Raitenbuch Forest
The Raitenbucher Forst is a contiguous forest area south of the eponymous place Raitenbuch , a municipality in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in Bavaria . Starting in 2016, Bavaria's largest forest wind farm will be built in the Raitenbucher Forst.
Community-free area
A smaller part of the forest on the western edge was a municipality-free area with an area of 208.79 hectares until the municipal reform in Bavaria . This was dissolved on January 1, 1971 and divided between the municipalities of Raitenbuch (115 hectares) and Burgsalach (94 hectares).
The southern part, which is incorporated into Raitenbuch, now forms one of the four districts of the municipality, with an area of 115 hectares . The northern part incorporated into Burgsalach also became part of the Burgsalach district. The entire Raitenbuch forest has a much larger area, more than 1800 hectares, mostly in the district (about earlier delimitation of the community) Raitenbuch.
geography
It is located in the far east of the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district. The border to the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt runs through the forest. The Raitenbucher Forst lies in the middle of the Weißenburger Alb , a mountain range of the Franconian Alb . The highest point in the forest is the hollow bow . In the east the forest merges into the Wolkerszeller Forest , in the north into the Wildhau , in the west into the Weißenburger Stadtwald . In the south lies the Schernfelder forest . Laubenthal and Rothenstein are to the southwest, Raitenbuch and Sankt Egidi to the north .
The place is criss-crossed by some hallways and hiking trails. The federal highway 13 passes to the southwest . A Roman road and the Upper German-Raetian Limes led through the forest . The forest is located within the Natural Park Altmühltal in a conservation area , some wild fauna and flora habitats and geological sites are located in the forest area. In the forest there are several caves and the abandoned iron ore mining area of the Grubschwart . The associated mining educational trail was created on the idea and initiative of Arthur Rosenbauer . In the Raitenbuch forest there are several burial mounds from various eras that have been designated as ground monuments .
Hollow hole
The hollow hole karst cave is located in the Raitenbuch forest . The entrance to the spacious cave is a burglar doline. The first known cave description comes from the year 1707. The hollow hole is one of the most important bat quarters in Northern Bavaria . The cave is designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) as a geotope (577H001), a natural monument and soil monument (D-5-7032-0059). It is listed as K5 in the Franconian Alb cave register . Because of the risk of accidents and to protect the native bats there, the natural monument is fenced and cannot be entered.
Individual evidence
- ↑ groundbreaking ceremony for the largest Bavarian Forest Wind Farm ( Memento of 16 August 2016 Internet Archive ), Bayerischer Rundfunk, published on June 27, 2016th
- ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB 453660959 , Section II, Sp. 783 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Municipality of Raitenbuch: data of the municipality
- ↑ Topographic maps , Bavarian Surveying Office ( BayernAtlas )
- ↑ Raitenbuch in the Bavarian Monument List (PDF)
- ↑ Geotop, Hohlloch SW von Raitenbuch (accessed in October 2015)
- ↑ FHFK, Hohlloch (accessed October 2015)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 59 ′ 1.5 ″ N , 11 ° 5 ′ 35.5 ″ E