Thermal Atlas of Saarland, Germany: Heat Demand and Transition Potentials

Saarland's thermal atlas presents data from the state study 'Wärmewende im Saarland – Status quo, potentials and fields of action'. The map service (WMS Group) is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify areas with high heat demand density based on the state study's analysis.
• Plan district heating network expansion based on mapped heat transition potentials.
• Assess regional fields of action for the 'Wärmewende' (heat transition) based on the status quo data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a dedicated state study on heat transition.
• The map service was updated on 2026-03-19, suggesting recent data.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• 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

Collection Method

Derived from the state study 'Wärmewende im Saarland – Status quo, potentials and fields of action'.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Saarland, Germany