Giessen-Koblenz Lahntal

The Gießen-Koblenz Lahntal is a valley basin in western Hesse and eastern Rhineland-Palatinate , which includes the lower reaches of the Lahn and the Limburg basin . In terms of nature , it represents the main unit group 31. It extends from Leun to the confluence of the Lahn into the Rhine at Lahnstein . Contrary to its name, it does not go east to Gießen , but ends west of Wetzlar .

Natural structure

The Gießen-Koblenzer Lahntal is structured as follows:

Map of the structure of the LM district with natural area numbers

• 312 Weilburger Lahn valley area
  • 312.0 Gaudernbacher Platte (right-leaning)
  • 312.1 Weilburger Lahntal
    • 312.11 Löhnberg valley widening
    • 312.12 Weilburg - Aumenauer Lahntal
  • 312.2 Edelsberg-Braunfelser plates (left-leaning)
    • 312.21 Braunfels plate
    • 312.22 Edelsberger plate
• 311 Limburg Basin
  • 311.0 North Limburg basin hill country (right-leaning)
    • 311.02 Schupbach - Hofer edge plate
    • 311.00 Ahlbacher Bördenplatte
    • 311.01 Elz - Hadamar pool edge
  • 311.1 Inner Limburg Basin
    • 311.11 Bay of Villmar
    • 311.12 Runkeler Lahn valley
    • 311.13 Limburg Lahn valley widening
    • 311.14 Diezer Gate *
    • 311.10 Linter plate (left-leaning)
  • 311.2 South Limburg basin hill country (left-leaning)
    • 311.22 crusher bottom *
    • 311.20 Kirberger hills *
    • 311.21 Under aar- basin rim *
• 310 Lower Lahn Valley
  • 310.0 Balduinsteiner Lahn Valley
  • 310.1 Nassauer Lahntal
  • 310.2 Bad Ems - Mieller Lahntal

The division of unit 311.14 (western part of the old unit 311.13 and extreme west of 311.0) and the subdivision of 311.2 come from a newer, local publication for the Limburg-Weilburg district, see adjacent map.

The Gießen-Koblenzer Lahntal is the western extension of the Marburg-Gießener Lahntal (main unit 348). To the west it finds its extension in the Moselle valley (main unit group 25), from which it is separated by the Middle Rhine region (29). The Westerwald joins to the north and the Hintertaunus to the south .

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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).
2. ↑ Heinrich Müller-Miny, Martin Bürgener: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 138 Koblenz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1971. →  Online map (PDF; 5.7 MB)
3. ↑ Heinz Fischer: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 124 Siegen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1972. →  Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)
4. ^ Gerhard Sandner : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 125 Marburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1960. →  Online map (PDF; 4.9 MB)
5. ↑ Map and legend of the natural areas of Hesse (online copy of Die Naturraum Hessens , Otto Klausing 1988) in the Hessen Environmental Atlas of the Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
6. ↑ Landscape profile of the large landscape 31 Lahntal of the landscape information system of the nature conservation administration Rhineland-Palatinate ( notes )
7. ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
8. ↑ B. Feuerstein: The natural spaces of our district , Weilburg 2004. See file: NaturraumLM.png

Web links

• Landscape profile (Gießen-Koblenzer) Lahntal of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )