Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

Die Steinbrüche im Stadtwald sind ehemalige Steinbrüche im Gebiet der Stadt Fürth. Sie entstanden durch den Abbau von Buntsandstein und sind im gesamten Stadtwald verteilt. Markante Stellen findet man an der Alten Veste, bei der Eschenau, oberhalb Weiherhof, hinter der Stadtförsterei, nördlich des Waldkrankenhauses (Steinbruch Rennbock), nördlich des Waldheims Sonnenland (Steinbruch Katzenstein) sowie oberhalb des Felsenkellers.

Die über das gesamte Gebiet verteilten Sandsteinbüche sind ein eingetragenes Naturdenkmal der Stadt Fürth und vom Bayerischen Landesamt für Umwelt ausgewiesenes Geotop (563A001). In den Stadtwald-Steinbrüchen wurde der Burgsandstein bis ins Mittelalter als wichtiger Baustoff abgebaut. Ein größeres Steinbruchgebiet mit Informationstafel befindet sich in der Nähe des Rangaublicks oberhalb der Waldgaststätte Felsenkeller.

Zusätzlich existierten auch unterirdische Steinbrüche, bei denen der gewünschte Sandstein im Untertagebau gewonnen wurde. Ein noch erhaltener unterirdischer Steinbruch ist der Felsenkeller im Bereich der Waldgaststätte Felsenkeller.

Im Winterrangen mit Kanzel und alter Schmiede

Steinbruch im Winterrangen, ehemalige Feldschmiede

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Am Steinbruckweg

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Am Krummweg

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Steinbruch am Krummweg. Deutlich sichtbare Bearbeitungsspuren

In den Weiherhofer Hängen

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Steinbruch in den Weiherhofer Hängen

Am Trinkwasserhochbehälter

Steinbruch am Trinkwasserhochbehälter nach Rodungsarbeiten im Sommer 2020

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Am ehemaligen Waldkrankenhaus

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Im Katzenstein

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Steinbruch im Katzenstein, sog. Summstein

Am Eschenaubuck

Steinbrüche im Stadtwald

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Literatur

• Hans Werner Kress: Die Sandsteinbrüche des Cadolzburger Höhenzuges vom Dillenberg zur Alten Veste. In: Fürther Heimatblätter, 1993/2, S. 49 - 54
• Hans Werner Kress: Die Sandsteinbrüche des Cadolzburger Höhenzuges vom Dillenberg zur Alten Veste Teil - II(I). In: Fürther Heimatblätter, 1994/4, S. 85 - 110

Siehe auch

• Untere Gemeinde (Felsenkeller)
• Waldlehrpfad
• Cadolzburger Blick
• Naturdenkmäler Überblick