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Geodata Forchheim
Landkreis Forchheim · Bavaria
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
112,346 buildings, 106,679 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
Source: © Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung · Licence CC BY 4.0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
737 tiles of 1 km² each (1.55 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (737 tiles, JSON) | 1.55 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
737 tiles of 1 km² each (1.99 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (737 tiles, JSON) | 1.99 GB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
737 tiles, period 2025-05-10–2025-09-07.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (737 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📡 LiDAR — Raw laser-scan point clouds of the official surveys — directly from the state agency
737 tiles.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (737 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Landkreis Forchheim
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the district area of 643 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 281 km² | 43.7 % |
| Forest | 240 km² | 37.4 % |
| Residential land | 25 km² | 3.8 % |
| Road transport | 15 km² | 2.4 % |
| Paths and tracks | 14 km² | 2.2 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 11 km² | 1.8 % |
| Woodland | 11 km² | 1.7 % |
| Mixed-use area | 10 km² | 1.6 % |
| Industry & commerce | 9 km² | 1.4 % |
| Water bodies | 6 km² | 1.0 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 6 km² | 0.9 % |
| Special-purpose area | 218 ha | 0.3 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 177 ha | 0.3 % |
| Rail transport | 98 ha | 0.2 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 66 ha | 0.1 % |
| Squares | 51 ha | 0.1 % |
| Cemetery | 38 ha | 0.1 % |
| Air transport | 33 ha | 0.1 % |
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Terrain elevation in Landkreis Forchheim
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 243.1 m |
| Mean | 392.9 m |
| Maximum | 608.4 m |
Municipalities in Landkreis Forchheim
- Dormitz
- Ebermannstadt
- Effeltrich
- Eggolsheim
- Egloffstein
- Forchheim
- Gräfenberg
- Gößweinstein
- Hallerndorf
- Hausen
- Heroldsbach
- Hetzles
- Hiltpoltstein
- Igensdorf
- Kirchehrenbach
- Kleinsendelbach
- Kunreuth
- Langensendelbach
- Leutenbach
- Neunkirchen a.Brand
- Obertrubach
- Pinzberg
- Poxdorf
- Pretzfeld
- Unterleinleiter
- Weilersbach
- Weißenohe
- Wiesenthau
- Wiesenttal
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Data as of: 2026-09-02.