Brought forest

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Brachter Wald nature reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Slagboom op terrein van verlaten munitiedepot, bij Brachterwald - Brüggen - 20536742 - RCE.jpg
location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
District of Viersen
Bruggen
surface 1328.17 ha
Identifier VIE-036
WDPA ID 318226
Geographical location 51 ° 16 '  N , 6 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '53 "  N , 6 ° 8' 48"  E
Brachter Forest (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Brought forest
Setup date 2000
Framework plan District of Viersen: Office for Building, Landscape and Planning
(as lower landscape authority)
administration District of Viersen
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The Brachter Forest is a 1328.17 hectare nature reserve in North Rhine-Westphalia northwest of Brüggen .

Geographical location

The Brachter Wald is located between the German-Dutch border in the northwest, the place Bracht (Brüggen) in the northeast, the place Brüggen in the southeast, and the Elmpter Schwalmbruch in the south.

Natural structure

The area is located in the Lower Rhine Plain and is part of the natural area Schwalm-Nette-Platte .

  • 57 Lower Rhine lowlands
    • 571 Schwalm-Nette plate
      • 571.0 Elmpt-Kaldenkirchen border forest
        • 571.00 Birgelen-Elmpter Heidewald
        • 571.01 Brüggener Schwalmbruch
        • 571.02 Brought Forest
        • 571.03 Venloer and Heronger Heide

Ammunition depot

From the end of World War II around 1948 to 1996, the site was used by the British Army of the Rhine under NATO . The 3 BAD (3 Base Ammunition Depot) set up the area as an ammunition depot Brüggen-Bracht , with approx. 200 halls and storage areas, 4 loading stations, 88 km of paths and roads and 15 km of rail network. With up to 45,000 t of conventional ammunition, it was at times the largest ammunition depot in Europe.

Brachter Wald nature reserve (April 2018)

Nature reserve

Large parts were acquired in 1998 by the North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation for Nature Conservation, Heritage and Cultural Preservation and equipped with cycling and hiking trails. Since 2000 the area has the status of a nature reserve.

The nature reserve is part of the EU bird sanctuary " Schwalm-Nette-Platte with Grenzwald and Meinweg ".

See also

Web links

Commons : Brachter Wald  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ina Gernes-Dohmen: 3 Base Ammunition Depot . Series of publications of the district of Viersen (2006), 236 pages, ISBN 3-931242-18-8
  2. ↑ NRW Foundation: Brachter Wald nature reserve in Brüggen (PDF; 1.9 MB)