Regional Plan Mittelhessen: Groundwater Protection Reservation Areas

A geospatial dataset defining groundwater protection reservation areas within the Mittelhessen planning region. The data originates from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and is based on the Regional Plan Mittelhessen 2010, which outlines large-scale spatial development concepts for the Giessen administrative district. The dataset was last updated on March 31, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling groundwater vulnerability based on designated protection zones.
• Assessing land-use compatibility for proposed developments near protected water resources.
• Visualizing regional planning boundaries for environmental impact assessments.
• Integrating spatial planning constraints into hydrological models.

Strengths

• Based on the official 2010 Regional Plan Mittelhessen, providing an authoritative spatial framework.
• Last updated on March 31, 2026, suggesting planned maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific German planning region.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Likely digitized from official regional planning documents.

Time Range

Based on the 2010 regional plan.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-31 00:00:00

Geography

Mittelhessen planning region, Giessen administrative district, Germany.