Gertenstock sand pit
The Gertenstock sand pit , also known as the Ursendorf sand pit , is a geotope and an extensive natural monument in the municipality of Hohentengen in the Baden-Württemberg district of Sigmaringen in Germany, which has been designated since January 13, 1939 .
location
The 1.2278 hectare area with the protected area number 84370530007 belongs to the Danube-Ablach-Platten natural area . It is located in the Ursendorf district , around two and a half kilometers southwest of the Hohentengener town center, on the southern edge of the Ostrach Valley and at an average altitude of 585 m above sea level. NHN .
description
The area designated as a natural monument is the abandoned part of a large sand quarry with an approximately 10 m × 150 m vertical profile wall of the Upper Sea Molasse ( Miocene or Lower Burdigalium from around 20 million years ago). Their layer sequences and special sediment structure with fine and medium-grain, hardly solidified sands contain fossils such as shark teeth , snails and mussels .
The protected area offers the flora and fauna a hemi xerothermal (from ancient Greek ἥμι hemi "half", ξηρός xerós "dry, dry" and θερμός thermós "warm") habitat . In the southern area, where sand is still being mined, a colony of terns has established itself .
Web links
- Profile of the natural monument at the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW)
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of fossils in the 'Gertenstock sand pit' at www.mineralienatlas.de
Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 49.2 ″ N , 9 ° 21 ′ 18.1 ″ E