Gaulandschaft

Gäulandschaft refers to a flat, tree-poor landscape in the southern German-speaking area ( Alemannic , also in Switzerland ), typically with fertile soils due to loess deposits (exception, for example, poor Gäu of the Baden-Württemberg Gäus ), whose intensive use for planting originally existing forests (→ climatic vegetation - im Contrary to the refuted steppe theory theory and the controversial megaherbivore hypothesis ). The North German name is Börde .

See also:

• Gau (region) - also on the etymology and conceptual history of Gäu
• Gäu - regions of the name
• Natural areas designated as Gäuplatten :
  • Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
  • Gäuplatten in the Main Triangle
  • Werra-Gäuplatten
• Gäuboden
• Altsiedelland | Old settlement landscape