Steigerwald Nature Park
On March 8, 1988, the Bavarian State Ministry for Regional Development and Environmental Issues designated an area of 1,280 km² in northern Bavaria ( Germany ) as the Steigerwald Nature Park . About half of the area are landscape protection areas . The nature park is operated by the Steigerwald Tourist Association and Steigerwald Nature Park e. V.
The landscape is characterized by deciduous and coniferous forest, ponds and viticulture.
location
The Steigerwald lies at the intersection of the Franconian administrative districts of Lower , Middle and Upper Franconia, marked by the Dreifrankenstein . It is located between the cities of Bamberg , Schweinfurt , Würzburg and Nuremberg . In the north it is bounded by the course of the Main and in the east by the Regnitz . The border in the south forms the Aisch , in the west again the Main and in the extension a line from Marktbreit via Uffenheim to Bad Windsheim .
Steigerwald Nature Park vs. Steigerwald natural area
Unlike many other nature parks, which are only vaguely based on the namesake and are often only defined by municipal boundaries, the demarcation of the Steigerwald nature park is based relatively closely on the boundaries of the physical low mountain range or the natural area after which it is named. Deviations from the natural Steigerwald are:
- The natural area containing the entire Main valley between Steigerwald and Haßbergen while the Nature Park is only up to the main center; in the narrower sense , the physical Steigerwald does not contain the valley in any proportion.
- The valley of the Aisch from Dottenheim does not belong to the natural area, but the nature park usually goes up above Höchstadt to the middle of the river.
- The area around Bad Windsheim belongs to the natural spatial main unit Windsheimer Bucht , main unit group Mainfränkische Platten ; the nature park opposite goes up to the Aisch.
statistics
Area shares according to government districts
Total size: 1,280 km²
| Administrative district | surface | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Franconia | 634 km² | 49% |
| Upper Franconia | 216 km² | 17% |
| Lower Franconia | 430 km² | 34% |
Area shares by district
Total size: 1,280 km²
| district | surface | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Bamberg | 214 km² | 16.72% |
| Erlangen-Höchstadt | 104 km² | 8.13% |
| Hatred Mountains | 176 km² | 13.75% |
| Kitzingen | 192 km² | 15.00% |
| Neustadt ad Aisch - Bad Windsheim | 536 km² | 41.88% |
| Schweinfurt | 58 km² | 4.52% |
Landscape protection areas by government district
Total size: 675 km² (around 53% of the nature park)
| Administrative district | surface | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Franconia | 34 km² | 5% |
| Upper Franconia | 216 km² | 32% |
| Lower Franconia | 425 km² | 63% |
Ownership of the forest areas
Total size: 512.7 km² (around 40% of the nature park)
| Form of ownership | surface | proportion of |
|---|---|---|
| Federal forest | 0.8 km² | 0% |
| Corporate forest | 145.5 km² | 29% |
| Private forest | 190.4 km² | 37% |
| State forest | 175.9 km² | 34% |
National park discussion
Since March 2007, the inclusion of parts of northern Steigerwald Nature Park is the UNESCO - World Heritage program by the reclassification into a National Park controversial Steigerwald. A study by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation lists those parts of the Steigerwald as particularly worthy of protection due to the very rare red beech primeval forest and the immense diversity of species . Around 11,000 hectares , which makes up almost nine percent of the state forest , are to be converted into a national park according to the concept. Interest of private forest owners, corporate forest owners , the forestry and agriculture and political camps try this especially in view of the loss to prevent jobs.
That is why the former Bamberg District Administrator Günther Denzler (CSU) acted simply shortly before his end of office. On April 16, 2014, he designated the 775-hectare protected area “ Der Hohe Buchene Wald ” ( protected landscape component), which the state government and state forests wanted to reverse. Initially, there was no legally correct procedure for this.
The controversial protected area was withdrawn by ordinance in September 2015 due to illegality. This “illegality” has now also been established by the government of Upper Franconia. This is why the ordinance was repealed on September 1, 2015. According to the legal opinion of the government of Upper Franconia, "the ordinance of the Bamberg district office on the protected landscape component of the high beech forest in the Ebracher forest of April 16, 2014 is illegal, since the ordinance is not covered by the authorization basis of § 29 BNatSchG." The government of Upper Franconia also writes that "the Hohe Buchene Forest is not a suitable subject of protection for a protected part of the landscape". According to the government, it is “not an object lifted out of the landscape, as the law requires. Therefore, the regulation had to be repealed for reasons of the rule of law and also in the interests of legal clarity and certainty. "
Advocates
Bernhard Grzimek is considered one of the first and most famous proponents of the Steigerwald National Park , and the German forest scientist Georg Sperber advocated it. At the end of April 2008, nature conservation associations set up the Friends of the Pro National Park Steigerwald to promote the national park idea together. Nine regional and supraregional interest groups are active in the association, including the Bund Naturschutz in Bayern , the Landesbund für Vogelschutz in Bayern and WWF Deutschland (as of November 13, 2010). Since the beginning of October 2009 the Freundeskreis has been running an information office in the market town of Ebrach .
opponent
Shortly beforehand, the opponents of the National Park launched the Verein Unser Steigerwald e. V. founded. In addition to over 3,000 private individuals (as of July 2010), its members include 17 organizations such as the Bavarian Forest Owners Association , various regional groups of the Bavarian Farmers' Association and the Lower Franconia Forestry Association, plus 14 of the communities in the planned national park area (as of November 13, 2010). Instead of a national park, the opponents are voting for a stepping stone concept of the Bavarian State Forests : The Ebrach forestry operation takes small parts of the forest area out of use and networks the stepping stones distributed over the state forest area via corridors. The remaining forest area continues to be cultivated.
was standing
Former Bavarian Environment Minister Markus Söder saw no future for a Steigerwald National Park as long as it was not supported by the general public. However, this is currently not the case in the Steigerwald, explained Söder at the beginning of November 2010 on the sidelines of the ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Bavarian Forest National Park .
On July 12, 2011, the Bavarian State Government decided against establishing a national park in the Steigerwald. Instead, a center for sustainable forest management has been set up in Handthal . It opened in September 2014. The meeting and event location is intended to attract tourists as well as providing educational offers. The Steigerwald treetop path was opened in 2016 .
See also
cards
- State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation Bavaria: Steigerwald Nature Park - southern part . Area map 1: 50,000. Aischgrund, Bad Windsheim, Erlangen, Fürth, Kitzingen. With hiking trails, bike trails, grids for GPS users. March 6, 2009. ( ISBN 978-3-86038-426-8 )
- State Office for Surveying and Geoinformation Bavaria: Steigerwald Nature Park - northern part . Area map 1: 50,000. Hassfurt, Schlüsselfeld, Kitzingen, Bamberg. With hiking trails, bike trails, grids for GPS users. March 6, 2009. ( ISBN 978-3-86038-428-2 )
literature
- Georg Sperber & Thomas Stephan: Franconia's natural heritage - beech forests in the Steigerwald . Bamberg: Franconian Day 2008. 176 pages. ( ISBN 978-3-93689-762-3 )
Web links
- Tourist information Steigerwald
- The Steigerwald Nature Park in the Association of German Nature Parks (VDN)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ordinance on the "Steigerwald Nature Park" of March 8, 1988. In: GVBl 1988, p. 95 ( gesetze-bayern.de ).
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ Emil Meynen , Josef Schmithüsen (editor): 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).
- ↑ Chance of the Century. In: Franconian Day , Bamberg. Section opinion and background . March 10, 2007.
- ↑ Michael Wehner: All of Franconia would be proud of that. In: Franconian Day , Bamberg. Section Local . March 10, 2007.
- ↑ Much skepticism towards the Steigerwald World Heritage Site. In: Main-Post , Würzburg. Gerolzhofen rubric . March 22, 2007.
- ↑ Fight for the title of World Heritage Site. In: Main-Post , Würzburg. Section Burghaslach / Gerolzhofen . March 26, 2007.
- ↑ Christian Sebald: Lucky Fall Steigerwald - Where the beeches grow into the sky . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , Munich. Bavaria section . August 27, 2007.
- ↑ BfN working group "Beech Forests": Natural Heritage Beech Forests - Situation Analysis and Action Requirements (PDF; 928 kB) . Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . May 19, 2008.
- ↑ Ralf Straußberger : INFO aktuell - On the way to the Steigerwald National Park (PDF; 490 kB) . Information brochure of the Freundeskreis' National Park Steigerwald . February 28, 2009.
- ↑ Rafaela von Bredow: Back to the jungle . In: Der Spiegel 1/2008. December 31, 2007. pp. 114-115.
- ↑ Heiner Kiesel & Michael Borgers: Where the jungle is supposed to grow, trouble grows . In: Deutsche Welle . Biodiversity heading . January 11, 2010.
- ↑ Viola Franke: National Park - "No thanks!" ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Bavarian television . Broadcast weeds. The fat dog . May 31, 2010.
- ↑ Katja Auer: The house of the saw . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , Munich. Bavaria section . September 14, 2014.
- ↑ Our Steigerwald eV . Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
- ^ Günter Flegel: From East Africa to Lower Franconia (PDF; 2.2 MB). In: Franconian Day , Bamberg. Category Hassgau, Maintal, Steigerwald . April 24, 2009. p. 20.
- ↑ Georg Sperber: A National Park for Franconia (PDF; 313 kB). In: National Park 2/2007. Pp. 4-8.
- ^ Herbert Hackl: Riot in the Steigerwald . In: The first . Show W for knowledge . April 19, 2009.
- ↑ Ralf Straußberger: Friends of the Pro National Park Steigerwald founded (PDF; 21 kB). In: Press release of the Freundeskreis' Pro National Park Steigerwald . April 24, 2008.
- ^ Ralf Straußberger: New information office opened in Ebrach (PDF; 78 kB). In: Press release of the Freundeskreis' Steigerwald National Park . October 2, 2009.
- ↑ National parks: dispute over the Steigerwald ( memento from July 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: Bavarian television . Broadcast Rundschau . October 8, 2010.
