As the name betrays, the term embraces both the keuper landscapes (including the well-known parts of the Keuper Upland Haßberge, Steigerwald and Frankenhöhe) and lias landscapes (Schwarzer Jura) in Franconia.
The Heldburger Gangschar is not a self-contained landscape and is distributed mainly on the main physiographic units Grabfeld, Itz- Baunach Hügelland and Haßberge.
Theres Abbey (Kloster Theres) was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Theres in the district of Hassberge, in Franconia in the north of Bavaria, Germany.