Natural structure of the Franconian Alb

Natural structure of the Franconian Alb
surface	7th 053.8 km²
Systematics according to	Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Greater region 1st order	07–23 → Layer level land on both ; sides of the Upper Rhine Rift
Greater region 2nd order	08–16 → Southwest German step country;
Greater region 3rd order	08–09 → ; Swabian and Franconian Alb
Main unit group	08 → ; Franconian Alb
	Natural area characteristics
Landscape type	Low mountain range landscape , Dogger and Malm step .
Highest peak	Dürrenberg ( 656.4 m )
	Geographical location
Coordinates	49 ° 0 '55.7 " N , 10 ° 45' 42.8" E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '55.7 " N , 10 ° 45' 42.8" E
	Location of the peripheral Dürrenberg as the highest peak in the Franconian Alb
state	Bavaria

Franconian Alb

The Franconian Alb represents the natural spatial main unit group 08 within the south-west German layer level country and is divided into the main units Northern (080), Middle (081) and Southern (082) Franconian Alb . The Southern Franconian Alb extends the Swabian Alb, which runs in an east-northeast direction, to the east, while the Middle and Northern Franconian Alb point towards the north-northwest. The Swabian and Franconian Alb together form a large, natural third order region .

The subdivision of the eastern part of the Northern Franconian Alb, which was supposed to take place on sheet 154 Bayreuth of the single sheets 1: 200,000 , which was never published , can be found on sheet 153 Bamberg to the west, which was only published in 2004 .

The following natural areas are designated:

08 (= D61) Franconian Alb

080 Northern Franconian Alb

080.0 Weismain-Alb

080.01 Ziegenfelder Alb

080.02 Staffelsteiner Alb

080.1 Wiesentalb (" Franconian Switzerland ")

080.2 Graefenberger surface alb

080.3 Heiligenstädter surface alb

080.4 Hollfelder Mulde

080.5 Doggersandstein-Alb

080.6 Pegnitz-Kuppenalb

080.7 Veldenstein Forest

081 Middle Franconian Alb (Upper Palatinate Alb)

081.0 Western surface Alb ("Neumarkter surface Alb ")

081.00 Eismannsberg-Püscheldorfer Flachalb

081.01 Southern part of the western surface Alb (between Pelchenhofen, Döllwang, Ober- and Unterbuchfeld, Batzhausen)

081.02 Upper valley of the Schwarzen Laaber

081.03 Upper valley of the White Laaber

081.1 Kuppenalb ("Lauterach-Kuppenalb")

081.11 Neukirchen-Königsteiner Kuppenalb

081.12 Lower Högenbachtal

081.13 Arzberg-Poppberger Kuppenalb

081.14 Kastl-Hohenburger Kuppenalb

081.15 Upper valley of the Lauterach (up to the confluence of the Mühlhausener valley)

081.16 Valley of the Schwarzen Laaber near Parsberg and Lupburg

081.2 Eastern Alb

081.20 Western Vilsplatte

081.21 Eastern Vilsplatte

081.22 Southern Vilsplatte

081.23 Naabplatte (between Beratzhausen-Kallmünz and Etterzhausen)

081.24 Lower valley of the Lauterach

081.25 Upper Vilstal

081.26 Lower Vilstal

081.27 Beratzhausen-Deuerlinger Tal der Schwarzen Laaber

081.28 Burglengenfelder Naabtal

081.29 Pielenhofen Naabtal

082 Southern Franconian Alb

082.0 Frankenalb near Ries

082.00 eastern Ries foreheads

082.01 Wörnitz breakthrough

082.02 Flotzheim plateau

082.03 Döckinger plateau

082.1 Franconian Alb on the Danube side

082.1 (10) Hienheimer Alb

082.1 (11) Köschinger Forest

082.10 Tagmersheim plateau

082.11 Kaisheimer Alb

082.12 Adelschlager plateau (description on sheet 172 Nördlingen)

082.13 Hainbergalb

082.14 Alluvial plain

082.15 Nassenfelser Molassealb (description on sheet 172 Nördlingen)

082.16 Rennertshofener terrace bay

082.17 Neuburger Donauenge

082.18 Köschinger Molasse Alb

082.19 Theisinger Kuppenland

082.2 Altmühlalb (western Altmühlalb)

082.20 Hahnenkammalb

082.21 Treuchtlinger gate

082.22 Upper Altmühlalb

082.23 Middle Altmühlalb (description on sheet 172 Nördlingen)

082.24 Middle Altmuehltal

082.25 Wellheim Valley

082.26 Weissenburger Alb

082.27 Anlauteralb (Description sheet 172 Nördlingen and Nürnberg 163)

082.28 Anlauter-Braunjura funeral

082.29 Gredinger Schwarzachtal (Schwarzach-Thalach valley funnel)

082.3 Northern part of the southern Franconian Alb (Eastern Altmühlalb)

082.30 Western Sulzplatte (between Sulz and Gredinger Schwarzach)

082.31 Sulztal (between Rappersdorf and Beilngries)

082.32 Eastern Sulzplatte (between Sulz and Weißer Laaber)

082.33 Lower valley of the White Laaber (= Untersburger Laabertal)

082.34 Gumpertshausener Platte (between Weißer and Wissinger Laaber)

082.35 Valley of the Wissinger Laaber

082.36 Hemauer plateau

082.37 Beilngries - Dietfurt valley zone

082.38 Arzberg

082.39 Wolfsberg

082.4 Southern Altmühlalb

082.40 Paulushofen-Wolfsbucher Altmühlplatte

082.41 Schambachalb

082.42 Lower Altmuehltal

082.43 Hienheim Forest with Weltenburger Danube Gorge

082.44 Staubinger heads

082.5 Riedenburg-Paintener Altmühlalb

082.50 Aichkirchener Landstufe and Paintener plateau

082.51 Schönhofen-Sinzinger Tal der Schwarzen Laaber

082.52 Eilsbrunn - Nittendorfer plateau

082.53 Allinger Albrand

082.54 Abbacher chalk step

082.55 Kelheim-Sinzinger Danube Valley

082.56 Baiersdorfer Riedel

082.57 Viehhausener Kuppenland

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 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).
^ Heinz Späth: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 141 Coburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1987. → Online map (PDF; 5.0 MB)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Karl Albert Habbe: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg - A bundle of problems and a suggested structure. In: Announcements of the Franconian Geographical Society 2003/2004, pp. 55–102 ( PDF download )
^ Franz Tichy : Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)
^ Dietrich-Jürgen Manske : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 164 Regensburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1981. → Online map (PDF; 4.8 MB)
↑ Ralph Jätzold: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 172 Nördlingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 3.9 MB)
↑ Otto Sporbeck, Hansgeorg Schlichtmann: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 173 Ingolstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1990. → Online map (PDF; 3.6 MB)

[HNGD-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).

[BfL-141-2] Heinz Späth: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 141 Coburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1987. → Online map (PDF; 5.0 MB)

[BfL-153-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Karl Albert Habbe: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg - A bundle of problems and a suggested structure. In: Announcements of the Franconian Geographical Society 2003/2004, pp. 55–102 ( PDF download )

[BfL-163-4] Franz Tichy : Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 163 Nuremberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1973. → Online map (PDF; 4.0 MB)

[BfL-164-5] Dietrich-Jürgen Manske : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 164 Regensburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1981. → Online map (PDF; 4.8 MB)

[BfL-172-6] Ralph Jätzold: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 172 Nördlingen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 3.9 MB)

[BfL-173-7] Otto Sporbeck, Hansgeorg Schlichtmann: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 173 Ingolstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1990. → Online map (PDF; 3.6 MB)