Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten

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Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
surface 9 495.5  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 layer level country
Greater region 3rd order 12–13 →
Swabian-Franconian Gau
Main unit group 12 →
Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
Natural area characteristics
Landscape type Layered landscape , shell limestone step
Highest peak Lupfen , witness mountain of the Swabian Alb ( 976  m )
Geographical location
Coordinates 49 ° 3 '0 "  N , 8 ° 55' 26.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '0 "  N , 8 ° 55' 26.4"  E
Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten (western layer level land)
Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
Location Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
state Baden-Württemberg , Bavaria
Country Germany , Switzerland

The Neckar and Taubergäuplatten (also: Gäuplatten in Neckar and Tauberland ) represent the largest natural spatial group of units in Baden-Württemberg , but in small parts in the north-east ( Rothenburg ob der Tauber ) it also extends into the Bavarian Middle Franconia . The individual main units of this large landscape show considerable climatic and edaphic differences. What these main units have in common is the structure of flat-topped hilly landscapes of the shell limestone , flat undulating loess areas and plateau-like landscapes in which the shell limestone layers are covered by sediments from the gypsum and Lettenkeuper .

The Neckar and Taubergäuplatten lie in the west of the south- west German layered plain . In terms of natural space, they are closely related to the Main Franconian Plates (13), which are adjacent to the northeast .

Location and geology

The Neckar and Taubergäuplatten extend from the Upper Rhine to the Taubertal . To the west they are bounded by the Black Forest and the Upper Rhine Plain , to the north by the Odenwald and the Mainfränkische Platten, to the east by the Franconian and Swabian Keuper-Lias-Land and the Swabian Alb .

The bedrock is made up of layers of shell limestone , which are largely covered by Lettenkeuper or loess . Most of the floors in the area of ​​the brewing plates are very good.

Natural spatial main units of the Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten

The Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten are divided as follows:

designation

The term “Gau” or the Alemannic “Gäu” was originally applied to water-rich, forest-free floodplains . Today, “ Gäulandschaften ” is primarily used to describe the poorly forested land terraces of the Swabian-Franconian layered plain and thus connects the landscapes of the open, fertile arable areas.

The name Neckar- und Tauber-Gäuplatten is to be seen as a collective name for the Gäu landscapes, which are located in the catchment area of ​​the Neckar and its tributaries and which extend in the northeast to the catchment area of ​​the Tauber .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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).
  2. ↑ Including the smaller Swiss share!
  3. ↑ According to the system of dividing Germany into main natural unit groups of the Federal Office for Nature Conservation (BfN) from 1994, the main natural unit group D57 is called Gäuplatten, Neckar and Tauberland , but includes the same area

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