Meulenwald

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Kellerberg observation tower

The Meulenwald , also called Mühlenwald , is up to 448.8  m above sea level. NHN high red sandstone ridge in the southern part of the Eifel in the Rhineland-Palatinate districts of Trier-Saarburg , Bernkastel-Wittlich and the independent city of Trier ( Germany ).

geography

location

The Meulenwald extends as part of the Moselle Eifel from Ehrang / Quint in the north of Triers in the south-west to the Wittlich valley near Salmtal in the north-east and between Zemmer in the west and Hetzerath in the east. In the southwest it extends to the Kyll and in the northeast to the Salm , both tributaries of the Moselle ; The Quintbach and the Bendersbach flow within the ridge .

Natural allocation

The ridge forms the sub-unit Meulenwald (270.7) in the natural spatial main unit group Eastern Eifel (No. 27) and in the main unit Moseleifel (270 ). It meets the Arenrath plateau (270.61) in the north-northeast and the Naurath Horst (270.60), two natural areas belonging to the Wittlicher Heckenland subunit (270.6).

The landscape falls to the east - with a short border section - into the natural area of ​​the Hetzerather Plateau (251.01) and to the south-east into the natural area of Föhrener Kuppenland (251.00), which in the main unit Wittlicher Senke (251) belong to the subunit Southern Sink (251.0), as well as to the south in the natural area Palliener Sandsteinfelsen (250.01), which belongs in the main unit Middle Moselle Valley (250) to the subunit Trier valley widening (250.0); they are all part of the main unit group Moselle Valley (25).

In addition, the landscape descends to the south-southwest to west into the Unteres Kylltal subunit (261.3) and to the northwest into the Speicherer plateau edge (261.40) and to the north into the Herforster sandstone plateau (261.41) , two natural areas of the Speicherer Plateau subunit (261.4); they are all part of the main unit group Gutland (26) belonging to the main unit Bitburger Gutland and Oeslingvorland (261).

mountains

The mountains or elevations of the Meulenwald include - sorted by height in meters (m) above sea ​​level (NHN):

Localities

Localities in and on the Meulenwald are:

nature

flora

In the southern part of the Meulenwald is almost entirely wooded; typical tree is the pine . The northern part, where the forest again and again with bush -lined glades is penetrated is as Heckenland referred.

The Meulenwald near Trier-Quint is home to more than 350 foreign trees. Most of the specimens were planted in the 1950s to observe their viability. In addition to the Nordmann firs (native to the Caucasus) that have been established in Central Europe, there are around 40  sequoias in this foreign forest , including two primeval sequoia trees . These trees, which originated in China, were considered extinct until 1941. In addition, Douglas firs up to 65 meters high make the Meulenwald unique. They are considered to be the tallest trees in Rhineland-Palatinate. From autumn 2011 the specimens will be on display on a 3.8 km long circular path near the Trier Forestry Office in Quint. From western North America 32 Douglas firs, 24  noble firs , eleven West American hemlocks , nine Colorado firs , 22  coastal firs , 24  giant arborvitae and 18  incense cedar are represented, from the eastern part of North America five yellow birches , more than 40  Giant sequoia trees , a robinia , 38  red oaks and four tulip trees . The 21  sweet chestnuts originally come from the Mediterranean, 26 Nordmann firs from the Caucasus, and three ginkgo trees from Asia. There are also 20  Japanese larches (Japan), six Korean firs (Korea), 17  cake trees (East Asia), 12 primeval sequoias (China) and 19 brown-grain birch trees  (Siberian tundra). In a larger clearing, in addition to the old stands, three young trees of each of the species listed have been planted.

Protected areas

In Meulenwald parts are the protected landscape Meulenwald and city forest Trier ( CDDA -No 322963;. Reported in 1990; 132.8424  square kilometers in size). In the south-eastern neighborhood of the forest is the Ried am Föhrenbach nature reserve (CDDA no. 165172; 1991; 44.3  ha ).

Forest area of ​​the year 2012

The Meulenwald has been named "Forest Area of ​​the Year 2012" by the Association of German Foresters (BDF). This award was presented for the first time and is intended to establish itself as a brand to sharpen the public's eye for beauty, biological diversity and human benefits.

Legends

The tyrannical Archbishop Milo von Trier (718–758), son of Archbishop Liutwin von Trier, is said to have died in a hunting accident in the Meulenwald. It is said that his ghost is still haunted today.

Another spook in the Meulenwald is said to emanate from the spirit of the Roman governor and cruel persecutor of Christians, Rictius Varus , who lived in the 3rd century.

Meulenwald Autobahn

It has been planned for decades to extend federal motorway 64 through the Meulenwald and connect it to federal motorway 1 . The ascent of the Moselle plays an important role in its realization . Although the state government has now distanced itself from the project, the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure under Federal Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt included it in the new Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ^ Otmar Werle: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 148/149 Trier / Mettendorf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1974. →  Online map (PDF; 4.5 MB)
  3. ↑ Christiane Wolff: World tour through the Meulenwald. August 1, 2011, on volksfreund.de
  4. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  5. ↑ The "forest area of ​​the year 2012" is the Meulenwald ... , on wald-rlp.de
  6. ↑ Will the ascent of the Moselle and the Meulenwald motorway come after all? In: wochenspiegellive.de. June 17, 2014, accessed March 9, 2017 .