Schirlheide
The Schirlheide is a forest and heather area in the border region between Ostbevern and Telgte . The Osterwald lies within the Schirlheide.
history
The name comes from the Schirl community , which comes from "sheer loh". “Schier loh” means almost in the sense of “only” or “exclusively” and “tan” means low, swampy, damp. Today the area is dry and overgrown with pine trees. It is the second largest forest area in Ostbevern. A relatively small area of the area is designated as a nature reserve Schirlheide .
From 1964 to 1991 the 583rd Ordnance Company ( Münster-Handorf ) of the US Army together with the 8 Art Sup Regt RCT ( Münster-Coerde ) of the British Army operated the VLM Ostbevern (ammunition supply depot) with nine underground ammunition warehouses for stockpiling and delivery of several smaller special ammunition dumps with nuclear warheads by Boeing-Vertol CH-47 ("Chinook") transport helicopter.
On March 28, 2012, Olaf Gericke opened the prelude to the Ostbevern landscape plan. The aim is: protection, care and development of nature and landscape, as well as the preservation and development of fauna and flora in the biotope network.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nuclear weapons depots for the army - ammunition and supply depots. Relkte.com is a non-commercial, private Internet offer for information about military history in the area of Lower Saxony and Bremen. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
- ↑ Ostbevern-Schirlheide - formerly nuclear weapons location Germany. Information about nuclear weapons from the IPPNW Germany - International Doctors for the Prevention of Nuclear War . Retrieved April 24, 2012.
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 46.7 " N , 7 ° 51 ′ 47" E