Schnittlinger Hole
| Schnittlinger Hole | ||
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 Schnittlinger Hole |
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| location | District of Roth , Bavaria | |
| Waters | Hatzelbach | |
| Mountains | Franconian Alb | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 10 ′ 18 ″ N , 10 ° 53 ′ 13 ″ E | |
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| Type | canyon | |
| rock | Castle sandstone | |
| particularities | Natural monument , geotope | |
The Schnittlinger Loch is a gorge in the Roth district in Bavaria . It is registered as a natural monument and designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as geotope 576R002. See also the list of geotopes in the Roth district .
It is located in the Spalter hill country in a forest three km west of the town of Spalt , approx. 100 m southeast of the district road RH 6 from Fünfbronn to Schnittling . It can be reached from a hikers' car park via a steep path (steps).
The hole was created by underwashing and undercutting the upper Burgsandstein (Mittl. Sst.- Keuper , Nor). The half caves and rockfalls with a height of up to 15 m extend over a length of about 50 m. In addition to visible sediment structures, there are a number of incisions in the sandstone . The sandstone itself is usually very coarse-grained, the individual pebbles made of quartz measure up to 4 cm. The Hatzelbach , which rises in the "Loch", flows into the Franconian Rezat in Spalt from the right .
Opposite the hikers' car park on the road between Fünfbronn and Schnittling, another impressive natural monument is noteworthy, the Schnittlinger Oak , a solitary tree that has the character of a millennial. According to various sources, the real age of the oak is between 300 and 450 years.
Not far away is the Zigeunerloch , a cave-like geological outcrop similar to the Schnittlinger Loch. According to the description of the parish in Fünfbronn from 1838, this wildly romantic place served as a refuge for the population of the village during the Thirty Years' War . In later times its use as a hiding place for thieves and gypsies is described, who tried to escape the "access of the gendarmerie " in this way .
Today the people of Fünfbronn call the gorge “Fuchsbau”, while the Zigeunerloch is in a smaller gorge closer to the village.
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- ↑ Geotope: Schlucht Schnittlinger Loch (accessed on August 26, 2013; PDF; 163 kB)