Gaibacher loess plateau
| Gaibacher loess plateau | |||
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| Systematics according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | ||
| Greater region 1st order | Layer level land on both sides of the Upper Rhine Rift | ||
| Greater region 2nd order | Southwest German layer level country | ||
| Greater region 3rd order | Swabian-Franconian Gau | ||
| Main unit group | 13 → Main Franconian plates |
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| About main unit | 137 → Steigerwald foreland |
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| 4th order region (main unit) |
137.1 → Iphofen-Gerolzhofener Steigerwaldvorland |
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| Natural space |
137.13 → Gaibacher loess plateau |
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| Natural area characteristics | |||
| Landscape type | open loess plate | ||
| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 49 ° 54 '3.7 " N , 10 ° 13' 2.7" E | ||
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| Local area | Gaibach , Heidenfeld , Hirschfeld , Öttershausen , Lindach | ||
| local community | Kolitzheim , Röthlein , Volkach | ||
| circle | Kitzingen , district of Schweinfurt | ||
| state | Bavaria | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Gaibacher loess plateau is a small-scale natural spatial unit (5th order) with the ordinal number 137.13 in the area of the Lower Franconian communities Kolitzheim , Röthlein and Volkach in the districts of Kitzingen and Schweinfurt .
location
The Gaibacher loess plateau (137.13) forms a sub-unit within the main unit Iphofen-Gerolzhofener Steigerwaldvorland (137.1). It is part of the Steigerwald foreland (137) and thus a natural area in the main unit group of the Mainfränkische Platten . The Schweinfurt Basin (136) connects to the north , while the so-called Herlheimer Mulde (137.14) begins further east . In the southwest the landscape merges into the Steigerwald foreland of Neuses (137.12). The south is occupied by the Volkacher Mainschleife (133.07) in the Middle Main valley (133), in the west is the Obereisenheim-Wipfelder Main valley (133.08).
In an essay at the beginning of the 21st century, Karl-Albert Habbe suggested reducing the area of the Gaibach loess plateau, since the loess deposits are less extensive than assumed in the 1960s. Habbe cuts out an area around Lindach, the so-called Lindacher drift sand area and the Main edge heights (137.130), in the northern part of the loess plateau.
The natural area is located in the extreme northwest of the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen. The old extension of the loess plateau also included areas in the Schweinfurt district. In the south, the natural area covers almost the entire area of the Volkach district of Gaibach with the hamlet of Öttershausen . The large area of the Gaibach Palace Park can also be found here. It then stretches in a wide strip towards the Lindach district of the Kolitzheim community in the Schweinfurt district. In addition, the districts of Röthlein- Heidenfeld and Röthlein- Hirschfeld hold shares in the natural area.
Landscape characteristics
The loess plateau presents itself as an open plateau on the eastern bank of the Main in the north of the city of Volkach. Fruit growing is widespread in the region. Closely related is the natural area of the Steigerwald foreland of Neuses , which has a similar altitude but is based on a different geological situation. Typical for the Gaibach plateau is the strong demarcation and the many dell systems both in the direction of the main valley and towards the Herlheimer Mulde.
Smaller forest areas cover the area to this day. However, arable land predominates. Fruit growing, in particular, has a long tradition here, although viticulture has been heavily promoted in recent decades. The plateau is climatically favorable because it towers high above the Main valley, where frost damage occurs less frequently in spring. The potential, natural vegetation (without human intervention) would give rise to grove , bedstraw , oak and hornbeam forests , which would be interspersed with pure bedstraw .
Protected areas
The natural spatial unit is interspersed with protected areas of almost every protection category. The Volkacher Mainschleife protrudes into the area as a landscape conservation area. To the north and east of Lindach there is also an extensive bird sanctuary , such as the so-called pheasant garden of Gaibach. The area is also a natural monument that was used by the Counts of Schönborn as a hunting ground. The only nature reserve are the Schleifwiesen and Nußloch near Lindach .
Geology and tectonics
A large part of the plateau is taken up by the eponymous, wide loess plate . It influenced the formation of the valley and dell system. This loess plate is unique in the region and can only be compared with the remnants of the plateau further west in the Main Triangle .
See also
literature
- Karl-Albert Habbe: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg 1: 200,000 - A bundle of problems and a suggested structure . In: Mitteilungen der Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft Vol. 50/51 for 2003/2004 . Erlangen 2004. pp. 55-102.
- Horst Mensching, Günter Wagner: The natural spatial units on sheet 152 Würzburg (= geographical land survey 1: 200,000 natural spatial structure of Germany) . Bad Godesberg 1963.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geography Giersbeck: Map 152 Würzburg , PDF file, accessed on January 8, 2019.
- ^ Habbe, Karl-Albert: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg 1: 200,000 . P. 96.
- ↑ Mensching, Horst (among others): The natural space units on sheet 152 Würzburg . P. 35.
- ^ Habbe, Karl-Albert: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg 1: 200,000 . P. 85 (map).
- ↑ Mensching, Horst (among others): The natural space units on sheet 152 Würzburg . P. 35.