List of natural units and landscapes in Ostwestfalen-Lippe

Selected landscapes and natural areas in Ostwestfalen-Lippe

View from Desenberg to the Warburger Börde

Lippischer Velmerstot in the Egge Mountains

View over the Porta Westfalica and the Weser in the Weserbergland

Externsteine in the Teutoburg Forest

Wiehengebirge in the fog

Senne with Teutoburg Forest

Alpine landscape in autumn

Typical landscape in the Ravensberger Mulde , near Bünde

The Mindener Land with Weser

This list of the natural units and landscapes in Ostwestfalen-Lippe reflects the natural units and landscapes of a higher order insofar as they are wholly or partially in Ostwestfalen-Lippe . The division into natural spatial units results from the same abiotic factors (climate, relief, water balance, soil, geological structure) and the same biotic factors (flora and fauna). From an ecological point of view, a landscape is a geographical area which is distinguished from other areas by different characteristics. In contrast to the natural spatial structure, this can also include culturally determined factors.

Natural units

Outline scheme

Greater region (e.g. German low mountain range *)

xy main unit group (e.g. 36 Upper Weserbergland)

xyz main unit (e.g. 364 Lipper Bergland)

→ For further explanation see: List of the natural units in North Rhine-Westphalia

list

The basic natural units are:

German low mountain range threshold *:

33 Bergisch-Sauerland Mountains or Southern Mountains

• 332 East Sauerland mountain range *
• 334 North Sauerland Oberland *

36 Upper Weser Uplands

• 360 Warburger Börde
• 361 Oberwälder Land
• 362 Paderborn plateau
• 363 Egge (mountains)
• 364 Lipper Bergland
• 365 Pyrmonter Bergland *
• 366 Rinteln-Hamelin Weserland *
• 367 Holzmindener Wesertal *

37 Weser-Leine-Bergland *

• 378 Calenberger Bergland *

53 Lower Weser Uplands

• 530 Bielefelder Osning (eastern Teutoburg Forest )
• 531 Ravensberger Mulde
• 532 Eastern Wiehengebirge , (also a small part of the Western Wiehengebirge)
• 533 Lübbecker Loessland

North German lowlands *:

54 Westphalian (lowland) bay

• 540 Ostmünsterland ( Ems sand plain ) *
• 542 Hellwegbörden *

58 Dümmer-Geest Basin *

• 582 Rahden-Diepenauer Geest
• 583 Middle Weser Valley *
• 584 Diepholzer Moorniederung *

62 Weser-Aller flat land

• 628 Loccumer Geest *

Most of the units marked with * are not located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

Landscapes

Ostwestfalen-Lippe includes the following landscapes :

• Lower Saxony highlands
  • Weserbergland
  • Teutoburg Forest / Osning
  • Egge Mountains
  • Lipper mountain country
  • Ravensberger Land
    • Bünder Land
  • Warburger Börde
  • Eastern Wiehengebirge

• Westphalian Bight / Münsterländer Bight
  • Hellwegbörden
    • Geseker Börde *
  • Paderborn plateau
    • Sintfeld
  • Senne

• Westphalian lowlands
  • Mindener Land
    • Lübbecker Land

Most of the landscapes marked with * are not located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

Historical-cultural sub-regions

Alternatively, for historical reasons, people feel they belong to the following historically and culturally based sub-regions:

• Minden-Ravensberg : predominantly Lutheran and early Prussian areas in the north
• Hochstift Paderborn : predominantly Catholic areas in the diocese of Paderborn in the south
• Lippe : Area of ​​the former state of Lippe with a long independent history

See also

• List of landscapes in North Rhine-Westphalia
• List of mountains and elevations in Ostwestfalen-Lippe

literature

• Emil Meynen (Hrsg.): Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany. Self-published by the Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen 1953–1962 (Part 1, contains deliveries 1–5).
• Emil Meynen (Hrsg.): Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany. Self-published by the Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen 1959–1962 (Part 2, contains delivery 6–9).

Web links

• Phenological natural space map
• Map of the natural spatial landscape according to BfN
• Wolfgang Dinter (LÖBF): Natural Spatial Structure NRW (PDF file; 252 kB)

Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '30.2 "  N , 8 ° 31' 53.7"  E