Bischofswiesen forest

The area surrounded the community of Bischofswiesen in the shape of a horseshoe in the west, north and east, before most of it was incorporated into Bischofswiesen on January 1, 2010.

The current municipality of Bischofswiesen with most of the area from January 1, 2010

The Bischofswiesener Forst was a community-free area in the Berchtesgadener Land district . It was dissolved with effect from January 1, 2010 and incorporated into the communities of Bischofswiesen , Bayerisch Gmain and Berchtesgaden .

As of January 1, 2009, the area covered an area of 29.4591 km ² . The largest part (27.6767 km² or 2767.67 hectares or 93 percent) went to the community of Bischofswiesen and continues in it as the district of Bischofswiesener Forst . 93.54 hectares were added to the Maria Gern district of the Berchtesgaden market, and the remaining 84.70 hectares to the Bayerisch Gmain community and district.

In the north-west of the area is the Steinbergsee and the Steinerne Agnes , in the north the Hagenfels castle stable , and in the north-east the giant thing shaft cave .

Area statistics

According to the 2001 area survey, the types of use in the former municipality-free area are broken down as follows:

Land use according to ALB 31.12.2001	Hectares	percent
700 forest area	2070.02	70.27
950 unland	801.65	27.21
600 agricultural area	53.80	1.83
500 traffic areas	13.05	0.44
800 water surface	7.13	0.24
Building and open space	0.02	0.01
total	2945.83	100.00