Upper Arnsberg Forest

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Upper Arnsberg Forest
The Upper Arnsberg Forest seen from the direction of Warstein.
The Upper Arnsberg Forest seen from the direction of Warstein .
Systematics according to Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany
Greater region 1st order Low mountain range threshold
Greater region 2nd order Rhenish Slate Mountains
Main unit group 33 →
Süderbergland
About main unit 334 →
North Sauerland Oberland
Natural space 334.3 →
Upper Arnsberg Forest
Geographical location
Coordinates 51 ° 26 '54 "  N , 8 ° 13' 9"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '54 "  N , 8 ° 13' 9"  E
Upper Arnsberg Forest (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Upper Arnsberg Forest
Location Upper Arnsberg Forest
local community Arnsberg , Warstein , Möhnesee , Rüthen
state North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany

The Upper Arnsberg Forest ("Buchwald") is a natural spatial unit with the order number 334.3 within the North Sauerland Oberland (334). According to the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany, it includes the southern and eastern Arnsberg Forest on the urban / community areas of Arnsberg , Möhnesee and Warstein with smaller parts of Rüthen on the eastern edge.

The terrain is divided into ridges and valleys in an east-west direction, which rise to 300 to 400  m above sea level. Rise above sea ​​level . Geologically, the natural area is based on folded greywacke slates of the Rhenish Slate Mountains . A terrain level of approx. 50 m on the line Neheim - Colony Neuhaus - Allagen clearly delimits it from the Lower Arnsberg Forest (334.2) to the north , which has a much flatter terrain and a milder climate. In the south the Upper Arnsberg Forest merges into the Plackweghöhe (334.5), in the east the Warsteiner Hügelland (334.4) joins it.

In contrast to the Lower Arnsberg Forest (“Eichwald”), in the Upper Arnsberg Forest, in addition to large-scale coniferous forests, beech forests are mostly found.

Natural structure

The Upper Arnsberg Forest is subdivided into smaller natural units:

  • 334.3 Upper Arnsberg Forest

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Martin Bürgener: Geographical land survey: The natural spatial units on sheet 110 Arnsberg. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1969. →  Online map (PDF; 6.1 MB)