The Saxon Loess Fields (German: Sächsisches Lössgefilde) refer to a natural region that lies mainly within the state of Saxony in central Germany. In addition, small areas of this region extend to the northwest and west into Saxony-Anhalt (the land around Weißenfels), to the southeast into Thuringia (the region around Altenburg) and to the northeast into Brandenburg. It more-or-less combines the BfN's major regions listed as D19 Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland, (Sächsisches Hügelland und Erzgebirgsvorland) and D14, Upper Lusatia[1] (Oberlausitz); only the range of Central Uplands[1] hills, the Lusatian Mountains, has been excluded and instead forms part of the Saxon Highlands and Uplands (Sächsisches Bergland und Mittelgebirge).
| Native name | Sächsisches Lössgefilde |
|---|---|
| Classification | Natural regions of the Free State of Saxony |
| Natural region | Saxon Loess Fields |
| State(s) | Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
Natural regions
editThe following list breaks down the region into major units based on Meynen (three-figure numbers). New major units, that combine the earlier ones, are arranged above these without any preceding numbers (Locations defined in brackets).[2][3]
- Saxon Loess Fields
- (major groupings no longer used)
- 44 (=D14) Upper Lusatia (except 441 - Lusatian Highlands)
- Eastern Upper Lusatia
- 440 Neiße trough[1] (east and south)
- 442 East Lusatian Foothills (west)
- 444 Upper Lusatian Fields
- West Lusatian Upland and Highlands
- 443 West Lusatian Foothills (southeast to northeast)
- Eastern Upper Lusatia
- 44 (=D14) Upper Lusatia (except 441 - Lusatian Highlands)
- D 19 Saxon Upland and Ore Mountain Foreland
- 46 Saxon Upland[1] or Saxon Uplands[4] (including Leipziger Land)
- (continuation of the West Lusatian Upland and Highlands)
- 461 Lusatian Plateau (west)
- 460 Dresden Basin[1]
- 462 Großenhain Pflege
- 463 Central Saxon Loess Upland
- North Saxon Plateau and Upland
- 464 Oschatz Upland (east)
- 465 Grimma Porphyric Upland (west)
- 466 Altenburg-Zeitz Loess Upland
- 467 Leipziger Land
- (continuation of the West Lusatian Upland and Highlands)
- 45 Ore Mountain Foreland
- 450 Mulde Loess Hills
- 451 Ore Mountain Basin
- 452 Upper Pleißeland (west of the basin; nowadays usually counted as part of it)
- 46 Saxon Upland[1] or Saxon Uplands[4] (including Leipziger Land)
- (major groupings no longer used)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e Dickinson, Robert E. (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen.
- ^ BfN map services Archived 2012-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in the map service "Landschaften" the individual landscape summaries are clickable, most of the regional divisions correspond to a major unit)
- ^ Map of the natural regions of Saxony Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine at www.umwelt.sachsen.de (pdf, 859 kB)
- ^ EU Regional Profile Report for Central Europe Project 1CE084P4 "ReSOURCE" at www.central2013.eu, p. 37. Accessed on 27 Feb 2011.