Steigerwald foreland

Steigerwald foreland
Systematics according to	Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Main unit group	13 → Main Franconian plates
Natural space	137 → Steigerwald foreland
state	Bavaria
Country	Germany

As Steigerwald foreshore which is natural space over-head unit 137 within the main unit group Mainfränkische plates designated (main unit group 13). It is a flat, mostly open plain between the Central Main Valley in the west (133) and the Steigerwald (115) in the east . The Steigerwald foreland stretches along the natural spaces on the Main, from the Schweinfurt Basin (136) in the north to the Würzburg-Ochsenfurt Main Valley (133.04) further south. In the south, the Ifftal area (130.01) delimits the natural area around Marktbreit , which is already part of the Ochsenfurter and Gollachgau (130.0). The Steigerwaldvorland is divided into three main units that form an arc around the Steigerwald. The southwest, closest to the Main , is dominated by the large drifting sand areas around Kitzingen and Volkach . Fruit and arable farming predominate here. Further away from the Main, the landscape becomes more hilly and, with its Lettenkeuperböden, is already shaped by the foothills of the Steigerwald. In the villages on the ascent of the Schwanbergstufe (115.00), viticulture is therefore also practiced. The Main itself finally forms the Steigerwald foreland near Haßfurt , where the Haßberge (116), the southern Grabfeld (138) and the Hesselbacher Waldland (139) stretch right up to the river.

Natural structure

The natural area of ​​the Steigerwald foreland is structured as follows:

The Schwanberg foreland and the Mainbernheimer level near Rödelsee

The Steigerwald foreland of Neuses near Krautheim

• (for 13 Main Franconian plates )
  • 137 Steigerwald foreland
    • 137.0 Kitzinger Main Plain
      • 137.00 Mainbernheim level
      • 137.01 Albertshofener drift sand area
      • 137.02 Dimbacher drift sand area
    • 137.1 Iphofen-Gerolzhofener Steigerwaldvorland
      • 137.10 Hellmitzheim Bay
      • 137.11 Schwanberg foreland
      • 137.12 Steigerwald foreland of Neuses
      • 137.13 Gaibach loess plateau
        • 137.130 Lindacher drift sand area and Main edge heights
      • 137.14 Herlheimer Mulde
      • 137.15 Donnersdorfer Steigerwaldvorland
    • 137.2 Haßfurt Main Valley
      • 137.20 Augsfelder Maintal
      • 137.21 Obertheres Main Valley

literature

• Karl-Albert Habbe: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg 1: 200,000 - A bundle of problems and a suggested structure . In: Mitteilungen der Fränkische Geographische Gesellschaft Vol. 50/51 for 2003/2004 . Erlangen 2004. pp. 55-102.
• Horst Mensching, Günter Wagner: The natural spatial units on sheet 152 Würzburg (= geographical land survey 1: 200,000 natural spatial structure of Germany) . Bad Godesberg 1963.

Web links

Commons : Steigerwaldvorland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geography Giersbeck: Map 152 Würzburg , PDF file, accessed on February 8 of 2019.
2. ↑ Mensching, Horst (among others): The natural space units on sheet 152 Würzburg . Pp. 31-36.
3. ^ Habbe, Karl-Albert: The natural space units on sheet 153 Bamberg 1: 200,000 . P. 96.