schurf	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Traces of gold mining in the Murach valley below Tannermühle		376G014	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Murach valley below Tannermühle near Unterlangau there is an extensive area with relics of historical mining on soap gold on the Murach, Braunbeergraben and Forellenbach. Extensive washing ponds and pits have been preserved. An educational trail explains gold mining in historical and geological terms. Guided hikes on the nature trail are offered as well as gold panning on the trout stream. An information point is located a short distance away in Unterlangau. The geotope, together with the Unterlangau area, is under protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-3-6440- 0003).	140000 700 × 200	Type: Soap laundry, digging, opencast mining, dump Type: Cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Ping	precious	Soil monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former Flint stone mining S from Saltendorf		376G015	Teublitz position	Middle Franconian Alb	In the high forest on the plateau south of Saltendorf there are several pings that testify to modern flint quarrying. In the area of the deposit, which was already used in the Stone Age, the flint stone (chert nodules) was mined between 1794 and 1808 in a real mine field in day shafts up to 15 m deep. At the time when the flints quarried here were used for flintlock rifles, they were among the highest quality in the entire region. Today only two larger pings less than two meters deep and numerous smaller depressions in the forest are preserved. All mining sites were leveled on the agricultural areas north to north-west. However, unlike in the high forest, good finds of chert tubers and debris are possible there. A marked hiking trail (No. 6, Panoramasteig in the city triangle) crosses the former mining site. Parts of the site are under special protection as a ground monument (monument no. D-3-6738-0050).	10000 100 × 100	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Clay, chert , sand	Ping	precious	Ground monument
Sulfur spring in Schwandorf		376Q001	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The contained source on the eastern edge of the wood and vineyard rises from the Dogger groundwater level. The spring constantly pours 0.1-0.2 l / s. The water contains noticeably hydrogen sulphide, which can usually be smelled.	1 1 × 1	Type: Layer Source Type: Sandstone	no information	significant	Natural monument
Gögglbachquelle SW of Gögglbach		376Q002	Schwandorf position	Middle Franconian Alb	The Gögglbachquelle (also Göggelbach) rises in the Dogger-Malm border area. Up to 150 m below the source, the biogenically supported limestone precipitation resulted in numerous tuff cascades up to one meter high. There are also geological outcrops in the immediate vicinity: in a ravine approx. 600 m northeast of the source there is iron sandstone from the Dogger Beta (Upper Aalenium), an abandoned quarry approx the source forms. The source is only about 100 m north of a marked hiking trail (Schwandorfer Panoramaweg). An information board from the Oberpfälzer Waldverein provides explanations on geology and hydrology. Despite the snowmelt, the discharge at the time of recording was only about 1 l / s.	200 100 × 2	Type: Layer source Type: Limestone, Tufa-limestone	other information	precious	no protected area
Rainstein N from Marienthal		376R001	Nittenau position	Regensburg Forest	The Rainstein is a towering granite outcrop on the north bank of the rain, but it is hidden because of the tall trees. The rocks show the typical rounded shapes of wool sack weathering. There are numerous large blocks at the foot of the rock face. The rock is what is known as crystal granite 1 from the Regensburg Forest, a medium to coarse-grained two-mica granite with conspicuous feldspar fragments.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Wall / Slope Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
High rock with block heather NE of Stadlern	more pictures	376R002	Stadlern position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	A rock rib made of cordierite-sillimanite-flaser gneiss, which protrudes prominently from the surrounding area, is called high rock. There are more gneiss peaks in the area. The rocks are surrounded by numerous blocks, some of which appear as individual blocks, others as a regular block field and are framed by heather vegetation. The blocks come from Pleistocene weathering and erosion processes. The pending gneiss partially disintegrated on the spot as a result of frost blasting.	33000 150 × 220	Type: rocky dome, rock type, block flow type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 80
Burgfels Reichenstein NE from Stadlern	more pictures	376R003	Stadlern position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The rocky slope below the Reichenstein castle ruins is criss-crossed by individual rocks and ribs made of gneiss. Since the rocks are mostly quite overgrown, the exposure conditions are comparatively poor. Only a few of the rocks can be seen better. One of the rock walls is used as a short climbing rock.	12000 300 × 40	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Weingartenfels NNW from Waldhäuser	more pictures	376R004	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	At 896 m, the Weingartenfels is the highest point in the Schwandorf district. In the area of the summit there are several rock cliffs made of gneiss. A lookout tower (Böhmerwaldturm) protruding over the forest allows a beautiful panoramic view of the wooded heights of the Bavarian-Bohemian border area.	200 20 × 10	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Rock summit SW of Wildstein	more pictures	376R005	Teunz position	Naab Mountains	The summit of the Wildstein is built up from a massive gneiss rock that slopes steeply to the west. There are further rock clearances in the summit area. A castle used to stand between these rocks, a conspicuous wall still marks the former facilities (summer 2005: archaeological excavations). From the highest point you have a good view of the Upper Palatinate Forest. Immediately at the western foot of the summit rock is an open block field.	100 20 × 5	Type: rocky dome, block flow Type: biotite, plagioclase, gneiss	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite block Saddle Horse S from Niesaß		376R007	Dieterskirchen position	Naab Mountains	The saddle horse, a large granite block made from Oberviechtach granite, has the unusual shape of a saddle. The boulder is about 100 m from the road in the forest and can be reached via a beaten path.	9 4 × 2	Type: Boulder Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Oberviechtacher Granite Massif W from Obermurach	more pictures	376R008	Oberviechtach position	Naab Mountains	The towering rock on which the Obermurach castle ruins stand consists of fine-grain granite from the Oberviechtach granite massif. There are many granite blocks in the area.	10000 200 × 50	Type: Felsburg, Blockstrom Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Granite hump SW by Nefling		376R009	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	The small rock hump consists of granite weathered by wool sacks. The approx. 3 × 3 m outcrop shows the typical Neunburg granite with large crystalline feldspars with an edge length of up to 3 cm.	200 10 × 20	Type: rocky dome, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Druidenstein near Kröblitz	more pictures	376R010	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	On a hill, there are mighty granite blocks that are partly scattered, partly piled on top of each other and weathered like wool sacks. The top stone has a circular hole on a flat surface, which was probably made artificially (age unknown - possibly from Celtic times). The blocks consist of porphyry granite and contain numerous rock inclusions in places.	400 20 × 20	Type: wool sack formation, rocky dome Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, nature park
Kulzer Moos NW of Thanstein	more pictures	376R011	Thanstein position	Naab Mountains	Numerous peat cuttings can be found in the Kulzer Moos, which were used to produce fuel. The peat cuttings, which are heavily overgrown today, can be recognized by their vegetation and their irregular soil shape. The Kulzer Moos, now designated as a nature reserve, probably goes back to a silted-up lake from the last Ice Age. It is just one example of the many moors and wetlands in the Upper Palatinate Forest. An educational moor trail leads through the area from the east.	200000 1000 × 200	Type: Fen Type: Peat	no information	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Lenkenhammerfels WSW from Muggenthal	more pictures	376R012	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	To the southeast of the road, a few outcrops of cordierite-sillimanite-gneiss protrude from the slope. Since the rocks are quite overgrown, the outcrop situation is relatively bad. There are numerous blocks of gneiss at the foot of the rock face.	3600 60 × 60	Type: rock wall / slope Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Wotanstein in the Hinteren Fuchswinkel SE by Rosenthal		376R013	Weiding position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The bizarrely shaped, strongly jagged rock formations, with z. The partly crevice-covering blocks convey the character of a cave. Numerous quartz mineralizations are several square meters in size.	1600 40 × 40	Type: rock tower / needle Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Wool sack-like granite block SSW from Nefling		376R016	Neunburg vorm Wald position	Naab Mountains	To the south of the road in the forest lies a single granite block with the characteristic rounded shape that is caused by the weathering of wool sacks. The particularly large wool sack consists of a large-grain granite with large feldspar crystals.	90 15 × 6	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural park
Serpentinite hump S from Antelsdorf		376R017	Oberviechtach position	Naab Mountains	There are a total of four small serpentinite deposits, which are morphologically identified as small humps. The vegetation also stands out from its surroundings through dry grass or pine forests.	3000 150 × 20	Type: Type of rock, hard rock Type: serpentinite, granite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Serpentinite back N by Niedermurach		376R018	Niedermurach position	Naab Mountains	The serpentine ridge protrudes into the Murach valley with steep, partly rocky slopes. The serpentinite is well exposed and has not yet been disturbed by mining. The slopes are covered with dry grass and pines. A notice board (natura 2000) above on the southwest side explains the biological characteristics of this site with serpentinite in the subsoil.	15000 150 × 100	Type: rock type, hard rock type: serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Wasserstein in Frauen-Holz SE from Fischbach	more pictures	376R019	Nittenau position	Regensburg Forest	The water stone is the summit block of an ensemble of granite rocks, which show the typical round shapes of a wool sack weathering. On top of the large rock, which can be climbed with the help of a ladder, there is a natural, shallow rock pool that is filled with water and flows into a channel. The granite block shows other forms of erosion such as cart-like depressions (gullies) and puddle-like basins.	20 5 × 4	Type: Boulder, Wool Sack Formation, Rock Dome Type: Granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Blockstrom NE from Warnthal		376R020	Dieterskirchen position	Naab Mountains	At the ash breakthrough between the granite hills Kohlhügel and Warnberg, southeast of the river (accessible from the road), there is a block field made of large granite blocks. Such block fields are common in the granite areas of the Upper Palatinate Forest. The blocks of coarse-grained granite came down from the neighboring Warnberg in the Pleistocene as a block flow. The periglacial climate in the Pleistocene favored the formation (frost splintering) and the movement of the blocks (soil flow).	3000 75 × 40	Type: Block Stream Type: Granite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, FFH area, nature park
Kalvarienberg W from Winklarn		376R021	Winklarn position	Naab Mountains	Under the morphologically outstanding Calvary hides an elongated serpentinite body, which, as a hardening member, withstood erosion better than the surrounding gneiss. On the steep east side of the hill on a footpath east of the Way of the Cross the serpentinite is exposed in two places (approx. 20 m² each). The rock, which is very dark in the fresh quarry, has a whitish scent. In the fresh break it can be seen that the serpentinite is criss-crossed by healed fissures like a grid.	6000 150 × 40	Type: Hard rock, Type of rock : Serpentinite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Rock ridge stone cliffs ENE from Schönsee	more pictures	376R022	Schönsee position	Upper Upper Palatinate Forest	The gneiss rocks pull down the slope as a distinctive rock rib. While the lower area is in the forest, there is a small forest clearing at the upper end of the rib. Although the rocks are predominantly covered with lichen and mosses, foliation structures can be seen in the metamorphic rock on the weathered rock surfaces.	1800 120 × 15	Type: rock wall / slope, type of rock, metamorphic structure Type: cordierite, sillimanite, gneiss	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Iron sandstone step SSW from Spielberg		376R023	Schwandorf position	Bodenwöhrer valley	The outcrop of the iron sandstone from the Dogger forms a striking steep step on the slope, which is formed by rock walls over long stretches in the upper steep slope. Directly above the rocks there is a leveling area. Iron sandstone with cross stratification is exposed on the rock walls. A honeycomb weathering of the sandstone is particularly striking here. From hole patterns (a few mm in size) to honeycomb nets (honeycomb a few cm in size), everything is represented.	14000 700 × 20	Type: layer level, rock type, tafoni / honeycomb weathering type: sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Rock clearance E from Dietldorf		376R024	Burglengenfeld position	Middle Franconian Alb	Immediately north of the Dietldorf-Burglengenfeld road, the border area between the calcareous Arzberg Formation (Malm Gamma) and the dolomitic Pottenstein Formation (Malm Delta) is exposed in a rock excavation.	600 30 × 20	Type: Hard Type: Limestone, Dolomite Stone	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Quartz porphyry hill NNE by Lenau	more pictures	377A002	Kulmain position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	In the small extraction point, a lava blanket can be seen over an older lava flow. The paleo-soil between the two units is fritted and includes a thin layer of volcanoclastic material (tuff). The edge of greenish, copper-mineralized veins (malachite) is bleached and covered with growth. Yellow to red carnelian and red jasper are rarely found. The outcrop is volcanologically interesting as the extraction vent is in the hill behind the outcrop.	600 30 × 20	Type: rock type, volcanic vent, contact type: rhyolite	Quarry	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Former marble quarry N of Unterwappenöst	more pictures	377A003	Kulmain position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the quarry, ancient Paleozoic, metamorphic limestone has been developed. The former sedimentary layer structure is still clearly visible. It consists of an alternation of almost pure carbonate layers and light mica emphasized, former clay-rich areas with pyrite or magnetite. Graphite dusting results in light gray banding. The formerly horizontal layer packages are now steeply positioned and folded. Dark shear surfaces in the mica-rich areas are z. T. can be interpreted as Mylonite zones.	1200 60 × 20	Type: Type of stone, type of layer sequence : Marble	Quarry	precious	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 92
Former basalt quarry SE from Aign	more pictures	377A004	Kulmain position	Obermain-Bruchschollenland	Basalt from a former production chimney was almost completely mined in the quarry. The former chimney wall with chimney breccia and tuff ring can be seen in the steep quarry walls. Remnants of lying basalt columns also mark the contact between the basalt and the adjacent rock. Adjacent rocks are dolomite, limestone, marl, etc. fritted by the heat of the basalt. Mudstones of the lower shell limestone. A lake has formed over the bottom of the fracture. In the area of the water surface, the basalt columns can still be seen.	1500 60 × 25	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent, contact, basalt columns Type: basalt, limestone	Quarry	significant	no protected area
Former marble quarry S from Neusorg		377A005	Neusorg position	Fichtel Mountains	Outcrops in the Neusorg marble can only be found a few in the former mine area. In the middle, two lakes cover most of the area. The banks are forested, the water is used for fish farming. On the shore of the larger lake and in the inaccessible walls, banded and folded marble features occasionally come to light. The break gives its name to the marble train that stretches from Neusorg over Stöcken-Dechantsee and Unterwappenöst.	43500 290 × 150	Type: Rock Type: Marble	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Former quarry NW of Selingau		377A007	Ebnath position	Fichtel Mountains	In the almost completely overgrown quarry filled with rubbish, garden waste and rubble and the mostly collapsed walls, a few small outcrops can be found in clearly banded calcium silicate. The bottom of the pit and the outcrops in gabbro amphibolites, tuffites and the granite dike are no longer accessible.	7500 100 × 75	Type: Layer sequence, contact type: Lime silicate rock, amphibolite, granite	Quarry	significant	Natural park
Franzosenfelsen SW of Lochau		377A009	Neusorg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The mica schists (otherwise rarely exposed in the area) in the road outcrop show clear layers from thin-leaved to compact layers, which is due to a rhythmic change in the former sedimentary rock. The former clay to sandy part was converted to mica slate. The outcrop lies in the fold leg of a large fold, which is shown by parallel foliation with folded pegmatite dikes.	800 32 × 25	Type: Rock Type: Quartz, Phyllite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
Wappenstein on Silberrangen NW of Groschlattengrün		377A011	Pechbrunn position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The summit of the Wappenstein is the remainder of an old volcanic vent with several extraction centers. The basalt tuff was mined in several small extraction sites that are now in ruins until around 1930. The tuff is related to the Miocene basalt volcanism in the Upper Palatinate. The central part of the chimney is marked by twisted basalt columns. The surrounding chimney breccia and the tuff ring can no longer be seen. The outcrop is surrounded by a sea of blocks of basalt.	48000 320 × 150	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: Tuff / tuffite, basalt	Quarry	significant	Natural monument
Former basalt mining N von Steinmühle		377A017	Mitterteich position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The former quarry is located in a lava layer that has been almost completely dismantled. The quarry is almost completely overgrown, the lakes on the bottom are beginning to silt up. In the front part of the pit, facing the B 299, there is a garbage dump and a hazardous waste collection point. The rear part is a biotope. Only a few strongly overgrown outcrops of basalt columns can be found in the biotope.	72800 260 × 280	Type: Rock Type: Basalt	Quarry	inferior	no protected area
Rocks at Lerchenbühl NE of Neualbenreuth	more pictures	377A019	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The isolated rock at the edge of the forest is a rare outcrop in the Cambrian mica schist and quartzitic mica schist of the Neualbenreuther layers, which are hardly exposed on the surface. In part, there are still clear layers in the rock, which indicate deposits in a former molasse sea and in places contain gold soaps. During the weathering, a roughly diamond-shaped rock was formed along folds, crevices and foliations.	30 10 × 3	Type: Type of rock, sedimentary structures Type: Mica schist, quartzite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Exposure on the Galgenberg SSE from Waldeck		377A020	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	A former volcanic vent is cut in the fenced-in outcrop on the western slope of the Galgenberg. When the volcano erupted, a vent was created that was filled by the breccia. The later basalt dike (basalt columns) cut through to the surface, fed lava fountains and thus created the tuff ring. In the breccia there are dm-sized rocks made of gray claystones of the Estherian layers and gravel-bearing coarse sandstones of the Benker sandstone.	20 10 × 2	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: Breccia, basalt	other information	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former quarry on Kusch E von Köglitz		377A021	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In the quarry, the chimney of a former volcano filled with an eruption breccia is cut. Basalt later penetrated again in the volcano, penetrating as a duct to the surface, feeding lava fountains and creating a tuff ring. The chimney wall was prepared by the quarry, as the basalt in the chimney was completely mined. In small fractures in the east, basalt ducts branching off radially into the surrounding Benker sandstone were exposed from the chimney.	200 10 × 20	Type: Rock type, volcanic vent Type: basalt, breccia, sandstone	Quarry	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Outcrops in the Fichtelnaabtal SE from Rosenbühl		377A023	Kemnath position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	On the steep bank of the Fichtelnnaab, in the vicinity of the weir near Hopfau, rocks from the Erbendorf green slate series are exposed. As a result of a rock fall, serpentinites and the like are on an area of 4 × 10 m. Mica schist has been exposed from the wedge of growth in a subduction zone. The rocks show clear banding, which indicates an original stratification or early foliation. A short tunnel, in which asbestos was probably extracted, was buried by the rock fall.	8000 400 × 20	Type: Rock Type: Serpentinite, Mica Slate	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Soap quarry on Föhrenbühl E from Grötschenreuth		377A024	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The former soapstone quarry was re-exposed in 2007 and opens up examples of serpentinite and soapstone from the Erbendorf green slate series. Soapstone (talc) was mined in the small quarry, which was ground and used industrially as a ceramic raw material. The soapstone was created when Ur-Europe collided with parts of Ur-Africa from the rocks of the upper mantle. The accompanying minerals are chlorite, calcite, dolomite, serpentine (asbestos), actinolite and magnetite.	2 2 × 1	Type: rock type, metamorphic structure, quarry / pit type: serpentinite, amphibolite, talc schist	Quarry	significant	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area
Former quarry on Kornberg SW of Schadenreuth		377A027	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A lava flow is cut in the outcrop at the foot of the former Kornberg volcano. Since rhyolite lava is relatively viscous, it does not flow very far and forms a massive lava blanket near the chimney. The corrugated surface (flow structure) is still preserved on the lava flow. The lava flow was deposited over a layer of tuff. The layer change between lava flows and tuffs is typical for a stratovolcano (like Vesuvius). What is remarkable is the lack of stone forest granites.	3450 115 × 30	Type: rock type, volcanic vent, contact type: rhyolite	Quarry	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Former Quarry in the ice granite near Liebenstein		377A029	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A very light-colored variety of Falkenberg granite was mined in the abandoned quarry. The granite in the quarry is hardly weathered. The wide gap made it possible to break large blocks. The high proportion of up to 8 cm in size feldspars makes the rock appear white as ice (ice granite). Dark, coloring minerals such as muscovite and biotite are hardly available. The quarry gained importance because the granite for the Nazi party rally building in Nuremberg was quarried here.	250 25 × 10	Type: Rock Type: Granite	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Phycode schist outcrop in Trevesen		377A030	Pullenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the village of Trevesen, 98 greenish quartzite phycode slates are exposed in the garden of the Trevesen property. The quartzite schists form smaller, rather rare interventions within the phycode layers. The peculiarity is that these areas indicate a period with an increased input of quartz sand from the mainland into the predominantly clayey, marine sediments. This can be explained either with a climate catastrophe or the beginning of the Variscan orogeny.	350 35 × 10	Type: rock type, fold / hollow / saddle type: phyllite, mica schist	embankment	precious	Natural park
Phycode layers profile on the Kranichberg NNW of Bingarten		377A031	Kemnath position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In an outcrop in the road embankment, the phycode layers typical for the entire region can be found with a very clear alternation of sandy and clayey layers in the marine area with approximately equal proportions. The greenish rocks are strongly folded and the two legs of a larger fold have been shifted clearly against each other. Folded quartz furniture and aplit dykes are clues to the formation of granite during orogeny.	250 25 × 10	Type: Rock type: Phyllite, mica schist, aplite	embankment	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gneiss exposure S from Steinmühle	more pictures	377A032	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Banded gneisses with larger migmatic areas can be seen in the outcrop along the road. The rock is clearly folded, which can be seen from the folded, bright migmatic layers. The migmatic areas mark zones in which granitic melt was formed on site during orogeny. The specialty is that good outcrops in the ribbon gneisses in the area are rare.	216 54 × 4	Type: Type of rock, metamorphic structure, fold / hollow / saddle Type: Gneiss	embankment	significant	no protected area
Outcrops at the sports field in Ebnath		377A033	Ebnath position	Fichtel Mountains	In the Felsenhäusl you can find marble strips and folded mica slate with lime silicate lenses from the Upper Proterozoic lime / lime silicate rock series. The former stratification of the sediments and a 2 m thick marble lens clearly show the deposition conditions at the time. In the outcrop it is easy to distinguish between stratification and foliation. The outcrop is special in that good outcrops are rare in the lime / lime silicate rock series.	100 20 × 5	Type: Type of rock, sequence of layers, rock cellar, rock wall / slope Type: mica slate, calcium silicate rock, marble	Rock cellar	precious	Natural park
Former Quarry at Steinbühl NE of Dobrigau		377A034	Leonberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the old quarry in the forest with sparse trees, only part of the former quarry wall has been preserved. The bottom of the pit is covered with water. An outcrop of approx. 4 × 3 m opens up the heavily folded u. shale slate of the Wetzldorf sequence. During the metamorphosis, the former mudstone is heavily silicified by mobilizing quartz. The slate can be split into slabs approx. 2 to 3 cm thick. The outcrop is special because good outcrops are rare.	8 4 × 2	Type: Rock type, fold / trough / saddle type: Kieselschiefer	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Heusterzbühl SSW gravel pit from Münchsgrün		377A035	Leonberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Heusterzbühl mine, soil-forming processes, which converted the sands and gravels deposited in the Tertiary fluviatile into podsol, can be easily understood. The pebbles and sands are used to gravel the surrounding forest roads.	15000 300 × 50	Type: soil profile, kaolinization, sequence of layers Type: gravel, sand	Gravel pit / sand pit	precious	Natural park	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 91
Sandstone outcrop Paterlhütte WSW from Erbendorf		377A036	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the abandoned quarry northwest of the Paterlhütte there are greenish-gray sandstones as well as silt and claystone layers of the Lower Rotliee. So-called fire slate contain charred plant remains. There is a tunnel mouth hole in the outcrop wall.	2000 80 × 25	Type: sequence of layers, rock type, vegetable fossils type: sandstone, claystone, coal	Quarry	especially valuable	no protected area
Kiesgrube SE from Albenreuth		377A037	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The Albenreuth gravel is located in the gravel pit immediately southeast of Albenreuth. They contain pebbles from Cambro-Ordovician phyllites, mica schist and quartzites as well as quartz porphyry, conglomerate and sandy mudstone from Rotliegend. The pit is the only permanent outcrop in the Albenreuth gravel, which is now attributed to the Hesserberg member of the Hessenreuth formation.	400 20 × 20	Type: type locality, sediment structures, type of rock, layer sequence type: gravel	Gravel pit / sand pit	especially valuable	no protected area
Outcrop of the Franconian Line 500 m N from Waldeck		377A038	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	In a wooded area approx. 500 m north of the church of Waldeck, the Franconian line that falls to the ENE is exposed in a ravine in the southern embankment. Epigneise of the basement (rhyolite metavulcanites of the Saxothuringian) lie on Triassic rocks (Benker sandstone) due to tectonically. In the border area there are gray disturbance bands.	10 5 × 2	Type: Disturbance Type: Gneiss, Sandstone	other information	especially valuable	Landscape protection area, nature park
Granite rock SE from Leugas		377A039	Wiesau position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Rock formation and abandoned quarry, in which medium-grain, partially porphyry Mitterteicher granite stands. The fine fissures in the uppermost area of the wall are particularly noticeable, while wool sack weathering can be observed below. The granite, which is actually very compact, is partly badly weathered. The kaolinization of the feldspars can be seen very well on the exposed walls in the west of the outcrop.	1000 50 × 20	Type: rock type, kaolinization, wool sacking, crevice type: granite	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Quartz passage N from Leonberg		377A041	Leonberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A pending quartz vein has been exposed in a pit. It is a large block, which is milk-white in color and strongly fissured. The surface is covered with moss.	60 10 × 6	Type: Gait Type: Gait quartz	not known	significant	no protected area
Quarry S of Mammersreuth		377A042	Waldsassen position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	At the edge of the forest south of Mammersreuth there is a small abandoned quarry in the Phylliten Gräfenthal formation. This is the only outcrop in these rocks in the entire region. The foliation is steep, the original stratification can be recognized by changing the material in the handpieces. The site is occasionally maintained and is therefore easily accessible.	1200 40 × 30	Type: Rock Type: Phyllite	Quarry	precious	no protected area
Pingenfeld in Aign's Spitalholz NE		377G001	Kulmain position	Fichtel Mountains	In the 16th century, mining on brown iron a. Copper ore operated in the Ordovician quartz phyllites that formed during tropical weathering in the Tertiary. Even today, on a hilltop in the forest, an extensive area with pings up to 6 m in diameter and up to 2 m deep is evidence of a busy mining operation. There is also a buried tunnel mouth hole with a heap.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Phyllite	no information	significant	Landscape protection area, nature park
Large ping in Burgholz N of Schachten		377G003	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Synsedimentary gold deposits were mined in the 16th century. The large pinge is contaminated with rubbish deposits.	15 5 × 3	Type: Pinge / nfeld Type: Phyllite	no information	significant	no protected area
Eisener Hut SE from Pfaffenreuth		377G004	Leonberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Synsedimentary gravel ore deposits occur in Ordovician phyllites near Pfaffenreuth. The iron hat (natural monument!) Is a hardened quartz that was created by tertiary lateritic weathering and interspersed with limonite (brown iron ore). It shows the outcrop of one of these camps (M-camps, mainly magnetic gravel) on the earth's surface. Traces of mining were already mentioned by Flurl (1792). Remnants of the Bayerland mine, which was in operation until 1971, are nearby.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Open pit, hard rock, minerals Type: iron ore, phyllite	Schurf	precious	Natural monument
Pingen am Högelstein NW of Mähring		377G005	Mähring position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In the 17th and 18th centuries copper was mined here, some of which was bound to quartz lenses in Cambrian mica schists. Scattered pings in the forest around the church of St. Nikolaus and dumps near the stream and a buried tunnel mouth hole with water outlet have been preserved as mining tools. Vein quartz with small quartz crystals and brown iron can be found on the heaps.	44200 340 × 130	Type: Pinge / nfeld, Minerals, Stollen Type: Mica schist	Ping	precious	no protected area
Pingenfeld Churfürst am Unteren Brand near Ernestgrün		377G007	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	There are three pings in a wood. The pings Churfürst, Güldenstern and an unnamed pinge have a diameter of 5 to 6 meters and a shaft depth of approx. 8 meters. A cable winch (reel) from the 16th century is reproduced. The gold deposit has a total extension of 2 km in length and is approximately 800 m wide. The Steppenloch shaft was 200 m further to the east.	8250 110 × 75	Type: Pinge / nfeld, Schacht, Halde Type: Mica schist, quartzite	Ping	precious	no protected area
Soap hills and funnel pits near the gold fountain SW Erbendorf		377G008	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern era, gold was dug for gold in trenches and pings with a diameter of up to 10 m at the gold fountain in the Kirchwald south of Erbendorf, and gold was panned in the nearby Galgenbach. Gold soaps formed in a matrix of biotite gneisses, granites, phyllites, mica schist and Guttenberg quartzite in the Albenreuth gravel from the Cretaceous period in the Hessenreuther Wald.	32000 400 × 80	Type: Soap laundry, Pinge / nfeld, Schurf Type: Gneiss, conglomerate	Ping	precious	no protected area
Rotenfels iron mine		377G009	Immenreuth position	Fichtel Mountains	At the Rotenfels in the Flötzbachtal, quartzites of the Frauenbach formation are exposed, which are impregnated with the iron mineral hematite and therefore have a distinct red color. Iron ore was probably mined here from the 15th to the 18th century. Relics of tunnel mouth holes, collapsed shafts and dump material testify to the former mining.	1000 50 × 20	Type: Opencast mining, tunnel, dump Type: Iron ore, quartzite	Pit / canal / ravine	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Gold soap factory in the valley of the Kalmreut NNE from Altmugl		377G010	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	There are numerous soap mounds and ditches from the processing of gold soaps in the forest.	20800 260 × 80	Type: Soap Laundry Type: Quartzite	no information	significant	no protected area
Sauerbrunnen in the NSG Waldnaabtal ENE of Ödwalpersreuth		377Q001	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the publicly accessible mineral fountain on the hiking trail above the log cabin in the NSG Waldnaabtal rises a spring with sulfur and. carbonated water that colors the surrounding granite yellowish-reddish. In the Tirschenreuth area there are a number of such sourlings, which are associated with the beginning of volcanic activity. Earthquakes and the subsequent extraction of hot, sulphurous water from springs in the stone forest are historically documented.	1 1 × 1	Type: Constriction Source Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Nature reserve, FFH area
Weißenstein WSW ruins from Fuchsmühl	more pictures	377R001	Waldershof position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	There are several massive rock towers from z. Sometimes bizarre weathered granite wool sacks. The ruins of the old castle, which were built on the summit platform in the Middle Ages, are now used as a destination for excursions.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Rock Tower / Needle Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Hackelstein summit W from Fuchsmühl	more pictures	377R002	Fuchsmühl position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	It is a group of imposing rock formations made of sacks of granite wool piled on top of each other. A little below the summit lies another large rock formation.	2800 70 × 40	Type: rock castle, rock type, metamorphic structure type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Felsental SE from Muglmühle	more pictures	377R003	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Large rocks made of biotite-rich Cambrian mica schists and quartzites lie in the narrow brook valley. A stair-like waterfall with a total height of approx. 4 m and whirlpool holes characterize the Bachtal. Sign to the waterfall.	80 20 × 4	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, metamorphic structure, contact type: mica schist, vein mineralization	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Schlossberg SSW from Waldeck	more pictures	377R004	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	As a hardened basalt, the Schlossberg towers over the sedimentary rock surroundings. On the south side of the summit there is a large outcrop in the massive basalt, which contains numerous peridotite inclusions (olivine nodules). A weak column structure can be seen.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rocky dome, volcanic vent, rock type, minerals type: basalt, peridotite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Härtling SW from Anzenberg	more pictures	377R005	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The basaltic, long-elliptical vent breccia filling extends in a north-south direction. It contains rubble-rich Benker sandstone and arkoses from the Coburg sandstone.	2500 50 × 50	Type: hardness, volcanic vent, rock type, contact type: basalt, breccia, sandstone	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Armesberg E from Altensteinreuth		377R006	Kulmain position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The feldspar basalt containing nepheline is only available in the uppermost summit area. A moss-covered block pile adjoins the southeast slope.	10000 100 × 100	Type: volcanic chimney, basalt columns, rock type, sea of rocks, minerals Type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, FFH area
Saubadfelsen NW of Napfberg		377R007	Erbendorf position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The massive rocks made of fine to medium-grain granite show weathered wool sacks. At the foot of the rock formation there is a block heap.	12000 200 × 60	Type: Crag, rock type, sea of boulders, wool sack formation Type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Serpentinite Härtling Föhrenbühl E from Grötschenreuth		377R008	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The serpentinites of the Erbendorf green slate zone break through the weathered cover here as groups of rocks and ribs. The back bears lean vegetation typical of serpentinite sites (Föhrenbühl).	5000 250 × 20	Type: hardness, metamorphic structure, contact type: serpentinite, amphibolite, green slate	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Nature reserve, landscape protection area, FFH area	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 50
Redwitzit blocks S from Röthenbach		377R009	Reuth near Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	On both sides of the street are the large, whale-shaped blocks. Recent formation of sacrificial boilers. Morphologically striking are the ribs, which trace the cementing of an older fissure network (due to albite-rich plagioclase and quartz).	10000 100 × 100	Type: wool sack formation, contact type: granodiorite, vein mineralization	block	precious	Natural park
Härtling Kühstein SE from Erbendorf		377R010	Erbendorf position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the foot of the serpentinite back of the hardlings lies a block field.	1500 50 × 30	Type: Felskuppe, Härtling, Blockmeer, Rock Type: Serpentinite, Amphibolite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, FFH area, nature park
Teufelsstein NE from Napfberg		377R011	Erbendorf position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Large granite block in the shape of wool sack.	1750 70 × 25	Type: wool sack formation, rock group Type: granite	block	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Burgberg in Falkenberg	more pictures	377R012	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The eroded, exposed granite rock weathered in the typical wool sack shape.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Rock Castle Type: Granite	Slope crack / rock wall	especially valuable	Natural monument	Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes No. 4
NSG Waldnaabtal SW from Falkenberg	more pictures	377R013	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the nature reserve, the Waldnaab crosses the Falkenberg granite massif between Falkenberg and Windischeschenbach over a length of 12 km. The river valley, cut like a gorge, deserves the name Canon. Erosion coves and grinding marks in the rock walls testify how the river ate its way into the subsoil relatively quickly as the area began to lift. To the north of the Sauerbrunnen, the Waldnaab breakthrough can be found as a particularly narrow place with many boulders in the river bed.	480000 6000 × 80	Type: Canyon Type: Granite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Nature reserve, FFH area
Rock formations ENE from Troglauermühle		377R014	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the Troglauermühle, the Waldnaab cuts through the Falkenberg granite over a length of 100 m. The relatively narrow valley with up to 20 m high granite walls on both sides of the river offers shelter for humans and animals in erosion caves. The protected location by the water caused already in the Stein- u. Urnfield time (12,000 or 800 BC) people to settle here, which is proven by a large number of finds from a rock shelter (Abri).	6000 100 × 60	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type, bank / surf cave type: granite	Impact slope / river bed / stream profile	precious	Natural monument, FFH area, bird sanctuary
Sulzteichstein W by Beidl		377R015	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	A monolithic granite block with three crosses protrudes from the Sulzteich pond in Beidl. The stone is of local importance because its origin is puzzled and therefore it is popularly known as the Devil's Stone or Three Cross Stone. The stone is largely overgrown. Only above the surface of the water does a narrow, vegetation-free area mark the constant change in the water level; in autumn 2006 it was approx. 30 cm wide.	12 4 × 3	Type: wool sack formation, rock type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument
Bürgerfelsen on Burgberg in Falkenberg		377R016	Falkenberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the foot of the castle hill lies the granite block made of Falkenberg granite with feldspar fragments of up to 5 cm in length.	50 10 × 5	Type: wool sack formation, rock type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument, FFH area
Wolfenstein SE from Hohenwald	more pictures	377R017	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The massive granite rock formation has feldspar sprouts of different sizes. It weathers in the form of a wool sack and is covered in pseudo-carts.	900 30 × 30	Type: carts / fields, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Small Teufelsküche NE in Lengenfeld		377R018	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	At the entrance to the Small Devil's Kitchen, the property is best opened. The granite blocks pile up in and around the stream over a length of approx. 50 m.	2500 50 × 50	Type: rock wall / slope, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Landscape protection area
Great Devil's Kitchen N of Pilmersreuth	more pictures	377R019	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Grouped around a stream there are several rock formations made of granite wool sacks with feldspar fragments up to 4 cm in length.	10000 100 × 100	Type: rock wall / slope, rock group, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	significant	Natural monument
High stone N by Liebenstein		377R020	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The granite shows the beginning of wool sack weathering at the fissures and is covered by pseudo-carts.	25 5 × 5	Type: carts / fields, rock type: granite	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	Natural monument
Granite rock Tiefenlohe SE from Liebenstein		377R021	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The granite formation shows wool sack formations.	200 20 × 10	Type: wool sack formation, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument
Poppenlohfelsen SSE from Schwarzenbach		377R022	Bärnau position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	Small rocky hill in the eastern edge of the Falkenberg granite.	200 20 × 10	Type: rocky dome, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument
Steinernes Viertel SSE by Naab		377R023	Bärnau position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The beautiful rock group Steinernes Viertel is located on a small knoll in the forest. The individual granite rocks have been carved out by weathering wool sacks and are increasingly falling apart into a sea of blocks. The weathering starts at the horizontal and vertical crevices and creates carts on the rocks. The medium-grain Flossenbürger granite with lots of light mica and up to 1 cm in size quartz and moss is hidden under the growth of lichen and moss. Feldspar crystals.	60 10 × 6	Type: wool sack formation, rock group, block sea, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt cone Steinhübel E by Pechbrunn		377R024	Pechbrunn position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The entire summit is completely grown together, only a few small outcrops can be seen.	10000 100 × 100	Type: Ridge Type: Basalt	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural monument
Dolines in the Wunsiedler marble SW of Waldershof		377R025	Waldershof position	Fichtel Mountains	There are 3 sinkholes in a row in the forest. The pits are partially overgrown with grass. The arrangement suggests an elongated karst system underground. There is another large grassy sinkhole about 50 meters away.	90 15 × 6	Type: sinkhole Type: marble	Sinkhole / sinkhole	precious	Natural park
Huberfelsen E rock group from Neuköslarn		377R026	Erbendorf position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Huberfelsen form a group of about 12 rock towers along the ridge. The Steinwald granite shows an unusually high muscovite content here. The mica, feldspars and quartz are roughly all the same size with about 0.3 to 0.5 cm. The granite is sheared horizontally in the upper area of the towers. Weathering gives rise to both rounded and flattened wool sack structures.	40,000 500 × 80	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Reiseneggerfelsen (Steinschlatter) ENE from Neuköslarn		377R027	Pullenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Reiseneggerfelsen, also called Steinschlatter, is a large granite monolith. The granite is comparable to the nearby Huberfelsen. The granite block forms a rounded back. On the back there is a viewing platform with a view over the stone forest.	30000 300 × 100	Type: Wool Sacking Type: Granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Giant bowl NNE from Friedenfels		377R028	Friedenfels position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Giant Bowl rock tower was created through the weathering of wool sacks in the Steinwald granite. Cross and horizontal fissures let the rock break. The weathering penetrated the crevices and created blocks of cubic meters that were piled up by gigantic hands. The two-mica granite has only a little muscovite. The feldspars reach up to 2 cm in size.	250 25 × 10	Type: wool sack formation, rock castle, rock group, rock type: granite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	Landscape protection area, nature park
Frog rock WSW from Altmugl		377R029	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The outcrop in the banded slates of the Ernestgrüner-Neualbenreuther ore formation. The rock shows an alternating layer of formerly clayey and sandy sedimentation. The weathering intervened in the fractures created by fissures and foliage and created a trapezoidal rock. Its shape is reminiscent of a frog, which is what gives it its name.	120 12 × 10	Type: rock tower / needle, sedimentary structures Type: mica schist, phyllite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Kuschberg SE from Atzmannsberg		377R030	Kemnath position	Upper Palatinate Basement Foreland	The Kuschberg near Atzmannsberg is a former volcanic vent. Alkali olivine basalts penetrated the chimney in the Tertiary. The chimney is surrounded by a tuff ring with tuffs and eruption breccia. On the Kuschberg two good outcrops have been preserved in the chimney breccia and the columnar basalts of the chimney.	6400 80 × 80	Type: Hardening Type: Basalt, Tuff / Tuffit	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Volcanic vent on Oberteich Bühl NNW from Oberteich		377R031	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Oberteicher Bühl is a former volcano, the chimney and lava cover of which is carved out as hardness. The fine-grained and olovinreian alkali basalt was mined in many small extraction sites. The basalt shows a flowing texture with few bubble cavities. The chimney is surrounded by a tuff ring.	28900 170 × 170	Type: volcanic chimney, rock type: basalt, tuff / tuffite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Konnsberg E from Konnersreuth		377R032	Konnersreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Konnsbühl volcano rises above the area as a striking Härtlings summit. About 20 million years ago, molten basalt flowed out of the former chimney and formed a lava blanket on the surrounding gneiss around the delivery channel. The former extensive cover with lava can now be seen as a sea of basalt blocks at the top of the mountain. In a small quarry in the lava cover in the east of the mountain, you can find beautiful basalt columns several meters high.	35000 350 × 100	Type: volcanic chimney, boulder sea, rock type: basalt, tuff / tuffite	Rock slope / cliff	precious	no protected area
Rotliegend-Vulkanite WNW Oberwappenöst		377R033	Kulmain position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In a small wood, tuffs and lavas made of rhyolite / quartz porphyry can be found in former pings. The undergrowth is very bushy and rhyolites with feldspars up to 0.5 cm in size can only be found in the fallen pings. It is believed that semi-precious stones were dug here.	2500 50 × 50	Type: hard rock, type of rock : rhyolite, tuff / tuffite	Rock slope / cliff	significant	Natural park
Peat bog NW of Rosall		377R034	Leonberg position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Peat bog in the forest.	60000 2000 × 30	Type: Fen Type: Peat	no information	significant	no protected area
Gulgberg W from Pleussen		377R035	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Basalt dome with extraction sites and a sea of blocks at the summit	1000000 1000 × 1000	Type: volcanic vent, rock type: basalt	Rock slope / cliff	significant	no protected area
Golitzstein NW of Mähring		377R036	Mähring position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	The Golitzstein is a single standing monolithic rock made of mica schist, surrounded by a sea of blocks. The cm-large quartz crystals in the folded quartz layers are striking. Light muscovite layers between the quartzite layers indicate a former stratification in the sediment.	400 20 × 20	Type: rock tower / needle, boulder, sea boulder Type: mica schist	Slope crack / rock wall	precious	no protected area
Valley of the Wondreb WNW of Wondreb		377R037	Tirschenreuth position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	The Wondreb meanders in innumerable meanders through a park-like landscape. The Wondreb Valley is a good example of the harmony between nature conservation and agriculture.	700000 3500 × 200	Type: stream / river course, meander type: sand, silt, gravel	no information	significant	no protected area
Corundum gneiss and gabbro blocks WSW from Plößberg		377R038	Plößberg position	Northern Upper Palatinate Forest	In the Pointholz forest area there are many blocks of different sizes and different lithologies. The formation of the rocks shows that a contact zone has formed around the Falkenberg granite in the garnet-cordierite-sillimanite gneiss. The corundum-hercynite rock and the Redwitzite gabbro were not influenced by it. The corundum-hercynite rock was created by metamorphosis of former laterites and was only heated up much later when the gabbro was seated.	25 5 × 5	Type: Boulder Type: Gabbro, Gneiss	no information	significant	no protected area
Wackelstein W from Schurbach		377R039	Ebnath position	Fichtel Mountains	The rock has been carved out by weathering the wool sack of the Kosseine granite. The large potassium feldspars in the granite are striking. The rocking stone is a large flat rock that can be made to tip (wobble) by a person with strength and skill.	0 not specified	Type: wool sack formation, boulder, rock type: granite	block	precious	Natural monument, landscape protection area, nature park
Basalt dome Großbüchlberg		377R040	Mitterteich position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	In Großbüchlberg there is a striking basalt hardwood. The black to black-gray, strongly splintery breaking alkali basalt is open and exudes columnar. From Großbüchlberg you have an impressive view over the Mitterteich basin. The location is therefore regularly visited by excursions.	16000 160 × 100	Type: Härtling, Basalt Columns Type: Alkali, Basalt	no information	precious	no protected area
Quaternary Maar SE from Neualbenreuth		377R041	Neualbenreuth position	Southern Fichtel Mountains	Approx. 1.5 km south-east of Neualbenreuth, north-west of the Tillenberg, there is an approx. 250 m × 350 m large, rounded structure characterized by bog formation, which was identified as a maar by a research drilling in 2015. The maar funnel is filled with over 90 meters of sediment. It is a maar funnel that is believed to be around 200,000 years old.	87500 250 × 350	Type: Maar, transitional moor Type: silt, sand, peat	no information	especially valuable	Water protection area