Shell source
| Shell source | ||||
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 The source house of the shell source |
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| location | ||||
| Country or region | Forchheim district , Upper Franconia , ( Bavaria ) | |||
| Coordinates | 49 ° 48 ′ 53 " N , 11 ° 13 ′ 33" E | |||
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| geology | ||||
| Mountains | Franconian Alb | |||
| Source type | Karst spring | |||
| Exit type | Layer source | |||
| rock | White Jura | |||
| Hydrology | ||||
| River system | Danube | |||
| Receiving waters | Wiesent → Regnitz → Main → Rhine → North Sea | |||
Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ 53 ″ N , 11 ° 13 ′ 33 ″ E
The Muschelquelle is a karst spring near Streitberg, a district of the Upper Franconian market town of Wiesenttal in the Forchheim district in Bavaria .
description
The shell spring is located in Franconian Switzerland northeast of Streitberg below the "Smooth Wall" in a narrow, rock-enclosed valley. At the upper end, next to the mussel spring, there are two other small springs, whose water is fed into a Kneipp facility . The spring water of the mussel spring emerges as a layer spring from marls of the Upper Jurassic . Limestone tufa is deposited , which was mined for a time in a large area below the source. This originated in the warm period about 120,000 years ago. The shell spring house was built from these limestone tuff stones in 1910 and was used to supply drinking water to the surrounding villages until 1968. At very high bed of the source water also arises a source cave, the cutter hole above the shell source. The source has been identified by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as a valuable geotope 474Q001 and natural monument (ND-04593).
Tailor hole
A little above the source is the small Schneiderloch karst cave . It is about 50 meters long and sometimes carries water when it rains. The Schneiderloch is listed in the Franconian Alb cave register (HFA) under C 11.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Muschelquelle Geotop: Muschelquelle (accessed on March 22, 2020).
- ↑ Natural monuments in the Forchheim district (accessed on August 25, 2016)