Wesermünder Geest
| Wesermünder Geest | |||
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| Systematics according to | Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany | ||
| Greater region 1st order | North German Lowlands | ||
| Greater region 2nd order | Central North German Lowland | ||
| Greater region 3rd order | North German Geest | ||
| Main unit group | 63 → Stader Geest |
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| Natural space |
633 → Wesermünder Geest |
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| Geographical location | |||
| Coordinates | 53 ° 31 '43 " N , 8 ° 48' 8" E | ||
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| state | Lower Saxony , Bremen | ||
| Country | Germany | ||
The Wesermünde Geest is a collective term for several, mutually separate through wetlands Geest back in the west of the district Cuxhaven and in North Bremen . The Saale Ice Age terminal moraine areas have heights between 10 and 74 m above sea level. NN and carry forest and arable land in a loose mixture. In the wetlands with heights between 0 and 5 m , grassland predominates .
Natural structure
The natural spatial main unit of the Wesermünder Geest is part of the main unit group Stader Geest (number 63, two-digit) within the North German lowlands (large region 1st order).
According to the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany (sheets 56 - Bremen and 39 - Bremerhaven) the Wesermünder Geest is divided into the following natural spatial units:
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Wesermünder Geest (633)
- 633.0 Osterholzer Geest
- Vegesacker Geest or Osterholz Scharmbecker Lehmgeest 633.00
- Garlstedter Sandgeest or Rekumer Geest 633.01
- Bokeler Geest or Hellingster Geest 633.02
- 633.03
- Geestemünder lowland 633.04
- 633.1
- Lamstadt terminal moraines 633.10
- Stinstedter Lowlands 633.11
- 633.12
- 633.13
- Hohe Lieth or Cuxhaven-Bremerhavener Geest 633.14
- 633.0 Osterholzer Geest
Geographical location
The Wesermünder Geest is bordered in the south by the river Lesum in the northern part of Bremen , in the west it borders on the marshland Osterstade (on the Unterweser south of Bremerhaven ) and Land Wursten (on the outer Weser north of Bremerhaven). In the north the Wesermünde Geest is by the Elbmarschen belonging Land Hadeln and the Elbe estuary at Cuxhaven completed. The eastern border is formed by the rivers Oste to the city of Bremervörde and Hamme with the Teufelsmoor near Osterholz-Scharmbeck . To the east of these rivers is the Zevener Geest , which, like the Wesermünder Geest, is part of the Stader Geest natural area . In the Gnarrenburg area, the two geest landscapes converge and mark a historically significant transition through the otherwise difficult-to-cross bogs of the Hamme and Osteniederung, which had to be overcome on the way from Bremen to Hamburg.
About 10 km south of the city limits of Bremerhaven the Weser tributary Lune and its lowland cuts through the Wesermünder Geest. The part located south of the Lune is called Osterholzer Geest and is mostly in the Osterholz district . The altitudes of this part of the Geest, sometimes over 40 m, form the Bremen Switzerland , the Lange Heide and the Eulenberg between Brillit and Basdahl . Numerous Geestrand brooks arise here, including the Giehler Bach, which forms the upper reaches of the Hamme, and the Drepte .
The northern part of the Wesermünder Geest is largely in the district of Cuxhaven . In the western part near Lamstedt in the Westerberg area over 60 m and in the Wingst near Cadenberge even around 74 m , which corresponds to the highest point within the Wesermünder Geest. Its part north of the Geeste river is criss-crossed by numerous lowlands and moors and only reaches heights of a maximum of about 30 m in the area south of Bederkesa and in the Wurster Heide . The north-western part of the Geest, which extends from Bremerhaven-Lehe to Cuxhaven-Altenwalde , forms the Hohe Lieth or Wurster Heide.
Landscape and vegetation
In addition to intensive grassland use, arable farming is carried out on the Geest. Numerous coniferous forests are also used for forestry. The raised bogs in the northern part of the Geest are largely pitted. Near-natural deciduous forests and numerous heather areas can also be found in the higher altitudes. The countless rivers and brooks that cut the ridges of the Geest form lowlands in which fens can be found. To preserve the Beckedorfer Beeke, the state of Bremen has set up a nature reserve in such a lowland.
Surname
The name Wesermünder Geest goes back to the former Prussian city of Wesermünde , which between 1924 and 1947 consisted of most of what is now Bremerhaven. It was the administrative seat of the district of the same name , in whose area most of the Wesermünder Geest was located. On August 1, 1977, the Wesermünde district was dissolved in favor of the newly founded Cuxhaven district. The name Wesermünder Geest is still in use.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Sofie Meisel: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 56 Bremen. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1961. → Online map (PDF; 4.4 MB)
- ↑ Sofie Meisel: Geographical Land Survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 39 Bremerhaven. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. → Online map (PDF; 5.0 MB)
- ↑ Landscape framework plan of the Rotenburg district (Wümme), update 2015 - Appendix → Online source , accessed on July 30, 2016
- ^ Landscape program Bremen, text and justification part Bremerhaven, 1991, online source
- ↑ Landscape program Bremen 2015, natural spatial structure online source ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Landscape framework plan of the Osterholz district Osterholz-Scharmbeck 2000 online source
- ↑ a b c Landscape profile of the Wesermünder Geest ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on bfn.de
- ↑ Phenological natural area map at the German Meteorological Service with an explanation of the Stader Geest ( memento of the original from June 30, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ NSG Hammersbecker Wiesen ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
