Schwaighauser Forest

Soil science trail Schwaighauser Forst

Logo Soil Science Trail Schwaighauser Forst

Burg Wolfsegg hiking trail

Dürrwiesweiher

Drought

Celtic burial mound near the Taferlbuche near Wolfsegg

The Schwaighauser Forest is a 16.19 km² forest area in the Regensburg district in Bavaria .

The formerly community-free area of the Schwaighauser Forest was extended to the markets of Lappersdorf (2.85 km²) and Regenstauf (4.21 km²) as well as the communities of Pielenhofen (1.25 km²) and Wolfsegg (7.88 km²) with effect from October 1, 2009 km²).

Protected areas

Schwaighauser Forst water protection area : The ordinance on the Schwaighauser forest water protection area came into force on October 1, 2005 when it was published in the Regensburg district's bulletin, the protection area covers a total area of 940 ha.

Hiking trails

Several hiking trails, some of which are long or with natural history explanations, lead through the Schwaighauser Forest.

Soil science trail in the Schwaighauser forest on the Schneckenberg
Schwaighausen-Bubach am Forst hiking trail : length 13.49 km, height difference 79 m, total ascent 280 m
Burg Wolfsegg hiking trail

Biotopes

In the forest there are a number of ponds (Dürrwiesweiher, Schwarzer See) in which the most important frog and toad species in Germany can be found, e.g. B. the yellow-bellied toad .

Historical

Dürrloch : Ice Age animal bones, human skeletal remains and ceramic shards were found in this approximately 120 m long cave system. Based on excavation finds, a settlement of several thousand years has been proven: A pottery from the Münchshöfen group (4500 BC to 3800 BC), a shard of the Rössen culture (Middle Neolithic, 4500 to 4300 BC), shards of the Urnfield culture ( 1300 to 800 BC) and the Hallstatt period (800 to 450 BC), as well as medieval fragments were found. The cave is a roost for bats and was closed for this reason.
Celtic graves : There are around 130 Celtic burial mounds in the Schwaighauser Forest.
Armaments old Hainsacker : This is an almost four hectare rectangular wooded area near Hainsacker and the former detonation site of the US military. The US Army stored up to 60,000 tons of rifle ammunition and light artillery shells here that were captured in the fight against the Wehrmacht. The ammunition was buried in funnel-shaped holes and then blown up.
Schwaighauser Forst ammunition store : During the Nazi era, the German Wehrmacht set up a store for ammunition and black powder next to the route from Wolfsegg to Steinsberg . Russian forced laborers were also employed here until the end of the war . After the war, the ammunition was blown up, and years later the population dug up the metal shell casings and sold them as scrap metal.

Web links

Commons : Schwaighauser Forst - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Detail map of the Schwaighaus forest on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )

Individual evidence

↑ Ordinance on the dissolution of the community-free area "Schwaighauser Forst" (district of Regensburg)

^ Association for the water supply of the Naab-Donau-Regen group

↑ Soil science educational trail in the Schwaighauser Forest ( memento of the original from February 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Schwaighausen-Bubach am Forst
↑ Torbrügge, Walter (1975). The Bronze Age in the Upper Palatinate. Kallmünz: Lassleben. P. 191
↑ Armin Stroh & Kirmaier, Max (1975). The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate. Kallmünz, Lassleben. Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory
↑ Explosives in the forest , SZ from September 30, 2015
↑ Ammunition in the Schwaighauser Forst, BR media library, broadcast from October 5, 2015 ( Memento from October 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Many names are missing on memorials , article in the MZ from October 6, 2015