Sorrow Forest
The Gramschatzer Forest is a large forest area northeast of Würzburg . The core area is state forest and community-free area , on the edges it is the community forest of the neighboring villages. The forest is characterized by a predominant population of deciduous trees, also known from the truck stop of the same name and the junction of the federal motorway 7 running through it . A television tower built in the early 1970s stands out.
The Gramschatzer Forest is designated as a 4241 hectare Fauna-Flora-Habitat- Area Gramschatzer Wald (FFH-Nr. 6025-371; WDPA-Nr. 555521305).
Geographical location
In the south, the Gramschatzer Wald borders the municipality of Rimpar , the Maidbronner Wald and the Maidbronn district of the above town and the municipality of Güntersleben , in the north to the Rimpar district of Gramschatz and in the east to the districts of Rupprechtshausen and Hilpertshausen of the municipality of Unterpleichfeld and the district Erbshausen-Sulzwiesen in the municipality of Hausen near Würzburg .
geology
The subsoil of the Gramschatzer Forest consists largely of layers of the Upper Muschelkalk . In the eastern part this merges into the rocks of the Lower Keuper and in the extreme west the Middle Muschelkalk comes to light in places . Larger parts of the rock layers mentioned are also covered by Quaternary loos in the forest area . In the limestones of the Upper Muschelkalks there are also sinkholes in several places in the forest .
flora
The most common deciduous tree species are by far the common beech , common oak and sessile oak . Other common deciduous tree species are hornbeam , field maple , bird cherry , winter linden , common ash , sycamore maple , sand birch and aspen . In addition, the heat- loving service tree is widespread and there are also some larger specimens of the service tree , which is rare in Germany , spread across the forest area.
Afforestation continued to bring a noticeable proportion of conifer species into the Gramschatzer Forest, mainly Norway spruce , Scots pine , European larch and Douglas fir . The area proportions of the Norway spruce have decreased significantly since the 1990s due to storm throws and bark beetles .
Recreation area
The Gramschatzer Forest is a well-known local recreation area in the Würzburg district with hiking trails and cycle routes. There are 16 marked forest circular hiking trails and three marked target hiking trails run by the Steigerwald Club .
Another destination in the Gramschatzer Forest is the Einsiedel Forest House . It is the starting point for a break on a hike, for large festivities, hiking groups as well as coaches and excursion buses.
A forest experience center of the Bavarian Forest Administration is located very close to it. Here visitors can find out about the forest in general, as well as about flora, fauna, forest management, nature and landscape protection and renewable energies. Another attraction is the "climbing forest", also known as the high ropes course.
The “ Barefoot Path Gramschatzer Wald” begins at the Erbshausen-Sulzwiesen motorway service station.
In the Gramschatzer forest there is a 109 meter high telecommunications tower ( type tower of the FMT 5 series) of Deutsche Telekom AG.
See also
- List of unincorporated areas in Bavaria
- List of architectural monuments in non-parish areas in Bavaria # Gramschatzer Wald
- List of FFH areas in the Main-Spessart district
Individual evidence
- ↑ Document of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( Memento of the original dated September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 49 kB)
Web links
- Website gramschatzer-wald.de
- Forest management website for the forest experience center (link to the events follow)
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '53 " N , 9 ° 57' 23" E