Franconian Keuper-Lias Plains
The Franconian Keuper- Lias - land is a natural spatial feature unit group of the Southwest German cuesta land in Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia and, to a lesser extent in the Thuringian Landkreis Hildburghausen in the north. It forms within the Greater Region 2nd order of the South West German country levels, together with the south-west subsequent Swabian Keuper- Lias -Land a Great Region 3rd order.
As the name suggests, the term covers landscapes of the Keuper ( including the well known parts of the Keuper highlands Haßberge, Steigerwald and Franks height ) together and the Lias ( Black Jura) in Franconia. In addition, part of the foothills of the Franconian Alb, is present at the part Dogger ( Brauner Jura), the main unit group. Also includes parts of the former volcanic region Heldburger transition flock to the landscape.
The highest 689 m elevation of the main unit group is the singular Hesselnberg immediately north of the Swabian - Franconian and separating the Nordlinger Ries crater.
Location and boundaries
The Franconian Keuper- Lias country is bordered to the north and west by the dominated by limestone Gäulandschaften the Mainfränkisches plates, which are followed by the Neckar and Tauber- Gäuplatten in the southwest. In the southwest of the scenic and geologically similar Swabian Keuper- Lias - country follows.
In eastern directions the landscape merges with the Malm - plateau of the Franconian Alb, in the northeast follows the Oberpfälzisch - Obermainische hill country ( but especially the Obermainische hill country) as a buffer zone between the Franconian and Oberpfälzisch - Bayerischerem forest.
In the Franconian Keuper- Lias country are comparatively centrally, including the compression chamber Nuremberg and Fürth and Erlangen, north of the cities of Bamberg and in the north northeastern border area Coburg.
Nature regions
The Franconian Keuper- Lias - country natural area as part of the United countryside of South West German cuesta land divided as follows in the main units ( three digits): ( in parentheses, the bedrock Keuper (K ), Lias (L) and Dogger (D))
- 113.43 Abenberger group of hills (up to 430 m)
- 113.44 Heideberg ( to 462 m)