Eisleben collegiate wood

51.494166666667 11.510833333333Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 39 ″ N , 11 ° 30 ′ 39 ″ E

The Eislebener Stiftsholz is a nature reserve in the Lutherstadt Eisleben in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG 0108 is 36.5 hectares in size. It is part of the FFH area of the same name . The area has been under protection since May 1, 1961. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Mansfeld-Südharz.

The nature reserve is located southwest of Lutherstadt Eisleben in Bornstedter Holz on the northern slope of the Hornburg saddle . It protects a sessile oak and hornbeam forest with isolated beeches . In the tree layer there are oaks and beeches as well as hanging birch and mountain ash . In the shrub layer, in addition to the young trees, common hazel , black elder , common snowball and two-fluted hawthorn can be found. The herb layer is formed by lily of the valley , various-leaved fescue, single-flowered perlgrass , narrow-leaved grove, narrow-leaved grove and two-leaved shadow flower in locations with little base . Grow in damp locations with temporary waterlogging Waldrispengras, Forest millet , giant fescue , hairgrass and Figwort . A small part of the nature reserve is characterized by a mesotrophic sessile oak and beech forest. Here lily of the valley, meadow quail wheat and blueberry are represented in the herb layer.

The forest is characterized by a high proportion of old wood and thus offers small and medium- sized woodpeckers and stock pigeons a suitable habitat.

The nature reserve is largely surrounded by other forest areas. In the north it borders a small area of the abandoned quarry "Dockhorn'scher quarry," a geological site . In the south, the nature reserve borders on arable land .

Web links

Eislebener Stiftsholz , State Administration Office Saxony-Anhalt