Rabenstein (boulder)
The Rabenstein north of Ermengerst is a boulder in the municipality of Wiggensbach in the Oberallgäu district .
Location and description
It is located on the geological unit of the Allgäu Alps , in the natural area of the Iller foothills and consists of conglomerates of the bunk layers of the lower freshwater molasse . It has a length of twelve meters, a width of eight meters and a height of four meters. The natural monument has an area of 96 square meters and is designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as Geotope 780R011. See also the list of geotopes in the Oberallgäu district .
During the melting of the Kempten Glacier during the Würm glacial period ( Young Pleistocene ), the boulder was deposited in its current location. There are two small dead ice holes adjacent .
Web links
- lfu.bayern.de: "Rabenstein" boulder near Ermengerst. (PDF; 196 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Müller, Herbert Scholz: News on the erratic boulder field in the Kempter Feld in the Allgäu. In: Reports of the Natural Science Association for Swabia , vol. 115, 2011, p. 98.
- ↑ Geotope: Rabenstein boulder near Ermengerst (accessed on November 7, 2013; PDF; 196 kB)
Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '57.8 " N , 10 ° 15' 14.1" E