Festberg near Phillipinenthal
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Festberg near Phillipinenthal
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 View of Philippinenthal and the Festberg. |
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| location | Philippinenthal , City of Wolfhagen , District of Kassel , Hesse . |
| surface | 14.32 hectares |
| Identifier | 1633032 |
| WDPA ID | 163048 |
| Natura 2000 ID | 4621-305 |
| FFH area | 14.32 hectares |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 20 ' N , 9 ° 13' E |
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| Sea level | from 270 m to 325 m |
| Setup date | NSG 1992 / FFH area 2004 |
Festberg near Phillipinenthal is a nature reserve (NSG no. 1633032) and FFH area near Wolfhagen in the northern Hessian district of Kassel .
Geographical location
The protected area includes the southwest slope and part of the ridge of the Festberg , a 330 m high mountain about 4 km (as the crow flies ) northeast of the city center of Wolfhagen in the Habichtswald Nature Park . It is located immediately northeast of Philippinenthal , but in the district of Altenhasungen further northeast , both districts of Wolfhagen.
In terms of natural space , the mountain belongs to the Wolfhager Hügelland (subunit 341.3) in the Ostwaldecker Randsenken (main unit 341) in the West Hessian mountainous region (main unit group 34). The Erpe tributary Lohbach runs in Altenhasunger Graben along the foot of the mountain and the southwest border of the protected area between this and the village.
In order to reserve a leading agricultural road , over the crest of the mountain a footpath .
The sanctuary
The area was Regulation of 21 October 1992 from the Upper nature conservation authority of the Government Presidium Kassel reported and as a nature reserve (NSG) reported in 2004 in the same limits as the Fauna Flora Habitat (FFH) area. It rises steeply and up to 60 m above the brook bottom of the Lohbach, is around 1 km long and up to 200 m wide, a total of 14.32 hectares and extends from 270 m above sea level in the brook ground to 325 m above sea level on the mountain ridge .
The Festberg forms a ridge with open land, bushes and small strips of forest. It consists of Lower Muschelkalk , the layers of which have largely withstood the erosion processes. When the Altenhasunger Graben sank in, they were inclined by about 30 - 45 ° and today form a ridge up to 330 m high, which drops steeply to the southwest towards the Lohbach and Philippinenthal. There are only shallow soils, where the limestone partially extends to the surface and in some places smaller former limestone quarries can still be seen.
The area is unsuitable for arable farming and was used as a hatchery by Altenhasungen until the middle of the 20th century . The goats and sheep grazed not only the grass but also emerging trees, and so warmth-loving and persistent drought-tolerant plant and animal species could settle, which in the course of time created a limestone semi- arid grassland . When grazing ceased, the area began to be covered with bushes , which has only been counteracted again since the mid-1990s by grazing with heather sheep and goats from the end of May to the end of summer and other maintenance measures.
The protected area includes four different habitat types of different types, with flora and fauna that are unique in this species composition in western North Hesse. It consists of orchid-rich lime grass lawn with bee ragwort and fly ragwort , gentians and cat's paws , however only partially preserved and partly displaced by juniper heaths , bushes with a large stock of barberries , small-scale pine stands with parts of deciduous trees , the natural course of the Lohbach brook its accompanying riparian forest in the extreme southwest as well as orchards and grassland areas . Not only the limestone grassland is protected, because the bushes and the pre-forest stadiums are also of no small value in terms of nature conservation. The lime and warmth needy shrub communities on the stony southwest slopes contain a high proportion of barberry, wild roses , privet , dogwood and juniper .
The four habitat types of community interest protected on the Festberg according to the Habitats Directive are the following:
| EU code | Habitat type | surface | State of preservation |
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| 5130 | Formations of juniper (Juniperus communis) on limestone heaths and lawns | 0.70 ha | B. |
| 6210 | Near-natural dry limestone lawns and their stages of shrubbery (Festuco-Brometalia); Subcategory: 6212 Near-natural sub-Mediterranean semi-arid grasslands (Mesobromion), special orchid-rich stands |
2.40 hectares | A. |
| 3260 | Rivers of the planar to montane level with vegetation of the flooding water crowfoot (Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion) | 0.04 ha | B. |
| 91E0 | Alluvial forests with black alder (Alnus glutinosa) and common ash (Fraxinus excelsior, Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) | 0.10 ha | C. |
Together they cover 3.24 ha, or 23% of the total area of the FFH area.
Footnotes
- ↑ The official name contains two spelling mistakes, two l and only one p , because the village is spelled with an l and two p .
- ↑ Regional Council Kassel: Action plan …… for the FHH area “Festberg bei Philippinenthal” (FHH area number 4621-305) ; Kassel, May 2015, p. 5 (PDF; 2.0 MB)
- ↑ a b The NSG and FFH area "Festberg bei Philippinenthal"
- ↑ Regional Council Kassel: Action plan …… for the FHH area “Festberg bei Philippinenthal” (FHH area number 4621-305); Kassel, May 2015 (PDF; 2.0 MB)
- ^ Lothar and Sieglinde Nitsche: Nature Reserves in Hessen, Volume 2: City of Kassel, District of Kassel and Schwalm-Eder District, cognitio Verlag, Niedenstein, 2003, ISBN 978-3-9325-8307-0
- ↑ Regional Council Kassel: Action plan …… for the FHH area “Festberg bei Philippinenthal” (FHH area number 4621-305) ; Kassel, May 2015, p. 6 (PDF; 2.0 MB)
Web links
- OSM link to the map display: "Festberg bei Phillipinenthal"