Moist forest

Location of the Feuchter Forest in the district of Nürnberger Land

The Feuchter Forest is a community-free area in the Middle Franconian district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria .

description

The 20.82 km² large state forest is the part of the Lorenz Reich Forest north and east of Feucht and northwest of Schwarzenbruck . It was named after the neighboring market town of Feucht. The A6 and A9 motorways run through it and form the Nürnberg-Ost motorway junction on the northwestern border . The Nuremberg – Regensburg and Feucht – Altdorf railway lines also run through the area . At the extreme western edge is the Nürnberg Reichswald junction , the northern end of the new Nuremberg – Ingolstadt line .

The Feuchter Forest is characterized by pine stock ( plug glass forest ). The highest point is the 418 meter high Dreibrüderberg near Rummelsberg .

A large part is part of the EU bird sanctuary area Nuremberg Reichswald .

In the south-western part of the area, north of Gsteinach , there are larger economically used sand pits (as of 2017).

Waters

The area is traversed by the Gauchsbach . East of dampening it flows through a small pond, the locally Haag Weiher ( 49 ° 22 '50.52 "  N , 11 ° 9' 23.29"  O ) is called. In the north on the Büchleinsberg rises the Tief Graben , which becomes black water in its course and flows into the Gauchsbach in the center of Feucht. Near Moosbach are a small, enclosed in stone source, the Hubertusbrunnen ( 49 ° 23 '41.39 "  N , 11 ° 14' 32.96"  O ), as well as some smaller pond that used for fish farming were used.

Worth seeing

The forest is criss-crossed by a few cycling and hiking trails. The Franconian Dune Trail (signpost:) also crosses the area.

Latvian fall

About 2 kilometers north of dampening are heavily overgrown residues of the destroyed former quarry and destroyed bunker Letts camber ( 49 ° 23 '27.96 "  N , 11 ° 13' 28.85"  O ). It is locally called Die Platte after the surrounding forest area .

Atonement crosses

• North is of dampening of a forest road bifurcation the Förster cross ( 49 ° 23 '17.77 "  N , 11 ° 13' 45.37"  O ). According to legend, it is said that a forester shot his son here out of caution.
• South of wet on helben way Gsteinach is near a high-voltage swath the stone cross at Kirchbühl ( 49 ° 21 '50.33 "  N , 11 ° 13' 33.82"  O ).

Forest district landmarks

In order to determine the condition of the devastated forests, forest management was carried out in the Nuremberg Reichswald in 1840/41 . In this context, such forest district boundary stones (district boundary pillars) were also created. They show the adjoining area on each side. It shows forest hammers . The foresters used it to mark every single tree to prevent wood theft.

Forest district boundary stone at Hutberg

This forest district boundary stone is located east of Hutberg at a forest road intersection ( 49 ° 24 ′ 26.64 ″  N , 11 ° 13 ′ 27.52 ″  E ). Here are Fischbach , wet and Altenfurt demarcated.

Forest district boundary stone near Birnthon

This forest district boundary stone is located on the eastern edge of the community-free area at a forest road intersection ( 49 ° 24 ′ 24.12 ″  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 31.5 ″  E ). Fischbach, Feucht and Ungelstetten are demarcated here.

Others

• The Black Lord , a stone column in black Bruck ( 49 ° 21 '42.12 "  N , 11 ° 14' 32.17"  O ). It is a devotional column made of dolomite rock. It was once provided with a picture that showed the mercy seat or the Trinity , hence the name Lord God . Since the column is near the Schwarzach , it became the Lord God on the Schwarzach. Later it became the Black Lord God.
• There is an abandoned quarry north of the hamlet of Mauschelhof .
• The memorial stone Reichswaldumbauprogramm ( 49 ° 23 ′ 7.8 ″  N , 11 ° 12 ′ 48.02 ″  E ). From 1983 to 2003, the then Bavarian State Forestry Administration planted several million deciduous trees in the Steckalas forest typical of the Reichswald . Today the Nuremberg Forestry Service of the Bavarian State Forests is continuing this work. The memorial stone that was erected consists of Worzeldorfer quartzite .

Picture gallery

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  The forester's cross north of Feucht

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  Stone cross on Kirchbühl between Feucht and Gsteinach

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  Former quarry with a pond near Mauschelhof

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  Remains of the Lettensturz bunker (Die Platte)

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  The Hubertus fountain near Moosbach

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  The Black Lord at Schwarzen-bruck

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  Forst-revier-Grenz-Stein am Hutberg

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  Imperial forest memorial stone near Feucht

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  Sand pit near Gsteinach

See also

• List of unincorporated areas in Bavaria
• List of ground monuments in the Feuchter Forest
• List of stone crosses in the district of Nürnberger Land

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Area information at www.destatis.de, as of December 31, 2018 , accessed on August 1, 2020.
2. ↑ Protected Planet: Nuremberg Reichswald. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
3. ↑ 6533-471 Nuremberg Reichswald.  (EU bird sanctuary) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 30, 2017.
4. ↑ www.suehnekreuz.de, Försterkreuz (accessed November 30, 2017)
5. ^ Bavarian State Forests, Monuments in the Nuremberg Reichswald (accessed November 30, 2017)

Web links

Commons : Feuchter Forst (unincorporated area)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Moist forest in OpenStreetMap (accessed June 2, 2015)

Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′ 55 "  N , 11 ° 14 ′ 35"  E