Rautal (Thuringia)

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Winterling noble hardwood forest in the Rautal near Closewitz

The Rautal is a scenic area and is located east of Closewitz , a district in the north of Jena in Thuringia . The Steinbach and its tributaries flow through it. The Steinbach has dug itself deep into the shell limestone down to the red sandstone below .

Geographical location

The deeply cut Steinbach in the Rautal near Jena

The Rautal belongs to the Jena city area. It is in the north of Jena. To the west of the Rautal lies Closewitz and to the east lies the Jena district of Löbstedt . South of the Rautal, the Rautal road runs as the K-15 district road.

history

At the beginning of the Battle of Jena on October 14, 1806, the Prussian Dragoon Regiment No. 3, led by Friedrich Daniel Wilhelm von Irwing , opposed the IV Corps of the French Army under Marshal Soult .

Area natural monument "Winterling - Edellaubholzwald"

The Rautal in the Closewitz Forest is best known for its great occurrence of winter lumps , whose sea of ​​flowers heralds spring every year in February. Here is probably the largest overgrown occurrence of winterling in Central Europe. The area on which these early bloomers grow is protected by the area natural monument "Winterling - Edellaubholzwald". The area natural monument has a size of approx. 4.5 hectares .

The forest is made up of the tree species sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), Norway maple (Acer platanoides), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), summer linden (Tilia platyphyllos) and common beech (Fagus sylvatica). There is also a pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) on the upper slope of the protected area .

History and development of the winterling population

First winterlings in the upper Rautal

In the 17th century, the Winterling found its way into the then adjacent Jenas vineyards together with southern vines. This was first mentioned in 1803. Due to the favorable climate of the Jena valley basin and the near-natural composition of the forest, its natural expansion was and is being promoted. While the area on which the winterling grows was 0.2 hectares in 1960, it has now grown to over one hectare.

Other early bloomers that grow in the Rautal are u. a. Smelly hellebore , liverwort and the little snowdrop .

Web links

Commons : Rautal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ^ Ernst Schering: Johannes Falk . Life and work in the upheaval of times . Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1961, p. 114.

Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 32 "  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 46"  E