Gierather Wald nature reserve

Gierather Wald nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Forest with birch trees between the golf course and Alt Refrath
location	Bergisch Gladbach , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	189 hectares
Identifier	GL-057
WDPA ID	329391
Geographical location	50 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '15 "  N , 7 ° 6' 50"  E
Setup date	2002
Framework plan	Landscape plan south district (Bergisch Gladbach, Overath, Rösrath)
administration	Lower landscape authority Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis

The Gierather Wald nature reserve extends in the Bergisch Gladbach urban area between Gierath and Brandroster in the west, Schlodderdich in the north, the golf course in the east, and Sandbüchel and Saaler Mühle in the south. It is part of the Schluchter Heide and the Bergische Heideterrasse .

The designation of the protected area serves to preserve and develop the deciduous forest area typical of the natural area, which is traversed by near-natural brooks and has larger peat-moss-rich wet areas as well as birch and alder swamps.

Mining

In the mid-19th century the forest was in mining in Gierather open pit on iron operated. These were the mines Grube Emma , Grube Franconia , Grube Habsburg and the Hohenzollern mine . You can still see the pings in the middle of the forest from the Habsburg mine .

See also

• Deutzer Weiher
• Kradepohlsmühle nature reserve
• List of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis
• Schluchter Heide

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Südkreis" landscape plan (Bergisch Gladbach, Overath, Rösrath), text part. (PDF) The District Administrator of the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis, 2008, pp. 73–74 , accessed on February 19, 2017 . 
2. ^ "Gierather Wald" nature reserve (GL-057) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

Commons : Gierather Wald nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• rheinland.info - Gierather Wald nature reserve accessed on February 18, 2017
• The Bergisch - Gierather Wald nature reserve accessed on February 18, 2017