Schmittröder meadows

Schmittröder meadows

Schmittröder meadows

The Schmittröder Wiesen (also Schmidtröder Wiesen ) are a nature reserve in Königstein im Taunus in the Hochtaunus district .

The nature reserve

The nature reserve with a size of 22.72 hectares was placed under protection in 1977.

The Schmittröter Wiesen are located above the B8 at the level of the Billtalhöhe car park . Shortly before Eselseck, the boundary of the nature reserve bends from the B8 parallel to state road 3025 towards Feldberg. A few hundred meters further, the boundary runs downhill again, parallel to the long path.

The field name

Hermin Herr interprets the field name as "meadow cleared by blacksmiths", ie as the place of a forest smithy. Otto Stamm reports on slag heaps in the area and a cannon foundry that has been there since 1470.

Web links

Commons : Schmittröder Wiesen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Database on Protected Areas - Schmittröder Wiesen (English)
• BUND: Excursion with a list of the species found in the Schmittröter meadows

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochtaunuskreis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The article follows the spelling in the state gazette with tt. Hermin Herr uses the spelling with German.
2. ↑ Ordinance on the “Schmittröder Wiesen” nature reserve of May 10, 1977 . In: Higher nature conservation authority (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1977 No. 25 , p. 1245 , point 842 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6,8 MB ]).
3. ↑ Hermin Herr: Lexikon vom Hohe Taunus, 1993, ISBN 3-7829-0437-0 , p. 101
4. ↑ Otto Stamm: Königstein in the past and present, Königstein, 1963

Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 7.9 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 31.2 ″  E