Soil Hesse: Soil Main Groups for Hesse at 1:50,000 Scale

Soil area data for the German state of Hesse at a regional scale of 1:50,000. The Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie provides maps and factual data describing soil units, their properties, and functions. Last updated on April 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Regional land-use planning based on soil function data.
• Agricultural suitability assessment based on soil unit properties.
• Environmental modeling based on soil characteristics.
• Creating thematic soil maps based on color-delimited main ground groups.

Strengths

• Provides data at a regional scale of 1:50,000.
• Includes both visual map data and factual descriptions for soil units.
• Last updated on April 8, 2026.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Freshness

2026-04-08 00:00:00

Geography

Hesse, Germany