Schöllkrippen Forest

Community-free area Schöllkrippener Forst

The Schöllkrippen forest is a 17.48 km² community-free area in the district of Aschaffenburg and is located in the northern part of the Bavarian Spessart . The area is completely wooded . The forest is not to be confused with the same name nearby district of the municipality Sommerkahl .

geography

location

The area is located east of the eponymous market Schöllkrippen on the slopes of Eselshöhe . The highest point is the Spindelberg at 520 m above sea level. NN . The Reuschberg (415 m) rises in the western part, near the top of which there is a prominent transmission mast. In the area are two enclaves of Sommerkahl .

Neighboring communities

	Community Kleinkahl	Wiesener Forst (community-free area)
Schöllkrippen market		Community Heinrichsthal
Community Sommerkahl	Sailaufer Forst (municipality-free area)	Heinrichsthaler Forst (municipality-free area)

mountains

Mountain peaks that are completely in the Schöllkrippen forest are (sorted by height):

Spindelberg (520 m)
Hochkopf (496 m)
Geiershöhe (490 m)
Laudenberg (478 m)
Sommerberg (466 m)
Mount of Olives (461 m)
Kramersberg (428 m)
Stutz (422 m)
Reuschberg (414 m)

Culture and sights

Altenburg Castle Stables

On the summit of the Reuschberg is the Altenburg castle stables , a medieval hilltop castle that is no longer preserved.
In the northern part of the area is the Kleinkahlquelle , one of the larger stratified springs in the Spessart.
At the Röderhof there is a former sandstone quarry ( geotope ) that has been designated a natural monument .

In the north of the Schöllkrippen forest is the renatured Kafloos spring .

natural reserve

The following nature reserves are partly in the area of the Schöllkrippen forest:

Sommergrund amphibious reserve (NSG-00232.01)
Speckkahl amphibious site (NSG-00187.01)

traffic

The district roads AB 19 from Vormwald to Engländer , the AB 20 ( Spessart-Höhenstraße ) and the district road AB 2 from Edelbach to Heinrichsthal run through the Schöllkrippen forest .