Pähler gorge

Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 37 ″  N , 11 ° 11 ′ 9 ″  E

Pähler gorge​

Bavaria

The Pähler Gorge is a nature reserve and geotope near the municipality of Pähl in the Weilheim-Schongau district in Upper Bavaria .

Geotope and geomorphology

Since August 23, 1983, the 16.36  hectare area north of Bundesstraße 2 and east of Pähl Castle has been a nature reserve. The nature reserve (NSG100.078) extends essentially to the left and right of the banks of the Burgleitenbach over a length of about one kilometer and a width of about 100 m.

The Pähler Gorge is known nationwide for its waterfall with a free fall height of 16 m. The back of the waterfall is accessible. Here the Burgleitenbach falls, which among other things at around 2 km east and 760  m above sea level. NN located Berndorfer Buchet springs, a tuff notch in the gorge. The waterfall can be reached on foot from Pähl in about an hour.

In the spring of 2014, the canyon forest was heavily thinned and almost all old trees were removed. The forest area, which was previously characterized by closed high forest with rich herbaceous growth and secondary natural age structure of the trees, has been largely converted into open land. The long-term effects were controversial.

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See also

• List of nature reserves in the Weilheim-Schongau district

literature

• NSG100.078 Pähler Schlucht environmental object catalog Bavaria
• Protected area map on a scale of 1: 25,000 Official Journal of the Government of Upper Bavaria from September 9, 1983, B1217B, p. 126
• Protected area map on a scale of 1: 5000 Official Journal of the Government of Upper Bavaria from September 9, 1983, B1217B, p. 127

Web links

Commons : Pähler Schlucht  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Database on Protected Areas - Pähler Schlucht (English)
• Geotope description of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (PDF file; 194 kB)
• Oberammergau - Weilheim - Pähler Gorge
• Pähl nature reserve: the Pähler Gorge
• The Pähler Gorge near the Ammersee

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for the Environment: Paehler Schlucht viewed on December 13, 2008
2. ^ Official Journal of the Government of Upper Bavaria from September 9, 1983, B1217B, pp. 121–125. [1]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 52 kB), [2]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 63 kB), [3]  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 62 kB)      
3. ↑ Individual object display of the Environmental Object Catalog (UOK) Bavaria of the GEOTOPE class, viewed on December 13, 2008