Echinger Lohe
Coordinates: 48 ° 17 ′ 58.4 " N , 11 ° 38 ′ 36.5" E
The nature reserve Echinger Lohe is located in the Munich gravel plain in the area of the municipality of Eching in the district of Freising . It has a size of 23.8 hectares , is registered under NSG-00044.01 and has existed as a nature reserve since 1951. The area was designated as a natural forest reserve in 1978 .
It is a species-rich mixed forest of oak , hornbeam , elm , ash and maple ; sloe hedges at the edge of the forest . Many rare and protected plant and animal species have a habitat here. The Echinger Lohe was once part of a wide forest area between heathland and moss landscape. The forest was preserved because it was owned by the state; Forestry is prohibited in this protected area. Originally it was a Hudewald , in which cattle and pigs were driven to forage.
The Garchinger Heide nature reserve joins just under half a kilometer in a south-easterly direction (the nature reserve itself, additional expansion and buffer areas); A biotope network is sought.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Bavarian State Forests: Echinger Lohe Natural Forest Reserve , accessed on October 7, 2015.
Web links
- Echinger Lohe - mysterious and like a jungle , Süddeutsche Zeitung from March 14, 2011.
- Eching municipality: "Echinger Lohe" nature reserve
- Protected Areas Ordinance (PDF) on the district's homepage