List of natural forest reserves in Saarland
The list of natural forest reserves in Saarland contains 16 (as of March 2017) natural forest cells in Saarland . The list contains the official designations for name, identifier, natural area , size and the year of designation. The geographical location is averaged and the information about the district / city relates to this information. However, the areas can also extend over several administrative districts.
For about 40 years (more since the nature conservation year 1970), natural forest reserves have been designated throughout Germany in order to preserve a range of total reserves. Natural forest reserves are forests that are largely in a natural state. The natural forest development takes place here undisturbed. In the course of time, primeval forests with strong trees and a lot of dead wood develop there . In the Saarland, natural forest reserves are called natural forest cells. According to Section 20a of the State Forest Act, they are set up by ordinance. In Saarland there are currently 16 such natural forest cells with an area of 1161 hectares .
| Name of the area | image | Identifier | Natural space | District / City | Description / remarks | Location | Area in hectares | Year of regulation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Rock | 10-010 | Gutland, Bitburger Land | Merzig-Wadern district | position | 113.7 | 1984 | ||
| Tree bush | 10-006 | Palatinate-Saarland Muschelkalkgebiet | Saarpfalz district | position | 23.1 | 1980 | ||
| Beruser forest | 10-016 | Palatinate-Saarland Muschelkalkgebiet | position | 36.4 | 1999 | |||
| Frankenbacher Hof | 10-015 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Neunkirchen district | position | 48.6 | 1999 | ||
| Geisweiler pond | 10-012 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Saarlouis district | position | 64.8 | 1999 | ||
| Heidhübel | 10-001 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Regional association Saarbrücken | District Malstatt-Burbach | position | 7.3 | 1979 | |
| Hölzerbachtal | 10-004 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Regional association Saarbrücken | Districts Quiigart and Fischbach | position | 51.8 | 1979 | |
| Hoxfels | 10-008 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Saarlouis district | position | 54.0 | 1980 | ||
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10-007 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Saarpfalz district | position | 74.4 | 1980 | |
| Kahlenberg | 10-009 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | District of St. Wendel | position | 67.3 | 1981 | ||
| Rheinfels | 10-005 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Regional association Saarbrücken | position | 51.8 | 1980 | ||
| Saar slopes | 10-013 | Hunsrück | Merzig-Wadern district | position | 42.9 | 1999 | ||
| Steinbachtal (with Emsenbruch) | 10-002 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Regional association Saarbrücken | District Malstatt-Burbach | position | 375.0 | 1979 | |
| Überlosheimer slope | 10-014 | Saar-Nahe mountain and hill country | Saarlouis district | position | 49.7 | 1999 | ||
| Weinbrunn | 10-003 | Regional association Saarbrücken | District Lauterbach (Warndt) | position | 54.2 | 1979 | ||
| Werbelergraben | 10-011 | Regional association Saarbrücken | position | 45.8 | 1996 |
See also
- List of nature reserves in Saarland
- List of landscape protection areas in Saarland
- List of FFH areas in Saarland
- List of EU bird protection areas in Saarland
- List of protected landscape components in Saarland
- List of natural monuments in Saarland
Individual evidence
- ↑ naturwaelder.de, database of natural forest reserves in Germany, Saarland
- ^ Forest Act for the Saarland of October 26, 1977, last amended by the law of April 5, 2006.
- ↑ naturwaelder.de, overviews of the areas of the NWR - as of November 24, 2016
- ↑ a b c d Official Journal of the Saarland: Announcement on the declaration of a forest area as a natural forest cell from June 5, 1979, pp. 678–684. Announcements for the Heidhübel, Emsenbruch, Weinbrunn and Hölzerbachtal natural forest cells.
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