The Keuper Uplands ( German : Keuperbergland or, more rarely Keuperwaldberge ) are part of the South German Scarplands and cover an area of about 3,200 square kilometres .
10-921: The following regions belong to the Keuper Uplands (from southwest to northeast): the Kleiner Heuberg , Rammert , Schönbuch , Glemswald , Stromberg and Heuchelberg, Schurwald and Welzheim Forest , Swabian-Franconian Forest , Franconian Heights , Steigerwald and Hassberge . The southwesternmost Keuper escarpment in the area of the Baar does not have its own name because of its small size. The Keuper Uplands are divided into three natural region major unit groups which, in turn, are subdivided into major units, shown underneath in each case with three-figure index numbers (units of which only small areas lie on keuper are in italics) and ridges that are orographically separated from one another (basins and ridges on
20-727: Is a forested hill range, up to 590 m above sea level (NN) , in the Keuper Uplands of central Baden-Württemberg , which belongs to the natural region major unit of Schönbuch and Glemswald in the Swabian Keuper-Lias Land . It continues the Schönbuch to the south(west) and is separated from it by the Tübingen Bay ( Tübinger Stufenrandbucht ) at the Neckar near Tübingen . The majority of
30-536: The Keuper Uplands are known here as klingen . Such klingen occur in the petrographically harder sandstone beds of the keuper, for example in the Stubensandstein . These rocks are able to resist significantly the erosion forces (especially side erosion) of water. In less erosion-resistant rocks of the keuper like the clays or marls , the valleys are more deeply carved out so that many wider-profiled valley are formed. Rammert The Rammert
40-670: The Vorbach, Katzenbach and Krebsbach streams, which head northwards or northeastwards, divide the Rammert sharply. As part of the South German Scarplands the Rammert tilts slightly towards the southeast and forms a striking ledge, about 100 to 150 metres high on the rim of the Neckar valley. The Weilerburg (555 m) which lies in front of the Rammert to the north is an outlier of it. The southeastern slopes on
50-536: The opposite side are gentler. There the Rammert transitions gradually into the rocks of the Black and Brown Jurassic rocks of the Jura Foreland. The Rammert predominantly forested because of its sandy and clayey soils that are unfavourable for farming . Its forests are intensively used for forestry . The main tree species are beech , spruce , Scots pine and oak . Extensive wetlands only cover parts of
60-571: The perimeters have been omitted): Apart from the Stromber and Heuchelberg , which lie north of Schönbuch and Glemswald and outside the Keuper-Lias landscapes in the muschelkalk dominated Gäue , the landscapes in the above list along the Albtrauf , from which they are separated by the lias dominated forelands, are oriented in a northeasterly direction. The landscape is characterised by
70-471: The ridge lies in the county of Tübingen , with small elements in the county of Zollernalbkreis . The Rammert extends for 18 kilometres from Rangendingen in the southwest to Tübingen in the northeast and is 7 kilometres across at its widest point between Rottenburg am Neckar and Ofterdingen . In the north it is bounded by the Neckar valley, in the southeast by the Steinlach valley and in
80-511: The rock - keuper that gives it its name and is the uppermost and youngest lithostratigraphic group of the Germanic Trias . It exhibits a variety of depositions of sand beds and marine sediments. The Keuper Uplands are largely forested because the soils that form on the keuper are not very fertile. Island clearings are found especially on the fertile loess or lias soils. The very steep-sided V-shaped valleys that are typical of
90-597: The southwest by the water gap of the Starzel . In the northeast it peters out to a point, which gives it a roughly triangular shape. Its highest point is the Hohwacht at 590 m above NN which rises between Rangendingen and Bodelshausen , followed by Langen First near Hirrlingen at 558 m and the 556 m-high Lausbühl not far from the Schadenweiler Hof near Rottenburg. The valleys of
100-613: The valleys. Bodelshausen Bodelshausen is a municipality in the district of Tübingen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg . Bodelshausen is situated southern of the Rammert forest near the town of Hechingen . Rottenburg am Neckar , Ofterdingen , Mössingen , Hechingen ¹ and Hirrlingen The oldest historical documents date back to 1100. The mayor is elected for 8 years. Mayor Bernd-Dieter Esslinger's term ended in 2006. Since 2006, Uwe Ganzenmüller holds
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