Saar-Nahe-Bergland

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Saar-Nahe-Bergland
surface 4th 185  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 17–19, 26 →
Palatinate-Saarland layer level country
Greater region 3rd order 19 →
Saar-Nahe-Bergland
Natural area characteristics
Landscape type Basement part of a layered landscape (Permian, Carboniferous)
Highest peak Donnersberg ( 686.5  m )
Geographical location
Coordinates 49 ° 31 '19.2 "  N , 7 ° 18' 39.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '19.2 "  N , 7 ° 18' 39.6"  E
Saar-Nahe-Bergland (western layer level land)
Saar-Nahe-Bergland
Location Saar-Nahe-Bergland
state Rhineland-Palatinate , Saarland
Country Germany

The Saar-Nahe-Bergland (also: Saar-Nahe-Berg- und Hügelland ) is a large natural region of the 3rd order (main unit group) in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . The mountain and hill country encompassing an area of ​​4185 km² (plus Sobernheim valley widening) extends from Saarbrücken , Kaiserslautern and the Palatinate Forest in the south to the Hunsrück in the north-east and, in addition to small parts of the central Saar in the west, mainly includes the catchment area from Nahe to Bad Kreuznach .

Location and limits

The Saar-Nahe-Bergland extends between the Hunsrück in the north-north-west, the Lower Nahe- hill country in the north and the Alzeyer hill country in the east-north-east (north-western edge of the Upper Rhine lowlands ), the Palatinate Forest in the south and the Palatinate-Saarland muschelkalk region in the west- south - west. T. is only achieved on French soil.

It includes the river basins of the central Saar in the southwest via Prims , Blies , Glan and Alsenz to the lower Nahe in the northeast.

The largest city in the interior of the landscape is Idar-Oberstein in the north, Kusel and St. Wendel are also in the center of the interior and Birkenfeld near the northeastern edge.

Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern on the southern edge are significantly larger ; and Bad Kreuznach on the northern edge should be mentioned. Kirchheimbolanden is just beyond to the east.

Natural structure

The Saar-Nahe-Bergland is divided into main units (three digits) and sub-units (decimal places) as follows:

  • (to the northern French layer level country )
    • 19 Saar-Nahe-Bergland (without the widening of the Sobern valley 4185.0 km²; 2417.2 km² in RP)
      • 190 Prims-Blies-Hügelland (in the older area 968.4 km², entirely in the SL)
      • 191 Saarkohlenwald (originally larger than the "Mittelaarländisches Waldland " 452.7 km², entirely in the SL)
      • 192 Kaiserslauter Senke (247.5 km², of which 208.7 km² in RP)
      • 193 Nordpfälzer Bergland ( "Glan-Alsenz- Berg- und Hügelland" ; 1587.9 km², 1556.4 km² in RP)
        • 193.0 Kirner Nahetal (27.9 km², entirely in RP)
        • 193.1 Glan-Alsenz-Heights (850.1 km², entirely in RP)
          • 193.10 Becherbach-Reidenbacher reasons (88.2 km²)
          • 193.11 Sien-Lauschieder mountain ridge (65.0 km²)
          • 193.12 Meisenheimer Heights (83.7 km²)
          • 193.13 Glantal (28.3 km²)
          • 193.14 Alsenz Heights (289.1 km²)
            • 193,140 Moschelhöhen (192.5 km²)
            • 193,141 Alsenz Valley (18.2 km²)
            • 193,142 Appelhöhen (78.4 km²)
          • 193.15 Wiesener Randhöhen (29.9 km²)
          • 193.16 Lichtenberg ridge (75.9 km²)
          • 193.17 Lower Lauterhöhen (172.1 km²)
          • 193.18 Upper Lauterhöhen (17.9 km²)
        • 193.2 Potzberg-Königsberg Group (99.5 km², entirely in RP)
        • 193.3 Kuseler Bergland (218.8 km² in RP)
          • 193,301 Brücken-Steinbacher Karboninsel ( Steinberg ; 4.3 km², entirely in RP)
        • 193.4 Donnersberg massif (225.7 km², entirely in RP)
          • 193.40 Western Thunder Mountain Ridge Heights (61.6 km²)
          • 193.41 Hoher Donnersberg and Falkensteiner Mountains (25.6 km²)
          • 193.42 Bürgerwald (47.3 km²)
          • 193.43 Dannenfelser Randhügel (27.0 km²)
          • 193.44 Kaiserstraßensenke (64.1 km²)
        • 193.5 Porphyry Mountains from Münster am Stein (110.0 km², entirely in RP)
          • 193.50 Rotenfelsporphyrberge (83.6 km²)
            • 193,500 Kreuznacher Hardt (north of the Nahe; 5.8 km²)
            • 193.501 Schlossböckelheimer Heide (north of the Nahe; 10.3 km²)
            • 193,502 Lemberg plateau (south of the Nahe; 43.7 km²)
            • 193,503 Rheingrafensteiner plateau (south of the Nahe; 23.7 km²)
          • 193.51 Nahe-Alsenz-Felsental (17.5 km², entirely in RP)
          • 193.52 Neubamberger Riegel (8.9 km², entirely in RP)
        • 193.6 Höcherberg massif (3.6 km² in RP, mainly in SL)
        • 193.7 Osterhöhen (20.8 km² in RP, mainly in SL)
      • 194 Prims-Nahe-Bergland (originally in a larger area than "Oberes Nahebergland" ; 807.0 km², currently 466.2 km² in RP)
        • 194.0 Idarvorberge (198.3 square kilometers, almost entirely in RP)
          • 194.00 Obersteiner Vorberge (91.9 km²)
          • 194.01 Bergen plateau (17.0 km²)
          • 194.02 Obersteiner Naheengtal (51.4 km², only minimally in the SL)
          • 194.03 Leiseler-Hochwald preliminary stage (38.0 km²)
        • 194.1 Baumholderer Hochland (238.5 km² in RP)
          • 194.10 Obersteiner Winterhauch (38.2 km², entirely in RP)
          • 194.11 Baumholder Platte (500–550 m; 184.5 km² in RP)
          • 194.12 Birkenfelder Platte (15.9 km², entirely in RP)
        • 194.2 Hirsteiner Bergland (0.6 km² in RP, almost completely in SL)
        • 194.3 Nohfeldener Bergland (17.7 km² in RP)
          • 194.30 Nohfelder Kuppen (land) (17.7 km² in RP)
          • 194.31 Leißberg (entirely in the SL)
        • 194.4 Theley-Selbacher Hochmulde (entirely in the SL)
        • 194.5 Primshochland (1.4 km² in RP, almost completely in SL)
          • 194.50 Büschfeld heights
            • 194.500 Auscheter knoll
            • 194.501 Great Horst
            • 194.502 Schloßberghöhen
          • 194.51 Upper Primstal
            • 194.510 Büschfelder Primsengtal
            • 194.511 Kasteler Primstal
          • 194.52 Dörsdorf-Limbacher Hochland
            • 194,520 Dörsdorfer plateau
            • 194.521 "Bean Valley"
          • 194.53 Primstaler Heights
          • 194.54 Söterner Mulde (1.4 km² in RP)
          • 194.55 Kasteler Heights
        • 194.6 Schaumberg massif (entirely in the SL)
        • 194.7 Prims-Traun-Senke (96.0 km² in RP)
      • 195 Soonwald preliminary stage (124.9 km², entirely in RP)
      • 196 Sobernheim valley widening (60.9 km², entirely in RP)
      • 197 Middle Saar Valley (entirely in the SL)
        • 197.0 Güdinger Saar Valley
        • 197.1 Saarbrücken valley widening
        • 197.2 Völklingen Saar valley
        • 197.3 Saarlouis-Dillinger Basin
          • 197.30 Saar-Prims-Tal
            • 197.300 Saarlouis-Dillinger Saartal
            • 197,301 Lower Primstal
          • 197.31 "sand"
          • 197.32 "semolina"
          • 197.33 Dieffler terrace slabs
        • 197.4 Siersburger Niedtal
        • 197.5 Fremersdorfer Engtal
        • 197.6 Merziger valley widening
          • 197.60 Merziger Saar lowlands
          • 197.61 "Särkov"
      • 198 Warndt (in the SL and then to the west in Lorraine)
        • 198.0 Warning hill country
        • 198.1 Saarbrücken-Forbacher depression
        • 198.2 Kreuzwald Plain
        • 198.3 Expansion of the Bist Valley
      • 199 foreland (entirely in the SL)
        • 199.0 Merzig-Bachemer sandstone hill country
          • 199.00 Merzig-Losheim Forest
          • 199.01 Seffersbachtal widening
        • 199.1 Losheim-Wadern Basin
        • 199.2 Weiskirchen Hochwald preliminary stage

The main units 190, 191 and 197 to 199 are located entirely in Saarland , 195 and 196 entirely in Rhineland-Palatinate ; of the units 192 to 194 that occupy the core of the landscape, only small marginal portions are in the southeast in Saarland and the rest in Rhineland-Palatinate.

The main unit 196 was only subsequently added to the main unit group, the main units 197 to 199 were split off from the original main units 190 and 191.

geology

The heartland of the Saar-Nahe-Bergland represents the largest contiguous distribution area (around 2,800 km²) of permocarbonic strata and effluent rocks on German soil. The strata of the Rotliegend and Permian stretches to the French border over a length of over 100 km in the west-southwest Direction at around 30 km width.

There is red sandstone at the edges .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d 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. ^ 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; 4.5 MB)
  3. Harald Uhlig : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 150 Mainz. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1964. →  Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
  4. Helga Schneider: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 159 Saarbrücken. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1972. →  Online map (PDF; 4.1 MB)
  5. Adalbert Pemöller: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 160 Landau i. d. Palatinate. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. →  Online map (PDF; 4.2 MB)
  6. Landscape profile of the large landscape 19 of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration ( notes )
  7. Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  8. Natural area table with area information from the State Office for the Environment, Water Management and Trade Inspectorate Rhineland-Palatinate (PDF; 250 kB)
  9. In the manual of the natural spatial structure of Germany , the Sobernheim valley widening is part of the Alzeyer hill country and thus the Upper Rhine lowlands! Apparently it was only rearranged to sheet Mainz in the follow-up work.

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