Granseer Platte
| Granseer Platte | |
|---|---|
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| Systematics according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany |
| Greater region 1st order | North German Lowlands |
| Greater region 2nd order | Central North German Lowland |
| Greater region 3rd order | 76–89 → East German plateau and heathland |
| Main unit group | 77 → North Brandenburg plateau and hill country |
| 4th order region (main unit) |
776–779 → Ruppiner Heiden and Platten |
| Natural space |
778 → Granseer Platte |
| Natural area characteristics | |
| Landscape type | Wooded / wooded arable landscape |
| Geographical location | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 58 '25.9 " N , 13 ° 6' 14.9" E |
| circle | Oberhavel , Ostprignitz-Ruppin |
| state | Brandenburg |
The Granseer Platte (pronunciation: Gransee-er Platte ) is a wooded / wooded arable landscape in the north of Brandenburg . It forms a natural area in the North Brandenburg plateau and hill country . Together with the Rüthnicker Heide , the Ruppiner Platte and the Wittstock-Ruppiner Heide , the Granseer Platte forms the main natural unit of the Ruppiner Heiden and Platten .
geography
The Granseer Platte covers an area of about 700 km², depending on the definition. Between the river plains it stretches for 20 to 25 km, while the north-south extent is about 30 km. In the north / northwest the Granseer Platte merges into the hilly Rheinsberg-Fürstenberger lake area . In the south, the Platte borders the Eberswalde glacial valley , which is taken up by the Rhinluch and the lowlands along the old Havellauf. The plate rises about 10 to 20 m above the level of the surrounding lowlands. The highest elevations are the Hohe Timpberg southeast of Gransee with 92 m and a nameless height northwest of Gransee with 102 m above sea level. The largest lakes in the Granseer Platte are the Große Wentowsee in the north and the Dreetzsee in the south. There are also many smaller lakes such as the Großer Lankesee or the Huwenowsee . The main places are the former district town of Gransee, Lindow and Löwenberg . The Granseer Platte is mainly used for arable farming, whereby these areas are repeatedly interrupted by smaller forests and meadows. Alder forest is found in swampy areas , while pine forests grow on the barren sandy soils in the west and south-west ( Rüthnicker Heide ) . In the south, the Granseer Platte borders the Zehdenick-Spandau Havel lowlands .
geology
The Granseer Platte received its current relief at the end of the Vistula Cold Age . Most of the area is covered by a domed base moraine plate . The penultimate Brandenburg ice advance ( Frankfurter Staffel ) left a terminal moraine , which runs in the western part of the plate from south to north, then bends to the northwest between Lindow and Gransee in order to leave the landscape in the further course. The north-east located the terminal moraine meltwater poured in southwestern Granseer plate an approximately 100 square kilometers Sander surface on which today's Beetzer Heath.
history
Since the medium-heavy and stony soil can hardly be worked with simple wooden plows , the Granseer Platte was hardly populated until the second German expansion to the east . Traces of settlement can only be found on the edge of the plate and in the area of the lakes and watercourses . The Wendenkreuzzug in 1147 bypassed the landscape in the west and north. Nevertheless, the first German fortifications in the area of Lindow, Gransee and Löwenberg can be expected in the Ruppin region. Gransee received town charter in 1262 , Löwenberg shortly afterwards. Both cities were agricultural towns up to modern times. The Beetzer Heide was largely a restricted military area in the GDR . In the central part of the Granseer Platte is the baroque castle Meseberg am Huwenowsee, today used as a guest house for the federal government .
Economy and Transport
The Granseer Platte is mainly used for agriculture and forestry to this day . Near Lindow, north of Badingen and east of Mildenberg , clay was mined in the 20th century , from which an important brick industry developed. However, this mainly benefited the city of Zehdenick .
The most important traffic artery is the federal highway 96 , which crosses the Granseer Platte in a north-south direction. This in turn is crossed in the south by the federal road 167 ( Neuruppin –Löwenberg– Liebenwalde ) and in the northern part by the state road L 22 (Lindow – Gransee – Zehdenick). The Berlin Northern Railway (Berlin – Stralsund) runs parallel to the B 96 .
nature
The landscape has been shaped by humans for 800 years. Only a few more remote lakes have been preserved originally. Nonetheless, the varied profile has repeatedly made it possible for various animal species to retreat.
In the far north, waters with adjacent deciduous forests are registered as FFH areas, e.g. B. the Wolfsluch, the Polzowtal and the Pölztal with the Gramzower lakes, in the south various deciduous forest areas are placed under nature protection, such as the Meseberger Heide or Harenzacken. To the east of Beetzer Heide breeding areas are of fish , Scream and eagles , black and white storks and cranes , to the west a gray heron colony . With the exception of the Beetzer Heide area, the landscape of the Granseer Platte is considered “worthy of protection with deficits”.
Others
The Federal Agency for Nature Conservation differentiates the designated area according to other aspects, especially according to landscape protection worthiness and use . According to their definition, the Granseer Platte is reduced to 537 km², the Schleuener Heide (Beetzer Heide) with 94 km² counts extra, and the boundaries of the landscape as a whole are not exactly congruent.
Web links
- Landscape profile Granseer Platte of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )