List of natural monuments in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis

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Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The list of natural monuments in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis contains the natural monuments in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Indoor

The district established the following natural monuments for the interior at the end of 2007.

serial no.	No.	Name of the natural monument	local community	District	Hall	Parcel	Location description
1	LE_2.3 (I) -1	1 copper beech (ND 118) Fagus sylvatica atropunicea	Corpses	Corpses	1	29	Behind the school building “Am Hammer” school center in Leichlingen
2	BU_2.3 (I) -2	1 Atlas cedar (ND 120) Cedrus atlantica	Burscheid	Burscheid	73	522	In the front yard of the property at Hauptstrasse 101
3	BU_2.3 (I) -3	1 winter linden (ND 121) Tilia cordata	Burscheid	Burscheid	73	505	In front of the ev. Parish hall in Burscheid
4th	BU_2.3 (I) -4	1 copper beech (ND 125) Fagus sylvatica atropunicea	Burscheid	Burscheid	32	104	In the cemetery on Altenberger Strasse
5	BU_2.3 (I) -5	1 copper beech (ND 127) Fagus sylvatica atropunicea	Burscheid	Burscheid	72	343	In front of the property at Hauptstrasse 115
7th	WE_2.3 (I) -7	1 sequoia (ND 209) Sequoia gigantea	Wermelskirchen	Village loyalty	32	305	In the park of the company Flöring & Co Jörgensgasse
8th	WE_2.3 (I) -8	1 sequoia (ND 210) Sequoia gigantea	Wermelskirchen	Village loyalty	33	210	In the green area on Obere Remscheider Strasse
9	WE_2.3 (I) -9	1 English oak (ND 214) Quercus robur	Wermelskirchen	Oberhonnschaft	15th	190	At the fire station in Eiprinhausen
10	WE_2.3 (I) -10	1 horse chestnut (ND 215) Aesculus hippocastanum	Wermelskirchen	Village loyalty	32	367	In the courtyard of the District Court Telegrafenstrasse 17
11	OD_2.3 (I) -11	1 English oak (ND 414) Quercus robur	Odenthal	Unterodenthal	7th	3150	In front of the house at Mutzbroicher Str. 35-37 in Voiswinkel
12	GL_2.3 (I) -12	Karst spring (ND 608)	Bergisch Gladbach	sand	5	1531	in Kaltenbroich
13	GL_2.3 (I) -13	1 English oak (ND 611) Quercus robur	Bergisch Gladbach	Gronau	13	200	On the Eichplatz in the Gronauerwald
14th	GL_2.3 (I) -14	1 European beech (ND 612) Fagus sylvatica	Bergisch Gladbach	Gronau	9	45	Gronauer Waldweg
15th	GL_2.3 (I) -15	1 copper beech (ND 613) Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea	Bergisch Gladbach	Bensberg freedom	6th	710	In front of the property at Kölner Strasse 52
16	GL_2.3 (I) -16	1 hanging beech (ND 614) Fagus sylvatica Pendula	Bergisch Gladbach	Bensberg freedom	6th	1152	In the green area of the Kölner Straße 34 property
17th	GL_2.3 (I) -17	1 plane tree (ND 616), 1 red beech Platanus hybrida, Fagus sylvatica	Bergisch Gladbach	Bensberg freedom	7th	554	On the property at Gladbacher Straße 8
18th	GL_2.3 (I) -18	2 horse chestnuts (ND 617) Aesculus hippocastanum	Bergisch Gladbach	Herkenrath	1	1564, 1565	Before the cath. Church in Herkenrath
19th	GL_2.3 (I) -19	Former quarry (ND 619) Bergisch Gladbach in the Upper Plattenkalk	Bergisch Gladbach	Gladbach	17th	379	Wilhelmshöhe
20th	GL_2.3 (I) -20	1 sequoia (ND 620) Sequoia gigantea	Bergisch Gladbach	Refrath	1	439/62	In the front yard of the Waldgürtel 7 estate
21st	GL_2.3 (I) -21	1 copper beech (ND 623) Fagus sylvatica atropunicea	Bergisch Gladbach	Gladbach	17th	181	on the playground at the Lochermühle
22nd	GL_2.3 (I) -22	1 sweet chestnut (ND 624) Castenea sativa	Bergisch Gladbach	Bensberg freedom	12	302	Kauler Street 18
23	RO_2.3 (I) -23	1 copper beech (ND 702) Fagus sylvatica	Rösrath	Forsbach	5	1824	In Forsbach on the property at Bensberger Straße 246
24	RO_2.3 (I) -24	1 English oak (ND 707) Quercus robur	Rösrath	Hasbach	5	30th	On the Eicherhof farm in Rösrath-Scharrenbroich

Outdoor area

Bergisch Gladbach

The natural monuments in the outer area of Bergisch Gladbach are laid down in the "Südkreis" landscape plan in the March 2008 statute resolution.

No.	Name of the natural monument	location	description
GL_2.3-1	Linde near Oberthal	in Oberthal 51 ° 0 '54 "N, 7 ° 11' 53" E	The protection designation is made to preserve a very old, very large linden tree that characterizes the landscape.
GL_2.3-2	Steinkaule	northwest of Herrenstrunden 51 ° 0 ′ 28 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 12 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of an abandoned quarry. The natural monument includes the quarry area, which has been abandoned for a long time, with its overground dismantling walls and small heaps. The area is in an advanced stage of regeneration back to the orchid-rich beech forest.
GL_2.3-3	Quarry near Großbüchel	west of Großbüchel 51 ° 0 ′ 35 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 18 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of an abandoned quarry. The natural monument includes the abandoned quarry with the east-facing rock face (Oberer Plattenkalk) and the partially wet quarry floor.
GL_2.3-4	Quarry near Herrenstrunden	north of Herrenstrunden 51 ° 0 ′ 35 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 44 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of an abandoned quarry. The natural monument includes the abandoned quarry with rock walls and the quarry floor used as pasture.
GL_2.3-5	Strundequelle	on the northern edge of Herrenstrunden 51 ° 0 ′ 28 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 59 ″ E	The protection designation takes place in order to maintain a (contained) karst spring in the Büchel layers.
GL_2.3-6	Quarry in Lohseifen	between Dombach and Sand south of 50 ° 59 ′ 34 ″ N, 7 ° 9 ′ 15 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of an abandoned quarry. The natural monument includes the abandoned quarry with the east-facing rock face (Oberer Plattenkalk) and the partially wet quarry floor.
GL_2.3-7	Ash at width	on a dirt road between Breite and Herkenrath 50 ° 59 ′ 14 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 52 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the preservation of 2 landscape-defining ash trees.
GL_2.3-8	Row of trees on Klausenberg	north of the Thomas-More-Akademie between Bensberg and Moitzfeld near Klausenberg 50 ° 57 ′ 47 ″ N, 7 ° 10 ′ 10 ″ E	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve a row of trees of 7 pedunculate oaks and 1 common beech that characterizes the landscape.

Burscheid

The natural monuments in the outer area of Burscheid are set out in the “Burscheid and Leichlingen” landscape plan in the April 2014 resolution.

No.	Name of the natural monument	location	description
BU_2.3-01	1 pod (Ilex aquifolium)	West of Burscheid- Oberwietsche	The protective designation is made to preserve a distinctive, old, largely free-standing pod (Ilex aquifolium).
BU_2.3-02	1 atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica)	At Burscheid- Linde on the B 51	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve a distinctive, old, atlas cedar that characterizes the landscape.
BU_2.3-03	1 winter linden (Tilia cordata)	Southwest Burscheid- Dürscheid ; at the "Spiegelhof".	The protection designation takes place to preserve a distinctive, old, large-crowned winter linden tree that characterizes the landscape and townscape.
BU_2.3-04	2 yew trees	In the Eifgenbachtal near Bökershammer	The protection designation takes place to preserve two very distinctive, old and bizarre yew trees that are rooted in the floodplain of the Eifgenbach and characterize the landscape.
BU_2.3-05	Bökershammer quarry	in the Eifgenbachtal near Bökershammer	The protection designation takes place for the preservation and care of endangered habitats of a former quarry and land development.
BU_2.3-06	2 former coppice beeches	North-west of Bökershammer	The protection designation takes place to preserve two striking, old, former coppice beeches.

Kürten

The natural monuments in the outer area of Kürten are set out in the "Kürten" landscape plan in the June 2012 constitutional resolution.

No.	Name of the natural monument	location	description
KU_2.3-1	Oak beech near Kotzberg	northwest of Kotzberg Auf der Dellen 51 ° 3 ′ 51 ″ N, 7 ° 13 ′ 20 ″ E	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance of old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics as well as a dendrological rarity.
KU_2.3-2	Orchid meadow on the upper slope	west of Meiswinkel 51 ° 3 '54 "N, 7 ° 13' 49" E	The protection designation takes place in particular for the preservation and care of endangered plant species, plant communities and biotope types (including wet meadow, spring, spring corridor).
KU_2.3-3	1 winter linden tree	between Dicke and Burgheim near Kahlenberg 51 ° 4 ′ 13 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 36 ″ E	The protection designation takes place to preserve an old local winter linden tree on a dirt road east of Dicke.
KU_2.3-4	Rock slope with gorge forest near Nassenstein	east of Nassenstein 51 ° 4 ′ 4 ″ N, 7 ° 19 ′ 14 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the preservation and care of endangered habitats to an area development with gorge forest character. The natural monument comprises rock faces with a natural canyon forest and is the habitat of endangered fern species.
KU_2.3-5	1 English oak on the edge of the terrain	south of Keffermich 51 ° 2 ′ 28 ″ N, 7 ° 11 ′ 27 ″ E	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve a striking pedunculate oak in the valley slope of the Kochsfelder Bach creek. The pedunculate oak is in the nature reserve N 2.1-6 Scherfbachtal.
KU_2.3-6	1 sweet chestnut	northern outskirts of Olpe on the street Zum Wiedenhof 51 ° 2 ′ 50 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 7 ″ E	The protection designation takes place to preserve a distinctive sweet chestnut in the outskirts of Kürten-Olpe.
KU_2.3-7	1 tree of life	northern outskirts of Olpe on the street Zum Wiedenhof 51 ° 2 ′ 47 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 10 ″ E	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve a distinctive large-crowned tree of life in the outskirts of Kürten-Olpe.
KU_2.3-8	Avenue of lime trees	along the L 146 between Olpe and Forsten 51 ° 2 ′ 51 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 45 ″ E	The Lindenallee is protected due to its special characteristics in a cultural-historical landscape area, its outstanding beauty and landscape function. The natural monument consists of an alley with 109 trees on both sides of an approx. 970 m long section of the L 146 road.
KU_2.3-9	1 English oak	on the southern outskirts of Forsten 51 ° 3 ′ 15 ″ N, 7 ° 17 ′ 10 ″ E	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics. Single tree in the embankment, age: approx. 100 years.
KU_2.3-10	1 copper beech, 1 copper beech	At Delling at the parish hall 51 ° 2 ′ 51 ″ N, 7 ° 18 ′ 27 ″ E	The protection of the trees is based on their cultural significance, special local characteristics and beauty.
KU_2.3-11	Former quarry near Dürscheider Hütte	at Dürscheider Hütte 51 ° 0 ′ 7 ″ N, 7 ° 13 ′ 8 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of an abandoned quarry. The geotope is recorded in the geotope register under object GK 4909-008 Former quarry at the Dürscheiderhütte, south of Dürscheid.

Corpses

The natural monuments in the outer area of Leichlingen are set out in the “Burscheid and Leichlingen” landscape plan in the April 2014 resolution.

No.	Name of the natural monument	location	description
LE_2.3-01	Gravel hill east of the Langenfeld interchange	"Leichlinger Sandberge" north of Leichlingen- Kellerhansberg	The natural monument is protected to preserve the gravel hills with strong relief with birch and oak forest vegetation and open, largely vegetation-free sand and gravel edges. Particularly valuable for earth-digging insects in the area of the steep walls as well as for sand-loving insects and spiders. Former sand-gravel quarrying with steep sand walls without vegetation and forest area rich in relief. The area is a valuable geoscientific object.
LE_2.3-01a	Gravel hill east of the Langenfeld interchange	"Leichlinger Sandberge" north of Leichlingen-Kellerhansberg	The natural monument is protected to preserve the relief gravel hills and the former sand and gravel mining area. Former sand-gravel quarrying with steep sand walls without vegetation and forest area rich in relief. The area is a valuable geoscientific object.
LE_2.3-02	white stone (Sandberg) in trumpet	Leichlingen trumpet	The natural monument is protected to preserve a typical sand hill of the heather terrace, in particular to protect and preserve the former excavation of the Leichlinger sand mountains, in particular with a 5 m high, south-exposed excavation wall, dry lean sites and waste wood. Another object of protection is the high structural diversity, which is particularly valuable for hedge and bush breeders.
LE_2.3-03	1 winter linden (Tilia cordata) in the courtyard of Haus Vorst	South of Leichlingen; House Vorst in the courtyard	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve a striking, old large-crowned winter linden tree that characterizes the landscape.
LE_2.3-04	5 winter linden (Tilia cordata)	Spring trough near Leichlingen- St . Heribert .	The natural monument is protected in order to preserve the trees that characterize the landscape.
LE_2.3-05	1 English oak (Quercus robur) at the Siefenkopf near Honnefeld	southeast of Leichlingen- Witzhelden near "Honnefeld".	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve a striking, old, large-crowned pedunculate oak that characterizes the landscape.

Odenthal

The natural monuments in the outer area of Odenthal are set out in the "Odenthal" landscape plan in the April 2018 resolution.

No.	Name of the natural monument	location	description
OD_2.3-01	multi-stemmed yew	at Schöllerhof 51 ° 3 ′ 51 ″ N, 7 ° 8 ′ 31 ″ E	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics.
OD_2.3-02	Quarry at the fairytale forest	north of Altenberg 51 ° 3 ′ 31 ″ N, 7 ° 7 ′ 54 ″ E	The protection designation takes place for the preservation and care of endangered habitats of a former quarry and land development. The quarry is included in the geotope register: GK-4908-003. The small abandoned quarry on the access road to the "Märchenwald" leisure facility has an interesting slate-sandstone layer and represents a special biotope.
OD_2.3-03	Horse chestnut avenue	north of Strauweiler 51 ° 2 ′ 36 ″ N, 7 ° 7 ′ 32 ″ E	The protection designation takes place primarily to preserve the tree population that characterizes the landscape as well as due to the special characteristics in a cultural-historical landscape area, the outstanding beauty and landscape function.
OD_2.3-04	Horse chestnut avenue	between Menrath and Strauweiler 51 ° 2 ′ 27 ″ N, 7 ° 7 ′ 25 ″ E	The protection designation takes place primarily to preserve the tree population that characterizes the landscape as well as due to the special characteristics in a cultural-historical landscape area, the outstanding beauty and landscape function.
OD_2.3-05	Hollow road with strips of deciduous trees	east of Busch 51 ° 2 ′ 39 ″ N, 7 ° 11 ′ 5 ″ E	The protection designation takes place to preserve a landscape-defining, in this natural area seldom preserved, single to multi-row and wood structure made of medium to thick tree wood as an enriching structural element. The protection designation refers to the ravine with the associated vegetation structures and abiotic structural elements.
OD_2.3-06	buckeye	north of Pistershausen near Meutemühle 51 ° 2 ′ 16 ″ N, 7 ° 11 ′ 12 ″ E	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics.
OD_2.3-07	Terrain elevation with a copper beech, a row of oak trees and other deciduous trees	south of Steinhaus 51 ° 1 ′ 58 ″ N, 7 ° 9 ′ 57 ″ E	The protection designation takes place due to the special characteristics in a cultural-historical landscape area, the outstanding beauty and landscape picture function. The protection designation refers to the elevation and the trees standing on it and directly adjacent as well as the row of pedunculate oak trees to the south.
OD_2.3-08	2 box trees in Unterkirsbach	north of Höffe 51 ° 1 ′ 35 ″ N, 7 ° 8 ′ 41 ″ E	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics. The extraction of palm branches was the original reason for planting the two box trees and shaped their shape. Damage to the two trees is not to be expected due to this use.
OD_2.3-09	Dwarf cave	between Herrenstrunden and Oberthal , south of Eikamp 51 ° 0 ′ 42 ″ N, 7 ° 11 ′ 12 ″ E	The protective designation takes place in particular for scientific and natural history reasons as well as because of the rarity and uniqueness.

Overath

The natural monuments in the outer area of Overath are set out in the "Südkreis" landscape plan in the March 2008 statute resolution.

No.	Name of the natural monument	location	description
OV_2.3-1	Pedunculate oak near Bernsau	north of Bernsau	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve a very old, particularly striking pedunculate oak. The trunk circumference is 6.3 meters with a tree height of 25-28 meters.
OV_2.3-2	Linden at Rappenhohn	on Rappenhohner Strasse	The protection designation takes place to preserve an old, striking linden tree.
OV_2.3-3	Quarry near Breidenassel	south of Breidenassel north of Lombachtal	The protection designation takes place for the maintenance and development of an abandoned quarry. The natural monument includes the abandoned quarry with open, south-facing rock faces. The block dump adjacent to the Lombachtal has been included in the "Lombachtal" nature reserve.
OV_2.3-4	Yew tree in Cyriax	at the monastery wall	The protection designation takes place in order to preserve an old distinctive yew tree.
OV_2.3-5	Pedunculate oak at Falkemich	Crossroads on the northern edge of Falkemich	The protection designation takes place to preserve the pedunculate oak at the crossroads

Rösrath

The "Südkreis" landscape plan, which is authoritative for Rösrath and which was adopted by the Articles of Association in March 2008, does not show any natural monuments in the outer area of Rösrath.

Wermelskirchen

The natural monuments in the outer area of Wermelskirchen are set out in the “Wermelskirchen” landscape plan in the June 2016 constitutional resolution.

No.	Name of the natural monument	location	description
WK_2.3-01	3 oaks (Quercus robur)	south of Kallenberg	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics.
WK_2.3-02	9 copper beeches (Fagus sylvatica f. Purpurea)	in Wermelskirchen- Neuenhaus , at the cemetery	The protective designation is based in particular on the appearance and the importance of the landscape aesthetics.
WK_2.3-03	3 multi-stemmed beeches (Fagus sylvatica)	in the forest south of Wöllersberg	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics.
WK_2.3-04	2 beeches (Fagus sylvatica)	in "Uhlsfeld" near Heidchen	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics.
WK_2.3-05	Single pear tree (Pyrus communis)	east of Mittelberg / Bornesiefen	The protective designation takes place in particular due to the appearance, the old age and the importance of the landscape aesthetics.

Web links

Commons : Natural monuments in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis - collection of images, videos and audio files

Landscape plans of the Rheinisch-Bergisch district

Individual evidence

↑ Regulatory authority ordinance for the protection of natural monuments within the built-up districts and within the scope of the development plans in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis dated December 13, 2007
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Landscape plan RBK. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .
↑ See also: Natural monument "Steinkaule" northwest of Herrenstrunden | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
↑ See also: Natural monument “Quarry in Lohseifen” | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
↑ See also: The lost village of Kahlenberg with a natural monument north of Burgheim | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
↑ See also: Natural monument "Rock slope with gorge forest near Nassenstein" | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
↑ See also: Natural monuments European beech and copper beech in Delling | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
↑ See also: Natural monument “Former quarry near Dürscheider Hütte” | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .
↑ See also: Natural monument winter linden tree near Rappenhohn | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .

[1] Regulatory authority ordinance for the protection of natural monuments within the built-up districts and within the scope of the development plans in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis dated December 13, 2007

[:0-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Landscape plan RBK. Retrieved July 29, 2020 .

[3] See also: Natural monument "Steinkaule" northwest of Herrenstrunden | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .

[4] See also: Natural monument “Quarry in Lohseifen” | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .

[5] See also: The lost village of Kahlenberg with a natural monument north of Burgheim | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .

[6] See also: Natural monument "Rock slope with gorge forest near Nassenstein" | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .

[7] See also: Natural monuments European beech and copper beech in Delling | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .

[8] See also: Natural monument “Former quarry near Dürscheider Hütte” | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .

[9] See also: Natural monument winter linden tree near Rappenhohn | Object view. Retrieved August 4, 2020 .