Job pit

Stellengrube landscape protection area IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
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location	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Rottweil district , Oberndorf am Neckar
surface	1.5 ha
Identifier	3.25.004
WDPA ID	324830
Geographical location	48 ° 16 '  N , 8 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '21 "  N , 8 ° 32' 32"  E
Setup date	February 1, 1953
administration	Rottweil district

The job pit is a landscape protection area in the area of ​​the city of Oberndorf am Neckar designated by the Rottweil District Office on February 1, 1953 by ordinance . It is also designated as a protected geotope "Doline pit".

location

The approximately 1.5 hectare landscape protection area Stellengrube lies south of the Beffendorf district , east of the county road 5522. It belongs to the natural area Obere Gäue .

Landscape character

It is a large, wooded sinkhole in the Upper Muschelkalk. The sinkhole is approximately 150 m long, 50 m wide and 8 m deep. In the sinkhole there is a source outlet that has been artificially dammed by a dam. In earlier times it served mainly as a cattle trough due to the increased sulfur content, but also as an emergency water supply for the Beffendorf citizens.

See also

• List of landscape protection areas in the Rottweil district

Web links

• Profile of the landscape  protection area Stellengrube in the protected area directory of the LUBW
• Profile of the protected geotope sinkhole pit

Individual evidence

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   Wikisource: Description of the Oberamt Oberndorf  - sources and full texts (German)