Augsburg Nature Park - Western Forests
Augsburg Nature Park - Western Forests
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location | Bavaria , Swabia district | |
surface | 1225 km² | |
Identifier | NP-00006 | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 24 ' N , 10 ° 36' E | |
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Sea level | from 405 m to 654 m | |
Setup date | 10/01/1988 | |
administration | Augsburg Nature Park - Western Forests eV, Schwabmünchen |
The Augsburg - Western Forests nature park is the only nature park in Central Swabia and has an area of approx. 122,488 hectares (as of 2009).
The landscape of the nature park is characterized by wooded ridges and mainly stream valleys that run from south to north. It is part of the central Swabian gravel and hill country. Well-known landscapes in the nature park are the Holzwinkel around Welden , the Reischenau around Dinkelscherben and the perennials in the south.
43% of the area of the nature park is covered with forest . Around one cubic meter of wood is added every minute .
location
The nature park is bordered in the north by the Danube , in the east by the slopes of Wertach and Schmutter , in the west by the Mindel and in the south-west by the Flossach . The majority of the nature park is in the Augsburg district . The area has an asymmetrical diamond shape. The southern to southwestern edge of the area is in the Unterallgäu district , the western edge in the Günzburg district and the northern edge in the Dillingen an der Donau district . The northern tip of the nature park is near Donauwörth in the Donau-Ries district .
history
After an association ("Augsburg Nature Park - Western Forests eV") was founded in 1974, the nature park was officially recognized in 1988. The ordinance of the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment of August 22, 1988 designated an area of 1175 km² west of Augsburg as "Augsburg Nature Park - Western Forests". On October 1, 2007, the nature park was expanded to include areas in the city of Neusäß and in the city of Stadtbergen .
Landscape protection area
Around 55% of the area of the Augsburg - Western Forests nature park is protected as a landscape protection area ( Augsburg - Western Forests landscape protection area , LSG-00417.01). As of 2011, the protected landscape area comprised approx. 70,492 hectares. The following cities and districts in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia have a share in the Augsburg - Western Forests landscape protection area (as of December 31, 2011):
- City of Augsburg : 1,546.18 ha
- District of Augsburg : 42,910.06 ha
- District of Dillingen an der Donau : 6,955.38 ha
- District of Günzburg : 11,365.13 ha
- District of Unterallgäu : 7,081.79 ha
- Donau-Ries district : 633.76 hectares
In addition, numerous natural monuments have been identified in the nature park , for example the Ganghofer-Allee in Welden or the linden tree at the Gailenbach estate .
activities
hike
Over a thousand kilometers of marked hiking trails exist in the nature park. In addition to over fifty circular hiking trails, the following themed trails are of particular importance:
- The Schwäbisch-Allgäu hiking trail leads from Augsburg through the perennial landscape to Sonthofen in the Allgäu.
- The “Lueg ins Land” hiking trail makes it possible to cross the nature park from south to north from Türkheim to Wertingen.
- The Bavarian-Swabian Jakobusweg (Jakobus-Pilgerweg) leads in two ways from Augsburg into the Allgäu and on to Lake Constance .
- The “Pfarrer-Kneipp-Weg” runs between Biberbach , Augsburg , Türkheim and Bad Wörishofen .
- Water adventure path in Münsterhausen for children and adults with a water playground and a natural Kneipp facility
Nordic walking
There are six Nordic walking support points in the nature park, each with three circular routes of varying difficulty:
- Anhausen near Diedorf
- Deuringen near Stadtbergen
- Fischach ( Willmatshofen )
- Neusäß / Aystetten
- Straßberg near Bobingen
- Zusmarshausen
Cycling
There are more than a thousand kilometers of routes available for cyclists in the nature park. Some of the main routes marked are:
- The 7-Schwaben-Tour - 220 kilometers around the nature park
- The Zusam cycle path - from Bad Wörishofen or Mindelheim via Markt Wald along the Zusam to Donauwörth
- The VIA JULIA cycle path leads from Günzburg through the nature park to Augsburg and on to Salzburg
Attractions
Nature park house on the grounds of the Oberschönenfeld monastery
The permanent exhibition "Nature and People in the Nature Park" is shown in the Nature Park House, which opened in 1992 and is located in an outbuilding of the Cistercian Abbey of Oberschönenfeld south of Gessertshausen . In addition, from 1974 to 1980, the “Glaserschusterhaus” from Döpshofen, a perennial house typical of the area, was rebuilt at the monastery and made accessible as a museum. This mercenary property is the last thatched small farmhouse in the Augsburg area. In past centuries this design was typical for the perennials, the southern part of the nature park. In other former farm buildings of the abbey, the Swabian district now operates the Swabian Folklore Museum Oberschönenfeld .
The permanent exhibition “Nature and People in the Nature Park” was fundamentally renewed in 2014 and now also has many media elements and a large diorama that can be accessed directly using a crawl tube.
Perennial house near Oberschönenfeld Monastery
Further sights in the Augsburg Nature Park - Western Forests
- Public observatory with planetarium and astronomical pergola in Streitheim
- Celtic entrenchments, early and high medieval ramparts and castle stables (e.g. the Haldenburg near Schwabegg)
- The Weiherhof from the 18th century.
- Fugger Castle Kirchheim , from the 18th century, with the “Cedernsaal”, one of the most beautiful Renaissance halls in Europe. The hall has a coffered ceiling made with cedar wood from Lebanon and 14 native woods, all in their natural colors.
- Mariengrotte in Wollmetshofen
- The pilgrimage church of St. Michael in Violau from the 18th century and observatory
- Pilgrimage church Maria Vesperbild near Ziemetshausen
- Pilgrimage church in Biberbach
- Pilgrimage Church of All Saints near Scheppach ( Jettingen-Scheppach Market )
- Votive Church of St. Thekla in Welden
- Gailenbach Castle in Edenbergen
- Pilgrimage church "Our Lady" in Münsterhausen (Chapel of Grace built on the model of Altötting)
- Numerous smaller baroque and rococo churches of the "Swabian Pfaffenwinkel"
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Green List of Nature Parks , publisher: Bavarian State Office for the Environment (pdf), accessed on March 4, 2019
- ↑ http://naturpark-augsburg.de/wp-content/uploads/NP-Satzung-2014_K01.pdf. (PDF) In: naturpark-augsburg.de. Retrieved June 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Green List of Landscape Protection Areas in Swabia. (PDF) In: www.lfu.bayern.de. Retrieved June 29, 2015 . , Page 5