Kirchheimer Bergland

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The Kirchheimer Bergland is an east (south) of the crumpled and west of Fulda in Bad Hersfeld situated natural area (355.4) in Fulda Haune-plateau (main unit 355) in the west of the district Rotenburg , Osthessen , Germany . It is named after the town of Kirchheim .

Since it is on the left, i.e. west of the Fulda, the Kirchheimer Bergland is commonly assigned to the Knüll, to which there is no sharp limit to the northwest. In contrast to the Knüll, however, the Kirchheimer Bergland is practically exclusively on red sandstone .

Location and limits

The Kirchheimer Bergland lies entirely in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse .

While the transitions to the Knüll to the northwest are comparatively smooth, the (still this side) Geis forms a recognizable border to the Neuchâtel-Ludwigsecker Wald (357.0) to the northeast. The Kämmerzell-Hersfelder Fuldatal (355.2) along the Fulda as the (south) east border to the Rombach plateaus (355.30) is even sharper.

The (still this side) valley of the auditorium from Frielingen (town of Kirchheim ) in turn forms the southwest border to the Ottrauer Bergland (355.0).

Other properties

The Kirchheimer Bergland has an area of ​​94.76 km², which is almost entirely wooded inside.

mountains

Rivers

The claimed from Kirchheimer Bergland, the crumpled open to the northwest between horseshoe auditorium (southwest), Fulda (southeast) and Geisbach (northeast) leaves little room for independent tributaries. In particular, the right watershed of the Geis is very close to the river itself.

From the Knüll, the Erzebach flows into the Geis from the right, and the Meisebach (6.2 km) flows into the Geis from the left, as does the Asbach (5.4 km) further south .

From the left into the auditorium, the Kisselbach (5.6 km), which rises on Eisenberg in the eastern Hochknüll, also flows into the interior of the Goßmannsröder Wasser (5.5 km) and Wälsebach (4.0 km).

Aula (22.6 km) and Geisbach (22.1 km) both arise in the Hochknüll and flow into the Fulda from the left shortly after leaving the natural area.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Geological overview map of Hesse". Historical atlas of Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ Map and description in the Environmental Atlas of Hesse
  3. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )

General sources