List of natural monuments in Herzogenrath

Natural landmark

The list of natural monuments in Herzogenrath lists all natural monuments in the city of Herzogenrath .

A natural monument is a naturally created landscape element that is placed under nature protection. It can be a single standing or occurring structure like a rock needle or a single standing tree, of undefined size like a cave or an area or structure with a limited area and a clear demarcation from its surroundings like a rock garden or a meadow; the latter are called surface exemplary natural monument or area natural monument called.

Natural monuments in Herzogenrath

Memorial number	Place / location	Designation of the ND	number	Art	Registered since	Protective reason	description	image
6th	Herzogenrath approx. 120 m east of Erkensstraße, behind the new fire and rescue station, on Broicher Bach map	1 plane tree	1	plane	01/19/1935		planted approx. 1750, trunk circumference approx. 6 m, height approx. 33 m,
7th	Herzogenrath approx. 80 m north of the castle map	1 copper beech	1	Copper beech	06/27/1936
8th	Herzogenrath - Kohlscheid cemetery on Oststrasse. The copper beeches are spread over the lower, old part of the cemetery. map	4 blood beeches	4th	Copper beech	11/08/1973
9	Herzogenrath - Kohlscheid cemetery on Oststrasse. The 4 plane trees are distributed over the lower, old part of the cemetery. map	4 plane trees	4th	plane	11/08/1973
10	Herzogenrath - Kohlscheid cemetery on Oststrasse. The 4 horse chestnuts are distributed in the lower, old part of the cemetery. map	4 horse chestnuts	4th	buckeye	11/08/1973
11	Herzogenrath - Berensberg Gutshof Berensberg map	1 tulip tree	1	Tulip tree	as early as 1959 in the ND book of the then Aachen district			Image wanted
12	Herzogenrath - Merkstein in the Volkspark of Alt-Merkstein on the corner of Kirchrather Strasse and Willibrordstrasse map	1 sweet chestnut	1	Sweet chestnut	as early as 1959 in the ND book of the then Aachen district
13	Herzogenrath - Merkstein in the Volkspark of Alt-Merkstein on the corner of Kirchrather Strasse and Willibrordstrasse map	1 copper beech	1	Copper beech	as early as 1959 in the ND book of the then Aachen district		Estimated age over 300 years, height approx. 30 m, trunk circumference approx. 3.8 m
LP I, 2.3-1	Herzogenrath - Berensberg Gutshof Berensberg map	Group of trees: 1 copper beech, 1 summer linden and 4 sweet chestnuts		Sweet chestnut , summer linden , copper beech	as early as 1959 in the ND book of the then Aachen district			Image wanted
LP I, 2.3-2	Herzogenrath northeast of Berensberg, on the edge of the Paulinenwäldchen between Berensberg and Rumpen (coordinates inaccurate!) map	1 English oak, called thick oak	1	English oak	11/08/1973			Image wanted
LP I, 2.3-6	Herzogenrath - Kohlscheid Am Ginsterberg, east of Herzogenrath-Kohlscheid. map	1 field maple	1	Field maple
LP I, 2.3-14	Herzogenrath Paulinenwäldchen (coordinates inaccurate!) map	beech		beech				Image wanted
LP II, 2.3-6	Herzogenrath - Ritzerfeld northwest of Gut Ritzerfeld map	Sweet chestnut northwest of Gut Ritzerfeld	1	Sweet chestnut	11/08/1973		There is a chestnut tree on a fallow land northwest of Gut Ritzerfeld
LP II, 2.3-7	Herzogenrath - Hofstadt on the eastern outskirts at the end of Meulenberghstrasse map	2 horse chestnuts on the eastern outskirts of Hofstadt (end of Meulenberghstrasse)	2	buckeye	April 15, 1985		There are two old horse chestnuts on the eastern outskirts of Hofstadt.
LP II, 2.3-8	Herzogenrath - Hofstadt on the northern outskirts at the end of Bennostraße map	Horse chestnut on the northern outskirts of Hofstadt (end of Bennostr.)	1	buckeye	April 15, 1985		On the northern outskirts of Hofstadt there is an old horse chestnut.
LP II, 2.3-9	Herzogenrath south of Herzogenrath-Herbach, on the northeast side of the Heidberg hillside forest (coordinates inaccurate!) map	Oak at the hillside forest Heidberg southeast of Herbach	1	English oak	April 15, 1985		On the northeast side of the hillside forest “Am Heidberg” southeast of Herbach is an old oak.	Image wanted
LP II, 2.3-11	Herzogenrath east of Herzogenrath Wilderness, on the north side of the crossroads next to a field cross map	3 Linden trees east of the wilderness at the wayside cross	3	Summer linden tree			On the north side of a crossroads next to a field cross east of the wilderness (crossroads Wildnis / In den Paggen) there are three old summer linden trees.
LP II, 2.3-12	Herzogenrath northeast of Herzogenrath Wilderness, on the west side of the L 47, in the garden of a detached house map	Weeping willow northeast wilderness	1	Weeping willow	April 15, 1985		In a front garden on Kirchstrasse. northeast of the wilderness is a weeping willow.
LP II, 2.3-13	Herzogenrath northeast of Herzogenrath Wilderness, on the west side of the L 47, a little south of the detached house map	3 Linden trees northeast of the wilderness	3	Winter linden	April 15, 1985		On the west side of the L 47 north-east of the wilderness (Kirchstrasse / Wildnis intersection) there are three old winter linden trees.
LP II, 2.3-23	Herzogenrath north of Herzogenrath-Worm in the opencast mine of "Nivelsteiner Sandwerke und Sandsteinbrüche GmbH" (coordinate data inaccurate!) map	Geological monument in the Nivelstein sand works			April 15, 1985		This is the only place in northwest Europe where hardened sandstone bastions pass through a bottom formation in the tertiary, are accessible.	Image wanted

See also

• List of architectural monuments in Herzogenrath
• List of ground monuments in Herzogenrath

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• Günter Marenberg: Natural monuments in the Aachen district , home pages of the Aachen district, 51st year, 1998.
• City region of Aachen: Regulatory authority ordinance for the protection of natural monuments within the built-up districts and the scope of development plans and the areas not covered by the landscape plans in the city region of Aachen (natural monument ordinance) of 10.10.2019
• District of Aachen, Environment Agency / Lower Landscape Authority : Statute LANDSCHAFTSPLAN I - Herzogenrath / Würselen - 3rd amendment , as of February 28, 2005
• District of Aachen, Environment Agency / Lower Landscape Authority : Statute LANDSCHAFTSPLAN II - Baesweiler / Alsdorf / Merkstein - 1st amendment , as of February 28, 2005
• District of Aachen, Environment Agency / Lower Landscape Authority : Statute LANDSCHAFTSPLAN III - Eschweiler-Stolberg - 3rd amendment , as of October 15, 2004
• District of Aachen, Environment Office / Lower Landscape Authority : Statutes LANDSCHAFTSPLAN IV - Stolberg / Roetgen , as of 02/28/05
• District of Aachen, Environment Agency / Lower Landscape Authority : Statute LANDSCHAFTSPLAN V - Simmerath - 1st amendment , status: August 31, 2004
• District of Aachen, Environment Office / Lower Landscape Authority : Statute LANDSCHAFTSPLAN VI - Monschau - 1st amendment , as of August 31, 2004

Web links

Commons : Natural monuments in Herzogenrath  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Statutes of landscape plans for the Aachen region
• Digital landscape plans