Aaper forest
The Aaper Forest is a forest area belonging to the city of Düsseldorf . It belongs to the Düsseldorf city forest .
size
The Aaper forest has a size of about 200 hectares .
location
The Aaper forest is part of the Düsseldorf city forest and is located in the northeast of the Düsseldorf city area. It is bordered in the west by the Düsseldorf district of Rath , in the north by the city limits between Düsseldorf and Ratingen , in the east by the district of Knittkuhl and in the south at the level of Fahneburgstrasse and Kastanienallee by Grafenberger Wald , the Düsseldorf racecourse and thus by Düsseldorf-Ludenberg .
history
In the Middle Ages, the Aaper forest was a royal forest and was part of the large forest area that lay between the Ruhr and the Düssel. As Bann forest with the location description "between Ruhr, Rhine, Düssel and the way of growth to Cologne", this forest is mentioned in a document of the 1065th According to this document, King Heinrich IV donated the Bannwald to Archbishop Adalbert von Bremen, along with other areas . In the middle of the 12th century, the Kaiserswerth monastery had rights in the Aaper forest. In a document from 1140, King Conrad III. the monastery under Reich protection and confirmed "in particular" the right to "cut down in the Aap forest".
The forest with the name "Aap" is documented in two other documents from the 13th century. In a document from 1202, the Kaiserswerth monastery was granted the red tithing for the "Forest Ap" by the Archbishop of Cologne, Adolf von Altena . The forest is also mentioned in another document dated April 29, 1248. In this document, the German rival king Wilhelm von Holland gives Count Adolf von Berg Höfe in Mettmann and Rath. For Rath, the location “in front of the royal ban forest Aap ” is given.
Structure of the forest
The Aaper forest is a diverse mixed deciduous forest . English oak and beech are predominant. Maples, robinia, ash and birch can also be found. The sandstone women's stones on the heights of an old terminal moraine from the last ice age are an attraction .
use
The Aaper forest is used as a recreational area by hikers, cyclists and horse riders. The riding trails, some of which are over five meters wide, connect the riding stables in the Bauenhaus area with the riding facilities on the eastern edge of the forest.
Expansion of the gas pipeline in 2015
The pipeline for natural gas , which has existed since the 1930s , will be renewed between November 2015 and October 2016. A total of 440 trees had to be cut down for this process, which led to public criticism ; the project was not adequately communicated and the citizens were not involved in the development .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet, in: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine or the Archbishopric of Cöln, Certificate 205 , 1840, Volume 1, 779-1200, p. [149] 133. Online version
- ↑ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet, in: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine or the Archbishopric of Cöln, Certificate 339 , 1840, Volume 1, 779–1200, p. [244] 228. Online version
- ↑ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet, in: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine or the Archbishopric of Cologne, documents 6 , 1846, volume 2, 1201 to 1300, p. [43] 5.
- ^ Theodor Joseph Lacomblet, in: Document book for the history of the Lower Rhine or the Archbishopric of Cologne, documents 329 , 1846, volume 2, 1201 to 1300, p. [209] 171.
- ^ Julia Brabeck and Uwe-Jens Ruhnau: Uprising against deforestation in the Aaper forest , Rheinische Post - website, October 12, 2015. Accessed October 12, 2015.
- ^ Gartenamt Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf: Renewal of the gas pipeline in the Aaper forest , City of Düsseldorf - website. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ E