Front Vogelsberg
| Lumda plateau | ||
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 View from the Amöneburg to the southeastern Amöneburg Basin , the Vorderen (on the right the 405 and 407 m high Mardorfer Kuppe ) and the "actual" Vogelsberg (left in the background) |
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| Highest peak | Mardorfer Kuppe ( 406.8 m above sea level ) | |
| location | Central Hesse | |
| part of | West Hessian mountain country / Vogelsberg | |
| Classification according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany / geology | |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 39 ′ N , 8 ° 53 ′ E | |
| rock | basalt | |
| surface | 322.65 km² | |
The Vordere Vogelsberg is a natural area (main unit 349) in the central Hessian districts of Gießen , Vogelsbergkreis and Marburg-Biedenkopf, adjoining the “actual” Vogelsberg to the northwest . It consists of the central, up to 407 m high and more than half of its surface area, the Lumda Plateau , the (Upper) Ohmtal to the east , the Laubacher hill country in the south and the Giessener Land ridge in the southeast.
The Lumda Plateau is named after its central Lumda river, flowing west to the Lahn . The Ohmtal is also, however, after the Lahn in a more northwesterly direction flowing Ohm named and also includes various side valleys. Only the extreme south of the natural area, in particular most of the Laubach hill country near Laubach , drains via Wetter and Nidda to the Main .
The name Vorderer Vogelsberg is misleading insofar as this natural area belongs to the West Hessian mountain and sink region (main unit group 34), while the "actual" Vogelsberg adjoining in the foothills in the southeast is counted to the East Hessian mountainous region (35). Geologically, however, the basalt cover of its namesake extends far to the west of the Vorderen Vogelsberg.
geography
location
The Lumda plateau is located about 7 km northeast of Gießen and 10 km southeast of Marburg . The cities of Staufenberg (in the west), Grünberg (in the south) and Homberg (Ohm) (in the northeast) are located on its edges .
Immediately to the south of this are the Giessener Land Ridge (east of Giessen ) and the Laubacher Hügelland (even further east, to Laubach ).
The northern boundary of the plateau and of the entire Vorderen Vogelsberg is the Amöneburg Basin ; To the northwest, the Lahnberge join behind the lower course of the Zwester Ohm . To the west, the natural area is bounded by the Marburg-Gießener Lahntal , behind which the Krofdorf forest and, to the west, the unique, 498 m high Dünsberg follow, which are part of the Gladenbacher Bergland .
The southern border of the plateau is roughly the Wieseck or the immediately south adjoining Lahn-Main watershed, behind which the Gießener Land ridge (in the southwest) and the Laubacher hill country (in the south) begin the flattening to the Wetterau . The Laubacher Hügelland extends south to a little beyond the weather .
In the extreme southeast, a small extension of the plateau protrudes to the east of Laubach, where the Untere Vogelsberg already connects.
In the south-east the Ohm tributary is Seenbach , in the east the Ohm itself is the border river to the Lower Vogelsberg. The Ohm border river also remains in more northerly directions, namely at Homberg (Ohm) to the northern Vogelsberg foreland (in the northeast) belonging to the Upper Hessian threshold .
The eponymous river Lumda flows through the plateau centrally in (south) east / (north) west direction until it finally flows into the Lahn at Lollar .
Mediterranean Mjosen Zone
The Front Vogelsberg is a stop within the so-called Mediterranean Mjösen zone , a succession of valley bogs, which are derived from the French Rhone Valley through the Upper Rhine Valley , the Wetterau and the Giessen pool eventually moves to the Near Vogelsberg and north to the Amöneburg Basin over from there runs the Neustädter Sattel into the West Hessian Depression and further over the Leinegraben to the Oslograben .
cities and communes
Important places on the Lumda plateau are the districts of Staufenberg at the western interface to the Marburg-Gießener Lahntal , the districts of Allendorf in the west, the districts of Reiskirchen in the south and most of the districts of Grünberg in the southeast - all of the district of Gießen .
In addition, there are the westernmost districts of Mücke ( Atzenhain and Bernsfeld ) in the southeast and the Homberg districts Bleidenrod , Büßfeld , Schadenbach , Deckbach and Höingen in the northeast (all Vogelsbergkreis ), which in the north are the Ebsdorfergrund districts Roßberg and Wermertshausen ( Marburg-Biedenkopf district ) connect.
In the Laubach hill country , the towns of Laubach and Lich and districts are mainly located, while the eastern agglomeration of the town of Gießen with Fernwald and the northeast of the Pohlheim district are located on the Gießener Land ridge - all in the district of Gießen.
The most important districts of Mücke and Gemünden (Felda) , both Vogelsbergkreis , are in the Ohm Valley .
Natural structure
The Vordere Vogelsberg is structured as follows:
- 34 West Hessian mountain and valley land
- 349 Vorderer Vogelsberg (568.38 km²)
- 349.0 Lumda Plateau (322.65 km²)
- 349.1 Ohmtal (68.14 km²)
- 349.2 Giessener Land Ridge (92.20 km²)
- 349.3 Laubacher Hügelland (85.39 km²)
- 349 Vorderer Vogelsberg (568.38 km²)
All parts of the natural area, including those higher up, are only partially forested and are used extensively for agriculture.
Rivers
The vast majority of all rivers swelling on the Lumda Plateau drains westwards into the Lahn via Zwester Ohm , Lumda and Wieseck (from north to south) . In the south, however, part of the Giessener Landrücken, most of the Laubach hill country and the extreme southwest corner of the plateau are passed by the Lahn-Main watershed , so that rivers that arise beyond this line, above all the Äschersbach , flow over the weather into the Nidda and finally drain into the Main . In contrast, some rivers in the northeast drain into the Lahn via the Ohm , which flows near the border .
The following table, following the direction of flow from Ohm and Lahn (and therefore on the Wetter upstream), is arranged clockwise and begins in the northeast:
(For a better overview or for sorting downstream, the DGKZ numbers after 258 - Lahn , 2582 - Ohm and 2484 - Weather hyphens added!) :
| River system |
flow |
DGKZ |
Length [km] |
Catchment area [km²] |
Outflow [l / s] |
Tributaries (ordered downstream) |
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| ohm | Horse brook | 2582-54 | 6.8 | 12.175 | 90.8 |
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| ohm | Schadenbach | 2582-552 | 7.0 | 18,448 | 127.7 |
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| ohm | Erfurtshausen Bach | 2582-562 | 3.7 | 6.282 | 45.8 |
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| ohm | Rulfbach | 2582-58 | 9.2 | 26.254 | 174.1 |
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| Lahn | Zwester Ohm | 258-334 | 20.0 | 69.481 | 405.2 |
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| Lahn | Lumda | 258-36 | 30.0 | 131.552 | 950.4 |
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| Lahn | Wieseck | 258-38 | 24.3 | 119.719 | 663.5 |
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| Weather | Albach | 2484-36 | 6.8 | 16.785 | 61.5 |
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| Weather | Äschersbach | 2484-2 | 13.6 | 42.855 | 325.3 |
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| Weather | volume up | 2484-14 | 7.0 | 13,585 | 126.2 |
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| Weather | Hirtenbach | 2484-12 | 2.7 | 6.819 | 70.6 |
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mountains
The Lumda Plateau has its highest elevations in the extreme north, directly at the interface with the Amöneburg Basin . Overall, the part of the plateau north of the Lumda is higher on average.
The most important and famous mountains are:
- Mardorfer Kuppe (406.8 m) - extreme (eastern) north of the northern part, at the interface with the Amöneburg Basin; southwest of Erfurtshausen , Marburg-Biedenkopf district
- Leidenhöfer Kopf (393.4 m) - northwest of the northern part, at the interface with the Amöneburg Basin; south of Leidenhofen , district of Marburg-Biedenkopf
- Sennberg (383.1 m) - extreme (western) north of the northern part, at the northern interface with the Amöneburg Basin; northwest of Dreihausen , Marburg-Biedenkopf district
- Noll (371 m) - southeast of the northern part; north of Lumdas , district of Giessen
- Totenberg (357 m) - west; north of Treis , district of Giessen
- Süßekopf (350 m) - the outermost (south) southeast foothills of the southern part at the interface with the Vogelsberg ; Lahn - Main watershed; northeast of Laubach , district of Giessen
- Herrmannsberg (331 m) - northeast of the northern part; south of Homberg , Vogelsbergkreis
- Hangelstein (305 m) - extreme west of the southern part, near the Gießener Nordkreuz ; botanically interesting; northwest of Alten-Buseck , district of Giessen
- Lollarkopf (281 m) - extreme northwest of the southern part, northwest of the Hangelstein; southeast of Lollars , district of Giessen
- Staufenberg (268 m) - extreme southwest of the northern part, red sandstone ; Staufenberg Castle , AT; City of Staufenberg , district of Giessen
View from Frauenberg to the Sennberg ridge, which is almost exactly the same height (up to 383 m). In the middle, the only slightly higher peaks of the Mardorfer Kuppe (slightly darker) peek out at 405.1 m and 406.8 m. On the left in the far background the 592 m high Rimberg , on the right in the same the Hohe Vogelsberg (up to 773 m).
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Individual evidence
- ^ "Geological overview map of Hesse". Historical atlas of Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ Gerhard Sandner: Geographical Land Survey: The natural space units on sheet 125 Marburg - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1960 → online map
- ↑ Map and legend of the natural areas of Hesse (online copy of Die Naturraum Hessens , Otto Klausing 1988) in the Hessen Environmental Atlas of the Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
- ↑ a b c Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
- ↑ Scharten at approx. 352 m on the district boundary on the Leidenhofen - Winnen road (approx. 100 m distance between the 350 m contour lines; location ) and approx. 351 m west of Wermertshausen (approx. 50 m distance between the 350 m contour lines; Location ).
- ↑ Notch at about 338 m immediately southeast of the mountain ( Lage ).
Web links
- Federal Agency for Nature Conservation: "Vorderer Vogelsberg" landscape profile
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Map / aerial photo of the Lumda Plateau and its surroundings with rivers, borders and all important elevations
- Placemarks ( Google Earth required)