Thuringian Basin

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The Thuringian Basin ("Thüringer Becken")

The Thuringian Basin[1][2] (German: Thüringer Becken) is a depression in the central and northwest part of Thuringia in Germany which is crossed by several rivers, the longest of which is the Unstrut. It stretches about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from north to south and around 120 kilometres (75 mi) from east to west. Its height varies from about 150 to 250 m above sea level (NN).

The Basin is surrounded by a wide outer girdle of limestone (

Bunter sandstone, Muschelkalk and Keuper were laid down. Below those lie the salt and gypsum layers of Magnesian Limestone (Zechstein). In the Cenozoic
era the surrounding ridges were uplifted, whilst the Thuringian Basin sank to form a saucer-shaped depression.

The elevation of the Thuringian Basin descends from the south and west to the east. While some of the marginal ridges have the character of low mountain ranges, there are no really noteworthy uplands within it, apart from the Ettersberg and Fahnerscher Höhe.

The Thuringian Basin is dominated by agriculture. Along with the

Mühlhausen
).

Other towns in the Thuringian Basin are (year of foundation and year of achieving town status in brackets):

Large parts of the Basin in the former Thuringian

Mainz Archbishops. According to the 1815 Congress of Vienna, the Albertine and Mainz lands passed to the Kingdom of Prussia, while the smaller areas on the northern and southern rim formed the Thuringian states
.

References

  1. ^ Elkins, T.H. (1972). Germany (3rd ed.). London: Chatto & Windus, 1972. ASIN B0011Z9KJA.
  2. ISBN 978-3-7301-0522-1
    .
  3. ^ Dickinson, Robert E. (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen.

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