Stade Geest
The Stader Geest is a natural spatial unit in the northern German lowlands. She takes a large part of the Elbe-Weser triangle one between the cities of Hamburg, Bremen, Verden ( Aller) and Cuxhaven and is bordered by the natural areas Elbmarschen, Weser marshes, Weser -Aller - plains and Lüneburg Heath. In the numbering of the Federal Office for Nature Protection will bear the number D27.
Political affiliation
The area of the Stade Geest belongs administratively to the districts of Easter wood, Verden, Cuxhaven, Rotenburg ( Wümme) and Stade, formerly the district of Stade formed, as well as small parts of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven.
Subdivision
The Stader Geest is divided into the Weser Moränengebiete mouths Geest and Zevener Geest, which are separated by the Hamme- Oste- lowland, and Achim- Verden Geest, which is separated from the foregoing by the Wümme lowlands.
Landscape
The sparsely populated Stader Geest is characterized by sandy soils Geest, natural flood plains and marshes. The larger settlements are located at the edge of the moraine and in the river valleys, especially Wümme, Hamme and Oste and in its edge region of the Elbe, Weser and Aller. The region is dominated by agriculture with animal breeding. In addition, potatoes and asparagus are commonly grown. In many places, wind energy is obtained. Through the territory of the Stader Geest on major transport axes between Hamburg and Bremen, further transport connections from Hamburg and Bremen to Hannover it affect the east and south. Along these roads is partially larger business enterprises have settled.
Places
The list includes cities, individual and joint communities found in the area of Stader Geest.
- Achim
- Apensen
- Bothel
- Bremervörde
- Buxtehude
- Fintel
- Fred Beck
- Geestequelle
- Gnarrenburg
- Grasberg
- Harsefeld
- Coquille
- Kirchlinteln
- Long -tailed
- Otter mountain
- Oyten
- Rotenburg ( Wümme)
- Scheessel
- Selsingen
- Sittingbourne
- Sottrum
- Stade
- Tarmstedt
- Tostedt
- Verden ( Aller)
- Zeven