Erlenstegen forest

Location of the municipality-free area Erlenstegener Forst in the Erlangen-Höchstadt district

The Erlenstegen forest is a community-free area in the Central Franconian district of Erlangen-Höchstadt .

The 11.77 km² state forest is the northeast of Ziegelstein and east of Erlenstegen , both districts of Nuremberg , part of the Sebalder Reichswald . The A3 motorway runs through the area. The Haidberg is 392 m above sea level. NN the highest point, its ridge forms the northern border to Geschaidt . The federal highway 2 forms the western border with the Kraftshofer forest , the federal highway 14 and the railway line Nürnberg – Cheb the southern border. The Eichelberg junction was on the railway line , from where there was a connection to the Ringbahn .

Waters

The source rivers of the Tiefgraben , the left upper reaches Haidbrunnengraben and the right upper reaches Kühgraben arise in the Erlenstegen forest . In the forest lies the Weißensee, portrayed by Albrecht Dürer in a watercolor .