Geological structural areas of Hesse

The Hessian State Office for Nature Conservation, Environment and Geology divides the area of Hesse according to geological aspects into structural areas that correspond more or less to large geological landscapes and clods that have uniform stratigraphic , petrographic or structural geological properties. They are categorized according to age in the three main categories Paleozoic , Mesozoic and Cenozoic .

A distinction is made between the following structural spaces:

Paleozoic Mountains

Rhenish Slate Mountains

If one disregards the structures in the southern and central Kellerwald as well as in the south-eastern and central Taunus, the structural areas of the Rhenish Slate Mountains differ significantly from the geomorphological ridges.

1.1 Rhenish Slate Mountains 1.1.1 East Sauerland Saddle 1.1.2 Waldecker Mulde 1.1.3 Medebach-Goldhausener Saddle 1.1.4 Wittgensteiner Mulde 1.1.5 Battenberg-Waldecker Saddle 1.1.6 Siegener Saddle 1.1.7 Eder trough 1.1.8 Northern cellar forest structure (central cellar forest ) 1.1.9 Southern cellar forest structure (southern cellar forest , Hemberg )

(see 1.1 Rhenish Slate Mountains ) 1.1.10 Dill hollow 1.1.11 Listen (= listening zone ) 1.1.12 Lahn-Mulde 1.1.13 Gießener Grauwacken ceiling 1.1.14 Lindener Mark-Schuppe (near Linden ; foothills of the slate mountains in the Giessen basin ) 1.1.15 Taunus (excluding the extreme northwest) 1.1.15.1 Hintertaunus (without northwest) 1.1.15.2 Taunus ridge ( High Taunus ) 1.1.15.3 Vordertaunus (without the south of the Eppsteiner Horstes)

Paleozoic awakenings

1.2 Paleozoic upheavals 1.2.1 Werra-Grauwacken Departure ( Soodener Bergland ) 1.2.2 The Richelsdorf Departure ( Richelsdorf Mountains ) 1.2.3 Baumbacher Aufbruch (near Baumbach , Rotenburger Fuldatal ) 1.2.4 Mühlbacher Aufbruch ( singularity ( Zechsteininsel ) near Mühlbach ) 1.2.5 Oberguder Zechsteinscholle (near Obergude ; in the Stolzhäuser ridge, Stölzinger Gebirge ) 1.2.6 Seifertshausener Zechsteinscholle (near Seifertshausen ; in Haselbach-Bebra-Bergland, Stölzinger Gebirge ) (1.2.7 Rossbach-Bieberer Scholle , see section Odenwald and Spessart )

(see 1.2 Paleozoic upheavals ) 1.2.8 Büdinger Permscholle ( Ronneburger Hügelland , northeast of the Bergen Ridge ) 1.2.9 Oppershofener Horst (near Oppershofen , island-like in the Wetterau ) 1.2.10 Münzenberger Horst (near Münzenberg; on the edge of the Wetterau to the Vogelsberg ) 1.2.11 Griedeler Horst (near Griedel ; island-like in the Wetterau ) 1.2.12 Hofheimer Rotliegend plaice (southern half of the Eppsteiner Horstes in the Vordertaunus ) 1.2.13 Sprendlinger Horst ( Sprendlingen , with Messel Pit ; Messeler Hügelland on the northern extension of the Odenwald ) 1.2.14 Herleshausen departure (near Herleshausen ; at the Werra valley)

Odenwald and Spessart (incl. Mesozoic and Cenozoic)

* 1.3 Odenwald crystalline 1.3.1 Bergsträßer Odenwald (large part of the crystalline Odenwald in the west of the low mountain range) 1.3.2 Böllsteiner Odenwald (geological incl. Otzberger Randhügelland ) 1.4 Spessart crystalline 1.4.1 Pre-cut type 2.3 Levels of the South German Plaice 2.3.1 Layer level of the Büdinger Buntsandstein ( Büdinger Forest ) 2.3.2 Layer level of the red sandstone Spessart ( sandstone Spessart ) 2.3.3 Layer level of the Buntsandstein-Odenwald ( Buntsandstein-Odenwald )

(to 1.2 Paleozoic Rises ) 1.2.7 Rossbach-Bieberer Scholle (between Roßbach and Bieber in the Buntsandstein-Spessart) (to 2.2 Mesozoic rifts and valleys ) 2.2.41 Schlüchtern Basin (northern edge of the Spessart) 2.2.42 Mottgerser Graben (between Schlüchtern basin and Buntsandstein-Spessart) 2.2.44 Michelstädter Graben (south of the Mümlingtal ; island-like in the Buntsandstein-Odenwald) (to 3.2 Volcanic Tertiary Areas ) 3.2.5 Volcanic area Alsberger Plateau (island-like in the red sandstone Spessart) 3.2.8 Hohenzell volcanic area (on the southern threshold of the Schlüchtern basin to the Buntsandstein-Spessart)

Mesozoic mountains

Mesozoic clods

2.1 Mesozoic clods 2.1.1 Dransfeld muschelkalk clod (near Dransfeld , almost completely in Lower Saxony and to the right of the Werra and Weser; Dransfeld plateaus ) 2.1.2 Ober-Weser-Scholle ( Kaufunger Wald , Reinhardswald , Bramwald , Solling ) 2.1.3 East Hessian red sandstone plaice ( Fulda-Werra-Bergland without northwest and extreme northeast, Fulda-Haune-Tafelland , western Rhön foreland , Gieseler Forest ) 2.1.4 Eiterhagener Scholle (near Eiterhagen ; Söhre , Melsunger Bergland , Eichelsberg ) 2.1.5 Fuldalauf deep floe 2.1.6 Nethe plaice ( Oberwälder Land ) 2.1.7 Zierenberger Scholle (northern Habichtswälder Bergland , Diemelbörde )

( see 2.1 Mesozoic clods ) 2.1.8 Istha-Scholle ( Wolfhagener Hügelland ) 2.1.9 Emstaler Scholle ( Elberberger Heights , west of the Fritzlarer Börde ) 2.1.10 Quast and oak clod ( quast and oak ) 2.1.11 Ehringer Scholle ( Elsbergrücken ) 2.1.12 Waldecker plaice 2.1.12.1 Meineringhausener, Vasbecker and Ense Scholle ( Waldecker Gefilde ) 2.1.12.2 Arolsen-Schlierbacher Scholle ( Waldecker Wald , Hessenwald , Löwensteiner Grund . East of the Gilserberger Heights ) 2.1.13 Frankenberger Scholle ( Burgwald with Wetschaft-Senke , Marburger Bergland , west of the Gilserberger Heights ) 2.1.14 Plaice of the Kuppenrhön ( Milseburger Kuppenrhön without west)

Mesozoic rifts and valleys

2.2 Mesozoic rifts and valleys 2.2.1 Leinetal-Graben ( Leinegraben ) 2.2.2 Eichenberg-Gothaer Graben (only at Neu-Eichenberg in Hesse; Eichenberg-Gotha-Saalfelder fault zone ) 2.2.3 Borgentreich Keupermulde (near Borgentreich , almost completely in North Rhine-Westphalia; Große Börde ) 2.2.4 Warburg Graben Zone (southeast of Warburg ; WO-Graben from the southern Diemelbörde to the northern seam of the West Hessian Basin and the Oberwälder Land ) 2.2.5 Wolfhagen-Volkmarsener Graben Zone (between Volkmarsen and Wolfhagen ; Volkmarser Graben, eastern Volkmarser Basin, Ehringer Senke and Elsunger Senke - Ostwaldecker Randsenken ) 2.2.6 Ippinghausener Graben (near Ippinghausen ) 2.2.7 Fritzlar-Naumburger Grabenzone (Ippinghäuser Grund and Elbergrund - Ostwaldecker Randsenken ) 2.2.8 Graben ven Balhorn-Masslor 2.2.9 Momberger Graben (central NW- SE trench of the Gilserberger Heights ) 2.2.10 Kasseler Graben (east of Kassel ; western southern boundary of the Kaufunger Forest ) 2.2.11 Wickerode Trench (near Wickerode ; eastern southern boundary of the Kaufunger Forest ) 2.2.12 Sundergraben (in Sontra starts at a right angle from Sontraer Graben (2.2.17) to the northeast) 2.2.13 Altmorschen-Lichtenauer Graben Zone (from Großalmerode via Hessisch Lichtenau and Spangenberg to Altmorschen ; central NE-SW part of the Witzenhausen-Altmorschen valley ) 2.2.14 Beisheimer Graben (near Niederbeisheim ; goes from the southwest end of 2.2.13 to the west) 2.2.15 Netraer Graben (near Netra ; central NW- SE valley of the Ringgau ) 2.2.16 Ringgauer Mulde ( Ringgau ) 2.2.17 Sontraer Graben (NW- SE -Graben near Sontra ; southeast boundary of the Hosbach-Sontra mountainous region ) 2.2.18 Spahl-Eiterfelder Mulde (near Eiterfeld and Spahl ; Soisberger Kuppenrhön ) 2.2.19 Ludwigsecker Graben (near Ludwigseck Palace ; Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge ) 2.2.25 Remsfelder Graben 2.2.21 Rabolshausener Graben 2.2.22 Semmelberger Graben

( see 2.2 Mesozoic rifts and valleys ) 2.2.23 Neusteiner Graben 2.2.24 Breitenbacher Graben 2.2.25 Kirchheirner Graben 2.2.26 Hersfelder Graben 2.2.27 Oberaula ditch 2.2.28 Hofbieberer Graben 2.2.29 Langenberger Graben 2.2.30 Unterbernhardser Graben 2.2.31 Kleinsassener Grabenkeuz 2.2.32 Brick Head Trench 2.2.33 Kleinsassener Graben 2.2.34 Schnegelsberg-Wadberg-Graben 2.2.35 Grossenlüderer Graben 2.2.36 Fuldaer Graben 2.2.37 Lauterbacher Graben 2.2.38 Heubach-Thalau-Friesenhausen Graben Zone 2.2.39 Weyherser Graben 2.2.40 Hettenhausener Graben (2.2.41 Schlüchtern basin , see section Odenwald and Spessart ) (2.2.42 Mottgerser Graben , see section Odenwald and Spessart ) 2.2.43 Ersroder Graben (near Ersrode; Neuenstein-Ludwigsecker ridge ) (2.2.44 Michelstädter Graben , see section Odenwald and Spessart )

Cenozoic Mountains

Tertiary trenches and valleys

3.1 Tertiary trenches and depressions 3.1.1 Lower Hessian Basin ( West Hessian Basin ) 3.1.1.1 Lower Hessian Basin 3.1.1.2 Hirschberger Valley ( Hirschberg ) 3.1.1.3 Meissner Valley ( High Meissner ) 3.1.1.4 Zennen Valley 3.1.1.5 Ziegenhain basin 3.1.1.6 Kasseler Graben in the Lower Hessian Basin 3.1.1.7 Graben ven Homberg-Lehndorf 3.1.2 Eschweg basin 3.1.3 Belgerskopf Depression (island-like in the Söhre ) 3.1.4 Söhrewald depression (island-like in the Söhre ) 3.1.5 Alsfeld Basin 3.1.6 Amöneburg-Neustadt-Erksdorfer Becken ( Amöneburg Basin ), Neustädter Sattel , northwest of the northern Vogelsberg foreland

( see 3.1 tertiary trenches and hollows) 3.1.7 Giessen basin 3.1.8 Butzbach basin 3.1.9 Fleckenberg- Munzenberg Basin 3.1.15 Horloff ditch 3.1.11 Wetterauer Depression 3.1.12 Limburg Basin 3.1.13 Idstein Valley 3.1.14 Hanau Basin 3.1.14.1 Hanau-Seligenstadt Valley 3.1.14.2 Dieburger Basin 3.1.14.3 Reinheim rim clamp 3.1.14.4 Aschaffenburg Basin 3.1.15 Northern Upper Rhine Rift 3.1.16 Mainz Basin 3.1.17 Mica or sink

Volcanic tertiary areas

3.2 Volcanic tertiary areas 3.2.1 Habichtswald and Lange Berge volcanic area 3.2.2 Knüllgebirge volcanic area ( Hochknüll ) 3.2.3 Rhön volcanic region 3.2.3.1 Hohe Rhön ( Dammersfeld ridge , Lange Rhön ) 3.2.3.2 Wasserkuppenrhön

( see 3.2 Volcanic Tertiary Areas ) 3.2.4 Land ridge volcanic area (3.2.5 Alsberger Plateau volcanic area , see section Odenwald and Spessart ) 3.2.6 Vogelsberg volcanic area (without Gieseler Forst, with Vorderem Vogelsberg and Northern Vogelsberg foreland without northwest) 3.2.7 Westerwald volcanic area ( High Westerwald ) (3.2.8 volcanic area of ​​Hohenzell , see section Odenwald and Spessart )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Interactive map and legend on the geological structure of Hesse in the Hesse Environmental Atlas of the Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology