Nonnenbruchwald
The Nonnenbruchwald ( French: Forêt de Nonnenbruch ) is a French forest area in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace . It covers part of the districts in the northwest of the greater Mulhouse area . It is the most important forest area in the west of the Mülhausen region in the heart of the Ochsenfeld .
location
The area is divided into the districts of the following municipalities:
- Aspach-le-Bas , German: Niederaspach
- Berrweiler
- Bollweiler
- Cernay , German: Sennheim
- Ensisheim
- Feldkirch
- Kingersheim
- Lutterbach
- Pfastatt
- Pulversheim
- Reiningue , German: Reiningen
- Richwiller , German: Reichweiler
- Ruelisheim
- Schweighouse-Thann , German: Schweighausen
- Relay fields
- Uffholtz
- Ungersheim
- Wittelsheim
- Wittenheim
features
The contiguous forest area was fragmented by the mining activity without this being able to endanger its continued existence. The potash mines were exploited for 100 years, from 1904 to 2004, and then shut down. Today it is threatened by the advancing development of the region.
This forest, the soil of which is covered with loess , is located in the alluvial cone of Doller and Thur . The forest is interspersed with steppe-like clearings , heaps and old stone quarries in which ponds form. The wind erosion of the heaps increased the salinity of the soil and, to some extent, changed the landscape. Numerous hiking trails make it possible to cross the forest and get to the various communities. By ordinance of May 25, 2004, the forest area on an area of 340.2239 hectares in the area of the communities Kingersheim, Lutterbach, Pfastatt, Reiningen, Reichweiler and Wittenheim was declared a forest reserve.
Trees
The Nonnenbruchwald is characterized by the following deciduous trees: oak , red beech , hornbeam , ash , and Scots pine .
biodiversity
On the occasion of the biodiversity day in 2011, natural scientists recorded the animal species occurring at the Rothmoos and Silbermättle in the south of the former Amélie II potash mine named after Amélie Zurcher (municipalities of Reichweiler and Wittelsheim). The occurrence of 37 species that are on the Red List in Alsace could be proven.
fauna
Mammals
- Marten : mouse weasel (is on the red list of mammals endangered in Alsace), badger , stone marten , ermine (is on the red list of mammals endangered in Alsace), pine marten , polecat (is on the red list of mammals endangered in Alsace)
- Rodents : large vole , squirrel , garden dormouse , dormouse , harvest mouse , muskrat , brown rat , house mouse
- Deer : deer
- Hedgehog : Brown-breasted hedgehog
- Rodents: wild rabbit (on the Red List of Endangered Mammals in Alsace), Brown Hare (on the Red List of Endangered Mammals in Alsace)
- Dogs : red fox
- Pigs , wild boar
- Beaver rat
Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 49 ″ N , 7 ° 17 ′ 20 ″ E