Rotter Forest

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Rotfilz in the Rotter Forest

The Rotter Forest is an approximately 16 km² former monastery forest near Rott am Inn . It is the largest contiguous forest area in the Rosenheim district and in the inland and has a slightly wavy relief typical of ground moraine landscapes . Approx. 11 km² of state forest are of the forest area ( Rotter Forst-Süd , Rotter Forst-Nord ). About three quarters of the approximately 8 km² Natura 2000 area "Rotter Forst mit Rott" (8038-371) is located in the Rotter Forest, the rest is open land to the east of it. Frauenöder Filz, located in the south of the forest, was declared a nature reserve in 1940, making it one of the oldest nature reserves in Bavaria. There are around 300 hectares of moorland in the forest, of which around 20 hectares are open raised bogs .

Peat extraction

Duck pond

Large areas in the north of the forest (Jägerwald) were changed by peat cutting and drainage ditches. Due to the hardship after the First World War , peat was mined from the Jägerwald peat plant from 1921 to 1926, which was under the control of the state peat plant. The peat was used for heating (burning peat) and as bedding for the cattle. In 1926 the area was transferred back to the State Forests, but peat mining continued during and after the Second World War . In the post-war years, engraving rights were granted twice a year by the forestry office. The area of ​​the peat cuttings is 49 hectares on which an estimated 700,000 m³ were extracted. The duck pond between the Jägerwald and the Holzherberge, which drains over the battle ditch to the Attel , was created through the peat extraction .

FFH area

Pine felt at the duck pond

In the northern FFH area , the moors have been rewetted since 2002. In the north-west, the drainage ditches that flow into the slaughter ditch were closed with peat weirs. There, raised bog regeneration areas were created on which peat moss is growing again . There are numerous covered pine felts in the Jägerwald. Moor forests are the types Scots pines -Moorwald, uncinate pines -Moorwald and spruce - Moorwald . The spruce bog forest has the largest area of ​​the bog forests and occurs particularly in the north-west. The black stork breeds in this largely undisturbed area .

Some of the larger and more valuable forest streams in the south were included in the FFH area in order to preserve their closeness to nature with their stream-accompanying alder-ash alluvial forests and rare species such as the river mussel and Mühlkoppe . The yellow-bellied toad can be found almost everywhere in the forest, although not often .

Beech and oak-hornbeam forests grow on the numerous steep slopes of this young moraine landscape.

literature

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Rotter forest with duck pond
  2. ↑ a b c Information on the draft management plan "Rotter Forst und Rott" FFH area 8038-371

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 57 '44.6 "  N , 12 ° 5' 25.4"  E