Eichhall natural forest reserve

NSG Eichhall natural forest reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Rohrbrunner Forst , Aschaffenburg district , Bavaria
surface	72.06 hectares
Identifier	NSG-00740.01
WDPA ID	378133
Geographical location	49 ° 55 '  N , 9 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '50 "  N , 9 ° 24' 49"  E
Setup date	2005
administration	Aschaffenburg district

The Eichhall natural forest reserve is a nature reserve with a population of around 400-year-old oaks and is located in the Heisterblock in the non-parish Rohrbrunner Forst in the district of Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia . The nature reserve is located west of the Geiersberg in the Spessart and covers an area of ​​around 72 hectares . In the area, the highest average annual precipitation of the Spessart is measured at 1,100 millimeters per year . The forest was probably formed as a result of slash and burn by refugees during the Thirty Years' War as an initially pure oak forest; beeches were only brought in about 200 years ago . The forest was used for the production of construction and veneer wood until 2002 , but since then the forest has been left to its own devices and, with an area of ​​66.8 ha, is also protected as a natural forest reserve .

Together with the Rohrberg nature reserve approx. 2 km away , the Eichhall natural forest reserve forms an important focus of the Heisterblock for the conservation of rare species.

The collar snapper occurs in the nature reserve . He benefits from the old stock of trees in which there are woodpecker holes that he can use for breeding. The woodpecker's caves are also used by bats and a swift colony . In Eichhall, 200 deadwood beetle species have been recorded, 80 of which are threatened with extinction, such as the hermit .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Aschaffenburg district

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eichhall Natural Forest Reserve on the homepage of the Bavarian State Institute for Forestry and Forestry
2. ↑ The Heisterblock in the Hochspesssart

Web links

• Giant trees in the Spessart Nature Park (published as a joint project of the Spessart Nature Park and the government of Lower Franconia; PDF; 1.6 MB)