Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park
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Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park
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 Location of the nature park in Germany |
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| location | Bavarian Forest , Cham-Further Senke , Upper Palatinate Forest | |
| surface | 1733 km² | |
| Identifier | NP-00007 | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 14 ' N , 12 ° 42' E | |
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| Setup date | 1989 | |
| administration | Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park, Cham | |
The Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park is the fourth largest nature park in Bavaria at 1,733 km² .
landscape
The nature park covers the entire area of the Cham district and the eastern part of the Schwandorf district . In the northwest it borders on the Upper Palatinate Forest Nature Park , in the east on the Czech Republic , in the south on the Bavarian Forest Nature Park .
The highest elevations are Großer Osser (1293 m), Hoher Bogen (1079 m), Kaitersberg (1133 m), Enzian (1285 m), Schwarzeck (1238 m), Zwercheck (1333 m) and Kleiner Arber (1384 m). The proportion of the forest is around 40 percent today. 76 percent of the nature park area is under landscape protection. 2084 hectares are designated as a nature reserve in the nature park.
geology
The mica schist on the Osser and the chalk transgression in the Obertrübenbach quarry are among Bavaria's most beautiful geotopes. In addition to the predominant crystalline stones of granite and gneiss , there are different types of covering sediments , silica and calcareous rocks, Urkalk , mica schist and the geological features of the 150-km long, partly in towering turrets and battlements stake back quartzites and pile shale . For mineral collectors there are guided tours in the Fürstenzeche Lam .
nature
Widely known is the Bärwurz , which occurs in the mountains, from which the Bärwurz schnapps is distilled . Rare orchids can be discovered in some meadow valleys . The nature reserve Regentalaue west of Cham offers bird lovers good observation possibilities with the red chalk pond.
Protected areas
Nature reserves
- Hell Nature Reserve
- Nature reserve Kleiner Arbersee
- Moor area near Arrach
- Neubäuer pond
- Stake nature reserve
- Schwärzenberg pile ruin
- Regentalaue nature reserve between Cham and Pösing
- Regental slopes nature reserve between Kirchenrohrbach and Zenzing
- Nature reserve Schlossberg von Sattelpeilnstein
- Falkenstein Castle Park Nature Reserve
- Weichselbrunner Weiher nature reserve and dry pine forest near Bodenwöhr
- Forest and heathland nature reserve east of Bodenwöhr and Bruck id OPf.
Geotopes
South of Pingarten is the former quarry in the Pingarten porphyry . The abandoned quarry is one of the 100 most beautiful geotopes in Bavaria.
history
The oldest human traces in the nature park go back to prehistoric times. One of the most beautiful hand axes in Germany was found near Pösing in the Regental . It comes from the last interglacial period and is around 80,000 years old. There are numerous archaeological finds not only from the Paleolithic Age , but also from all other great prehistoric epochs up to the Roman Empire . The late Neolithic settlement of the so-called Chamer group near Knöbling is famous . Prehistoric and early historical ramparts are located on Galgenberg near Cham , Lamberg, Traitsching and Zenching , among others .
leisure
There are many smaller lakes in the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park. The rain course from Blaibach to Regensburg serves as a boat route for 120 kilometers. A dense network of hiking trails and marked bike paths leads through the nature park. Downhill pistes and cross-country skiing trails are available in winter.
Sacred buildings and castles
The Walderbach monastery church is one of the most beautiful Romanesque churches that the Cistercians built in Germany. Her monumental Romanesque paintings are considered an important sight. The magnificent Reichenbach monastery church is a double-towered, three-aisled Romanesque basilica with wonderful stucco work and paintings.
The variety of forms of the pilgrimage church Weißenregen, located high above Bad Kötzting , with the fisherman's pulpit by Johann Paul Hager is unparalleled. One of the most famous pilgrimage churches is located in Neukirchen near the Holy Blood . When in 1658 the Franciscans added their monastery to the current 500-year-old parish church, they used a building solution that was important for the history of the liturgy : They broke open the east wall of the parish church and added their choir behind the high altar , the back of which they used as an altar a grid on. The double altar is a precious Augsburg goldsmith's work from around 1750. The pilgrimage churches of Heilbrünnl , Lamberg, Schönferchen as well as the Margaret Chapel near Einsiedel, the Tannerl near Falkenstein and other small chapels are worth seeing . Among the secular buildings, the ruins and castles are an expression of the former task of the Nordgau to secure the Holy Roman Empire to the east.
See also
Web links
- Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park
- Bayerischer-wald.org - Tourist website of the communities in the Upper Bavarian Forest Nature Park