Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest

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Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest
Burgsinner Kuppe with Burgsinn in the foreground
Burgsinner Kuppe with Burgsinn in the foreground
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 Odenwald, Spessart and Südrhön
4th order region
(main unit)		 140 →
South Rhön
5th order region 140.0 →
Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest
Highest peak Pfeffersbrunn south of Zeitlofs-Roßbach ( 517  m )
Geographical location
Coordinates 50 ° 13 '35.4 "  N , 9 ° 40' 40.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 13 '35.4 "  N , 9 ° 40' 40.1"  E
Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest (Bavaria)
Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest
Location Gemünden-Zeitlofser Wald
circle Bad Kissingen district , the district of Main-Spessart
state Bavaria
Country Germany

The Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest is named after the town of Gemünden am Main in the south and the Zeitlofs market in the north of the natural area and is part of the southern Rhön. In the west there are several tunnels on the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg . Part of route 46 would have led through the natural area , this is a section of the motorway that was planned at the time of National Socialism and its construction began but was not completed.

Natural allocation

The name Gemünden-Zeitlofser Wald was defined  as a natural area in 1968 within the framework of the natural spatial structure ( M = 1: 200,000) and assigned as follows:

Location and limits

The natural area is the westernmost part of the southern Rhön . He is from the Spessart in the West only through the narrow sense , then to the mouth of the Franconian Saale by the sense defined. To the north, as far as the Hagküppel at Dreistelzberg , roughly the tree line should be drawn. In the east, the Weißenbach borders first, then the Schondra and finally the Franconian Saale.

geology

Geologically, the Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest forms the transition from the Spessart to the South Rhön. The area is a wooded height with leveling between 430 and 517 m. The upcoming consists of Middle Buntsandstein , on the heights there is also Upper Buntsandstein . There is a small basalt deposit north of Roßbach . There are hardly any loess drifts . Sandy soils are found on the middle red sandstone and loamy soils on the upper.

Mountains and elevations

This list contains the most striking elevations of the Gemünden-Zeitlofser Forest:

Climate and vegetation

The drainage takes place almost exclusively towards the Franconian Saale and not to the sense . The natural area is mostly covered with mixed forest. At Roßbach and Obersinn the heights are free from forests. The settlements can only be found in the northern part and along rivers.

There is 750 to 850 mm of precipitation annually. There is a closed snow cover for 50 to 70 days.

Protected areas

The following nature reserves are located in the natural area:

Furthermore, parts of the landscape protection areas Bayerische Rhön and LSG are located in the natural area within the Bavarian Spessart (formerly a protection zone) . The boundary within the natural area is the Bad Kissingen / Main-Spessart district boundary. In addition, a large part of the fauna-flora habitat Einertsberg, Schondraberg and neighboring forests are located in the area.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brigitte Schwenzer: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 140 Schweinfurt  - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg, 1968 → Natural space map (PDF, 4 MB).
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )