Main natural spatial units of Germany

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The natural areas of the 4th order within a seven-level hierarchical structure are designated as natural spatial main units in the natural area survey and classification according to the system of the manual of the natural spatial structure of Germany and its subsequent processing . Since this system does not make any typification, the main units are individual natural spaces. In addition to an individual name, which is often borrowed from a traditional landscape designation, each main unit was given a three-digit code. This at the same time marks their classification in the natural areas of the 3rd order, the main unit groups provided with a two-digit code , which in turn are combined into 2nd and 1st order units, cf. Large natural regions of Germany . Depending on the nature of the respective natural area, the main units are subdivided into sub-units, sub-units and basic units (natural areas 5th, 6th and 7th order, digit code with decimal places). The rank of the main unit thus occupies a central position in the hierarchy.

In some publications by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the larger main unit groups were misleadingly referred to as main units. However, the BfN also uses the term main unit mainly according to its original definition of the Institute for Regional Studies.

Examples of main units are smaller low mountain ranges like the Kellerwald (350 km²), mountain sub-groups like the alpine Wetterstein Mountains (130 km²) and depressions like the Stuttgart Bay (100 km²).

Through various subsequent edits in the single sheets 1: 200,000 , the first version of the structure, completed in 1960, was changed and expanded several times by the mid-1990s, albeit largely limited to West Germany. At the same time, after the inner-German border was closed from 1961 to 1990 , the responsible bodies in the GDR worked on their territories autonomously, which in some cases also involved a significant change in premises and methods. Furthermore, since the processing in reunified Germany from the mid-1990s onwards was no longer carried out centrally but by institutions at the level of the federal states, there were incompatibilities in the area of ​​political boundaries in the definition of the natural area boundaries and differences in the nomenclature.

Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia developed independent structures for their landscape planning, so that the old main units in these federal states are no longer supported by a current database. After all, the unit level of the macrogeochores in the systematics of the natural areas in Saxony is largely comparable with the concept of the “main unit” in terms of its size and combination of characteristics. In contrast, the “landscape units ” of Saxony-Anhalt and the natural areas of Thuringia, which are conceived as types of natural space instead of natural space individuals, are not readily comparable .

On the concept of the main unit

The concept of the main unit initially represented the basic concept of the natural division of Germany of the Institute for Regional Studies. At the same time, it was the smallest unit that was strictly structured in the handbook of the natural division of Germany. The sections of the manual are also grouped together by main unit, with the name of the editing author behind each section about a main unit. In front of each main unit group there is a superordinate section, whose author's name is also added.

In the first edition of the manual from 1953, Josef Schmithüsen traced the concept of the main unit back to the concept of the basic landscape unit . It says explicitly:

“In our tiered structure, we use the“ main units ”to denote natural spatial units whose order of magnitude roughly corresponds to that of the“ landscape unit ”. Depending on the nature of the regions of the earth, they can still be quite different in size.

The main units correspond to the “natural growth areas” of Gustav Krauss (1936), those “naturally delimited landscape units” within which “even greater local differences in location and growth occur in random conglomerates”, but “despite all the diversity of location and climate and soil ... have related characteristics of the site conditions and clearly stand out from the neighboring districts ”. So there are rooms with a very differentiated tile structure. "

- Josef Schmithüsen : on page 17 of the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany, 1st delivery 1953

As examples of basic landscape units, Schmithüsen gives the following on page 5 of the same book:

* Name giver of a main unit group ** Name giver of a main unit *** Name giver of a 5th order unit

The Ruhr area is highlighted in the running text as a typical spatial unit determined by humans, the Ries as a typical one in the borderline predominantly or almost exclusively determined by the nature of the country. The Ruhr area therefore does not represent a natural spatial unit, while the Ries represents a main natural spatial unit within almost identical limits.

The list shows that the concept of the basic landscape unit roughly corresponds to the typical scope of landscapes known by name. However, it also shows that some of the sample landscapes naturally correspond to a main unit group (Harz, Lüneburg Heath, Black Forest, Spreewald), while some only correspond to a sub-natural area (Goldene Aue, Senne). In fact, the natural spatial scale on which it was based played an additional role.

Main unit map 1960

Compared to the original map of 1: 1,000,000 from 1954 and the text of the manual up to approx. 4th / 5th. Delivery (up to group 38), various changes were made by the Institute for Regional Studies up to 1960.

The names and comments are taken verbatim from the map legend, comments on later updates in the drawing of boundaries and naming are marked as such and in italics.

Author list

The following authors contributed to the breakdown into main units up to 1960 (publisher in bold, project and institute manager additionally underlined; † symbols refer to the year 1960), indented the main units (groups) dealt with in the book parts:

01-09

  • 01 Northern Kalkhochalpen
    (note: completely differently structured in the individual sheets with Alpine participation from 1978 to 1994, see here )
    • 010 Rear Bregenz Forest
    • 011 Allgäu high alps
    • 012 Oberstdorf Basin
    • 013 Wetterstein Mountains
    • 014 Karwendel Mountains
    • 015 Lofer and Leogang Alps
    • 016 Berchtesgaden Alps
  • 02 Swabian-Upper Bavarian Prealps
    (note: completely differently structured in the individual sheets with Alpine participation from 1978 to 1994, see here )
    • 020 Front Bregenz Forest
    • 021 Vilser Mountains
    • 022 Ammer Mountains
    • 023 Nieder Werdenfelser Land
    • 024 Kocheler Mountains
    • 025 Mangfall Mountains
    • 026 Kufstein basin
    • 027 Chiemgau Alps
  • (Note: Blatt Lindau introduced the following group :)
    • 02 Nagelfluh heights and valleys between Lake Constance and Isar
      • 020 Pfänder (formerly part of 020)
      • 021 Nagelfluh heights and valleys of Sulzberg – Oberstaufen (formerly part of 033)
      • 022 Nagelfluh heights and sinks of Großholzleute – Immenstadt (formerly part of 034 and 035)
      • 023 Adelegg (formerly main part of 034)
      • 024 Rottachberg (formerly part of 020)
  • 03 Pre-alpine hills and moorland
    • (Note: 030 (new) Bodensee-Jungmoränenland summarizes the following four units on the Lindau sheet :)
      • 030 Hegau
      • 031 Lake Constance basin
      • 032 Upper Swabian hill country
      • 033 Westallgäu hill country
    • 034 Adelegg
      (Note: In sheet Lindau to 023 (main part) and 022 (southwest part), see above)
    • 035 Iller-Vorberge
      (Note: On the Lindau and Kaufbeuren sheets: Iller-Jungmoränenland)
    • 036 Lech-Vorberge
      ( Note: On the Kaufbeuren sheet: Wertach-Lech-Jungmoränenland )
    • 037 Ammer-Loisach-Hügelland
      (Note: On the Kaufbeuren and Tegernsee sheets: Ammer-Loisach-Jungmoränenland)
    • 038 Inn-Chiemsee-Hügelland
      (Note: On the Tegernsee and Salzburg sheets: Chiemsee-Jungmoränenland)
    • 039 Salzach hill country
      (note: on sheet Salzburg: Salzach-Jungmoränenland)
  • 04 Donau-Iller-Lech plates
    • 040 Danube-Ablach plates
    • 041 Riss-Aitrach plates
    • 042 hill country of the lower rift
    • 043 wooden sticks
    • 044 Lower Illertal
    • 045 Donauried
    • 046 Iller-Lech gravel slabs
    • 047 Lech-Wertach levels
    • 048 Aindlinger terrace stairs
  • 05 Isar-Inn gravel slabs
    • 050 Fürstenfeldbruck hill country
    • 051 Munich level
    • 052 Isen-Sempt hill country
    • 053 Alz plate
    • 054 Lower Inn Valley
  • 06 Lower Bavarian hill country
    • 060 Isar-Inn hill country
    • 061 Lower Isar Valley
    • 062 Danube-Isar hill country
    • 063 Donaumoos
    • 064 Dungau
  • 07 Upper Palatinate-Upper Main hill country
    • 070 Upper Palatinate hill country
    • 071 Upper Main Hill Country
  • 08 Franconian Alb (Franconian Alb)
    • 080 Northern Franconian Alb
    • 081 Middle Franconian Alb
    • 082 Southern Franconian Alb
  • 09 Swabian Alb (Swabian Alb)
    • 090 Randen (Klettgau- and Randenalb)
    • 091 Hegaualb
    • 092 Baaralb and Upper Danube Valley
    • 093 High Swabian Alb
    • 094 Middle Kuppenalb
    • 095 Middle surface alb
    • 096 Albuch and Härtsfeld
    • 097 Lone Valley Alb (Lower Alb)
    • 098 Riesalb

10-19

  • 10 Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land
    • 10 100 foreland of the western Swabian Alb
    • 10 101 Foreland of the central Swabian Alb
    • 10 102 Foreland of the Eastern Swabian Alb
    • 103 Ries
    • 104 Schönbuch and Glemswald
    • 105 Bay of Stuttgart
    • 106 Filder
    • 107 Schurwald and Welzheimer Wald
    • 108 Swabian-Franconian forest mountains
  • 11 Franconian Keuper-Lias-Land
    • 110 Foreland of the Southern Franconian Alb
    • 111 Foreland of the Middle Franconian Alb
    • 112 Foreland of the Northern Franconian Alb
    • 113 Middle Franconian Basin
    • 114 Swiss francs
    • 115 Steigerwald
    • 116 Hate Mountains
    • 117 Itz-Baunach hill country
  • 12 12 Gäuplatten in Neckar and Tauberland
    • 120 Alb-Wutach area
    • 121 Baar
    • 122 Upper sheep
    • 123 Neckar basin
    • 124 Stromberg and Heuchelberg
    • 125 Kraichgau
    • 126 Kocher-Jagst levels
    • 127 Hohenloher and Haller level
    • 123 building land
    • 129 Tauberland
  • 13 Main Franconian plates
    • 130 Ochsenfurter and Gollachgau
    • 131 Windsheim Bay
    • 132 Marktheidenfelder Platte
    • 133 Middle Main Valley
    • 134 Gäuplatten in the Main Triangle
    • 135 Wern Lauer plate
    • 136 Schweinfurt Basin
    • 137 Steigerwald foreland
    • 138 138Grabfeldgau
    • 138 1381grave field
    • 138 1382Werra brewing plates
    • 139 Hesselbach Woodland
  • 14 Odenwald, Spessart and Südrhön
    • 140 South Rhön
    • 141 Sandstone Spessart
    • 142 Front Spessart
    • 143 Büdinger Forest
    • 144 sandstone forest
    • 145 Front Odenwald
  • 15 Black Forest
    • 150 Black Forest edge plates
    • 151 Grindenschwarzwald u. Enzhöhen
    • 152 Northern Black Forest Valley
    • 153 Central Black Forest
    • 154 Southeastern Black Forest
    • 155 Upper Black Forest
  • 16 High Rhine region
    • 160 High Rhine Valley
    • 161 Dinkelberg
  • 17 Haardtgebirge
    (Note: The name has not caught on in general, the Palatinate Forest or Palatinate Forest are more common;
    the structure is divided into three
    • Lower Palatinate Forest (north part with more flat waves)
    • Middle Palatinate Forest
    • Wasgau (southern part reaching to France including the Dahn (-Annweil) rock country)
    more common.)
    • 170 Haardt
      (Note: This designation is misleading because the actual Haardt only designates the narrow eastern edge of the Middle Palatinate Forest.
      Blatt Landau calls this main unit Palatinate Forest)
    • 171 Dahner Felsenland
      (name on Landau sheet: Dahn-Annweiler Felsenland)
  • 18 Palatinate-Saarland Muschelkalkgebiet
    • 180 Zweibrücker Westrich (note: also Westrich plateau)
    • 181 Bliesgau
    • 182 Merziger Muschelkalkplatte
  • 19 Saar-Nahe-Bergland
    • 190 Prims Blies hill country
    • 191 Central Saarland woodland
    • 192 Kaiserslauterer Senke (note: also Westricher Niederung)
    • 193 Glan-Alsenz-Berg- und Hügelland (Note: more common is the North Palatinate Bergland)
    • 194 Upper Nahabergland (note: on sheet Saarbrücken Prims-Nahe-Bergland)
    • 195 Soonwald preliminary stage
  • (Note: The Saarbrücken sheet divides groups 18 and 19 much more finely:
    • 18 Palatinate-Saarland Muschelkalkgebiet
      • 180 Zweibrücker Westrich (outside of Blatt Saarbrücken)
      • 181 Bliesgau (181 (old) without Saar valley and the smaller western part)
      • 182 Merziger Muschelkalkplatte (only the smaller northeast part of 182 (old) right of the Saar)
      • 183 Saar-Nied-Gau (central part of 182 (old))
      • 184 Nied-Rossel-Gau (southern part of 182 (old) and western part of 181 (old), connected by a narrow southern border around 191 (old))
      • 185 Bist-Rossel stage (narrow, semicircular southwest frame from 191 (old), in turn framed by 184 (new); entirely in France)
      • 186 Saarbrücken-Kirkeler Wald (narrow northern border around 181 (new) in the southeast of 191 (old))
    • 190 Saar-Nahe-Bergland
      • 190 Prims-Blies-Hügelland (like 190 (old), but without the Saar Valley and the small part to the left of the Saar and the Hunsrück slope in the north)
      • 191 Saarkohlenwald (northeast part of 191 (old))
      • 192 St. Ingbert-Kaiserslauterer Senke (191 (old) plus its western continuation in 191 (old))
      • 193 Nordpfälzer Bergland (largely unchanged)
      • 194 Prims-Nahe-Bergland (largely unchanged)
      • 195 Soonwald preliminary stage (outside of Blatt Saarbrücken)
      • 196 Sobernheim valley widening (introduced on sheet Mainz and completely within it; southwest part of 228 (old))
      • 197 Middle Saar valley (Saar valley within the old main units 181 (separated smaller western part), 191 (roughly central), 190 (two-part western part), 182 (separated smaller north-eastern part))
      • 198 Warndt (western part of 191 (old) without narrow southwest frame)
      • 199 foothills of the forest (small northern part of 190 (old), sheet Saarbrücken and sheet Trier))

20-29

  • 20 Southern Upper Rhine Lowland
    • 200 Markgräfler Rhine Plain
    • 201 Markgräfler hill country
    • 202 Bay of Freiburg
    • 203 Kaiserstuhl
  • 21 Middle Upper Rhine Lowland
    • 210 Offenburg Rhine Plain
    • 211 Lahr-Emmendinger foothills
    • 212 Ortenau-Bühler foothills
  • 22 Northern Upper Rhine Lowland
    • 220 hairline
    • 221 Lower Palatinate
    • 222 Northern Upper Rhine Valley
    • 223 hardt levels
    • 224 Neckar-Rhine plain
    • 225 Hessian Rhine Plain
    • 226 Bergstrasse
    • 227 Alzeyer hill country
    • 228 Lower Naheland
  • 23 Rhine-Main lowlands
    • 230 Messel hill country
    • 231 Rheinheim hill country
    • 232 sub-level
    • 233 Ronneburg hill country
    • 234 Wetterau
    • 235 Main-Taunus foreland
    • 236 Rheingau
    • 237 Ingelheimer Rhine plain
  • 24 Hunsrück
    • 240 Soonwald
    • 241 Simmern Mulde
    • 242 Hoch- and Idarwald
    • 243 Hunsrück plateau
    • 244 Rheinhunsrück
    • 245 Moselhunsrück
    • 246 Saar-Ruwer-Hunsrück
  • 25 Moselle valley
    • 250 250 Middle Moselle valley
    • 251 Wittlich Valley
    • 252 Lower Saar Valley
  • 26 Gutland
    • 260 Mosel-Saar-Gau
    • 261 Bitburger Gutland
    • 262 Ferschweiler Plateau
  • 27 Eastern Eifel
    • 270 Moseleifel (Niedereifel)
    • 271 Eastern High Eifel
    • 272 Ahreifel
    • 274 Münstereifel Forest
    • 275 Mechernicher Voreifel
    • 276 Kalkeifel
    • 277 Kyllburger Waldeifel
  • 28 West Eifel
    • 280 Islek
    • 281 Western High Eifel
    • 282 Rureifel
    • 283 High Fens
  • 29 29 Middle Rhine region
    • 290 Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    • 291 Middle Rhine Basin
    • 29 292 Lower Middle Rhine Region

30-39

  • 30 Taunus
    • 300 pre-audit
    • 301 High Taunus
    • 302 Eastern Hintertaunus
    • 303 Idstein Valley
    • 304 Western Hintertaunus
  • 31 Lahn valley
    • 310 Lower Lahn Valley
    • 311 Limburg Basin
    • 312 Weilburger Lahntal
  • 32 Westerwald
    • 320 Gladenbacher Bergland
    • 321 Dill Valley
    • 322 High Westerwald
    • 323 Oberwesterwald
    • 324 324 Niederwesterwald
  • 33 Bergisch-Sauerland Mountains (Süderbergland)
    • 330 Mittelieg-Bergland
    • 331 Siegerland
    • 332 332 East Sauerland mountain range
    • 333 333 Hochsauerland (Rothaargebirge)
      (Note: since 1963 only "Rothaargebirge (with Hochsauerland)", as the area commonly referred to as Hochsauerland is significantly smaller.)
    • 334 334 North Sauerland Oberland
    • 335 335 Lower Sauerland
    • 336 336 West Sauerland Oberland
    • 336 '3361Märkisches Oberland
    • 336 3362South Sauerland highlands
    • 337 337 Bergisch-Sauerland lowlands
    • 337 3371Niederberg hill country
    • 332 3372Sauerländer Unterland
      (Note: on sheet Düsseldorf "Märkisch-Sauerländisches Unterland": on sheet Arnsberg, on which it is almost completely, "Lower Sauerland (Lower Sauerland)")
    • 336 338 Bergische plateaus
    • 339 Bergland of the upper Agger and Wiehl
      (Note: On the Arnsberg and Siegen sheets, on which it is located: "Oberagger- und Wiehlbergland")
    • (Note:
      The author of the Arolsen sheet, on which it is almost completely located, also includes
      344 Kellerwald as part of
      the Süderbergland.)
    • 34 34 West Hessian mountains
    • 340 340 Waldecker Tafelland
    • 340 3401Waldecker Gebirgsvorland
      (Note: both on the Arolsen sheet, on which it is completely located, and in the Hesse Environmental Atlas as "Waldecker Gefilde".)
    • 340 3402Waldeck Forest
    • 341 341 Ostwaldecker peripheral depressions
    • 342 Habichtwald mountain country
    • 343 343 West Hessian Depression
    • 344 344 Kellerwald
      (Note: on sheet Arolsen assigned to group 33)
    • 345 Burgwald
    • 346 Upper Hessian threshold
    • 347 Amöneburg Basin
    • 348 Marburg-Giessener Lahntal
    • 349 Vorderer Vogelsberg
  • 35 East Hessian mountains
    • 350 350 Lower Vogelsberg
    • 351 351 Hoher Vogelsberg (with Oberwald)
    • 352 352 Fulda Valley
    • 353 353 Vorder- and Kuppenrhön (with ridge)
    • 354 354 Long Rhön
    • 355 355 Fulda-Haune-Tafelland
    • 356 356 Knüll and Homberger Bergland
      (Note: Since 1969 only "Knüll and Homberger Hochland".)
    • 357 357 Fulda-Werra-Bergland
    • 358 358 Lower Werratal
      (Note: on the Kassel sheet, on which it is completely located, labeled Lower Werraland, also in the Hesse Environmental Atlas).
    • 359 359 Salzunger Werrabergland
  • 36 Upper Weser Uplands
    • 360 360 Warburger Börde
    • 361 361 Oberwälder Land
    • 362 362 Paderborn plateau
    • 363 363 harrow
    • 364 364 Lipper Bergland
    • 365 365 Pyrmonter Bergland
    • 366 Rinteln-Hamelin Weserland
    • 367 Holzmindener Wesertal
    • 368 368 Weserengtal from Bodenwerder
  • 37 37 Weser-Leinebergland
    • 370 Solling, Bramwald and Reinhardswald
    • 371 Solling foreland
    • 372 Leine-Ilme-Senke
    • 373 Göttingen-Northeim Forest
    • 374 Eichsfeld Basin (Golden Mark)
    • 375 Lower Eichsfeld
    • 376 Southwestern Harz foreland
    • 377 377 Alfelder Bergland (with Ith and Hils)
    • 378 Calenberger Bergland
    • 379 Innerstebergland
  • 38 resin
    • 380 Upper Harz
    • 381 middle resin
    • 382 lower resin
    • 383 Eastern Harz canopy
  • 39 Thuringian-Franconian low mountain range
    • 390 Southern foreland of the Thuringian Forest
      (Note: The allocation of the foreland is disputed; Schönfelder already includes it in the south-west German layer level country.)
    • 391 Thuringian Forest
    • 392 Thuringian Slate Mountains
      (Note: On the Coburg sheet, a little more aptly referred to as "Thuringian-Franconian Slate Mountains";
      today common division into three parts is :)
      • High Thuringian Slate Mountains (northwest ridge)
      • Franconian Forest (southeast ridge)
      • Schwarza-Sormitz area (northeast cover)
    • 393 Münchberg plateau
    • 394 Hohes Fichtelgebirge
    • 395 Selb-Wunsiedler plateau
    • 396 Naab-Wondreb Depression

40-49

  • 40 Upper Palatinate and Bavarian Forest
    • 400 Upper Upper Palatinate Forest
    • 401 Upper Palatinate Forest
    • 402 Cham-Further Senke
    • 403 Rear Bavarian Forest
    • 404 rain sink
    • 405 Front Bavarian Forest
    • 406 Falkensteiner Vorwald
    • 407 Lallinger Winkel
    • 408 Passau Abteiland and Neuburg Forest
    • 409 Wegscheider plateau
  • 41 Vogtland
    • 410 East Thuringian-Vogtland plateaus
    • 411 Central Vogtland hill country
    • 412 Upper Vogtland
  • 42 Ore Mountains
    • 420 South facing of the Ore Mountains
    • 421 Upper Western Ore Mountains
    • 422 Upper Eastern Ore Mountains
    • 423 Lower Western Ore Mountains
    • 424 Lower Eastern Ore Mountains
  • 43 Saxon-Bohemian chalk sandstone region
    • 430 Elbe Sandstone Mountains
    • 431 Zittau Mountains
  • 44 Upper Lusatia
    • 440 Neisse area
    • 441 Lusatian highlands
    • 442 East Lusatian foothills
    • 443 West Lusatian foothills
    • 444 Lusatian climes
  • 45 Erzgebirge Foreland
    • 450 Central Saxon loess loam hill country
    • 451 Ore Mountains Basin
    • 452 Upper Pleißeland
  • 46 Saxon hill country (including Leipziger Land)
    • 460 Dresden Elbe Valley area
    • 461 Lusatian plate
    • 462 Grossenhainer care
    • 463 Central Saxon loess area
    • 464 Oschatz hill country
    • 465 Grimma Porphyry Hills
    • 466 Altenburg-Zeitzer loess area
    • 467 Leipziger Land
  • 47/48 Thuringian basins and edge plates
    • 470 oral cavity
    • 471 Saale-Elster sandstone slab
    • 472 Middle Saale Valley
    • 473 Paulinzellaer Vorland
    • 474 Ilm-Saale- and Ohrdrufer plate
    • 480 Waltershausen foothills
    • 481 West Thuringian mountain and hill country
    • 482 Thuringian Basin
    • 483 Ringgau, Hainich, Obereichsfeld and Dün-Hainleite
    • 484 Northern Thuringian hill country
    • 485 South Harz Zechstein Belt
    • 486 Kyffhäuser Mountains
    • 487 Helme-Unstrut depression
    • 488 Lower Unstrut mountain and hill country
    • 489 Querfurt plate and lower Unstrut plates

50-59

  • 50 Central German black earth region
    • 500 Eastern Harz foreland
    • 501 Koethen plain
    • 502 Northeastern Harz foreland
    • 503 lowland
    • 504 Magdeburg Börde
  • 51 Northern Harz foreland
    • 510 resin rim recess
    • 511 Big Break
    • 512 East Brunswick hill country
  • 52 Lower Saxony Börden
    • 520 Braunschweig-Hildesheimer Lößbörde
    • 521 Calenberger Loessbörde
    • 522 522 Bückebergvorland
  • 53 Lower Weser Uplands
    • 530 Bielefeld Osning
    • 531 Ravensberg hill country
    • 532 532 Eastern Wiehen Mountains
    • 533 533 Lübbecker Loessland
    • 534 Tecklenburger Osning
    • 535 Osnabrück hill country
    • 536 536 Western Wiehengebirge
  • 54 Westphalian lowland bay
    • 540 East Munsterland
    • 541 Kernmünsterland
    • 542 Hellwegbörden
    • 543 543 Emscherland
    • 544 West Munsterland
    • 545 545 Westernhellweg
  • 55 Lower Rhine Bay
    • 550 Schlebusch-Wahner Heide
    • 551 551 Cologne-Bonn Rhine plain
    • 552 Ville
    • 553 Zülpicher Börde
    • 554 Jülich Börde
  • 56 Vennvorland
    • 560 Vennfoot area
    • 561 Aachen hill country
  • 57 Lower Rhine lowlands
    • 570 self-edge
    • 571 Schwalm-Nette plates
    • 572 Niers lowland
    • 573 Kempen-Aldekerker panels
    • 574 Lower Rhine Heights
    • 575 Middle Lower Rhine Plain
    • 576 Issel level
    • 577 Lower Rhine valley
    • 578 Lower Rhine sand plates
  • 58 Dümmer-Geest lowland
    • 580 Nordhorn-Bentheimer sand lowland
    • 581 Plantlünner sand plain
    • 582 582 Rahden-Diepenauer Geest
    • 583 583 Middle Weser Valley
    • 584 Diepholzer Moorniederung
    • 585 Bersenbrücker Land
    • 586 Lingener Land
  • 59 Ems-Hunte-Geest
    • 590 Bourtanger Moor and Weener Geest
    • 591 Middle Emstal
    • 592 592 Sögeler Geest (Hümmling)
    • 593 593 Cloppenburg Geest
    • 594 594 Syker Geest
    • 595 595 Delmenhorster Geest

60-69

  • 60 East Frisian-Oldenburg Geest
    • 600 600 Hunte-Leda-Moorniederung
    • 601 East Frisian Central Moors
    • 602 East Frisian Geest
    • 603 Oldenburg Geest
  • 61 Ems-Weser March
    • 610 Emsmarschen
    • 611 East Frisian Marches
    • 612 612 Wesermarschen
    • 613 East Frisian Islands and Wadden Islands
  • 62 Weser-Aller flat land
    • 620 620 Verden Weser Valley
    • 621 621 Thedinghäuser Vorgeest
    • 622 Hannoversche Moorgeest
    • 623 Burgdorf-Peiner Geestplatten
    • 624 624 East Brunswick lowlands
    • 624 1 East Brunswick lowlands
    • 624 2 Flechtinger forest hill country
    • 625 Drömling
    • 626 Upper Allern lowlands
    • 627 All valley sand plain
    • 628 628 Loccumer Geest
  • 63 Stader Geest
    • 630 Achim-Verden Geest
    • 631 Wümmeniederung
    • 632 Hamme-Oste lowland
    • 633 Wesermünder Geest
    • 634 Zevener Geest
  • 64 Lüneburg Heath
    • 640 640 Hohe Heide
    • 641 641 Südheide
    • 642 642 Ostheide
    • 643 Uelzen basin and Ilmenau valley
    • 644 Luheheide
  • 67 Lower Elves
    • 670 Stader Elbmarschen
    • 671 Holstein Elbe Marshes
  • 68 Schleswig-Holstein Marshes (and North Sea Islands)
    • 680 North Frisian Geest Islands
    • 681 North Frisian Marsh Islands and Halligen
    • 682 North Frisian March
    • 683 Eiderstedter March
    • 684 Dithmarsch March
    • 689 Heligoland
  • 69 Schleswig-Holstein Geest
    • 690 Delicious Geest
    • 691 Bredstedt-Husumer Geest
    • 692 Eider-Treene lowland
    • 693 Heide-Itzehoer Geest
    • 694–696 South Holstein Geest
      • 694 Barmstedt-Kisdorf Geest
      • 695 Hamburger Ring
      • 696 Lauenburg Geest
    • 697 Schleswiger Vorgeest
    • 698 Holstein Vorgeest

70-79

  • 70 Schleswig-Holstein hill country
    • 700 fishing rods
    • 701–702 Schleswig-Holstein hills and lakes
      • 701 Schwansen, Danish welfare and office huts
      • 702 East Holstein hills and lakes
    • 703 North Oldenburg and Fehmarn
  • 71 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania coastal area
    • 710 Northwest Mecklenburg hill country and Wismar Bay
    • 711 Flat wavy lower Warnow area
    • 712 Rostock-Gelbensander Heide
    • 713 North Mecklenburg Boddenland
    • 714 heights and inland areas of northern Rügen
    • 715 Usedom hill country
  • 72 Northeast Mecklenburg Plain
    • 720 Inner flat and hill country of Rügen
    • 721 Strelasund
    • 722/723 North Mecklenburg clay plates
    • 724 Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania border valley
  • 73 Oderhaff area
    • 730 Ueckermünder Heide
    • 731 Friedländer Great Meadow
  • 74 Backland of the Mecklenburg Lake District
    • 740 Warnow-Recknitz area (with Bützower and Güstrow basins)
    • 741 Upper Peene area (with Teterower and Malchiner basins)
    • 742 Upper Tollensee region (with Tollensee basin)
    • 743 Woldegk-Feldberger hill country
    • 744 Uckermärkisches Hügelland (with Uecker- and Randowtal)
  • 75 Mecklenburg Lake District
    • 750 West Mecklenburg lake hill country
    • 751 Schwerin Lake area
    • 752 Sternberg-Krakower lake and sand area
    • 753 Upper Warnow-Elde area
    • 754 Mecklenburg Lake District
    • 755 Neustrelitzer Kleinseenland
    • 756–758 Schorfheide with Templiner and Britzer plate
      • 756 Templiner plate
      • 757 Schorfheide
      • 758 Britzer plate
    • 759 Eberswalder Tal
  • 76 Southwestern foreland of the Mecklenburg Lake District
    • 760 south-west Mecklenburg lowlands (with sand areas and clay slabs)
    • 761 lowland of the Lewitz and lower Elde
  • 77 North Brandenburg plateau and hill country
    • 770 Prignitz
    • 771 Ruhner Mountains
    • 772 Parchim-Meyenburg sand areas
    • 773 Kyritzer plate
    • 774 Perleberger Heide
    • 775 Dosse lowland
    • 776–779 Ruppiner Heiden und Platten
      • 776 Wittstock-Ruppiner Heide
      • 777 Ruppiner plate
      • 778 Granseer Platte
      • 779 Rüthnicker Heide
  • 78 Luchland
    • 780 Lower Rhinluch, Upper Rhinluch and Havelländisches Luch
    • 781 West Havelland country
    • 782 Bellin and Glin
    • 783 Zehdenick-Spandauer Havelniederung
  • 79 East Brandenburg plate
    • 790 western barnim
    • 791 Barnim plate
    • 792 forest hill country of the upper barnim
    • 793 Buckower Hill and Kesselland ('Märkische Schweiz')
    • 794 Lebus plate

80-89

  • 80 Oder Valley
    • 800 Lower Oder Valley Lowlands
    • 801 sand terraces of the lower Oder valley
    • 802 Oderbruch (with Frankfurter Odertal)
    • 803 Neuenhagen spur
  • 81 Central Brandenburg plateaus and lowlands
    • 810 Nauen plate
    • 811 Teltow plate
    • 812 Brandenburg-Potsdamer Havel area
    • 813 Lehniner Land
    • 814 Beelitzer Heide
    • 815 Nuthe-Notte lowland
    • 816 Luckenwalder Heide
    • 817 Baruther Tal (with Fiener Bruch)
    • 818 Karower plate
  • 82 East Brandenburg Heath and Lake District
    • 820 Berlin-Fürstenwalder Spree Valley Lowlands
    • 821 Saarow Hills
    • 822 Dahme lake area
    • 823 Zossen-Teupitzer plateau and hill country
    • 824 Beeskower plate
    • 825 Leuthen sand plate
    • 826 Lieberoser Heide and Schlaube area
    • 827 Gubener Land (with Diehloer hills)
    • 828 Fürstenberger Odertal
    • 829 Guben-Forster Neißetal
  • 83 Spreewald
    • 830 Malxe-Spree lowland
    • 831 Cottbus alluvial sand fan
  • 84 Lusatian basin and heathland
    • 840 Luckau-Calau Basin
    • 841 Cottbus sand plate
    • 842 Lusatian border wall
    • 843 Kirchhain-Finsterwalder Basin
    • 844 Niederlausitzer Randhügel
  • 85 Fläming
    • 850 Burg-Ziesarer Vorflming
    • 851 Western Fläming Plateau
    • 852 Zerbster Land (with Leitzkauer heights)
    • 853 Central Fläming
    • 854 Roßlau-Wittenberger Vorflaming
    • 855 Belziger Vorflming
    • 856 Northern Fläming forest hill country
    • 857 Eastern Fläming Plateau
    • 858 Southern Fläminghügelland
  • 86 Altmark
    • 860 Lüchower Niederung
    • 861 Jeetze-Dümme-Lehmplatte u. Arendseer Platte
    • 862 Stendaler Land (Milden lowlands with Kalbeschem Werder, Bismarck-Stendal-Tangermünder Platte, Arneburger Platte (with Stendaler Lowlands))
    • 863–865 Altmark forest hill country
      • 863 Letzlinger Heide
      • 864 Klötzer Heide
      • 642 865 West Altmark forest hill country
  • 87 Elbe valley lowlands
    • 870 Tangerhütte lowland
    • 871 Bittkauer Platte
    • 872 Genthiner Land
    • 873 Lower Havelniederung
    • 874 Land Schollene
    • 875 Märkische Elbe valley lowlands
    • 876 Lower Middle Elbe Valley
  • 88 Elbe-Mulde lowlands
    • 880 Dahlen-Düben Heath
    • 881 Elbe-Elster lowlands
  • 89 Upper Lusatian heathland
    • 890 Upper Lusatian pond area
    • 891 Muskauer Heide
    • 892 Königsbrück-Ruhlander Heiden

Changes since 1954

In the case of the units marked with an asterisk, changes in numbers, boundaries and names based on the latest research and surveys have been taken into account in this map. This must be taken into account when using the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany and the provisional edition of the map natural spatial structure of Germany (1954) enclosed with its 1st delivery (1953) . The references below explain the changes. Units in brackets are no longer listed under this number or are no longer considered main units in their previous form.

10 100–102: Previous designations (Bez.): Westliches, Mittleres, Östliches (Swabian) Alb foreland
1212: so far. Bez .: Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
138138: so far. Bez .: Grabfeld; divided into 138 1 and 138 2

138 2 : including part of (354)

250250: so far. Bez .: Moseltal (Schefergebirgs-Moseltal)
29(273 Rheineifel); as part of 292

29: so far. Bez .: Middle Rhine Valley

292: includes (273), (292), parts of (326)

(292 Lower Middle Rhine Valley); as part of 292

324 324: includes (324), (325), (326)

(324 Montabaurer Westerwald) s. 324

(325 Rheinwesterweld) s. 324

(326 Vorderwesterwälder plateaus) s. 324

332332: new; includes parts of (332), (334), (340), (344)

(332 Wittgensteiner Land); one part each for 332 and 333

333333: including parts of 331, (332); Part of 336 2
334334: new; Part of (334)

(334 East Sauerland Oberland); Parts for 332 (new), 334 (new), 335 (new), 336 2

335335: new; Part of (334)
336(335 West Sauerland Oberland) s. 336

336: s. (335) including parts of 333, (334), 333; divided into 336 1 and 336 2

336 1 : including part of 338

336 2 : including parts of 333, (334)

(336 Lower Sauerland) s. 337 2 ;

337337: new; Summary of (336), (337)

337 1 : s. (337)

337 2 : s. (336)

(337 Niederbergisches Hügelland) s. 337 1

3434: so far. Bez .: West Hessian hills and basins
340340: new; Summary of the main parts of (340), (341)

340 1 : previously part of (340)

340 2 : previously part of (341)

(340 Waldeck plateau); Parts for 340 1 and 332 (new)

341341: new; includes parts of (341), 343

(341 Waldeck red sandstone ridge); Parts for 340 2 and 341 (new)

343 343: Parts of 341 (new)
344 344: Part of 332 (new)
350 350: Part of 352 (new) and 355 (new)
351351: previously. Bez .: Oberwald
352352: new; includes parts of 350, (354), (357)

(352 Schwalm) to 343

353353: new; Part of (354)

(353 Knüllgebirge and Homberger Hochland) s. 356; Parts for 355 (new) and 357

354354: new; so far part of (354)

(354 Rhön); Parts of 138 2 , 352 (new), 353 (new), 354 (new), 355 (new)

355355: new; includes parts of 350, (353), (354), (357)

(355 Fulda-Werra-Bergland) s. 357 including parts of (353), (357); Part of 359 (new)

356 356: previously part of (353)

(356 Lower Werra Valley) s. 358

357357: p. (355) including parts of (353) and (357), excluding 359 (new) and part of 483

(357 Fuldatal); Parts for 352 (new), 355 (new) and 357

358358: p. (356)
359359: new; so far part of (355)
360 360: includes (360) and part of 361

(360 diemel plates) to 360 (new)

361 361: Parts of 360 (new) and 364
362 362: part of 363
363 363: including parts of 361 and 362
364 364: including parts of 361 and 365
365 365: previously part of (365)

(365 Pyrmonter Bergland) s. 365; Parts for 364 and 363 (new)

368368: new; so far part of (365)
3737: so far. Bez .: Leinebergland
377377: so far. Bez .: Ith-Hits-Bergland
522 522: previously part of (522)

(522 Bückebergvorland) s. 522; Part of 628 (new)

532532: including part of (536); so far. Designated: Lübbecker Eggen
533 533: including part of (582 Mindener Flachland)
536536: Part of 532, previously. Ident .: Wittlager Eggen
543 543: Part of 545 (new)
545545: new; so far part of 543
551551: previously. Bez .: Cologne Bay
582582: parts of 533, 583; so far. Bez .: Mindener Flachland
583583: including parts of (582). 62; so far. Bez: Schlüsselburger Wesertalung
592 592: including parts of 591 and 593
593 593: Parts of 592 and 595
594 594: part of 621
595595: including part of 593; Part to 600
600600: including part of 595; Part of 612
612 612: including part of 600
620620: part of 583; so far. Bez .: Nienburg-Verdener Wesertalung
621 621: including part of 594
624624: divided into 624 1 and 624 2
628628: new; so far part of (522)
640 640: part of 641
641 641: including part of 640
642 642: part of 865

Further natural spatial classifications

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Only sheet 75 Stendal (1964) and sheet 100 Halberstadt (1970) dealing mainly with the Harz were mainly dealing with the GDR area.
  2. ↑ The Goldene Aue is one of three partial landscapes of the main unit Gera-Unstrut-Helme-Niederung ; Under outline of TLUG but probably compatible with the Institute for Regional Studies.
  3. ↑ (Upper and Lower Maifeld are each small-scale units of the 6th order.)
  4. ↑ The main unit of the wine route is called Haardtrand in the second delivery .
  5. ↑ The Wendland and the Altmark together form the Wendland and Altmark group , within which the historical boundary between the two landscape names does not matter.
  6. ↑ The list is taken literally from the legend for the map.
  7. ↑ 1960 not listed
  8. ↑ 1960 not listed
  9. ↑ 1960 not listed
  10. ↑ 1960 not listed
  11. ↑ 1960 not listed
  12. ↑ a b c d Hansjörg Dongus: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 187/193 Lindau / Oberstdorf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1991. → Online map (PDF, 6.3 MB)
  13. ↑ a b c Hansjörg Dongus: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 188/194 Kaufbeuren / Mittenwald. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1993. → Online map (PDF, 6.6 MB)
  14. ↑ a b Hansjörg Dongus: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 189/195 Tegernsee. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1994. → Online map (PDF, 5.4 MB)
  15. ↑ a b Klaus Hormann: Geographical Land Survey: The natural space units on sheet 190/196 Salzburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1978. → Online map (PDF, 6.3 MB)
  16. ↑ a b Adalbert Pemöller: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 160 Landau. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF, 4.3 MB)
  17. ↑ a b Helga Schneider: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 159 Saarbrücken. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1972. → Online map (PDF, 4.3 MB)
  18. ↑ On the larger area of ​​194 sheets Trier and Mainz, however, in analogy to the manual, Upper Na Hebrew is used.
  19. ↑ Harald Uhlig: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 150 Mainz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. → Online map (PDF, 4.8 MB)
  20. ^ Otmar Werle: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 148/149 Trier / Mettendorf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1974. → Online map (PDF, 4.8 MB)
  21. ↑ a b c d Martin Bürgener: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 111 Arolsen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. → Online map (PDF, 4.2 MB)
  22. ↑ a b c Martin Bürgener: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 110 Arnsberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF, 6.1 MB)
  23. ^ A b Heinz Fischer: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 124 Siegen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1972. → Online map (PDF, 4.2 MB)
  24. ↑ Of the four sheets dealing with the Rothaar Mountains, only the oldest, sheet Marburg from 1960, uses Hochsauerland as a synonym.
  25. ^ Karlheinz Paffen, Adolf Schüttler, Heinrich Müller-Miny: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 108/109 Düsseldorf / Erkelenz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1963. → Online map (PDF, 7.3 MB)
  26. ↑ a b 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
  27. ^ Blatt Marburg (1960), on which only a small part is located, still uses the old name; however, the greater part is on the papers Kassel and Fulda published in 1969.
  28. ^ A b Hans-Jürgen Klink: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 112 Kassel. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF, 7.0 MB)
  29. ↑ Werner Röll: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 126 Fulda. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. → Online map (PDF, 4.3 MB)
  30. ^ Heinz Späth: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 141 Coburg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1987. → Online map (PDF, 5.2 MB)

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