Heide-Itzehoe Geest

The heath - Itzehoer Geest is a sub- natural area in the western Schleswig -Holstein. It belongs to the High Geest and thus to the Schleswig- Holstein Geest areas.

The heath - Itzehoer Geest was postponed in the Saale ice age and is one of the oldest geological areas of the country. The area is located south of the Eider- Treene lowlands, east of Dithmarsch march and the Wilstermarsch, north and west of the Elbmarschen Vorgeest. Especially after the West, it is clearly delineated, in long parts along the former shorelines are still significant cliff ( Kleve ) can be recognized. The southernmost part is the south of the fault and north of the Krempermarsch located Münster villages Geest island.

The Geest is especially in today's circles Dithmar and Steinburg. It is intersected by the North Sea-Baltic Canal, whose construction a lowland between Dithmarsch Geest in the north and High Westedter Geest has been exploited in the south.

For a Altmoränenlandschaft, the heath Itzehoer to relatively large differences in height. With nearly 80 meters above sea level can be found in the heath - Itzehoer Geest also the highest elevations on the west coast of the country. For agriculture, the soils are less suitable (field numbers 26-35 on a scale of 100).