Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land

Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land
surface	9 004.2 km²
Systematics according to	Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Greater region 1st order	07–23 → Layer level land on both ; sides of the Upper Rhine Rift
Greater region 2nd order	08–16 → Southwest German step country;
Greater region 3rd order	10–11 → ; Swabian-Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land
Main unit group	11 → ; Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land
	Natural area characteristics
Landscape type	Layer level landscape , Keuper and Liass level .
Highest peak	Hesselberg , witness mountain of the Franconian Alb ( 689.4 m )
	Geographical location
Coordinates	49 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 49 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ E
	Location Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land
state	Bavaria , Thuringia

The Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land is a natural spatial main unit group of the south-west German layer level land in Upper Franconia , Middle Franconia and, to a lesser extent, in the district of Hildburghausen in southern Thuringia in the north. Together with the Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land adjoining it to the southwest, it forms a third-order greater region within the greater region of the 2nd order of the south-west German stepland .

As the name suggests, the term encompasses landscapes of the Keuper (including the well-known parts of the Keuperbergland Haßberge , Steigerwald and Frankenhöhe ) and the Lias ( Black Jura ) in Franconia . In addition, the foreland of the Franconian Alb , on which Dogger (Brown Jura) is partly due, belongs to the main unit group. Parts of the former volcanic area Heldburger Gangschar also belong to the landscape.

The highest elevation of the main unit group at 689 m is the singular Hesselberg immediately north of the Swabian and Franconian Jura separating the Nördlinger Ries crater .

Location and limits

The Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land is bounded in the north and west by the gauze landscapes of the Mainfränkische Platten , which are characterized by shell limestone , to which the Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten adjoin in the southwest . In the south-west follows the Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land, which is similar in landscape and geology.

In an easterly direction, the landscape merges into the Malm plateau of the Franconian Alb , in the northeast follows the Upper Palatinate-Upper Main hill country (but above all the Upper Main hill country ) as a buffer zone between the Franconian Jura and the Upper Palatinate-Bavarian Forest .

In the Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land, among other things, the agglomeration of Nuremberg with Fürth and Erlangen and, to the north of it, the cities of Bamberg and in the north-north-eastern border area of Coburg are comparatively central .

Natural structure

The Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land, as part of the large-scale landscape of the Southwest German layered level land, is naturally divided into main units (three-digit) as follows:
(in brackets the rocks Keuper (K), Lias (L) and Dogger (D))

11 (= D59) Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land (9004.20 km²)
- 110 Foreland of the southern Franconian Jura (682.50 km²; L, D) up to 689 m ( Hesselberg ), on Schloßberg 606.7 m, on Flüglinger Berg 641.3 m
  - 110.0 Northern Ries foreland
    - 110.00 Öttinger Riesvorhöhen
    - 110.01 Foreign clearance basin
    - 110.02 Öttinger Forest
    - 110.03 Wassertrüdinger Wörnitzbogen
  - 110.1 Hesselberg area
    - 110.10 Hesselberg Lias Plates
    - 110.11 Hesselberg area
    - 110.12 Hesselberg
  - 110.2 Hahnenkamm foreland
    - 110.20 Hahnenkamm Lias Belt
    - 110.21 Hahnenkamm foothills
  - 110.3 Weissenburg Bay
    - 110.30 Altmühl funnel
    - 110.31 Weimersheim plate
    - 110.32 Foreland of the Weißenburger Alb
  - 110.4 Foreland of the Anlauter Alb
    - 110.40 Thalach source area
    - 110.41 Staufer iron sandstone mountains
- 111 Foreland of the Middle Franconian Alb (516.1 km²; L, D) up to 595 m ( Dillberg ), on the Buchberg 591 m
  - 111.0 Freystädter Albvorland
    - 111.00 Freystädter Albvorland west of the Schwarzach
    - 111.01 Schwarzachtal
    - 111.02 Freystädter Albvorland east of the Schwarzach (to Unterrieden)
  - 111.1 Neumarkt Basin
    - 111.10 Northern Neumarkt Basin
    - 111.11 Neumarkt pine forest
    - 111.12 Southern and Western Neumarkt Basin
    - 111.13–17 Mountains of witnesses
      - 111.13 Dillberg (594.7 m)
      - 111.14 Tyrolsberg (574 m)
      - 111.15 Staufer Berg (504 m)
      - 111.16 Buchberg (584 m)
      - 111.17 Sulzbürg (with Galgenberg and Schlüpfelberg; 567 m)
  - 111.2 Altdorfer Albvorland
- 112 Foreland of the Northern Franconian Alb (687.00 km²; L, D)
  - 112.0 Bamberg foothills; breaks down on Blatt Coburg under different numbering in:
    - 112.3 * Bamberg foothills
      - 112.31 * Scheßlitzer Albvorland
      - 112.32 * Breitengüßbacher Albvorland
    - 112.4 * Staffelsteiner Albvorland
      - 112.40 * Zapfendorfer Albvorland
      - 112.41 * Wolfsdorfer Albvorland with Stublang Lauterbach funnel
  - 112.1 Forchheimer Albvorland
  - 112.2 Erlanger Albvorland
  - 112.3 (= 112.0 * on sheet Nuremberg) Laufer Albvorland
    - 112.00 * Moritzberg and the surrounding area
  - 112.5 Erlangen-Forchheim-Strullendorfer Regnitztal
  - 112.6 Bamberg-Hallstadt-Baunacher valley junction
  - 112.7 Staffelstein-Lichtenfelser Maintal
  - 112.8 Regnitz edge heights on the left
- 113 Middle Franconian Basin (3996.10 km²; K)
  - 113.0 Dinkelsbühler and Feuchtwanger hill country
    - 113.00 Dinkelsbühler hill country
    - 113.01 Königshofener Heide
  - 113.1 Feuchtwanger Basin
  - 113.2 (old) Feuchtwanger hill country
  - 113.2 Ansbacher Hügelland (= 113.1 on the Bamberg sheet)
    - 113.20 Southern Ansbach hill country
    - 113.21 Ansbach valley basin
    - 113.22 Northern Ansbach hill country
  - 113.3 Southern Middle Franconian Plates
    - 113.30 Orngau - Gunzenhausen Altmühltal
    - 113.31 Bibert-Schwabach-Rezat plates
    - 113.32 Cadolzburg ridge
    - 113.33 Southern foreland of the Spalter hill country (with Brombachgrund)
    - 113.34 Eastern foreland of the Spalter hill country
    - 113.35 Rednitzaue
  - 113.4 Split hill country
    - 113.40 Southern Spalter hill country
    - 113.41 Northern Spalter Hill Country
    - 113.42 Spalter valley basin
  - Mountains of witnesses
    - 113.43 Abenberger hill group (up to 430 m)
    - 113.44 Heidenberg (up to 462 m)
  - 113.5 (= 113.6 on Bamberg sheet) Nuremberg basin with sand plates
    - 113.50 Rother sand plates
    - 113.51 Reichelsdorfer gravel terrace
    - 113.52 Lorenz Forest
    - 113.53 Nuremberg – Fürth urban area
    - 113.54 Altdorf dune area
    - 113.55 Garlic country
    - 113.56 Röthenbacher Sandplatte and Pegnitzaue
    - 113.57 Sebald city forest
  - 113.60 Aurach-Zenn plates
  - 113.7 Aisch Valley and Aischgrund
  - 113.8 Ebrach-Aisch plates
  - 113.9 Bamberg Rhaet-Lias hill country
- 114 Frankenhöhe (653.30 km²; K) to 554 m
  - 114.0 Southern Franconian Height
    - 114.00 Crailsheimer Hardt
    - 114.01 Dwarf Wörnitz Basin
    - 114.02 Wörnitz basin
    - 114.03 Sulzachrand Heights
  - 114.1 Average Swiss franc
    - 114.10 Rothenburg Hardt
    - 114.11 Erlbach Basin
    - 114.12 Barley fields basin
    - 114.13 Colmberg Basin
    - 114.14 Bucher height
  - 114.2 Northern franc amount
    - 114.20 Hohenecker Heights
    - 114.21 Petersberg-Virnsberg-Heights
    - 114.22 Colmberg heights
    - 114.23 Upper Zenntal
    - 114.24 Upper Rezat Valley
    - 114.25 Lehrberger valley landscape
- 115 Steigerwald (1115.20 km²; K) up to 499 m
  - 115.0 Southern (front) Steigerwald
  - 115.1 Middle Steigerwald
  - 115.0 Northern Steigerwald
    - 115.00 Schwanberg
    - 115.01 Frankenberg
- 116 Haßberge (194.80 km²; K) up to 512 m
  - 116.0 Southern Hassberge
    - 116.00 Southern Haßberg step and roof area (= 116.0 on Bamberg sheet)
    - 116.01 Breitbrunner Hügelland (= 116.1 on the Bamberg sheet)
    - 116.02 Priegendorfer Baunach edge heights (= 116.2 on the Bamberg sheet)
  - 116.1 Middle Haßberge (Bettenburger transverse depression)
  - 116.2 Northern Hate Mountains
    - 116.21 Northern Haßberg step with the Haßberg ridge
    - 116.22 Bundorf Forest
  - 116.3 Eltmanner Maintal (only Bamberg sheet)
- 117 Itz-Baunach-Hügelland (1177.20 km²; K, L) up to 467 m

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen (Ed.): Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960). In it:
Erich Otremba : 11 Frankisehes Keuper-Lias-Land. 2. Delivery 1955, pp. 181-189

↑ Map services ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the BfN @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bfn.de
^ Heinz Späth: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 141 Coburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1987. → Online map (PDF; 5.0 MB)
^ Horst Mensching , Günter Wagner : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 152 Würzburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. → Online map (PDF; 5.3 MB) - only marginal portions
^ Karl Albert Habbe: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg - A bundle of problems and a proposal for a structure. In: Announcements of the Franconian Geographical Society 2003/2004, pp. 55–102 ( PDF download )
↑ Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
^ Franz Tichy : Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)
^ Dietrich-Jürgen Manske : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 164 Regensburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1981. → Online map (PDF; 4.8 MB) - only marginal portions
↑ Hansjörg Dongus : Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 171 Göppingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1961. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB) - only marginal portions
↑ Ralph Jätzold: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 172 Nördlingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 3.9 MB) - only marginal portions
↑ The paper Bamberg, which was published outside the series, leads under 110.4 Staufer Vorberge .
↑ The addition in brackets is part of the designation on the Nuremberg sheet, without brackets.
↑ Name of natural area up to one place after the comma from sheet 153 Bamberg
^ Unit according to the Bamberg journal (2004); on sheet Coburg (1987) this is still counted under 117.02 / 03 to the Itz-Baunach-Hügelland !
↑ Unless otherwise stated, the numbers come from Blatt Nürnberg.
↑ designation on sheet Nuremberg; on sheet Rothenburg under this number is Dinkelsbühler Hügelland
↑ In the Rothenburg sheet, which was published in 1962, two segments of the hill country, separated by the Feuchtwanger basin, protrude with two different decimal places. The 1973 sheet Nuremberg, which does not contain the two eponymous cities but the majority of the landscape, does not adopt this division and assigns all sub-landscapes to 113.0, with the parts protruding into the Rothenburg sheet belonging to 113.00.
↑ On sheet Bamberg this landscape is part of unit 113.5 Aurach-Zenn-Bibert-Platten , which, however, extends much further to the south (in the area of sheet Nuremberg); on the Nuremberg sheet, in turn, the landscape is the only local partial landscape of unit 113.6 Northern Mainfränkische Platten

Web links

Landscape profiles of the BfN (five-digit codes starting with "11" denote parts of the Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land)

[HNGD-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen (Ed.): Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany . Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960). In it:
Erich Otremba : 11 Frankisehes Keuper-Lias-Land. 2. Delivery 1955, pp. 181-189