Davert

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Aerial view of part of the Davert in Senden - Ottmarsbocholt ( Davert nature reserve in the Coesfeld district)

The Davert is an extensive, naturally wooded, flat hollow in the central Münsterland , immediately southwest of Münster . In terms of nature , it is part of the Münster plain in the Kernmünsterland .

Location and limits

The Davert has a share in the city of Münster in the north, the communities Senden and Ascheberg (both district Coesfeld ) in the west and south as well as the cities Drensteinfurt and Sendenhorst (the latter to a small extent, both district Warendorf ) in the east. The Wittlerbaum is located in the area .

Clockwise, the Davert is encircled by the local (sub) cores of Münster- Albachten in the west north, Münster in the east north, Münster- Hiltrup in the north-east, Drensteinfurt- Rinkerode in the south-east, Ascheberg - Davensberg in the south, Senden - Ottmarsbocholt in the west south , Senden in the south-west and Senden- Bösensell in the northwest. The Münster district of Amelsbüren is centrally located , with Senden- Venne to the southwest .

To the northeast, the Davert is bounded by the wall-like Uppenberger Geestrücken .

Natural allocation

The Davert is naturally allocated as follows:

Geology and landscape

The rocks of the Upper Cretaceous are overlaid in the almost flat, flat basin of the Davert by diluvial deposits of highly variable thickness. Birch-oak forest and oak-hornbeam forest alternate with each other , depending on the thickness of the overlying boulder sediments, lime content and moisture , while alder - quarry forests can be found on damp locations .

Forest alternates with pasture and arable land, so that the Davert remains unmistakable as part of the Münsterland park landscape, despite its very few human settlement areas . In addition to the Emmerbach , numerous smaller country roads lead through this landscape. Modern routes such as the Dortmund-Ems Canal , the Münster – Dortmund railway line and the A1 and, in peripheral locations, the Recklinghausen – Münster railway line , the A 43 (both northern edge) and the B 54 (eastern edge) cut the Davert. The extreme east of the lowland, separated by the B 54, is part of the Hohe Ward wooded area . In the West, the cleared areas to which separate peasantry Venne the area of Venner Moors on the Davert.

Protected areas

A total of around 24 km² of the wooded areas of the Davert belong to nature reserves :

These nature reserves almost completely include the forest and most of the area of ​​the Davert southeast of the Dortmund-Ems Canal , while the part of the landscape northwest of the canal does not enjoy any special protection. The name Davert finds z. Sometimes synonymous for the forest area of ​​the nature reserve of the same name, i.e. not including the entire lowland, use.

In the Emmerbachaue, the NABU nature conservation station Münsterland set up a grazing area with Heck cattle and Konik horses. Year-round grazing and the creation of new bodies of water and groups of trees should contribute to a natural development of the floodplain.

The Davert is also part of the EU bird sanctuary of the same name " Davert ".

From the wilderness to the forest

Autumn aspect in the Davert (Inkmannsholz)
⊙ TheDevil's Oakeast of Davensberg: probably one of the oldest trees in the Davert

The Davert area was used as a cooperative until 1821 or 1841 as the Common Mark . It was then very impassable and wet marsh and swamp forests covered, barren heath areas and small Moore completed the picture of a very inhospitable, mysterious landscape. Numerous popular legends and fairy tales date from this period.

For the first time in 1339 a wilderness was mentioned in the Davert in which the free-living horses of the area lived. The so-called Davertnickels have probably existed in this area for a long time. The livestock was farmed on a cooperative basis by regularly taking animals and selling them as work or military horses, for example at the market in Coesfeld . The last 18 Davertnickels raised in the wild were publicly auctioned off in 1812 by Baron Elverfeldt von Beverfoerde zu Werries , which means that the traces of these "wild" horses are lost forever.

Only after the division of the brand was the area drained and systematically developed with paths, largely reforested or made arable for agriculture. Today the Davert is mainly characterized by the alternation of oak and hornbeam forests and beech forests as well as individual meadows and arable land. It is still noticeable that the area is forested above average by Münsterland standards and is still relatively sparsely populated by people.

Say

With its impassable terrain and deep, mist-overhanging moorland, the Davert has always sparked the imagination of people. The unredeemed souls of the deceased who committed crimes during their lifetime withdrew to this place and were able to haunt them. The only way the then led through the Davert was lined with juniper bushes, gorse bushes and stunted pines . Because of this creepy atmosphere, only broom-makers and peat cutters dared to go into the area to do their work. It could happen to travelers that the "Hohomännnchen" appeared in front of them and jumped around from left to right. It is said to have been only a foot high and climbed the branches of the trees and tried to lead the travelers off the right path with its shouting.

Another legend tells of two old maidens who danced around between the gorse bushes and juniper bushes. In truth, the two were witches and had made a covenant with the devil. The ghost of a stingy and godless cook from the Freckenhorst monastery is said to haunt the Davert: after her death, she haunted maids and abbesses in her monastery until the clergy banished her to the Davert.

The following legend tells of the knight Meinhövel: The knight who lived at Davensberg Castle loved hunting more than anything. But since he went hunting in the Davert even on the highest religious holidays, he and his hunters were punished for wandering restlessly in the moor forever.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 97 - Münster (Sofie Meisel 1960, west of the sheet) - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg → Maps
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ↑ Information from the NABU Nature Conservation Station Münsterland eV

Coordinates: 51 ° 51 ′ 5 ″  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 40 ″  E