Saxon-Lower Lusatian Heathland

As Saxon- Niederlausitzer heathland a natural region in Saxony is called. The current natural spatial structure of the Free State of Saxony grouped natural areas of the upper choral or subregionischen dimension level ( Makrogeochoren ) to illustrate their large-scale classification, in three Saxon natural regions. These each represent excerpts from physiographic units of higher order, however, the previously published descriptions are generally restricted to the located within the Saxon boundary content.

The Saxon- Niederlausitzer heathland forms the southernmost foothills of the North German lowlands in eastern Germany. It extends into two sub- areas on the northern edge of Saxony and occupies about 20 % of the area of this province one. While his limitations were drawn in the north and east because of the predefined exploration and acquisition frame along the political borders, otherwise they run the physio geographical conditions and in accordance congruent with those of natural areas involved. The western, located approximately between the rivers Mulde and Large Röder part includes the Makrogeochoren Duben - Dahlen Heath, Elbe -Elster lowland, and in the extreme north-west a small proportion of Bitterfeld mining Revieres, the bulk of which is located in the state of Saxony- Anhalt and in the local landscape planning is Bitterfeldbezeichnet as an open pit region. The eastern part includes the Koenigsbrueck - Ruhlander Gentiles, the Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond area, the Upper Lusatian mining area, the Muskauer Heide, the Lusatian border wall as well as in the far north a small part of Cottbus sand plate, which extends mainly in the state of Brandenburg. Between the two subspaces, the Großenhainer care, which is already expected to south in the natural region of Saxony Lössgefilde due to their natural spatial properties pushes.

Characteristic and unifying features of the grouped for Saxon- Niederlausitzer heathland natural areas are nutrient-poor soils on massive glacial unconsolidated sediments, abundance of groundwater and spread underground overlying lignite. It is called Altmoränenland in which degradation and soil-forming processes have been around for a very long time. The resulting Pleistocene surface forms are accordingly already heavily blurred leveled up, decalcified soils deep and acidifies the deep part. From the common agricultural disfavour resulted a relatively sparse population and extensive especially in the 20th century military uses. Large areas were overprinted by technogen cross by mining ( opencast lignite).

Relatively unfragmented areas, numerous water bodies and wetland sites and extensive nutrient-poor open land determine among other features, the conservation value of the region in which about 71 % of the Saxon nature reserve area focus (see List of protected areas in Saxony with assignment of the NSG to the natural areas ).

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  • Landscape Research Centre Dresden eV: search system of natural areas and natural area potential of the Free State of Saxony (Map nature regions: in the " factual issues " Expand the folder " natural areas ," checkbox " natural regions " Enable )
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