Falkenau forest house

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Television series
Original title Falkenau forest house
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1989-2013
Production
company		 new German film company (ndF)
length 45 minutes
Episodes 321 in 24 seasons ( List )
genre Home and family series
production Thilo Kleine, Matthias Esche, Rudi Pitzl
music Martin Böttcher , Gerhard Daum , Bernhard Zeller
First broadcast 1989 on ORF 2
occupation

Forsthaus Falkenau was a family series of the new German film company (ndF ) produced on behalf of ZDF from 1988 to 2013 . With the broadcast of the 24th season from October 11th to December 27th 2013, the series ended after 25 years of running.

At the center of the action were the forester families Rombach (until 2006) and Leitner (from 2007 to 2013). Initially, the series took place in the fictional town of Küblach in the Freyung-Grafenau district in the Bavarian Forest , and from 2011 to 2013 the fictional community of Störzing am Ammersee was the scene of the action.

Framework and basic concept

Season 1 to 17

Christian Wolff portrayed Martin Rombach in seasons 1–17.

The first story arc of the series is linked to the main role of the forester Martin Rombach . At that time it was about the family and everyday stories of a forester and his family. It has been shown that ecological farms in the forest , the life cycles can be kept in balance.

The starting point of the plot is the move of the widowed timber buyer Martin Rombach and his family from Augsburgto Küblach in the Bavarian Forest, where he takes up a position as a district forester and is later promoted to forestry officer. The family includes his children Andrea, Markus and Rica, his mother-in-law Herta and his mother Inge, who often visits - initially from Augsburg, where she owns a perfumery, and later from Lanzarote, where she lives with her second husband Justus Feininger. In Rica's teacher Jutta Marquart, Martin first finds a new partner. From the initial rapprochement between him and Silva Baroneß von Bernried, a long, close friendship developed. His superior forest director Leonhard and his predecessor Vinzenz Bieler, who later married Grandma Herta, also became close confidants of his.

In the further course of the action, Martin Rombach's turbulent life is characterized by constant changes. Changing partners and a growing family network are at his side: After he separated from Jutta, who then emigrated to Kenya, he married the vet Angelika Grassmann. With her he adopts Peter Bellinghaus, the son of a deceased forest worker, and has another son named Florian. After she died in a riding accident, Martin lived with his future third wife, the pharmacist Susanna Mangold. This marriage fails when Susanna moves to her hometown Berlin for professional reasonsreturns. Martin finds a new partner in the veterinarian Sophie von Haunstein.

Martin Rombach's children also bring changing partners into the family. Andrea marries the wildlife biologist Tobias Arnhoff and settles down as a veterinarian in Küblach after completing her studies. Her daughter Katharina comes from an affair with the balloonist Falko Wachsmuth. After Tobias has left Andrea and she dies in a forest fire, Martin and Susanna take Katharina in with them. Markus, who trained as a carpenter and later took over the Walzinger sawmill, married his seventh partner, the forester Lisa Carstens. But the marriage of the two fails. Anna Hansen becomes Markus' second wife and the mother of his son David. Rica follows in the footsteps of her stepmother and sister and also studies veterinary medicine. She found a partner in Falko Wachsmuth. Adopted son Peter studies horticulture, but then opens an organic pension on their parents' farm together with his wife, the doctor's assistant Melanie. After they have to give up this, they move to Regensburg together. But Peter leaves his wife and their son Manuel. He works as a cook at the "Ochsen" before moving back to them after a reconciliation.

In addition to the Rombach family, the series is supported by other pillars that continue to exist over the years through changing roles. Martin's best friends are Silva and Viktor Fabritius. After their marriage failed, Viktor stayed in Küblach and managed the castle of Silva's family, on which Herta and Vinzenz had the right to live for life. His later partners Beate Wellmann and Maria Claasen also belong to the Rombachs' circle of friends. There are also the forest workers and later community workers from Küblach: Franz Breitkreuz, Hermann Koller and Toni Lederer. Koller now lives in Canada and is replaced by Max Moser and later Schorsch Binder. He himself returns and again takes Lederer's place. In his role as forester, Martin is also in close contact with the sawmill owner and later mayor Walzinger. After his death, the lawyer Annegret Richter becomes the new mayor of Küblach. At the center of community life is the “Zum Ochsen” inn, which was initially run by Mr. Karger, then by his son Toni and later by his daughter Sibylle. In the course of the series, the Küblach forest farmers join in as a further pillar, who repeatedly confront Martin with problems and challenges. These include the Weißgerber family, Wastl Schlueter, Erwin Maurer, Hans and Ferdinand Sailer, Walter Brucks, Vitus Kreidtmayr, Max Berger, Hubert Gassner, Stefan Brenner, Laura Bergmeister and Moritz Maiberger. After his death, the lawyer Annegret Richter becomes the new mayor of Küblach. At the center of community life is the “Zum Ochsen” inn, which was initially run by Mr. Karger, then by his son Toni and later by his daughter Sibylle. In the course of the series, the Küblach forest farmers join in as a further pillar, who repeatedly confront Martin with problems and challenges. These include the Weißgerber family, Wastl Schlueter, Erwin Maurer, Hans and Ferdinand Sailer, Walter Brucks, Vitus Kreidtmayr, Max Berger, Hubert Gassner, Stefan Brenner, Laura Bergmeister and Moritz Maiberger. After his death, the lawyer Annegret Richter becomes the new mayor of Küblach. At the center of community life is the “Zum Ochsen” inn, which was initially run by Mr. Karger, then by his son Toni and later by his daughter Sibylle. In the course of the series, the Küblach forest farmers join in as a further pillar, who repeatedly confront Martin with problems and challenges. These include the Weißgerber family, Wastl Schlueter, Erwin Maurer, Hans and Ferdinand Sailer, Walter Brucks, Vitus Kreidtmayr, Max Berger, Hubert Gassner, Stefan Brenner, Laura Bergmeister and Moritz Maiberger. In the course of the series, the Küblach forest farmers join in as a further pillar, who repeatedly confront Martin with problems and challenges. These include the Weißgerber family, Wastl Schlueter, Erwin Maurer, Hans and Ferdinand Sailer, Walter Brucks, Vitus Kreidtmayr, Max Berger, Hubert Gassner, Stefan Brenner, Laura Bergmeister and Moritz Maiberger. In the course of the series, the Küblach forest farmers join in as a further pillar, who repeatedly confront Martin with problems and challenges. These include the Weißgerber family, Wastl Schlueter, Erwin Maurer, Hans and Ferdinand Sailer, Walter Brucks, Vitus Kreidtmayr, Max Berger, Hubert Gassner, Stefan Brenner, Laura Bergmeister and Moritz Maiberger.

After Martin Rombach inherits the “Kumlumu” nature reserve in South Africa from his old friend Franz Staudinger , his time in Küblach ends. When he and Sophie take a look at the reserve, Rombach can put a stop to big game hunters. Florian and Katharina follow them to Africa, where the family decides together that Rombach will accept the inheritance and that they will live there in the future. This is how a long-cherished dream comes true for him, because he has always wanted a life in Africa.

Season 18 to 21

Hardy Krüger junior portrayed Stefan Leitner since season 18

After Martin Rombach has left Küblach, the focus of the action shifts away from the majority of the previous main and secondary characters towards the forester Stefan Leitner.

The starting point of the plot is the family of Stefan Leitner, a Canadian ranger and widower whose parents are emigrants and come from Küblach. After his studies and state examination, he followed his parents. Stefan and his wife Carol, who drowned in a boat accident, have a 15-year-old daughter named Jenny, with whom he travels to Küblach to sell his parents' house. This is how he learns about the vacant forester position, for which he has successfully applied. His father Wolfgang, meanwhile also widowed, and his daughter initially disagree with their return to Germany, but they dare to start over with him in the Bavarian Forest .

In Küblach, Stefan learns to be a doctorKnow Sonja, who has only recently lived there. The children Daniel and Lisa come from her marriage to Karsten Schwanthaler. Sonja and Stefan fall in love and soon the blended family lives together in Stefan's parents' house, which is now the "Forester's House Falkenau". After Sonja becomes pregnant, she and Stefan decide to get married. Only after the wedding does Sonja confess to Stefan that she cheated on him with Karsten and that he is not the birth father of little Lukas. The family breaks up because of this misstep, and Sonja leaves Küblach with her three children. After she was hit by a car and fatally injured on the way to her divorce lawyer, Daniel, Lisa and Lukas return to the forester's house. Later, Stefan met the vet Marie Stadler and found a new partner in her.

Stefan's father Wolfgang meets his childhood sweetheart Marianne Rainders again in Küblach. The love of the two rekindles and so they get married. Together with Marianne's brother Josef Neureuther, they live on the farm of Marianne and her deceased first husband, where they run a pension and not least support Stefan's turbulent family life.

In addition to the forester's family, the other supporting pillars of the concept also continue to exist. The three community workers Breitkreuz, Koller and Binder also work for Stefan. Julius Brandner has now taken over Mr. Leonhard's post and is at Stefan’s side in an advisory capacity. As a new forester, he initially has to struggle with the local forest farmers, who have great prejudices against him. Gradually, however, he was able to convince the Küblacher of his abilities and won their recognition. Markus and Anna Rombach were the only ones of the previous main characters to be included in the new story arc. His sawmill marks frequent points of contact between Markus and Stefan, which also creates a friendship between the two. And Anna becomes Küblach's new mayorafter Annegret Richter moved for family reasons. In this capacity she stands benevolently at Stefan’s side. The marriage of Markus and Anna falls apart. She falls in love with the entrepreneur Max Bachhofer, the illegitimate son of Marianne's late husband Franz, and moves in with him temporarily with her son David. But the relationship is short-lived.

At the end of this story arc, the future for Stefan and Marie in Küblach is uncertain. In the meantime, she worked as a veterinarian in a clinic on Tegernsee and gave up this position again so that she would not have to have a long-distance relationship with him. At the same time, the Küblach forestry department was closed, so that Stefan is now also unemployed. His daughter Jenny, in turn, leaves Küblach to spend a year with her boyfriend Jan in the USA.

Season 22 to 24

After Stefan Leitner lost his job as a forester in Küblach, the focus of events is on Störzing am Ammerseewhere he will work and live in the future. Küblach and its residents are no longer part of the plot. For various reasons, all other main characters will follow Stefan to Störzing during the 22nd season: Lisa and Lukas have to go with him as his children. Marie doesn't want to have a long-distance relationship and tries unsuccessfully to start a new life as a veterinarian. Marianne's farm is completely destroyed by a fire, whereupon Josef, Wolfgang and she seek refuge in the new forester's house. She no longer feels able to rebuild the farm, so the three of them find a new home in a former youth hostel in Störzing. Daniel initially lives at his place of study in Weihenstephan, but after dropping out of his studies and starting his training, he also moves to Störzing. Jenny spent a year with her boyfriend Jan in the USA and surprisingly returns to her family. Marie's sister Daniela and her riding stables will also remain in the series. It is explained that Störzing can be reached more easily from the riding stables through a new bypass road. This means that the characters can still visit each other regularly. The distance between Störzing and Küblach is still shown as so great that it is absolutely necessary for Stefan to move. After that, he continued to be in sporadic contact with Franz Breitkreuz, who was dismissed by his successor and retired early and is now helping out at Daniela's farm. Stefan offers him a job in Störzing so that Breitkreuz can start a new life there. The role of Franz Breitkreuz is not just the only supporting role, which was taken over into the new concept, but also the only remaining one that has been part of the series since the first season. Sina, Stefan's loyal hunting dog, is put to sleep because of cancer and the pain that goes with it, which hurts all family members.

Episodes

Long episodes

In the course of the series there were five long episodes, i. H. Feature-length episodes :

  • Episode 1: A New Beginning (April 11, 1989): the pilot film for the series in which Martin Rombach makes the decision to move to Küblach with his family. If it is repeated, this episode is sometimes broadcast in two parts.
  • Episodes 28 and 29: Sturm / Der Mustergatte (October 14, 1992). The first two episodes of the third season were originally intended to be broadcast separately, but were then edited into a pilot film called Storms . This begins with the episode The Model Husband , the content of which is actually after the episode Sturm . In this form, the two episodes were only broadcast once, when they are repeated they are shown separately. The original, two-part version was also used for the broadcast on ORF 2 , with the episode Der Mustergatte firstshowed. The DVD release of the third season includes the cut.
  • Episodes 152 and 153: Mother Love and Wild Hunt formed the prelude to a series of repetitions in the morning on ZDF on May 21, 2009. On this occasion, the two episodes were cut into a long episode.
  • Episode 220: Decision in the Savannah was the final episode of the 17th season, in which Martin gets to know his future environment in South Africa and decides to take over the inheritance.
  • Episode 221: Old home, brand new opened the new story arc with Stefan Leitner as the new forester. Similar to the first pilot film, this episode shows the forester in his previous life, here in Canada. Leitner applies and his family follows him to Küblach.
  • Episode 236: Trapped in Tenerife marked the beginning of the 19th season. Stefan Leitner and his partner Sonja Schwanthaler are on Tenerife for work and recreation. Sonja is kidnapped when she happens to get in the way of the thief while stealing rare lizard eggs. Stefan can free her with the help of his father and Josef Neureuthers, who had booked a last minute trip to Tenerife.
  • Episode 252: The Iceland Adventure marked the beginning of the 20th season.

Special offers

In the 1990s, ZDF broadcast three films, each with four or five short episodes of well-known family series. Forsthaus Falkenau is the only one who was in every film. December 26th, 1991 became The biggest festival of the year - Christmas for our television familiesshown. Angelika and Martin celebrate Christmas here with the whole family for the first time. But before things get contemplative, Angelika reacts suspiciously to Martin's frequent visits to the forestry office regarding alleged restructuring. The second special of the same title followed on December 23, 1995. Here Martin tells his youngest son that at Christmas animals can speak and people can understand. Florian wants to talk to the ducks in the pond and secretly sets off with Wuschel. On December 31, 1999, the last series special so far, entitled New Year's Eve 1999: a matter of nerves: Farmer Brucks pours the Rombachs a - lively - suckling pig and messes up the planning for the evening. The approximately 22-minute long episodes have all only been broadcast once so far. Only the specials from Freunde fürs Leben and Unser Charly were repeated separately in 2000 and 2002 as a gap filler in the festival program and with the respective series opening credits.

Instrumentation with explanations

main actor

in the order of their first appearance (exclusion criterion: mention in the opening credits)
actor Role and description Episodes (seasons)
Christian Wolff Martin Rombach studied forestry, but works in favor of his wife Karin's profession as a wood buyer in Augsburg and then becomes a forester in Küblach, where he had completed an internship 20 years earlier. During his time there he was promoted to forestry officer, after several expansions he now has the largest area in the area and is also a forest adviser to the community. His turbulent life is determined by a large family (five children, three grandchildren, three marriages, two of which end in accidental death) and changing challenges and problems of a professional nature, for example with the Küblach forestry. Years later, Martin emigrated to South Africa to manage a nature reserve there. 1-220
(1-17)
Katharina Köhntopp Dr. Andrea Arnhoff, b. Rombach is Martin's oldest daughter from his first marriage. She is a passionate violin player and falls unhappily in love with her teacher Jonas Schermann ( Robert Atzorn ). Only the forestry student Eberhard Rau ( Philipp Moog ) can comfort her. When she happened to be by his lover ( Jennifer Nitsch) finds out, Andrea ends the short relationship disappointed. Later she was in a relationship with Franz Stockinger until he cheated on her too. Although she could study veterinary medicine in Giessen, she keeps the separation a secret and goes to Munich, where she wanted to live with him. There she begins an internship at the Hellabrunn Zoo and later expanded her knowledge at the Frankfurt Zoo. She is still studying in Munich, becomes a veterinarian and opens a practice on the Bellinghaus farm. She falls in love with the wildlife biologist Tobias Arnhoff, but cheats on him with the balloonist Falko Wachsmuth and has a child from him. When her marriage to Tobias became increasingly difficult, the latter left her and her daughter Katharina. Andrea dies trying to save her daughter in a forest fire. 1–132
(1–11)
Michael Wolf Markus Rombach is Martin's son from his first marriage. He begins an apprenticeship as a carpenter and then joins the sawmill as a partner, before taking over completely after Walzinger's death and even buying the sawmill in the neighboring village. After brief affairs and failed relationships with Tina Frank ( Claudia Lössl ), Lisa ( Stephanie Philipp), Katja Weißgerber, Carmen Niemeyer, Liane Gershoff and Gilda Schneider, he married the forester Lisa Carstens, but the marriage broke up after a short time. Since Markus cannot yet break away from Lisa, the midwife Sonja Krüger turns away from him, disappointed. Markus only finds a new love in Anna Hansen. The two have a son named David and get married. In the meantime Markus has to rely on a wheelchair as a result of an accident. When Stefan Leitner comes to Küblach, Markus becomes his best friend. At the same time, their marriages fall apart. Anna falls in love with another man and moves out with David. 1–277
(1–21)
Nicole Schmid Ricarda "Rica" Rombach is Martin's youngest daughter from his first marriage. Benno becomes her first love before she goes to Provence as an au pair after graduating from high school and leaves him because of Pascal. Later, to the chagrin of her father, she was in a relationship with the much older Antoine Lacombe ( Pavel Fieber ). But she separates from him, breaks off her German studies in Paris and returns to Küblach. There she falls in love with Falko, her niece's biological father. Together with him, she moves to Munich to study veterinary medicine, as she originally wanted before her time in France. Later she helps Sophie in her practice in Küblach. 1-219
(1-17)
Bruni Löbel Herta Bieler, b. Gutenberg, used Proud is the mother of Martin's first wife Karin, with whom she fled to Augsburg. Her husband has been missing since the war. She takes care of Martin's family and moves to Küblach, where she later marries Vinzenz Bieler. After the apartment is given to them, they move to Bernried Castle and Silva gives them the right to live for life as a wedding gift. She later opened an antique shop at the castle. 1-219
(1-17)
Walter Buschhoff Before Martin, Vinzenz Bieler was a forester at Falkenau for over 30 years. He becomes his friend and advisor and later marries his mother-in-law Herta. After his retirement he takes care of the Bernried Forest and participates in the community life of Küblach. He is a member of the volunteer fire brigade and the municipal council. 1-219
(1-17)
Anja Kruse Dr. Angelika Rombach, b. Grassmann † is the daughter of Max ( Hans Quest ) and Trude Grassmann ( Ingrid Capelle ). During her studies she was in a relationship with Martin's school friend Viktor Fabritius. She comes to Küblach as a new vet, becomes Martin's second wife and Florian's mother. She opens a practice in the forester's house, but then dies in a riding accident. 15-52
(2-4)
Nikolai Bury Peter Rombach, b. Bellinghaus is the son of the widowed farmer and temporary forest worker Xaver Bellinghaus ( Udo Thomer ), who suffers from an allergy to wasp stings and dies after one. Against the will of Bellinghaus' suddenly appearing brother Alois ( Fred Stillkrauth ), Martin gets the guardianship of Peter. He first studied horticulture, but then worked as a cook in the ox. After his first love Janina ( Barbara Herschbach ) left him without saying goodbye, he married Melanie Baumann ( Kathrin Spielvogel), with whom he now runs an organic guesthouse on his parents' farm. But after moving to Regensburg together, the marriage fell apart. The two later reconcile, whereupon he moves back to her and their son Manuel. 18-219
(2-17)
Nora from Collande Dr. Susanna Rombach, married Mangold is an old friend of Silva. When she visits Küblach, she and Martin get to know and love each other. She gets out of the joint pharmacy with her divorced husband Hans-Georg Mangold ( Gerd Grasse ) in Berlin and runs the monastery pharmacy of Dr. Waldmeier ( Thomas Reiner ) continues. Later she worked temporarily as a hospital pharmacist in Passau and as a curative teacher in Küblach. She becomes Martin's third wife and like a mother to Florian and Katharina. For professional reasons she later goes back to her hometown Berlin. The marriage ends in divorce. 60-177
(5-14)
Dennis & Sascha Hornig Florian Michael Rombach is the son of Martin and Angelika. After he became increasingly conspicuous in school, one noticed his giftedness. He then attended a boarding school in Passau. He goes to South Africa with Martin and Sophie, where he will attend an international school.
(The role was played by unnamed children in episodes 41 to 66 and by Thomas Schütz and Stefan Brandenburger in episodes 67 to 79.) 		80-220
(7-17)
Cheyenne & Valentina Pahde Katharina Arnhoff is Andreas' illegitimate daughter with Falko. She first grows up with Andrea and Tobias, until he leaves the family. After Andreas death, Martin and Susanna get custody of her. Her biological father Falko has sporadic contact with her. She goes to South Africa with Martin and Sophie, where she will attend an international school.
(The role was already played alternately by Melanie Trenkler, Joshua Moral-Falke and Ramona Hein in episodes 97 to 131.) 		132-220
(11-17)
Julia Grimpe Dr. Anna Rombach, b. Hansen initially works as a waitress in the ox while she is writing her doctoral thesis. When she is pregnant after a one-night stand with Markus, the two become a couple. After David's birth, they get married. Anna later became archivist for the community and mayor of Küblach. Meanwhile, the life plans of Markus and her diverge, so that the marriage of the two falls apart. Anna enters into a brief relationship with Max Bachhofer and temporarily moves in with David. 161-278
(13-21)
Anja Schuess Sophie von Haunstein comes to Küblach as a vet. When her practice rooms were terminated, she moved to Susanna's previous practice at the forester's house. She and Martin get closer and she becomes his new partner. In the meantime, her niece Caroline "Caro" ( Julia Dietze ) causes a stir in the forester's house. Sophie emigrates to South Africa with Martin. 164-220
(13-17)
Hardy Kruger Jr. Stefan Leitner is returning to his hometown Küblach as the new forester. He is widowed, but finds a new love in Sonja. Together with their children they live as a blended family in the forester's house. After their wedding, Sonja confesses to Stefan that he is not the birth father of Baby Lukas and the family falls apart. When Sonja dies, he takes her three children back into his home. Later, Stefan and Marie become a couple. When the Küblach forestry department was closed, they moved to Störzing am Ammersee, where Stefan was offered a new position. Here he is building a forest adventure center. During a difficult phase of his relationship with Marie he cheats on her with Daniela, but Marie forgives him after a while. 221-321
(18-24)
Tina Bordihn Sonja Schwanthaler, b. Neumann † comes to Küblach as the new doctor. At this point in time her parents are both dead and her brother Thomas ( Steffen Wink ) lives in Iceland. From her divorced marriage to Karsten, she has two children named Daniel and Lisa who live with her. Sonja befriends Anna Rombach and becomes Stefan Leitner's second wife. The marriage of the two ultimately fails when she confesses to him that not he, but Karsten is also the father of the supposedly common son Lukas. While Stefan tries to save the family, Sonja wants to file for divorce. Later telephone contacts from her fail. She is hit by a car on the way to her lawyer and is fatally injured. 221-269
(18-21)
Teresa Klamert Jenny Leitner is the daughter of Stefan and Carol. She accompanies her father to Küblach and is doing her Abitur there. The climber Jan ( Tobias Schönenberg ) becomes her first great love. She leaves Küblach to spend a year with him in the USA. After their separation, Jenny surprisingly returns to her family, who now live in Störzing. There it turns out that she is pregnant. After being hit by a car, she loses the baby. She finds consolation in her new friend Konstantin, with whom she moves in. She finds a job as a freelancer for a newspaper. 221-321
(18-24)
Lion Sokar Daniel Schwanthaler is the eldest son of Sonja and Karsten. At first he has big problems accepting Stefan as a stepfather. After his mother's death, he is happy to be able to return to the forester's house with his siblings. Motivated by an internship in Stefan's area, he would like to become a forester. After graduating from high school, he begins studying in Weihenstephan, but breaks it off due to problems with the theory. He would like to complete an apprenticeship under the guidance of Franz Breitkreuz. In his spare time he helps Petra Gebauer on her farm and moves in with her. The two become a couple. 221-321
(18-24)
Paulina Schwab Lisa Schwanthaler is the daughter of Sonja and Karsten. After her mother died and her biological father no longer lived in Germany, Stefan was given custody of her. At first it was difficult for her to settle in in her new place of residence, Störzing. 221-321
(18-24)
Martin Lüttge Wolfgang Leitner is Stefan's widowed father who once emigrated to Canada. He also returns to Küblach, where he meets his childhood sweetheart Marianne again. He moves in with her brother Josef and her and marries them. Josef becomes his best friend, with whom he has a love-hate relationship. After a fire destroyed Marianne's farm, the three follow Stefan and his family to Störzing. 221-312
(18-24)
Veronika Fitz Marianne Rainders is the widow of Franz Rainders and the sister of Josef Neureuther. She runs a small guesthouse in Küblach. When her childhood sweetheart Wolfgang Leitner returns, old feelings germinate again and the two get married. Later she was shocked to find out that Franz, whose name she continued to use in her second marriage, had an illegitimate son named Max Bachhofer. 223-321
(18-24)
Günther Schramm Josef Neureuther is Marianne's brother. When his marriage to Gerlinde ( Gerlinde Locker ), whose name he bears, has failed, he moves to his sister's farm. Her husband Wolfgang Leitner becomes his best friend, who occasionally drives him to despair with his ideas. 223-320
(18-24)
Gisa Zach Dr. Marie Stadler took care of her younger sister Daniela after the early death of her parents. With her former partner Dr. Michael Lobinger ( Nicki von Tempelhoff ) she lived temporarily in Africa. In Küblach she falls in love with Stefan and works as a substitute as a veterinarian. She gives up a new job in a veterinary clinic on Tegernsee because she no longer wants to have a long-distance relationship. When Stefan moves to Störzing, she refuses to open the practice of Dr. To take over Mödinger. She follows him, initially runs a mobile veterinary service there and opens practice rooms next to Marianne's guesthouse. After Stefan cheated on her with Daniela, she separates from him at first, but forgives him. 268-321
(21-24)
Maxi Warwel Daniela Königstein, b. Stadler is Marie's younger sister. After her divorce, she runs a riding stables between Küblach and Störzing. Stefan and his family spend a lot of time there, both for private and professional reasons. Daniela makes no secret of her special sympathy for Stefan. At first, she is reluctant to respond to Peter Kögl's advances and is initially unable to enter into a relationship with him. After Daniela had an affair with Stefan, Peter separates from her, before the two become a couple again and get married. She is killed in a diving accident. 268-312
(21-24)
Manou Lubowski Peter Kögl is mayor of the community of Störzing am Ammersee. It was his wish that Stefan Leitner works there as a forester. He falls in love with Daniela, who is initially hostile to him. After cheating on him with Stefan, Peter breaks up with her. But he can forgive her and marry them. After Daniela's diving accident, Kögl is widowed. 282-321
(22-24)

supporting cast

in the order of their first appearance (exclusion criteria: appearances in at least five episodes and in more than one season)
actor Role and description Episodes (seasons)
Gisela Uhlen Ingeborg "Inge" Feininger, admin. Rombach is Martin's mother and owns a perfumery in Augsburg. She finds a new love in Andreas' landlord Justus Feininger. After she gave up her business, she lives with him in Lanzarote, but visits her family frequently. 1-219
(1-17)
Jutta Speidel Silva Baroneß von Bernried is the daughter of Max Baron von Bernried ( Paul Hubschmid ; his brother is later incorrectly also called Maximilian "Max" ( Hans von Borsody )) and after an initial love affair with Martin, she becomes a good friend of the Rombach family. At first she worked as a hotel manager in Berlin and Munich, but later took care of the maintenance of her family's castle and, until it was closed, also of the associated glass factory. She was initially in a relationship with Eric Zurbriggen ( Sky du Mont ) and later married Viktor Fabritius. When the two grew apart, she moved to Canada with wildlife biologist Eric Gulbinsky ( Reiner Schöne ). 1-77
(1-6)
Georg Marischka † Franz (later Georg ) Walzinger † is the owner of the Walzinger sawmill and later also the mayor of Küblach. In this role he is in close contact with Martin and his family. He also performs the civil weddings of Markus and Lisa and Martin and Susanna. Later he wants to resign and turn back to the sawmill, then dies of a heart attack. His legacy is his illegitimate son, the dental technician Gebauer ( Christoph Moosbrugger ). He sells Markus his shares. 1–136
(1–11)
Norbert Gastell Forest director Leonhard is Martin's superior and usually an advocate of his ideas and goals. When he tries to save Martin's dog Aika from two aggressive pit bulls, he suffers a heart attack. As a result, he has to cut back on his job and is now being replaced by Dr. Braun ( Siegfried W. Kernen ) and Hans-Peter Wilke ( Ingo Seeckts ) represented or replaced. Herta sometimes supports him in the household because he has no family. After Martin's resignation, he retires. 1-219
(1-17)
Hans Stadlbauer Wilhelm (later Franz ) Breitkreuz initially worked in his father's farm and from 1968 worked as a forest worker under the foresters of Bieler, Rombach and Leitner. After the forest reform he is a community worker in Küblach. He was married, but his wife has a daughter Theresia "Resi" ( Isabel Schauerte) and leave him. His partner Marianne also separates from him and later the daughter leaves Küblach to do an apprenticeship in Hamburg. After Leitner's move to Störzing, Breitkreuz is dismissed by his successor and sent into early retirement. Leitner offers Breitkreuz the foreman position in Störzing, which he accepts. When Franziska Sauer took part in a tree-felling course he was supervising, he fell in love with her. The two dare a new beginning together in Störzing.
(Mistake: In the later seasons, his private life is no longer mentioned and he even says he has no family. In episode 5 it is said that he is “almost 50”. As a result, by the time he retired early, he had long since reached retirement age.) 		1-318
(1-24)
Volker Prechtel † Toni Lederer had been a forest worker under Vinzenz Bieler and Martin Rombach since 1968. He is a part-time farmer.
(The role is no longer mentioned after the actor dies.) 		1–114
(1–9)
Hermann Giefer Hermann Koller has been a forest worker under Bieler, Rombach and Leitner since 1968 and is a part-time farmer. He has no family, but has several short affairs, including a. with Sieglinde “Cindy” Breuer ( Christine Neubauer ). He has now lived in Canada for two years and returns after separating from Olivia Langleiter ( Conny Glogger ). In the area, he caused a stir with several serious accidents, some of which were due to his daring and unreasonable behavior. After the forest reform he becomes a worker for the municipality of Küblach. 1–277
(1–21)
Helmut Alimonta Mr. Karger is the host of the inn "Zum Ochsen". His children Toni and Sibylle take over from him. 1–103
(1–8)
Michaela May Jutta Marquar (d) t is a primary school teacher in Küblach and Martin's partner for a few months. After Martin separated from her, she went back to Kenya with her former partner Lutz Kehrmann ( Hartmut Becker ), where she had a godchild. 2-17
(1-2)
Klaus Munster Mr. Frank owns a carpenter's workshop in Küblach and trains Markus. He is the father of Konrad ( Gedeon Burkhard ) and Tina ( Claudia Lössl ). 2–21
(1–2)
Claus Tinney Mr. Brenken is the leaseholder of the restaurant at Bernried Castle. When the baron lights it, he prevents the fire from spreading. After his death, Brenken inherits 20,000 DM. When he receives an offer from Geneva, he leaves Küblach. 8-21
(1-2)
Lucie Zedníčková Katja Weißgerber is the daughter of Willy (later Willi) ( Dietrich Kerky ) and Anna Weißgerber ( Dorota Wojsyk ). The family comes to Küblach from Upper Silesia and leases the Bellinghaus farm there. Katja is the reason for the separation of Markus and Lisa. But after almost two years, their relationship also breaks up: She goes to Munich to become a photo model and falls in love with the photographer Lars ( Herbert Trattnigg ). 25–50
(2–4)
Heinrich Waldman Aljoscha (Alexander) "Olek / Alex" Weißgerber is the son of the Weißgerbers. He helps the parents on the Bellinghaus farm, but also works for Martin in the forest. When Peter comes of age, the white tanners no longer live in Küblach and have left the associated forest somewhat neglected. 25–35
(2–3)
Andi Kern Franz Stockinger is working on a report on wild animals and civilized game in Küblach. Andrea and he become a couple. But then Franz, who lives in Munich, begins an affair with Carola. When Andrea finds out about this, she leaves him. 31-43
(3-4)
Stefan check Dr. Riemenschneider works for the forest management in Regensburg. He is in contact with Mr. Leonhard and Martin and comes to Küblach several times for inspections. He also promotes Martin to forestry officer. 35-97
(3-8)
Volkert Kraft The broker and finance agent Dr. Viktor Fabritius is a school friend of Martin and was in a relationship with his second wife Angelika at the time of her studies. He lived in the USA, Japan and Munich until his close friendship with Martin was revived. After a failed marriage with Silva, he bought her family's castle and later ran a horse farm there. A changeable relationship with Beate Wellmann also fails before he finds new happiness in Maria Claasen after a brief rapport with Annegret Richter. 49-219
(4-17)
Gunther Philipp Justus Feininger lives on Lanzarote and has an apartment in Munich, which he rents to Andrea. This is how he gets to know and love her grandmother Inge. The two get married and live together on Lanzarote, but often come to visit Küblach.
(The role is no longer mentioned after the actor dies.) 		50-133
(4-11)
Bettina Placht Carmen Niemeyer is Fred's sister and has another brother ( Andreas Schwaiger ). They and Markus become a couple. After she became pregnant by him and suffered a miscarriage, she went to Regensburg as a credit expert. Shortly afterwards she leaves Markus. 58-68
(5-6)
Hans Schuler Inspector Hochreiter (later Mayrhofer ) stood by Martin several times, including as a smuggler making his territory unsafe. 59-127
(5-10)
Hans Kraus Hans Sailer is a forest and organic farmer in Küblach. He is the father of Xaver ( Timo Paprotny ) and Ferdinand and is married to Vroni. 64-281
(5-21)
Gerhard Acktun Fred Niemeyer is Carmen's brother and reporter for Küblacher Anzeiger. He is always there when something interesting happens in town. 64-138
(5-11)
Manuela Denz Ms. Strohbichler only works for Dr. Waldmeier ( Thomas Reiner ) and later for Susanna in the monastery pharmacy. When sales fell sharply, Susanna had to fire her. 65–113
(5–9)
Ruth Grossi Waltraud Steininger runs a small shop in Küblach, is initially a regular customer of the monastery pharmacy and is always interested in the latest happenings in Küblach. Later she becomes the victim of a marriage fraud ( Dieter Schaad ). Was seen as a nurse in episode 19. 66-173
(5-14)
Florian Ernstberger Stefan Fromm is a police officer in Küblach and often supports Martin and Stefan Leitner. He also works as a journalist for the Küblacher Anzeiger. 68-254
(6-20)
David Cesmeci All that is known about Benno's family is that he has six siblings. He is a school friend of Rica and Peter and becomes Rica's first love. She separates from him when she is visiting during her stay in France. He makes her take drugs. 70-128
(6-10)
Sabine Wolf Liane Gershoff is the illegitimate daughter of Vinzenz's deceased stepbrother Olaf and lives at the castle for some time. She is an educator and takes care of Florian, but is also very interested in antiques. She and Markus become a couple and even want to get married. But they grow apart and Liane leaves him and Küblach. 71-94
(6-9)
Gerd Fitz Walter Brucks is the richest forest farmer in Küblach and has the greatest influence, but is also just as stubborn. He also runs the “Jagerwirt” inn, is the commander of the volunteer fire brigade and a member of the local council. He is married ( Margit Weinert ) and has a grandson named Michael ( Sebastian Frindt ). Later he moved to his sister in the Black Forest for health reasons. His farm is taken over by Stefan Brenner. 71-192
(6-15)
Gerd Deutschmann Abbot Melchior accommodated Vincent several times in the monastery and critically eyed the goings-on of him and Father Ignatius. 75–156
(6–12)
Folke Paulsen Dr. Tobias Arnhoff gets to know Andrea while he is writing his wildlife biology thesis in Küblach. The two get married and initially live with Andreas' illegitimate daughter in Munich. After moving to Küblach, her marriage was in crisis because of his unemployment. It also worries him that Katharina is not his biological daughter and he leaves his family. Together with his affair Ulrike ( Claudia Scarpatetti ) he goes to Rotenburg, where he has applied for a position as organist. He returns one last time for Andrea's funeral. 79-133
(6-11)
Anouschka Renzi Beate Wellmann comes to Küblach as a former roommate and friend of Susanna. She begins a changeable relationship with Viktor, even wants to marry him and have a child by him. But the relationship between the two finally breaks up and she moves to Munich. 81-194
(7-15)
Ute Bronder Vroni Sailer is the wife of Hans Sailer and mother of Xaver ( Timo Paprotny ) and Ferdinand. 82-197
(7-16)
Matthias Kostya The balloonist Falko Wachsmuth has a brief affair with Andrea, from which their daughter Katharina comes. He lives in Passau, is married and has two children (Peter and Franziska ( Eva Flute )). After another affair, his wife ( Sabine Skala ) leaves him . Later he gives up the balloon company and seeks contact with Katharina and Andrea. After her death, he initially wants to take his daughter with him, but then realizes that she is better off with her grandparents. He now works at an airfield near Munich. He now sees Katharina regularly and becomes Rica's partner.
(The role is only mentioned in seasons 14 to 17.) 		83-168
(7-13)
Patrick Wolff Matthias Schnitzler is Benno's cousin. He supports him as well as Rica and Peter in solving a case of environmental pollution. He later works in a pet shop and keeps illegally protected animals. 85-129
(7-10)
Toni Berger † Father Franz “Ignatius” Lechner is a monk in the nearby monastery, where he works as a restorer, and a close friend and Skat brother of Vincent. He performs the weddings and baptisms of the Rombach family and buries Andrea.
(The role is no longer mentioned after the actor dies.) 		87-206
(7-16)
Winfried Frey Georg “Schorsch” Binder becomes the youngest of the forest workers after Max Moser ( Dominique Chatelet ), the short-term successor of Hermann Koller. After the forest reform he becomes a community worker in Küblach. He has a son, who is only mentioned, and a friend named Anna ( Sabrina White ), but later also tries to help Sibylle Karger. 103-280
(8-21)
Petra Berndt Gilda Schneider is Florian's teacher. At first she reluctantly gives in to Markus' courtship because of their last, painful separation. The two want to get married, but then she leaves him disappointed while he is hooking up with Lisa. She's going back to the big city. 104-124
(8-10)
Werner Asam Franz (later Vitus ) Kreidtmayr is one of Küblach's forest farmers and a member of the local council. He later ran for the post of mayor in vain. He is married to Liesbeth ( Thekla Mayhoff ) and a kind of surrogate father for his servant Moritz. 105-281
(8-21)
Joseph Hannesschläger Toni Karger is initially traded as the successor to Förster Bieler. Later he took over the inn from his father and after a heart attack passed it on to his sister Sibylle. (His wife and an ex-girlfriend named Christel are mentioned, but are never seen.) 106-158
(9-13)
Sky du Mont Dr. Herzog is Susanna's superior at the Passau Clinic. He has little sympathy for her decision to leave the job for her family. 113-123
(9-10)
Anke Schwiekowski Lisa Rombach, b. Carstens comes to Küblach as the new forester from Martin's neighboring "Waldeck" district from the Emsland. She falls in love with Markus and the two marry after a short time, but their marriage is becoming increasingly difficult. She goes to Ahrenshoop as a forester and falls in love with her roommate, the biologist Michael "Mike" Lansky ( Stephan Ullrich ). The marriage ends in divorce. 118-154
(9-12)
Wilhelm Manske Max Berger is one of Küblach's forest farmers. After his wife died of cancer, he lived with his sister-in-law Mrs. Gruber ( Traudl Oberhorner ) on his farm. He sometimes presents Martin with problems and challenges and, above all, as the new forester, initially puts obstacles in the way of Lisa. 122-281
(10-21)
Kathrin Spielvogel Melanie Rombach, b. Baumann works for a short time as Andreas new doctor's assistant. After their death, Melanie falls in love with Peter and the two open an organic guesthouse on the Bellinghaus farm. After they had to give up this, they moved to Regensburg together, where the two of them were married. Years later they are reconciled and Peter returns to her and their son Manuel. 132-164
(11-13)
Diana grains Dr. Annegret Richter has a doctorate in law and comes from Passau. She is initially the assistant of Mayor Walzinger and becomes mayor herself after his death. She often clashes with Martin, but in turn appreciates him very much. For a short time there is a rapprochement between Viktor and her. After the death of her brother, she takes over his factory and leaves Küblach. 132-219
(11-17)
Ernst Cohen Mr. Bergmaier (later Berghammer ) is a foreman in the sawmill of Walzinger and later Markus Rombach. 132-274
(11-21)
Roland Schreglmann Franz Gassner is a school friend of Florian and the son of Bauer Gassner. 139-228
(11-18)
Wilfried Labmeier Hubert Gassner is a forest farmer in Küblach. He is married to Rosa and is Franz's father. In his stubbornness, he often first has to be convinced of the logical solution to a problem. He loses his job as treasurer of the forest farmers' association after he has transferred their reserves to illegal gambling. 140-277
(11-21)
Pia Baresch Sonja Krüger settles in Küblach as a midwife. She falls in love with Markus, who cannot yet completely break away from Lisa. She moves to Cologne disappointed. 141-154
(11-12)
Florian Fischer Ferdinand Sailer is the son of Bauer Sailer and studies landscape architecture in Munich. Later he supports his father on the farm, but also brings in many alternative ideas. He teams up with Moritz Maiberger and Laura Bergmeister, who becomes his partner. 142-251
(11-19)
NN Manuel Rombach is the son of Peter and Melanie. After moving together, he grew up in Regensburg without a father until his parents reconciled. 145-164
(12-13)
Andreas Heinzel Andi is a police officer in Küblach and often works with Stefan Fromm. 147-276
(12-21)
Margaretha Baumgartner Sibylle Karger , the “Karger landlady”, takes over the “Gasthof zum Ochs'n” from her brother Toni. This is where Küblach village life takes place. A love affair is developing between Stefan Brenner and her, which ends tragically after his accidental death. 158-281
(13-21)
Regine Hackethal Rosa Gassner is the wife of the forest farmer Hubert Gassner and the mother of Franz. In the meantime, her marriage is in crisis and she is considering a separation. She is also a patient of Susanna. 159-234
(13-18)
Janik Pagel David Rombach, b. Hansen (# 1) is the premarital son of Markus and Anna. After his parents separated, he first lived with his mother at Max Bachhofer's before they temporarily moved into Marianne's pension.
(The role will be reassigned later.) 		173-234
(14-18)
Michael A. Grimm Moritz Maiberger initially worked as a farmhand for farmer Kreidtmayr, who loves him like a son, but also insults and exploits him. After Stefan Brenner's death, he helps Laura Bergmeister on her farm and falls miserably in love with her. He leaves Küblach. 196-251
(16-19)
Horst Kummeth Stefan Brenner † takes over the farm from farmer Brucks. Later his illegitimate daughter Laura comes to Küblach, of whose existence he knew nothing. He adores Sibylle Karger, who keeps him at a distance, and even wants to marry her. He dies while doing windthrowing work in the forest. 198-231
(16-18)
Sabine Bach Maria Claasen becomes Viktor's new partner. 202-218
(16-17)
Lilian Naumann Laura Bergmeister comes to Küblach in search of her father Stefan Brenner, who has no idea of ​​her existence. She initially worked as a cook in the ox and took over his father's farm after the death of her father. She is supported by Moritz and Ferdinand, who both fall in love with her. Ferdinand and Laura become a couple. 215-267
(17-20)
Billie Zöckler Ms. Lipschik is the sometimes curious secretary of Mayor Anna Rombach. 221-272
(18-21)
Josef Baum Julius Brandner succeeds Forestry Director Leonhard as Stefan's supervisor and stands by him benevolently. He has a daughter named Vanessa ( Julia Krombach ). 222-272
(18-21)
Simon Beckord Tobias "Tobi" is a school friend of Daniel. 222-245
(18-19)
Carola Bambas Andrea works as a doctor's assistant in Sonja's practice. 222-265
(18-20)
Harry Blank Karsten Schwanthaler is Sonja's divorced husband. In the beginning, he often seeks contact with the children they have together and thus causes unrest. After an affair with Sonja, from whom little Lukas comes from, he finds a new friend and goes abroad with her. His children live with Stefan even after Sonja's death. 224-246
(18-19)
Maximilian Krückl Pastor Ambros is the new pastor in Küblach. In his private life he is very interested in motorcycles, which benefits Jenny and her moped. He performs the weddings of Wolfgang and Marianne and Stefan and Sonja. 225-275
(18-21)
Denise Schmück Stefanie is a school friend of Jenny's. 226-258
(18-20)
Günter Clemens Dr. Stern is Wolfgang, Josef and Marianne's general practitioner. 243-276
(19-21)
Markus Böker Max Bachhofer is a newly rich businessman from Munich. As the illegitimate son of Marianne's first husband Franz, he moves into a villa in Küblach. Due to his reckless behavior towards people and the environment, he often comes into conflict with Stefan. He falls in love with Anna Rombach, who briefly moves in with her son David. With his quick temper, he destroys the relationship. 253-278
(20-21)
Vincent Mauz David Rombach, b. Hansen (# 2) 255-277
(20-21)
Marianne Rappenglück Franziska Sauer works in Küblach as a doctor's assistant for Dr. Mödinger and later his representative Marie Stadler. When she takes a tree-felling course in Störzing, she and Franz Breitkreuz get closer. You dare a new beginning together in Störzing. 275-317
(21-24)
Luis Grünler Lukas Leitner is the illegitimate son of Sonja Schwanthaler and her divorced husband Karsten. He grows up as the son of Stefan's and lives with him after Sonja's death, while his biological father lives abroad.
(The role was already played in episodes 255 to 267 by Atreyu Lachatte and in episodes 269 to 281 alternately by Tom Steinke and Marius Hertzog.) 		282-319
(22-24)
Petra Zieser Maria Grandl runs a large dairy in Störzing and is a member of the local council. She is the mother of Constantine and initially against his relationship with Jenny. She has a tense relationship with Stefan Leitner. 282-319
(22-24)
Eisi Gulp Xaver Gammerdinger is an organic farmer and member of the local council in Störzing. With his alternative way of thinking he is often offensive there and finds a friend in Stefan Leitner. 282-321
(22-24)
Alexander Becht Konstantin Grandl is the son of Maria Grandl and is studying business administration. To the displeasure of his mother, he falls in love with the forester's daughter Jenny. When his mother's dairy was threatened with bankruptcy, he had the idea to save himself and from then on he would be involved in the company. 282-318
(22-24)
Johann Schuler Franz Berghammer is a hunter and a member of the local council in Störzing. 282-319
(22-24)
Eva-Maria Höfling Luise "Lissy" Breitner runs the "Gasthaus Breitner" in Störzing and is a member of the local council. 282-319
(22-24)
Franziska Janetzko Ms. Steiner works as a secretary for Peter Kögl. 282-321
(22-24)
Eva-Maria Reichert Eva Dacher works as a forest manager for Stefan. She is actually a trained forest engineer. She will also be the head of the forest experience center. Her relationship with Gero Keppler ( Matthias Beier ), the owner of a gardening and home improvement store, fails after a short time because he has spread pests in the forest. 283-321
(22-24)
Markus Ertelt Ronald "Ronny" Badstuber works as a forester for Stefan, with whom he initially had a tense relationship. For a fee, he initially informs Maria Grandl about Stefan's plans. 283-321
(22-24)
Sabrina White After the death of her husband, Petra Gebauer runs a farm alone on which she lives with her daughter Anna. After Daniel has helped her out for a while, he moves in with her in the yard. The two become a couple. 284-318
(22-24)
Leonie Brill Anna Gebauer is Petra's daughter and Lisa's school friend. 284-317
(22-24)

The story of the seasons in the overview

season 1

Twenty years ago, Martin Rombach completed an internship with Vinzenz Bieler in Küblach with the aim of becoming a forester. But since Martin's first wife Karin works in a clinic in Augsburg, her husband initially takes on a job as a timber seller. Karin dies in a car accident. Since then, Martin has been supported by his mother-in-law Herta Stolze in the work and care of the three children Andrea, Markus and Rica, who are 17, 16 and 8 years old at the time. When Martin found out that there was a vacancy as a forester in his old internship area, as Vinzenz Bieler was retiring, he decided to start over there. The older two children are initially against it, but they follow him and Herta Stolze also moves to Küblach to continue to look after the children.

Martin initially has some problems with the Küblachers, but he can convince them more and more of his abilities. Martin also meets Baroness Silva von Bernried at a party. The two find each other likeable and want to see each other again. Herta does not agree that something is looming between Martin and Silva and would rather couple her son-in-law with Hanna Ritter, an old friend. Silva goes to Munich as a manager . Meanwhile, Martin gets to know and love Rica's teacher Jutta Marquart.

Son Markus begins an apprenticeship as a carpenter, while Andrea Rombach falls in love with the violin teacher Jonas Schermann, who, however, does not develop any feelings for her. The former forester Vinzenz Bieler and Herta are planning a holiday trip together, during which they get to know each other better and better. The forester's house is therefore without a woman.

season 2

Jutta is going to Africa for good. At the fire brigade ball, however, Martin met the vet Angelika Grassmann and the two fell in love at first sight. When a fire broke out in Angelika's apartment that same evening, she was without a roof and quickly moved into the large forester's house. The love between her and Martin grows stronger and a short time later a big wedding is celebrated with the whole village.

Baron von Bernried dies and Silva inherits the castle, but cannot maintain it on his own. Herta and Vinzenz are allowed to live in it for life so that it doesn't become a hotel.

The father of Rica's friend Peter Bellinghaus dies, after which Martin takes over custody. Markus meets the student Lisa. The relationship between the two does not last long and after separating from Lisa, Markus meets Katja Weissgerber, a repatriate from Poland who is looking for a future in the West with her family .

season 3

Angelika is jealous of Silva, who keeps showing up and going out with Martin. The two women become friends because Angelika can help Silva's horses as a veterinarian. Then there is a crisis between Martin and Angelika. Peter and Rica bring their parents back together when they go to Munich alone and want to bring Angelika back.

Markus and Katja split up. Meanwhile, Grandma Herta gets her driver's license and wins a trip to Africa. Martin, Angelika, Herta and Vinzenz experience some adventures there.

Season 4

Angelika is pregnant with Florian and Markus is deputy head of the Walzinger sawmill. His sister Andrea studies in Munich, where Vinzenz takes care of her. Florian will soon be born and baptized. At a class reunion, Martin meets his old friend Viktor Fabritius and invites him to his forester's house. Viktor and Angelika also know each other from before and were once in love with each other. Grandma Herta and Vinzenz get married.

Andrea has rental problems in Munich. Martin's mother Inge met and fell in love with Justus, the landlord. Then a terrible accident happens: While riding one of Silva's horses , Angelika falls and dies. A jaguar from an illegal circus had startled the horse. It is the end of a great love. Martin is completely desperate, but his family gives him strength.

Season 5

Much to Vincent's chagrin, Herta helps again in the forester's house after Angelika's death. An attempt at dome, with which the two want to bring Martin and Silva together, fails. Meanwhile Viktor helps Silva out of her financial emergency by taking care of her glassworks .

Markus falls in love with Carmen. This suffers a miscarriage . Silva's friend Susanna from Berlin comes to visit and is popular with everyone. Among other things, she can help Peter with homework and cure Florian's cough because she is a pharmacist . Martin discovers Susanna's captivating nature while dancing. When the two fall in love, Martin finds his will to live again after a long time and is overjoyed.

Viktor and Silva want to get married. However, there are discrepancies because both have different ideas. Martin then succeeds in reconciling the two.

Season 6

Markus and Carmen split up. When Vinzenz's niece Liane moves into the forester's house, Markus falls in love with her.

Florian is buried in an old mine . His father can save him from this situation. Martin sustains serious injuries and has to sit in a wheelchair from then on. But he can feel his legs again, which makes everyone in the forester's house easier. Liane goes to Munich, from where Markus brings her back to Küblach. Silva and Viktor, however, split up and Silva emigrates to Alaska with her friend Eric, a wolf guide. Andrea Rombach meets the student Tobias in a chapel. A love affair develops from this encounter and Tobias soon belongs to the forester family.

Justus and Inge say yes to each other.

Season 7

Andrea became a veterinarian. On a balloon ride she falls in love with the charming Falko and becomes pregnant by him. Since Falko has a family, Andrea separates from him. In addition, Tobias is leaving Andrea. But the two find each other again and get married in Las Vegas during a short vacation. Meanwhile, Markus and Liane have moved into the castle. With the help of Father Ignatius, a brother in the nearby monastery , Liane finds work as a restorer .

Rica is in love with her schoolmate Benno, which makes Peter feel jealous. Susanna's friend Beate from Berlin arrives in Küblach and soon turns Viktor's head.

Season 8

Markus and Liane end their relationship. Martin becomes a grandfather because Andrea gives birth to her daughter Katharina. The fact that he is not Katharina's father causes big problems for Tobias and he and Andrea get into a crisis. There are also difficulties between Martin and Susanna, but they can be eliminated. Shortly afterwards, Tobias and Andrea also got over all marital problems.

Viktor is in an awkward position and is forced to sell the castle. On top of that, Beate leaves him. When a broker plans to turn the castle into an amusement park, all efforts are made to prevent this. There is something new in Markus' eventful love life: All his efforts are concentrated on Gilda Schneider, Florian's teacher .

Season 9

When a medical center opens in the neighboring municipality of Grafenau, it threatens the existence of the Küblach monastery pharmacy, which Susanna runs. She has to sell the pharmacy. Coincidentally, a clinic pharmacist is also being sought in Passau. Susanna accepts the position, although Martin would have preferred if she had continued to look after the children. As a result, Susanna's professional activity creates tension in the forester's house.

Meanwhile, Markus does everything in his power to conquer the heart of Gilda Schneider, who is just having to cope with a separation and is therefore closing herself to him. Grandma Herta helps her grandson and makes sure that Gilda becomes the forest queen at a party. Markus then succeeds in getting Gilda to open her heart to him and start a relationship. There are repeated crises between Andrea and Tobias because he is looking for work in Munich, but Andrea would prefer to open a country veterinary practice. In addition, Tobias becomes more and more jealous of Falko, who visits his daughter Katharina frequently.

Peter leaves the Bellinghaushof to his sister Andrea, where she opens her practice. Rica turns to drugs because of her school problems . Fortunately, her father can help her, and so the problem disappears shortly afterwards. Grandma Herta is learning Italian from her favorite Italian , which incites Vincent's jealousy.

The new forest ranger Lisa Carstens works in Martin’s neighboring area. She is ecologically conscious and annoyed the forest farmers. Martin therefore has to be by her side often.

Season 10

Susanna's job in Passau is causing more and more problems because she often has to work on weekends . Martin is angry because it leaves you with less and less time for the children, and he is also plagued by jealousy of Susanna's boss, Dr. Duke. The couple discussed and Susanna decided to stay in Küblach for good.

Rica and Peter are graduating from high school . Peter, however, has to go to the check-up, which in turn creates tension between him and Rica. She wants to live in France for a year . Although Martin doesn't like this idea at all, Rica still goes to Paris .

Peter wants to study horticulture technology in Weihenstephan . Then he falls in love with Janina, Andreas's office assistant. Markus proposes marriage to Gilda, although he also feels drawn to the new forester Lisa. Ultimately, he separates from Gilda and starts a relationship with Lisa. After Martin had long had concerns about a third marriage, he married Susanna. Together with Markus and Lisa they are celebrating a lavish double wedding party.

Tobias moves away from Küblach and begins a relationship with the music teacher Ulrike in Passau. Meanwhile, Beate returns and after two years wants to revive the love between her and Viktor. And in fact, after initial arguments, the two find each other again.

Season 11

It comes to a catastrophe: Katharina gets caught in a forest fire . Her mother Andrea runs after her to save her, and Katharina escapes the mortal danger. This incident costs Andrea her life. When Martin finds out about this, he collapses. A little later, Falko also shows up and claims custody of Katharina. Martin and Susanna can fight this for themselves with great difficulty.

Susanna very successfully opens a health practice on the Bellinghaushof. After Walzinger's departure, Markus takes over the sawmill, which burdens him financially. Lisa also gets an offer to go to the Baltic Sea , which she accepts. Markus is jealous when he learns that she is living with another man.
Walzinger resigns from his mayor's office and hands it over to Dr. Annegret Richter. Peter separates from Janina and falls in love with her successor Melanie, who shortly afterwards becomes pregnant by him. You and Peter set up an organic guesthouse on the Bellinghaushof. Viktor and Vinzenz support them both competently at the company.
Meanwhile, Beate and Grandma Herta keep getting in each other's way at the castle. Herta can always smooth things over with her life experience.

Season 12

Falko appears again and again to see Katharina. Rica falls in love with him. Peter's son Manuel is born and the parents' wedding takes place at the same time as the baptism. The burdens for Peter and Melanie increase in the pension. The marriage between Lisa and Markus is finally broken when Markus visits his wife on the Baltic Sea and surprised her how she sleeps with her roommate. Back in Küblach, Markus goes other ways and falls in love with the midwifeSonja. Then Lisa returns and wants to fight for Markus. Her attempts fail when her lover Mike also shows up in Küblach. Both go back to the Baltic Sea and stay there forever. When Florian got more and more problems at school, an intelligence test showed that he was gifted. He then had to switch to a boarding school for the gifted in Passau.

Viktor and Beate convert the castle into a luxurious riding club for millionaires, whereupon Herta and Vinzenz feel out of place. A great celebration restores harmony between everyone.

Season 13

The Bellinghaushof is about to go bankrupt and can no longer be saved. Peter and Melanie move to Regensburg . The farm is taken over by a hotel chain, which means that Susanna also has to move out and opens her practice at the forester's house.

Peter can't get by in Regensburg and returns to Küblach. After his divorce, Markus meets the hitchhiker Anna in Passau and immediately falls in love with her. Anna, a student of art history , is expecting a child from him soon after, which at first irritates Markus. Nevertheless, he takes Anna in. Beate is jealous of the vet Sophie von Haunstein, with whom Viktor spends a lot of time. An accident makes the couple realize their love anew and their affection grows stronger than ever.

Season 14

Susanna is drawn back to Berlin because of an interesting research offer. She leaves her husband and the two adored children behind to devote themselves to their careers. She never visits the forester's house again. Anna and Markus' son David is born. At his baptism, the Forsthaus clan is almost completely together again. The increasing difficulties after Susanna's departure cannot be overlooked: Katharina suffers from psychological problems and Florian starts smoking . There are also adversities with Markus. His young family is busy and the sawmill is on the verge of ruin. Martin can relax the situation.

Season 15

Martin and Susanna can no longer find a common denominator and divorce. On the other hand, Anna and Markus can make a happy announcement: They are getting married. Shortly afterwards there is friction with them because Anna works part-time as an archivist for the community and Markus was not involved in the decision.

Viktor also has relationship problems. The mayor Annegret Richter, his partner, spends less and less time with him since she no longer rides. The love of the two seems to perish. it is a broken appointment that brings the barrel to overflow and drives Viktor into the arms of his old friend Beate.

After the lease for her veterinary practice was not extended, Sophie von Haunstein is considering leaving Küblach. Martin wants to prevent this and offers her to settle in the abandoned premises of his divorced wife Susanna. A little later, Sophie accepts his offer. This has a lasting effect on the atmosphere in the forester's house, where Markus currently lives with his family. Sophie is more and more involved in the household and draws Anna's resentment, who feels questioned.

Regardless of this, Martin and Sophie are getting closer and closer, not least through their collaboration on a bird project. Inge and Herta are very pleased because they have long since noticed that the two of them are not completely indifferent to one another.

Season 16

The relationship between Martin and Sophie is getting closer and closer and a little later the vet is already spending the night in the forester's house. However, the question soon arises whether Martin can accept her great passion, horse riding. The situation comes to a head when Sophie falls in front of Martin's eyes. Although she was not injured, the memories of Angelika's death torment him and a big argument ensues.

After Anna decides to devote more time to Markus, she discovers that her husband has hired an extremely attractive accountant without her knowledge . This situation briefly causes discrepancies. And Markus has to face further inconveniences: After wood has disappeared in the forest for a long time, he is suspected of being the thief. As a result, he is able to expose the real culprit, but injures himself so badly that it is questionable whether he will ever be able to walk again. Anna has to take over the lead in the sawmill until Markus has recovered.

For Viktor the question arises whether he should start a relationship with the Lübeck artist Maria Claasen, whom he loves with all his heart.

Season 17

Markus has fully recovered from his serious accident and can take over the management of the sawmill again. Anna, meanwhile, listlessly returns to her workplace in the archive in the town hall and becomes - unnoticed by Markus - more and more unhappy about it. After Markus landed a major contract, he and Anna can buy their own house and leave the forester's house. Since Markus cannot do everything on his own, Anna gives up her unloved archivist post and helps him in the sawmill.

Grandma Herta falls down the stairs in the castle and breaks her leg. A misfortune also overtakes Peter: in the morning he returns from Regensburg to Küblach, exhausted, and comes off the road, where he sustains a slight head injury. He draws his conclusions from this mishap. He quits his job as cook in the ox and reconciles with Melanie in order to make a fresh start with her and their son in Regensburg. Meanwhile, Rica passes her final exam to become a vet.

Forest director Leonhard informs Martin that he will soon retire due to the forest reform. For the forester, too, pressing questions arise about the nature of his future activity. New difficulties arise for him when the influential father of one of his graduate students insists that Martin let the cheating of his pupils fall under the table, against which he resists. As a result, this guerrilla war takes on increasingly threatening proportions. Martin's old friend Franz Staudinger, who has been in South Africa for 15 yearslives, comes to visit. Martin's dream of Africa is revived, but for the time being he refuses an offer from Staudinger to manage his nature reserve. A short time later, the Rombachs learned of Franz Staudinger's death. Martin inherits his property in South Africa alone. Together with Sophie he flies to Kumlumu , where they meet Stephanie Staudinger and her fiancé Frank, who would like to have the inheritance themselves. He also makes an enemy with his neighbor Henning Pretorius, who organizes illegal big game hunts. This argument ends almost fatally for Martin, but he is rescued and can put the criminals down. When Florian and Katharina arrive on Kumlumu , the whole family decides to stay in Africa.

Season 18

This season starts a new chapter in the series and new characters come to the fore.
The widowed ranger Stefan Leitner actually only came to the Bavarian Forest with his daughter Jenny to sell his parents' house, which has now been seriously neglected. During his visit, he found out about the vacant forester position and applied without further ado. After he has actually been selected as Küblach's new forester by the responsible authorities, Stefan Leitner is leaving Canada for good and settling in his old home with Jenny and his father Wolfgang.

After a short time, Stefan Leitner falls in love with the doctor Sonja Schwanthaler, who also lives in Küblach with her two children Daniel and Lisa. Daniel is 16 and initially falls in love with Jenny. His sister Lisa is about eight years old. Over the course of the season, the love between Stefan and Sonja grows stronger, so that they move into the renovated Leitners house, which is also the forester's house. Jenny and Daniel soon end their relationship and after some friction try to live as "siblings" under one roof.

The chaotic Wolfgang Leitner, always in the mood for all kinds of jokes and pranks, initially lives in the forester's house. Soon after his arrival in Küblach, his life took a positive turn: He met his childhood sweetheart Marianne again and despite her initial rejection, he managed to win back her favor. So he quickly moved his residence to Marianne's pension. The rather lazy Wolfgang does not like to help, but makes himself useful in emergency situations. Although the character traits of the two could hardly have been more different, Marianne's brother Josef also gradually became friends with Wolfgang. Soon they worked together on an old scooter, acted as animal catchers or philosophized about life. When Marianne is seriously injured by a ruthless rider in the forest, Wolfgang realizes how much he is attached to her. And so he makes his Marianne a marriage proposal, which she accepts.

Stefan Leitner can convince the Küblacher step by step. He saves animals, solves a variety of different problems and advises forest farmers. Stefan Leitner is especially challenged after the tragic death of forest farmer Stefan Brenner, who dies while working in a windthrow. With all this, however, the new forester can rely on the support of the tried and tested forest workers, who have recently also had to take on activities as community workers.

Anna Rombach wins the mayoral election and from then on manages Küblach from the town hall, while her husband Markus continues to take care of the sawmill.

Season 19

Daniel is always inaccessible, grumpy and treats everyone rudely because his father's move to Greece makes himto accomplish. Wolfgang is far better off. The wedding with Marianne is imminent. For this occasion, he needs a new suit, which he borrows from the shop "to try on". From now on, the sinfully expensive piece is hidden from Marianne in the barn. On the day of the wedding, Wolfgang locks himself up and leaves everyone waiting at the registry office. He frees himself through the window and hitchhikes a small car in which a Saint Bernard is salivating on his suit. He arrives badly damaged at the registry office, where only Stefan is waiting. The rest of the wedding party has already dispersed. Marianne doesn't want to know anything more about Wolfgang, which is why he is forced to move in with his son again. Marianne processes the disappointment by burning her wedding dress. Wolfgang then forges the plan to win his beloved back by buying her a new dress. This approach ultimately leads to success and the two are romantically married in the open air.

Shortly thereafter, Wolfgang was bored in his existence as a husband and should therefore have a new maypoleprepare for the community. When work on the maypole began, Josef was there, despite a severe flu. But apparently he overestimated his strength: He collapses with shortness of breath. Since it cannot be clarified in the hospital what Josef is suffering from, he is discharged shortly afterwards. Wolfgang worries about his friend and he accuses Sonja of being responsible for Josef's poor condition through wrong treatment. When Marianne's brother collapses again while pranking the maypole after visiting Sonja's practice, Wolfgang sees his suspicions confirmed. Stefan and Sonja, however, suspect the cause of the collapses at the maypole and they actually find out that Josef has an allergic reaction to an ingredient in the paint.

The German-Canadian exchange project among the forest workers initiated by Stefan starts: Georg Binder is joined by the young and still inexperienced Tom Keller, with whom Jenny falls in love instantly. To her utter disappointment, however, the young man soon confesses to her that he is gay. Daniel is causing trouble again: He skips school and moves through Küblach with other teenagers. When he and his mates want to steal from the forest workers, Stefan and Sonja find out about the boy's activities and can bring him to his senses.

Stefan buys an engagement ring for Sonja and wants to propose to her. Before doing this, he tells Markus who is babbling in the presence of Anna. Since Stefan doesn't come to hold Sonja's hand in the evening, it is Anna who brings her friend the good news the next day. Nevertheless, the two lovers manage to make a marriage vows in a romantic setting. Shortly afterwards, Sonja can surprise Stefan for her part: She is pregnant. The happiness of love seems to find its way back into Josef's life: after Wolfgang placed a personal ad for him, Josef's ex-wife Gerlinde shows up and wants him back.

In Küblach there are infections with Q fever , which also affects Sonja. But she and the baby survive everything unscathed and Stefan asks again for Sonja's hand.

Season 20

Sonja and Stefan get married. Lukas is born. Stefan later learns that he is not Lukas' father, but Sonja's divorced husband Karsten. Markus is left by Anna, although he has fought for his marriage. She falls in love with Max Bachhofer and moves in with David. As it turns out, Bachhofer is an illegitimate son of the late Franz Rainders.

Season 21

An environmental scandal shakes Küblach, among other things there are toxins in drinking water. There is a lot to do for forester Stefan Leitner, which alleviates the pain of separation between Sonja and her children. Stefan also gets to know the veterinarian Marie Stadler and her younger sister, who have recently started running a horse farm. After some initial difficulties, Marie and Stefan are slowly getting closer.

Surprisingly, Daniel and Lisa stand in front of the door with Lukas one evening. Stefan's joy at seeing them again is quickly clouded by the news of Sonja's sudden death. Stefan applies for custody of Lisa, until she is recognized by the family court, some persuasion has to be done, especially since Stefan seems to be overwhelmed with the four children and Marianne is initially no longer available for childcare due to two strokes.

To make matters worse is the news that the Küblach forestry department is to be closed, something Max Bachhofer also has his share in, who increasingly sees Stefan as just someone who wants to destroy his business plans.

A lynx reintroduction project is leading Förster Leitner to the area around Tegernsee, where Marie Stadler has also accepted a job as a veterinarian. When Stefan was offered the management of the local forestry department, the offer didn't seem inconvenient for him.

Season 22

Stefan wants to accept the offer to take over the forestry department at Tegernsee and therefore resigns in Küblach. But since this offer is surprisingly withdrawn, Stefan is forced to look for a new position. He finds this in Störzing.

Season 23

The forest adventure center in Störzing, which Stefan is supposed to build, is about to be completed. The Leitner family has announced that there will be children because Stefan's daughter Jenny is pregnant.

Season 24

Wolfgang is in Canada, so Xaver helps out in the youth hostel. Marie's sister Daniela dies in a diving accident. Her husband Peter finds a new manager for the horse farm. Eva and Ronald get together. After a car accident, Stefan proposes to Marie (final scene of the series).

Locations

Bernried Castle , in reality Hofhegnenberg Castle

The exterior shots ( Küblach ) were initially shot in Isen in Upper Bavaria, where the Gasthof Ochsen is also located (former butcher's shop and Gasthof Anzenberger). From 1997 onwards the film was shot in Ortenburg in the district of Passau . The forester's house of the seasons 1–17 itself and its outside area are located in the Upper Bavarian forests south of Dietramszell . Immediately near the forester's house is the forest pond, which can be seen in many episodes as a lake. The Maria Elend church not far from here also served as a backdrop for the series in seasons 2–21. The Bernried Castle in the film is realHofhegnenberg Castle near Mering in Swabia. As a monastery, the Dietramszell monastery can often be seen from the outside , the interior shots of the monastery usually come from the Benediktbeuern monastery . Most of the filming for episode 11 of season 3 took place in Kenya . The 17th season was also shot in South Africa . From season 18, after international shoots near Calgary and Iceland, the new fictional location Störzing was introduced. Since then , the shooting has mainly taken place in the area around Lake Starnberg and Lake Ammersee , mainly inStarnberg , Iffeldorf and in Dießen filmed.

music

Composed the theme music for the Falkenau Forest House: Martin Böttcher (2002)

The title and closing music of the series comes from the German composer Martin Böttcher , who also composed the entire music for the first season of the series. The theme music was originally intended for the series Die Schwarzwaldklinik . But then the composer Hans Hammerschmid was hired. After it was first published on LP, the music was also released on CD in 1989.

The main theme of the series has been updated three times and brought in more modern, although this "update" was not transmitted to Martin Böttcher, but to Bernhard Zeller. Therefore, Böttcher has decided not to continue to be mentioned as the composer of the title melody in the credits. He had not been asked if he would approve of the editing. In the first eight seasons, the original version of the title melody could be heard in opening and closing credits. An updated recast has been used since the ninth season. With the introduction of the new forester Stefan Leitner in the 18th season, another new version was presented, which is only remotely reminiscent of the original by Martin Böttcherremind. A completely new theme music by Bernhard Zeller has been used since the 22nd season.

Trivia

  • The series was produced under expert advice in order to realistically portray everyday life in the forest. Shooting and breaking up of game is not shown. This was justified by the fact that children were watching. However, it was also idealized in many cases, for example when an injured fawn is nursed back to health by the family and then released, which in reality could not be practiced.
  • Michael Wolf, who plays Markus Rombach , is a successful producer as well as his career as an actor. Together with Michael Herbig , he produced the movie Der Schuh des Manitu . He mainly works as a lawyer.
  • Angelika's serial parents , Ingrid Capelle and Hans Quest , were also married in real life. As Trude and Max Grassmann , they can only be seen once at the wedding of Martin and Angelika and were not taken into account by the authors of the series at later family celebrations or the funeral of their own daughter.
  • Seasons 1–14 were filmed in an aspect ratio of 4: 3 , and the 16: 9 format has been used since the 15th season .
  • The first two seasons were shown on ZDF on Tuesdays and Thursdays (first season) and Tuesdays (second season) at 5:45 p.m., where the episodes were 50 to 52 minutes long. Moving the time slot to Friday evening at 7:25 p.m. was also accompanied by a reduction in transmission time to around 43 to 46 minutes. In order to ensure a consistent length for later repetitions, the episodes of the first two seasons were shortened to around 45 minutes each.
  • Five episodes of the first season were only released in the abridged version on DVD. The pay station Heimatkanal shows these episodes with the original running time, after a changeover to the 16: 9 format since November 2012 no longer in the original 4: 3 aspect ratio , but in a later cropped 16: 9.
  • There are two different versions of the episodes of the first seasons. In one version, the subsequent titles are shown in capital letters, in the other in normal spelling. In part, the title soft even slightly different ( Herta's secret / Hertha's secret , poison tracks / poison traces , I am so happy / "I am so happy" , The city plant / The city plant ). Furthermore, the credits are not always identical, that is, supporting actors who are named in one version are missing in the other. The role of Silva Baroneß von Bernried"Sylva" is incorrectly written in one version according to the credits . Most notably, Nora von Collande was only included in the opening credits of one version of the fifth season. So she remains anonymous in the other version for the entire fifth season. From the fifth season, both versions are no longer recognizable by the spelling of the subsequent titles, as they are shown in both capital letters.
  • In the credits of the episodes of the first four seasons, in addition to the names of the actors, the names of the main roles and often those of some important supporting roles are mentioned. The spelling of the name of the oldest Rombach son varies between "Markus" and "Marcus". Due to the common designation in press releases and, last but not least, a towel embroidered with “Markus”, visible in episodes 22 and 26, this variant is to be regarded as the correct spelling. The changeable spelling is probably associated with the previously mentioned curiosity of two different opening and closing versions of the episodes of the first seasons. This may be due to different versions for the broadcast on German and Austrian or Swiss television.
  • In episode 77, Jutta Speidel left the series. Less than a week later, ZDF showed the pilot of their new series All My Daughters . There she played Margot Sander , who initially worked as the housekeeper for judge Berthold Sanwaldt . The two meet his friend Vinzenz ( Walter Buschhoff ) in town with two young women in their arms.
  • Seven years after Paul Hubschmid left the series (the Baron von Bernried embodied by him died), his adopted daughter Anouschka Renzi made her first appearance as Beate Wellmann .
  • Inge Meysel appears as a guest star in the anniversary episode 100 ( surprises ) . As Mrs. Mehring , she finds an injured stork in the forest.
  • Katharina Köhntopp was no longer involved in the shooting of the eleventh season . In the episode Fire in the Forest , Andrea could only be seen in two scenes, for which unused material from the tenth season was used. The scene in which Melanie tells her that Katharina has disappeared is clearly an alternative shot of the scene from the episode Lupus is called the Wolf , where Tobias visits Andrea for the same reason while he is working. In the other scenes of the episode Fire in the Forest , Andrea has a double that could only be seen from behind or from the side.
  • Patrick Wolff , the son of Christian Wolff , appeared in episodes 64, 85, 97, 113, 129, 220 and 276 in various guest roles. In four episodes he appeared as Matthias Schnitzler and also played Frank van den Heever , Rombach's final opponent in his last episode Decision in the Savannah .
  • Seasons 1 to 16 were also broadcast on television from Austria and Switzerland. For this reason, some episodes (episodes 1 to 5 of the first season, episodes 145 to 152 of the twelfth season and the complete seasons five and nine) were not broadcast for the first time on ZDF , but on ORF 2 .
  • The last episode with Christian Wolff in the leading role of the forester was broadcast in the form of a feature film on December 29, 2006. After the ZDF wanted to produce a larger number of episodes per season than before, he decided to leave the series for health reasons. His departure also marked a turning point, as the introduction of a new forester and his family was accompanied by a revision of the series, with which a large part of the regular cast was released from the series. Bruni Löbel no longer wanted to play in the series because “she has nothing to do with the new main actors personally”. She died on September 27, 2006 just before the 17th season began broadcasting. In addition, the roles of Nicole Schmid, Gisela Uhlen, Walter Buschhoff, Norbert Gastell, Nikolai Bury, Volkert Kraeft, Sascha and Dennis Hornig, Cheyenne and Valentina Pahde, Diana Körner, Anja Schüte and Sabine Bach no longer continued. An explanation for why the characters no longer appear has largely remained open. The actors emphasize that they parted ways with the broadcaster. Gisela Uhlen and Walter Buschhoff died on January 16, 2007 and December 7, 2010, respectively. Only Michael Wolf and Julia Grimpe could still be seen sporadically as supporting roles from the 18th season onwards. With the relocation of series events from that they have separated amicably with the broadcaster. Gisela Uhlen and Walter Buschhoff died on January 16, 2007 and December 7, 2010, respectively. Only Michael Wolf and Julia Grimpe could still be seen sporadically as supporting roles from the 18th season onwards. With the relocation of series events from that they have separated amicably with the broadcaster. Gisela Uhlen and Walter Buschhoff died on January 16, 2007 and December 7, 2010, respectively. Only Michael Wolf and Julia Grimpe could still be seen sporadically as supporting roles from the 18th season onwards. With the relocation of series events fromKüblach after Störzing am Ammersee in the 22nd season, she and the other remaining Küblach characters (with the exception of Hans Stadlbauer as Franz Breitkreuz ) were released from the series.
  • Martin Rombach's hat was not exchanged from the first to the 17th season. On the advice of Markus Rombach , Stefan Leitner will initially take over the off-road vehicle from Förster Rombach in the 18th season. His father Wolfgang damaged it so badly in a failed felling operation on the Leitner s farm that a new car had to be purchased. This is very similar to its predecessor.
  • The local pub in Küblach is called Zum Ochsen and is a traditional Bavarian restaurant. The interior views were shot in a restaurant in Oberbiberg , where scenes for other series and films have also been shot. Behind the facade of the exterior view in Ortenburg there is actually a Greek restaurant. In the course of the series, both the inside and outside view of the restaurant changed several times.
  • Three members of the Fitz family could be seen in the series: Gerd Fitz played the forest farmer Walter Brucks in seasons 6 to 15 , his son Michael Fitz was seen in episode 188 as Harald "Harry" Baumann . Gerd Fitz's sister Veronika Fitz has been Marianne Rainders as part of the main cast of the series since episode 223.
  • In the course of the series, 17 different opening credits were broadcast, three of them as film titles without scenes:
    • Episodes 1 to 21: Christian Wolff - Katharina Köhntopp - Michael Wolf - Nicole Schmid - Bruni Löbel
    • Episodes 22 to 27: Christian Wolff - Anja Kruse - Katharina Köhntopp - Michael Wolf - Nicole Schmid - Bruni Löbel
    • Episodes 28 to 53: Christian Wolff - Anja Kruse - Michael Wolf & Katharina Köhntopp - Nicole Schmid, Nikolai Bury - Bruni Löbel - Walter Buschhoff
    • Episodes 54 to 59: Christian Wolff - Bruni Löbel - Walter Buschhoff - Michael Wolf, Katharina Köhntopp - Nikolai Bury & Nicole Schmid
    • Episodes 60 to 79: Christian Wolff - Nora von Collande - Bruni Löbel - Walter Buschhoff - Michael Wolf, Katharina Köhntopp - Nikolai Bury, Nicole Schmid
    • Episodes 80 to 105: Christian Wolff - Nora von Collande - Bruni Löbel - Walter Buschhoff - Michael Wolf, Katharina Köhntopp - Nikolai Bury, Nicole Schmid
    • Episodes 106 to 144: Christian Wolff - Nora von Collande - Bruni Löbel - Walter Buschhoff - Michael Wolf - Katharina Köhntopp - Nikolai Bury, Nicole Schmid
    • Episodes 145 to 183: Christian Wolff - Nora von Collande - Bruni Löbel - Walter Buschhoff - Michael Wolf - Sascha and Dennis Hornig - Nikolai Bury, Nicole Schmid
    • Episodes 184 to 219: Christian Wolff - Anja Schüte - Bruni Löbel - Walter Buschhoff - Julia Grimpe & Michael Wolf - Cheyenne and Valentina Pahde, Sascha and Dennis Hornig - Nicole Schmid, Nikolai Bury
    • Episode 220: Christian Wolff - Anja Schüte - Diana Staehly - Patrick Wolff - Florian Panzner - Punky Dladla
    • Episodes 221 to 235: Hardy Krüger jr. - Tina Bordihn - Teresa Klamert - Lion Sokar - Paulina Schwab - Martin Lüttge - Veronika Fitz - Günther Schramm
    • Episode 236: Hardy Krüger Jr. - Tina Bordihn - Julia Stinshoff - Tom Beck - Peter Kremer - Charlotte Schwab - Martin Lüttge - Günther Schramm
    • Episodes 237 to 251: Hardy Krüger Jr. - Tina Bordihn - Teresa Klamert - Lion Sokar - Paulina Schwab - Martin Lüttge - Veronika Fitz - Günther Schramm (see above)
    • Episode 252: Hardy Krüger Jr. - Tina Bordihn - Steffen Wink - Martin Lüttge - Günther Schramm - Thomas Balou Martin - Frederic Lindemann - Isabel Tuengerthal - Teresa Klamert - Olafía Hrönn Jonsdóttir - Paulina Schwab
    • Episodes 253 to 267: Hardy Krüger Jr. - Tina Bordihn - Teresa Klamert - Lion Sokar - Paulina Schwab - Martin Lüttge - Veronika Fitz - Günther Schramm (see above)
    • Episodes 268 to 281: Hardy Krüger jr. - Gisa Zach - Maxi Warwel - Teresa Klamert - Lion Sokar - Paulina Schwab - Martin Lüttge - Veronika Fitz - Günther Schramm
    • Episodes 282 to 309: Hardy Krüger Jr. - Gisa Zach - Maxi Warwel - Martin Lüttge - Veronika Fitz - Günther Schramm
    • Episodes 310 to 312: Hardy Krüger jr. - Gisa Zach - Maxi Warwel - Martin Lüttge - Veronika Fitz - Günther Schramm
    • Episodes 313 to 321: Hardy Krüger jr. - Gisa Zach - Manou Lubowski - Martin Lüttge - Veronika Fitz - Günther Schramm

Parodies

The forester's house Falkenau is sometimes parodied in other productions:

During the third season of the Switch - TV mercilessly parodied series, the series was taken on several times. In the third episode, a sketch called Jagd is about Martin ( Michael Müller ) and Florian ( Bernhard Hoëcker ) enjoying the fresh air in the forest and wanting to protect him and his animals. At the same time they make the way to the garbage can and the mailbox with Martin's jeep. Martin later finds it difficult to explain when Florian asks why he had to shoot a fawn and its mother, a robin and three hares. The sixth episode begins with a program announcement for the series by Petra Nadolnywho cannot see what the teleprompter shows. After several unsuccessful attempts (“Frostschloss Falkenau”, “Rostschutz Plattenbau”, “Kotzt Schulz? Old pig!”) She gives up. The seventh episode is about evil city people . From the high seat, Martin and Florian watch an exhibitionist who frightens a walker (Petra Nadolny), a man who dumps toxic waste into the forest and another man ( Peter Nottmeier), which urinates on the "Canadian dwarf beech oak". Martin explains to Florian that nature cannot help itself and that you therefore have to take on the punishment of people. He shows Florian how to shoot them. Then the two leave the wounded man to the “big red wood ants”. The eighth episode is about the "forest workers" Gustl ( Michael Kessler ) and Vinzenz (Peter Nottmeier), whom Martin described as "lazy as hell" and "saudoof" according to Florian. When the forest workers react angrily, Martin drives away and leaves Florian alone with them, although he actually has to do his homework so that he doesn't become just “such a stupid forest worker”.

In 2011, several four-minute clips were produced under the title ZDF-Mashups , in which some selected ZDF productions were newly edited and dubbed. The individual episodes were published on the ZDF website and broadcast on the ZDFneo night program . Some scenes from the ninth season of Forsthaus Falkenau were processed into Forsthaus Falkengau . Forester Martin (Christian Wolff) searches in vain for animals in his territory. His father (Norbert Gastell) explains to him that the animals in the Falkenau forest house have long been well-paid extras who only come to the shoot. The other animals would consider themselves superstars and now they areDieter Bohlen rohren. Unfortunately, Martin promised the federal government a drive hunt. As a thank you for this, Chancellor Angie Merkel has announced that she will take on a guest role in the series. Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen and Martin find the compromise that nuclear waste should be stored in his area for 30,000 years. With a shopping voucher for the health food store and a ticket, Martin can also satisfy the "hippies" (including Nikolai Bury, Lorenz Hartung , Nicole Kersten , Daniel Muck , Nicole Schmid, Carol Seyboth ) who transport the Castordon't want to let it happen at first. And with the money for the storage, new, stately deer are to be bought.

See also

The series deals intensively with the profession of forester and is intended to bring environmental issues closer to viewers. The following articles are therefore also worth reading:

media

literature

  • Claus Tinney: Forester's House Falkenau. Bastei Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1989, ISBN 3-404-11338-1
  • Rolf Giesen : Falkenau Forestry House. (Novel for the ZDF series of the same name.) Burgschmiet, Nuremberg 1996, ISBN 3-9805076-5-3
  • Barbara Riedmann (Ed.): Forester's House Falkenau. The special issue for the series. Munich: FMV-Verlag GmbH / FMV Specials 1996
  • Thomas Wagner: Forester's House Falkenau. Wrong paths and new luck. Burgschmiet, Nuremberg 1999, ISBN 3-933731-07-0
  • Thomas Wagner: Forester's House Falkenau. Forays through the district. Burgschmiet, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-933731-69-0
  • Sylvia Hartmann: Falkenau Forest House. New ways. vgs, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-8025-2687-2
  • Herbert Friedmann: Forester's House Falkenau. Family and trust. vgs, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-8025-2686-4
  • Jonas David Hiermer: Forester's House Falkenau - a given capital? Why the television forester gets a successor. Specialist article in the journal AFZ - Der Wald, issue 19/2005

Sound carrier

  • Martin Böttcher and his orchestra: Forsthaus Falkenau - The album for the major TV series on ZDF , 1 LP / CD, Teldec, 1989 (soundtrack of the first season)
  • Various: The most beautiful melodies from ZDF - musical highlights of popular ZDF series , 2 CD / MC, OTS Concept Communication GmbH, 1994 (title music)
  • Martin Böttcher and his orchestra: The most beautiful film and television melodies , 1 CD, Polydor (Universal), 1996 (title music)
  • Diverse: Switch - The CD. Vol. 2 , 1 CD, Edel, 1999 ( Opener Forsthaus Falkenau / Jagd )
  • Martin Böttcher: The great film and TV melodies , 2 CDs, Eastwest (Warner), 2005 (alternative versions of Marianne's Melodie und Einsam )
  • Various: Generation TV cult 5 , 2 CDs, Arista Usa (Sony BMG), 2006 (theme music)
  • Martin Böttcher and his orchestra: Forsthaus Falkenau - The album for the major TV series on ZDF , MP3 download, Teldec / EastWest Germany, 2009 (soundtrack of the first season)
  • Martin Böttcher: The 85 greatest film and TV melodies , 4 CDs, Warner Music International (Warner), 2012 (theme music / Silva's melody )

DVDs

  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 1 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, September 25, 2006 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 2 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, July 2, 2007 (Digipak)
  • The Black Forest Clinic: Season 3 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, October 8, 2007 (Digipak) ( The biggest festival of the year - Christmas with our television families (1991))
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 3 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 21, 2008 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 4 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, October 6, 2008 (Digipak)
  • The Black Forest Clinic (complete box house), 24 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, November 10, 2008 ( The biggest festival of the year - Christmas with our television families (1991))
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 5 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, February 16, 2009 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 6 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, June 12, 2009 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 7 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, September 11, 2009 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 8 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, January 22, 2010 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 9 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 9, 2010 (Digipak)
  • The Black Forest Clinic: Season 3 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, July 2, 2010 (Jumbo Amaray) ( The biggest festival of the year - Christmas with our television families (1991))
  • The Black Forest Clinic: The complete box for the 25th anniversary , 24 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, July 2, 2010 ( The biggest festival of the year - Christmas with our television families (1991))
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 10 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, July 16, 2010 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 11 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, October 1, 2010 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 12 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, January 21, 2011 (Digipak)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 13 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 1, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 1 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 2 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 3 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 4 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 5 , 4 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 6 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 7 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 8 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 9 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 10 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 11 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 12 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 29, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 14 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, July 8, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 15 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, October 7, 2011 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 16 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, January 13, 2012 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 17 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 27, 2012 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 18 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, July 6, 2012 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 19 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, October 5, 2012 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 20 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, January 11, 2013 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 21 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, April 19, 2013 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 22 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, July 26, 2013 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 23 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, October 25, 2013 (Jumbo Amaray)
  • Forsthaus Falkenau: Season 24 , 3 DVDs, Universum Film GmbH, March 7, 2014 (Jumbo Amaray)

The episodes were numbered consecutively when they were released on DVD, although those responsible made a mistake: The pilot film was not counted and episodes 28/29 were counted as a long episode. As a result, the anniversary episode 100 was published as the 98th episode and the numbering of all other episodes differs from the actual counting method.

Five episodes of the first season were only released in abridged form for unknown reasons. These are the consequences of lovesickness (shortened by about 7 minutes), the location of the wood grouse (about 4 minutes), nocturnal escape (about 6 minutes), a scary night (about 6 minutes) and smooth transition (about 7 minutes).

Since the fourth season, the episodes or their respective credits have been published in an edited version: In the fourth season, the credits run faster than in the original TV version and are not accompanied by the actual - slightly modified - ending music, but with the melody of the opening credits. In some episodes you can hear at the beginning of the credits that an audio cut has been made. From the fifth season onwards, the original closing music was left, which can only be heard halfway due to the double speed of the closing credits.

While the publication of the regular seasons of the series has been gradually completed since 2006, the three special episodes have not yet been taken into account. When the series Die Schwarzwaldklinik was released, however, a variety of bonus material was used, including the joint special episode of both series ( The biggest festival of the year - Christmas with our television families from 1991).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the production company  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 10, 2016.@1@2Vorlage:Toter Link/www.ndf.de  
  2. ↑ filmtourismus.de: The World of locations: Forsthaus Falkenau . Retrieved March 26, 2016
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Mletzko's private website, Bad Kohlgrub ( memento of March 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 10, 2016
  4. ^ ZDF mashups ( Memento from December 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )