Hardtwald (Bad Homburg)
Hardtwald is the name of a forest area between Bad Homburg and Friedrichsdorf - Seulberg in the Hochtaunuskreis , Hesse . The city forest with about 190 hectares (from north to south about two kilometers long and up to one and a half kilometers wide) is a foothill of the Taunus Mountains , about two thirds of which lies on Bad Homburg.
use
The forest is used as a local recreation area and enjoys the status of a protective forest . The center of the forest is 224 m above sea level. NN high Köhlerberg, which is located immediately southwest of the Seulberger Grenzschneise . The area of the Hardtwald lies in the medicinal spring protection area . The forest has an important filter function for the seeping surface water . It is drained north via the Seulbach , south via a tributary of the Kirdorfer Bach . In addition, it fulfills functions in the areas of animal, plant, climate, visual, noise and immission protection. In the immediate vicinity of the Köhlerberg there is a waterworks and the central elevated reservoir for Seulberg, on the eastern edge of the Hardtwald there is an elevated reservoir for Bad Homburg.
There are refuges to the east and west of the Köhlerberg. The refuge on the Friedrichsdorf side was named after Friedrich Christian Schmidt from Seulberg, who was mayor there before and after the Third Reich . It was built by citizens and nature associations in 1960 and completely destroyed by a large falling branch in hurricane Emma in 2008. The Seulberg citizen Manfred Rühl rebuilt it on his own, the material costs were taken over by the city.
The Taunus climbing forest is located on the edge of the Seulberg forest, near the primary school (Hardtwaldschule Seulberg) . Not far from the southern edge of the forest in Bad Homburg is the Ellerhöhe observation tower , which, before the surrounding trees overtook it , offered a view of the city.
The Hardtwaldhof riding school is located on the Amali lane .
Trees
The tree population on the Friedrichsdorf side differs from the Bad Homburg side. There are predominantly beeches here , followed by English oaks . In the northern part there is a somewhat younger mixed forest. Characteristic of the Friedrichsdorf side are the old trees, some of which are further apart, with a thick undergrowth of young beeches. Mainly bushes and small trees grow on the former garbage dump on the eastern edge. On the Bad Homburg side, however, there are fewer young trees, but the older trees are narrower and are mostly smaller. In addition, there are also other species such as maple , European larch and other deciduous and conifer species. Near the Köhlerberg is a fir - monoculture .
location
At the northern end is the Bad Homburg forest cemetery , which borders the forest on the former B 455 and is separated from it from the Kirdorfer Feld. The main routes are the Kreuzschneise as an extension of the Rotlaufweg from north to south, as well as the Köhler- and Fuchspfad from the Kurpark to Friedrichsdorf in the Bottigtal and the Philosophen- or Seulberger Fahrweg , which in Seulberg merges directly into Hardtwaldallee .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 14 ′ 25 ″ N , 8 ° 37 ′ 46 ″ E