Central Saxon hill country
The central Saxon hill country , also called Saxon castle and heathland , is a blurred landscape in the center of Saxony .
Geographical location
In the north it reaches the confluence of the Freiberger and Zwickauer rivers to the United Mulde and along the Freiberger Mulde to Nossen and further into the Triebisch valley to shortly before Meißen . The short border in the east runs from Meissen along the Triebisch in a southerly direction to the Tharandt forest and through it. In the south the hill country is bounded by an assumed line Tharandt forest - north of the cities Freiberg - Chemnitz - Glauchau - Werdau . In the west, finally, the border is formed by the Thuringian border, the Pleiße and an imaginary line between the Frohburg and the Mulde confluence. According to other views, the Lommatzscher care and the so-called Oschatzer hill country , which is mostly only mentioned in the specialist literature, can be added.
The most important rivers of the Central Saxon hill country are the Mulde with its two source rivers, the Freiberger Mulde and the Zwickauer Mulde . The biggest cities are Döbeln and Grimma .
Geology and agricultural use
The area with its ice age loess deposits (hence the name used by the Middle Saxon loess hill country ) is characterized by predominantly agricultural use ( fruit growing , vegetable growing ), due to the very high land values . Flat hills and almost flat parts of the central Saxon hill country are largely free of forest. This can only be found on the valley slopes of the rivers that cut through the landscape.
See also
- Central Saxon loess hill country
- List of landscapes in Saxony
- Natural areas in Saxony
- Erzgebirge foothills