Soil Map of the Federal Republic of Germany 1:1,000,000 (BUEK1000EN)

The first country wide soil map at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (BUEK1000) has been compiled on the basis of published soil maps of the former German Democratic Republic and the pre 1990 federal states of Germany. To do this, it was necessary to match the soil systems used in East and West Germany and to develop standardized descriptions of soil units. A relatively homogeneous map has resulted, which permits uniform assessment of the soils throughout Germany. The map shows 71 soil mapping units, described in the legend on the basis of the German and FAO soil systems. Each soil unit has been assigned a characteristic soil profile (Leitprofil) as an aid to map interpretation. For the first time the subdivision of the country into 12 soil regions has been represented on the map. This subdivision was coordinated with the state Geological Surveys. These soil regions will represent the highest hierarchic level of nation wide soil maps in future. The colours of soil units correspond to the standards of the 'Bodenkundliche Kartieranleitung' (KA 3; Guidelines for Soil Mapping). The various hues characterize differences in relief or soil humidity. The BUEK1000 was produced digitally. It is an important part of the spatial database integrated in the Soil Information System currently being established at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (FISBo BGR). It can be used together with the characteristic soil profiles to derive thematic maps related to nation wide soil protection. The scale of the BUEK1000 makes it especially suitable for small scale evaluations at federal or EU level.

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Identification

File identifier
1AA9B216-33F8-48F5-850F-8C6A4E6978AC XML
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
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E44D2386-0B71-4862-BC1F-4FA7692057F5
Metadata language
English
Spatial representation type
Vector
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PDF
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PNG
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TIFF
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Projection
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EPSG:3034
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource

Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Boden

  • Soil

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • Bodenart

  • Bodenauslaugung

  • Bodenbearbeitung

  • Bodenbelastung

  • Bodenbildung

  • Bodenbiologie

  • Bodenchemie

  • Bodendegradation

  • Bodendekontamination

  • Bodenerosion

  • Bodenfeuchtigkeit

  • Bodenfruchtbarkeit

  • Bodenfunktion

  • Bodengestaltung

  • Bodengüte

  • Bodenkarte

  • Bodenluft

  • Bodenmechanik

  • Bodenmineralogie

  • Bodennutzbarkeit

  • Bodennutzung

SGD-Liste

  • Bodeneigenschaften

  • Bodengefüge

  • Bodengruppe

  • Bodenhorizont

  • bodenphysikalische Eigenschaften

  • Bodenskelett

  • Bodenverbreitung

  • Durchlässigkeit

  • effektive Durchwurzelungstiefe

Freies Schlagwort

  • environmental protection

  • geographical information system

  • parent material

  • parent rock

  • soil association

  • soil complex

  • soil information system

  • soil map

  • soil polygon

  • soil profile

  • soil property

  • soil protection

  • soil science

  • soil substrate

  • soil systematics

  • soil textural class

  • soil type

Other keywords

Place

  • Federal Republic of Germany
 
 

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Temporal reference

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Date (Creation)
1994-07-01
Date (Publication)
2013-12-12
 

Quality and validity

Lineage

BGR (BÜK1000, 0.1), Forstplanungsämter und Staatliche Geologische Dienste der Länder 1994.
Denominator
1000000
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Restrictions on access and use

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Es gelten keine Zugriffsbeschränkungen
Access constraints

General Standard Terms and Conditions (GSTC) of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources. The information made available shall be quotet as follows in case of reuse: Datasource: BUEK1000 V2.1, (C) BGR, Hannover, 2013.
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Email

fis.bo@bgr.de

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Email

fis.bo@bgr.de

 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR)
Email

geodatenmanagement@bgr.de

Date stamp
2026-03-03
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

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Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Access constraints

Limitation
 

Use constraints

Limitation
 

Responsible custodian

Contact for the resource
 
 
 

Overviews

overview

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Freies Schlagwort
environmental protection geographical information system parent material parent rock soil association soil complex soil information system soil map soil polygon soil profile soil property soil protection soil science soil substrate soil systematics soil textural class soil type
GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
Bodenart Bodenauslaugung Bodenbearbeitung Bodenbelastung Bodenbildung Bodenbiologie Bodenchemie Bodendegradation Bodendekontamination Bodenerosion Bodenfeuchtigkeit Bodenfruchtbarkeit Bodenfunktion Bodengestaltung Bodengüte Bodenkarte Bodenluft Bodenmechanik Bodenmineralogie Bodennutzbarkeit Bodennutzung
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Boden Soil
SGD-Liste
Bodeneigenschaften Bodengefüge Bodengruppe Bodenhorizont Bodenskelett Bodenverbreitung Durchlässigkeit bodenphysikalische Eigenschaften effektive Durchwurzelungstiefe

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