Sprosselbrunnen near Schönberg
The Sprosselbrunnen is a small spring north of Haimendorf , a district of Röthenbach ad Pegnitz in the central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land . It is located in the municipality of the city of Lauf an der Pegnitz .
description
The Sprosselbrunnen is also known as the Spratzelbrunnen . The natural monument is located near the Hüttenbach Gorge near Haimendorf. Depending on the season and the weather, the spring has a discharge of several liters per second. It springs from a from clay traversed Rhät - Lias - sandstone rocks . The water outlet has formed numerous outflow tubes in the sandstone, of which the higher ones no longer carry water due to the progressive erosion of the clay layers inside the rock. After about 150 meters, the water flows into the Hüttenbach , a tributary of the Pegnitz . The spring takes its name from the crackling noises of the water coming out (Franconian dialect spratzeln for crackling).
The source is identified by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as geotope 574Q002. See also the list of geotopes in the district of Nürnberger Land .
Together with the nearby natural phenomenon of the ringing waterfall , the spring forms a near -tourist destination. It can be reached either from Haimendorf or from Schönberg via a hiking trail marked with a green ring (see OpenStreetMap for the route under Schönberger Jakobsweg) .
geology
Over the millennia, a small gorge has dug itself into the transition layers of the Rhaetian sandstone following the source . The hard sandstones form a layer here .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geotope: Sprosselbrunnen (accessed on March 20, 2020)
- ↑ Openstreetmap: Green Ring, Schönberger Jakobsweg
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 52 ″ N , 11 ° 17 ′ 39 ″ E