Münstereifel forest
Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 20 ″ N , 6 ° 49 ′ 23 ″ E
The Münstereifeler Wald is a wooded area in the northern part of the Eifel in North Rhine-Westphalia ( Germany ). In the south it borders on Rhineland-Palatinate . It is 237 km² and between 200 and 500 m above sea level. NHN high.
geography
The mountain and forest landscape of the Münstereifel forest is located in the Euskirchen district around the city of Bad Münstereifel . Its area borders in the west on the Kalkeifel , in the south and east on the Ahr Mountains and in the north on the Zülpicher Börde , which forms the transition between the Eifel and the Lower Rhine Bay .
Belong to the mountains of the Münstereifel forest
- Michelsberg ( 586.1 m above sea level ),
- Knippberg ( 537.3 m above sea level ),
- Long head ( 530.4 m above sea level ),
- Fanisberg ( 508 m above sea level ),
- Bollscheider Kopf ( 474.1 m above sea level ),
- Hirnberg ( 456.4 m above sea level ),
- Stockert ( 433.9 m above sea level ), on which the " Astropeiler Stockert radio telescope " stands,
- Chicken ( 428.7 m above sea level ).
Landscape image
The area of the Münstereifel forest is characterized by extensive beech forests, but also has oak and spruce stands . 7.2% of the total area is FFH protected area with near-natural grove and woodruff beech forest . Another 1.2% are designated as a nature reserve. Numerous near-natural flowing and still waters can be found in the Münstereifel Forest, including the Eschweiler Bach, which is a western tributary of the Erft .
In the Münstereifel Forest you can also find rare animal species that require large forest areas such as the Bechstein's bat and the wildcat . In addition, the forest provides habitat for gray-headed woodpecker , black woodpecker , red kite , kingfisher and greater mouse-eared .
Natural allocation
In the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany , the Münstereifeler Wald forms sub-unit 274.1 in main unit group 27 Eastern Eifel and sub-unit 274.1 in main unit 274 north-eastern edge of the Eifel.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Münstereifeler Wald landscape profile of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ↑ All specified heights according to Topographic Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( information ), accessed on August 5, 2015.