Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten | |||
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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 |
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Greater region 2nd order | 08–16 → Southwest German layer level country |
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Greater region 3rd order | 12–13 → Swabian-Franconian Gau |
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Main unit group | 12 → Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten |
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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 | ||
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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:
- 12 (= D57) Neckar and Tauber-Gäuplatten
- 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
- 128 building land
- 129 Tauberland
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
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Including the smaller Swiss share!
- ↑ 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
literature
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Emil Meynen and Josef Schmithüsen (eds.): Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany . Self-published by the Federal Institute for Regional Studies , Bad Godesberg 1953–1962
- Geographical survey of the country 1: 200,000 - the natural spatial units of Germany (various volumes and authors, Federal Institute for Regional Studies 1952–1994)
- Siegfried Kullen: Baden-Württemberg. 3rd, updated edition; Revision. Klett, Stuttgart 1989 (Klett country profiles)
- Otto F. Geyer & Manfred P. Gwinner: Geology of Baden-Württemberg . E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1991.
- Christoph Borcherdt: Federal Republic of Germany. Scientific regional customers Volume 8. V. Baden-Württemberg. Darmstadt 1991.
See also
- Large natural regions of Germany as defined by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation