Saxon-Bohemian chalk sandstone region

The Saxon-Bohemian chalk sandstone area is a (spatially small) natural spatial main unit group in the extreme southeast of Saxony on the border with the Czech Republic . It belongs to the northern boundary of the Bohemian Massif and consists of the German parts of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains ( Saxon Switzerland ) and the Lusatian Mountains ( Zittau Mountains ). Since the interface of the Elbe Sandstone and Lusatian Mountains in the so-called Bohemian Netherlands ("Schluckenauer Zipfel") lies on Czech soil, the two natural areas are spatially separated.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the working group Natural Balance and Territorial Character of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig combined all low mountain ranges in the Saxon-Bohemian border area to form the Saxon highlands and low mountain ranges . Between the Zittau Mountains and Saxon Switzerland, this includes the Lusatian Uplands , which, after Meynen, had been combined with the loess hills to the north and east to form the main unit of Upper Lusatia ; to the west the new unity continues in the main unit groups Erzgebirge and Vogtland .

The Lausitzer Bergland not located on Cretaceous sandstone, but thought from the area to the north and together with the "actual" Cretaceous sandstone area to the eastern part of the Saxon low mountain range.

Breakdown into main units

The structure of the Saxon-Bohemian chalk sandstone area according to Meynen looked as follows (in brackets: main unit group according to BfN ):

• 43 (= D15) Saxon-Bohemian chalk sandstone area ( in the broader sense )
  • 430 Saxon Switzerland
  • 431 Zittau Mountains
  • ( 441 Lausitzer Bergland )

See also

• Saxon uplands and low mountain ranges
• List of landscapes in Saxony
• Natural areas in Saxony

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map of the natural areas in Saxony ( Memento from March 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at www.umwelt.sachsen.de (PDF, 859 kB)

General sources

• BfN
  • Map services
  • Landscape profiles:
    • Saxon Switzerland (without Elbe Valley)
    • Upper Elbe Valley
    • Zittau Mountains
    • (Lausitzer Bergland)

literature

• Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen (editor): 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).