Katana VentraIP

Swabian-Franconian Forest

The Swabian-Franconian Forest (German: Schwäbisch-Fränkischen Waldberge, also Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald) is a mainly forested, deeply incised upland region, 1,187 km² in area and up to 586.4 m above sea level (NHN),[1] in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg. It forms natural region major unit number 108 within the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land (major unit group 10 or D58). Its name is derived from the fact that, in medieval times, the border between the duchies of Franconia and Swabia ran through this forested region. In addition, the Swabian dialect in the south transitions to the East Franconian dialect in the north here.

Swabian-Franconian Forest

Hohe Brach

586.4 m above NHN

1,187 km2 (458 sq mi)

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

49°02′13″N 9°33′01″E / 49.0369278°N 9.5503778°E / 49.0369278; 9.5503778

Swabian Keuper-Lias Land

Hill ranges and hills[edit]

The Swabian-Franconian Forest is divided clockwise (beginning roughly in the north) into the Waldenburg Hills, Mainhardt Forest, Limpurg and Ellwangen Hills, Virngrund, Murrhardt Forest, Löwenstein Hills, Heilbronn Hills and Sulm Plateau; in addition the valley of Weinsberger Tal, which lies between the last two uplands, is part of the region


The highest point of the Swabian-Franconian Forest is the Hohe Brach (586.4 m). Other high hills include the Hagberg (585.2 m), Hornberg (580.0 m), Hohenstein (572 m), Hohenberg (568.9 m), Hohentannen (565.4 m), Altenberg (564.7 m), Stocksberg (538.9 m), Flinsberg (534.8 m), Juxkopf (533.1 m) and Steinknickle (524.9 m).

Katana VentraIP

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#0__titleDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#0__subtitleDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

Protections[edit]

Naturpark Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald, or Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park in English, is a nature park and protected area within the Swabian-Franconian Forest. The nature park covers an area of 1,270 km², including most of the Swabian-Franconian Forest, but also large areas of adjacent cultural landscapes and historical monuments.[2]

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#2__titleDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#2__descriptionDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#2__heading--0DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#2__description--0DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

Rural cultural landscape

Rural cultural landscape

Meinhardt Forest

Meinhardt Forest

Towns and agriculture (Löwenstein)

Towns and agriculture (Löwenstein)

Large parts of the original forest has been swapped for agriculture

Large parts of the original forest has been swapped for agriculture

Paul Strähle (2006), Naturpark Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald : revised by Theo Müller (in German) (4th, revised and expanded ed.), Stuttgart: Theiss,  3-8062-2033-6

ISBN

LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg (publ.): (Reihe Naturschutz-Spectrum. Gebiete, Vol. 29). verlag regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89735-507-1.

Naturführer Schwäbischer Wald.

 (N.B. the small Baden-Württemberg element of the Central Franconian Basin (113) and the Frankenhöhe (114) is integrated here.) – LUBW (pdf, 12.5 MB)

Natural region fact file Schwäbisch-Fränkische Waldberge (108)

by the Bundesamt für Naturschutz, at bfn.de

Landscape fact file for the Swabian-Franconian Forest

at Basis by google.maps (Open "Natur und Landschaft")

Detailed LUBW natural regional map

(official homepage)

Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#3__titleDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#3__subtextDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#3__quote--0DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#3__name--0DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#3__company_or_position--0DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__titleDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__subtextDEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__answer--0DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__answer--1DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__answer--2DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__answer--3DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__answer--4DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__answer--5DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$

$_$_$DEEZ_NUTS#1__answer--6DEEZ_NUTS$_$_$