Wet heather

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Wet heather
Cruciform group
The Fichtel Mountains in northeast Bavaria

The Fichtel Mountains in northeast Bavaria

Location of the wet heath in the Fichtel Mountains

Location of the wet heath in the Fichtel Mountains

Highest peak Kreuzstein ( 838  m above sea  level )
location Bavaria , Germany
Coordinates 49 ° 59 ′  N , 11 ° 48 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′  N , 11 ° 48 ′  E
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The Nasse Heide (also known as the Kreuzstein group ) in the Fichtelgebirge is a wooded ridge in front of the Ochsenkopf to the southeast , which is bounded in the west by the Warm Steinach and in the east by the Fichtelnaab .

Naturally , it belongs to the main unit of the Hohes Fichtelgebirge (394). Since September 2010 there has been a preliminary redesign of the natural areas of northeast Bavaria, according to which the cruciform group is part of a more finely defined sub-unit of the Hohes Fichtelgebirge (in the narrower sense) .

geography

Wet heathland in the narrower sense today means the partly swampy high plateau around the highest elevation, the Kreuzstein ( 838  m above sea  level ) and the summit selection Schanzberg ( 742  m above sea  level ), Geißberg ( 818  m above sea  level ), Platte ( 830  m above sea  level ), Klausenberg ( 835  m above sea  level ), Scheibenberg ( 800  m above sea  level ), Mittelberg ( 670  m above sea  level ), Tannenberg ( 711  m above sea  level ) and Schwarzberg ( 682  m above sea  level ) NN ).

The communities Mehlmeisel , Brand and Immenreuth are located on the Nassen Heide.

history

Originally, the southwestern Fichtelgebirge was divided into two heaths (pastures): The Hohe Heide west of the Schneeberg and the Königsheide south of the Ochsenkopf massif, east of the Warm Steinach also called the wet heath described here. Today, the Nasse Heide is also known as the Kreuzstein group after its highest point . The rivers Haidenaab and Tauritzbach , among others, originate in it, and it is bounded in the east by the Fichtelnaab.

Historically, these names are still valid today, since it was not until 1542 that a certain Caspar Brusch wrote a booklet about the Fichtelgebirge and (without any historical background) only referred to the area between Ochsenkopf and Weidenberg as Königsheide .

Development

Numerous marked hiking trails, which were created by the Fichtelgebirgsverein , run through the forest area. The main hiking trails Westweg, Südweg and Mittelweg come from the west and open up the forest area for hikers.

Contemplations of nature

The autochthonous tree species that covers the ridge and the slopes is the spruce . Most of the forest was cut down in 1848 and the ridge was not afforested for many years. In 1880, the forest administration decided to sow mountain pine seeds. The mountain pines, which are up to five meters high, date from this time.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ E. Meynen and J. Schmithüsen : Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany - Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Remagen / Bad Godesberg 1953–1962 (9 deliveries in 8 books, updated map 1: 1,000,000 with main units 1960)
  2. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  3. ^ Karl Heinrich Vollrath: Viola in Northeast Bavaria (page 132-133)
  4. ↑ Geodata with the BayernAtlas
  5. ↑ Hohe Heide in a physical-statistical description of the Fichtelgebirge
  6. ↑ Königsheide in a physical-statistical description of the Fichtelgebirge
  7. ↑ Nasse Heide in a physical-statistical description of the Fichtelgebirge
  8. ↑ Myrtles for thorns - stories from Weidenberg

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