Hegel forest

Hegel forest IUCN Category Category VI -
Edge of the Hegel forest near the prehistoric large stone graves
location	Oldenburger Land , Lower Saxony
surface	765 ha
Geographical location	52 ° 59 '  N , 8 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 59 '28 "  N , 8 ° 14' 43"  E

Hegel Forest Monument

The Hegeler Wald is an extensive forest area of ​​765 hectares in the area of ​​the district Huntlosen of the municipality of Großenkneten in the district of Oldenburg in northwestern Lower Saxony . It is named after August Hegeler (born November 6, 1845 - March 27, 1881), an Oldenburg bank director. Hegeler owned 132 hectares of heather land in Huntlosen that he had planned to reforest after a heather fire in 1878/1879 . His aim was to beautify the barren landscape. Today the Hegeler Wald monument , a stone tablet that was placed on a rock, commemorates this achievement.

On May 21, 1881, his widow sold the area to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg for 39,500 marks . Until 1907 it was enlarged considerably through the purchase of further land by the state. Additional, extensive plantings connected this forest area with the ancient stock of the " Döhler Wehe ".

In the area of ​​the Hegeler Wald there are the - partly destroyed - remains of large graves from the Stone and Bronze Age .

The so-called storm of the century of 1972 destroyed 425 hectares of the population, so that between 1974 and 1982 almost 2.5 million trees had to be replanted.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NWZ Online - A Long Forgotten Artist (accessed October 25, 2018)
2. ↑ Huntlosen - Hegeler Wald (accessed August 1, 2017)