Recreational forest
A recreational forest is a forest area, especially in the vicinity of large urban centers, which primarily serves the recreation of the population. This type of use is given priority over planned forestry use and nature conservation .
description
Recreational forests are characterized by the fact that they are close to urban residential areas, in the vicinity of metropolitan areas or in tourist areas, which means that they function as a recreational area .
Structurally, they mostly have old trees, and are developed through a denser network of paths ( hiking , cycling and riding trails ) and have parking spaces at the edge of the forest. There is often leisure infrastructure such as seating, paths marked by name, educational forest trails , play and storage areas , and now and then also permanently installed sports equipment, sports trails , children's playgrounds , small huts , animal enclosures and cultural elements such as memorial stones .
In contrast to parks , a closed and mixed forest landscape with no continuous meadows and open spaces predominates in recreational forests .
Legal basis
Germany
The recreational forest is a special category of forest in Germany , which is anchored in the Federal Forest Act and in the State Forest Acts.
It says in Section 13 of the Federal Forest Act:
- "(1) Forest can be declared a recreational forest if it is necessary for the general public to protect, maintain or shape forest areas for recreational purposes."
In 1993, 215,210 hectares of recreational forest were designated in the Federal Republic of Germany .
Austria
Recreational forest is a protection category in the Forest Act (1975), according to Section 36.
- “(1) Is there a public interest in the use of forests for recreational purposes because
- a) there is a need for recreational space for the population of certain areas, in particular urban areas, which, due to its size, should be directed in an orderly manner, or
- b) the creation, maintenance and design of recreational areas in tourist areas appears to be desirable,
- the declaration on the recreational forest (Paragraph 3) can be requested "
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests: National Forest Report of the Federal Republic of Germany. 1994, onA
- ↑ § 36 Declaration on Recreational Forest , Forest Law 1975. Stf. BGBl. No. 440/1975, in section C. Use of the forest for recreational purposes (as amended online, ris.bka ).