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The Maifeld is a part of the landscape (a natural subunit) of the Middle Rhine Basin at the western interface to the Eifel southwest of Koblenz , which is particularly noticeable due to its light hills.


The plain, located about 400 m above sea level, is divided into the Obermaifeld south of Mayens in the west and the adjacent, larger area of ​​the Niedermaifeld south-west of Koblenz and is relatively sharply delimited by the rivers Mosel (southeast) and Elz (southwest), while the Nette in the northwest is only an approximate limit.

It probably owes its name to the Franks who held popular assemblies here.


The Maifeld is used almost exclusively for large-scale grain cultivation. Only a few large farms, which are often hidden between the rolling fields, cultivate this region. The soils are considered particularly fertile. Towns in the Maifeld are Polch (seat of the Maifeld Association in the Mayen-Koblenz district , but strictly natural in the Pellenz ( Pellenzhöhe )) and Münstermaifeld .

Natural structure

Landscape map

The Maifeld is structured as follows:


Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1888
  2. Interactive map service and descriptions of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration