Natural regions of Saxony

The classification of natural regions of Saxony shown here was produced between 1994 and 2001 by a working group called "Ecosystem and Regional Character" (Naturhaushalt und Gebietscharakter) at the Saxonian Academy of Sciences in Leipzig as part of the research and development project "Natural Regions and Natural Region Potential of the Free State of Saxony" (Naturräume und Naturraumpotentiale des Freistaates) at a scale of 1:50,000 as the basis for the rural development and regional planning. This was also supported by the Saxon State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture and the Saxon Ministry of the Interior.

The basis of the structure was a comprehensive, statewide compilation of the smallest physical geographic landscape units (physiotopes). These were aggregated into larger units (nano-geochores and micro-geochores) in an orderly way using the method of "natural region categories". For each of the micro-geochores that resulted from this, a 9-page document was produced. This was followed by mapping the regions in a series of 55 map sheets to a scale of 1:50,000 (the "Natural region map of Saxony") . In further stages, approximately 1,445 micro-geochores were aggregated into meso-geochores and these were eventually combined into 28 macro-geochores (see the list of natural regions in Saxony) . At the level of micro-geochore upwards, each natural area was given an individual designation, with any newly created names following certain conventions. The classification of macro-geochores into natural regions of a higher level was achieved using the so-called "Saxon natural regions", although they were also given their own proper names, but which largely followed political boundaries and practical subdivisions of more extensive landscape units.

The topography of Saxony

Saxony's natural regions and macro-geochores

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). Geography of the German Democratic Republic, VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, pp. 52-54. ISBN 978-3-7301-0522-1.
  2. ^ Development and Perspectives of Landscape Ecology edited by O. Bastian, Uta Steinhardt, p. 181. (2002)
  3. ^ World of Mining Vol. 58, GDMB Medienverlag, 2006, p. 376.
  4. ^ Development of European landscapes, conference proceedings, Vol. 1, University of Tartu, Institute of Geography, 2001, pp. 253 and 257.
  5. ^ Risk hazard damage: specification of criteria to assess environmental impact of genetically modified organisms, Proceedings of the international symposium of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Specialist Group on Gene Ecology, in Hanover, 8–9 December 2003.
  6. ^ Badegewässerprofil nach Artikel 6 der Richtlinie 2006/7/EG und § 6... at www.luis.brandenburg.de.
  7. ^ Soil Organisms Vol 81 (1), Dunger & Voigtländer, 2009, pp. 1-51.
  8. ^ Landscape at sachsen.de. Retrieved 13 Oct 2013
  9. ^ Enter the Past: The E-way Into the Four Dimensions of Cultural Heritage : CAA 2003, Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology p. 267; Proceedings of the 31st Conference, Archaeopress, Vienna, Austria, April 2003.

Sources

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  • Mannsfeld, K.; Bastian, O.; Kaminski, A.; Katzschner, W.; Röder, M.; Syrbe, R.-U.; Winkler, B. (2005): Landschaftsgliederungen in Sachsen. Mitteilungen des Landesvereins Sächsischer Heimatschutz e.V., special edition, no ISBN.
  • Mannsfeld, K. und Syrbe, R.-U. (ed.): Naturräume in Sachsen mit Kartenbeilage „Naturräumliche Gliederung Sachsens“, in: Forschungen zur deutschen Landeskunde (Vol. 257), Deutsche Akademie für Landeskunde, Selbstverlag, Leipzig, 2008, ISBN 978-3-88143-078-4
  • Mannsfeld, K.; Bastian, O.; Bieler, J.; Gerber, S.; König, A.; Lütz, M.; Schulze, S.; Syrbe, R.-U.: Abschlussbericht Arbeitsstelle "Naturhaushalt und Gebietscharakter" 1965-2007
  • Classification of Germany by Meynen and the BfN, www.geographie.giersbeck.de, retrieved on 8 June 2011

Literature

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  • Haase, G.; Mannsfeld, K. (Hrsg.)(2003): Naturraumeinheiten, Landschaftsfunktionen und Leitbilder am Beispiel von Sachsen. Forschungen zur Deutschen Landeskunde, Vol. 250 (with CD ROM), ISBN 3-88143-071-7
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