02983cam a22003133u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000440011324500820015726400510023930000470029033600260033733700260036333800360038950000310042550800690045652019040052553400820242965300600251165300360257185600430260799900190265076751UtSlPG20260610134757.0mcr n260607r20251926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7ade2iso639-1 4aDD1 aLandesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz10aLandesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz — Mitteilungen Band XV, Heft 7–10 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-08-28  aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  aLandesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz — Mitteilungen Band XV, Heft 7–10… is a regional heritage periodical (collection of essays) written in the early 20th century. It examines the Leipzig region through landscape history, ecology, folklore, and monument care, with a clear conservationist outlook. Expect detailed pieces on the geological making of the Leipzig plain, the life and preservation of its floodplain forests, local customs, and the pressures of mining and urban growth, supported by photographs, maps, and field observations.  The opening of this volume presents editorial notes, publishing details, a contents overview, and a notice of a small exhibition, then moves into three substantial essays. Richard Buch traces the Leipzig land’s formation from ancient variscan roots and Rotliegend volcanism through the Zechstein and Buntsandstein eras, the subtropical Tertiary with its brown coal, and the Ice Age that laid moraines, leveled plains, and created the fertile floodplains and Auenwald; he pairs geology with an advocate’s eye for the plain’s quiet beauty and notes modern scars from open-cast mining. Professor Naumann then portrays the Auwald west of Leipzig as a classic floodplain forest shaped by periodic inundation, detailing its tree mix (oak, ash, elm, hornbeam; willows and alders), undergrowth and rich spring flora, hydrology, and root ecology (including mycorrhiza), while highlighting protected zones like the Polenz at the Hundewasser and Luppe landscapes and warning against invasive plantings. Finally, Karl Berger defines “Leipziger Land,” voices concern over industrialization, suburban sprawl, and brown-coal works, and begins a walking sketch across the windswept fields north and west of the city (Rackwitz, Petersberg, the solitary Buschnaukirche), before the excerpt breaks off mid-journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cDresden: Landesverein Sächsischer Heimatschutz, 1926  aNature conservation -- Germany -- Saxony -- Periodicals  aSaxony (Germany) -- Periodicals40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76751  c117476d117476