Thümmlitzwald
The Thümmlitzwald is a forest area in the area of the municipality of Grimma in the district of Leipzig . The Thümmlitzwald is one of the Saxon landscape protection areas . Two thirds belong to the state forest, one third is private forest.
geography
The 1500 hectare forest is surrounded by arable land. In the north are the towns of Schkortitz , Naundorf , Keiselwitz and Leipnitz , in the east the towns of Böhlen and Seidewitz , in the south the towns of Tanndorf , Maaschwitz and Erlln border the forest and in the west the towns of Köss , Amalienburg and Förstgen .
In the south and in the west, the forest is surrounded by the hollow . The Zwickauer Mulde and Freiberg Mulde meet to the south-east of the forest . Numerous smaller rivers arise in the Thümmlitzwald and flow into the Mulde or into smaller lakes. Most of the streams do not have their own names. Only the Grenzbach, Teichbach, Schwarzer Teichbach, Heidelbeerbach, Schmelzbach, Thümmlitzbach and Schelbitzbach in the west and the Mühlbach in the north have been given their own names. In the forest area there are numerous smaller lakes and three larger lakes, the Thümmlitzsee , the melt ponds and an unnamed lake.
Kössener Straße crosses the forest from west to east, while the Zur Grube road runs at right angles from north to south.
history
The Thümmlitzwald is Saxony's oldest forest and is characterized by the timber industry. In the days of the Wettin family, the hunting breakfast was held in the middle of the forest, on the so-called "Wettinplatz" during court hunts. Fixed tables and benches stood here, which have been rebuilt today. Storm Friederike raged in the Thümlitzwald at the end of January 2018 and caused devastating damage to the trees. In the private forest area alone, 90 percent of the spruce stand was damaged, 12,000 cubic meters of wood fell; the damage to the state forest could not be quantified. On August 8, 2018, a fire destroyed around 500 square meters of forest. The cause of the fire has not yet been clarified.
Attractions
The Thümmlitzwald is known for its numerous natural monuments . These include, among others. two menhirs or menhirs . Menhir II, which stands near the highest elevation of the Thümmlitzwald, is the highest menhir in Saxony at 5 m and one of the highest in Germany. The so-called "Teufelsstein", a natural stone slab, is located very close to it. In the south of the forest there is a second menhir and not far from it are Bronze Age barrows. Other special places are the Beatenkreuz, the Naumannstein, a millstone, a perforated stone and a writing stone. The Papstmühle is one of five former watermills in the former Mühltal. There is a campsite on the 3 hectare Thümmlitzsee. There is also a forest chapel in the forest.
nature
The soil is one of the regosoles. The Thümlitzwald is a mixed forest with spruce, birch and larger beech forest parts. In medium height comes among other things. Common eyebright is common. Particularly noteworthy animals are the crested newt and the beaver .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank Prenzel: Grimma's first balance sheet: 300,000 euros in damage to municipal buildings , Leipziger Volkszeitung, article from January 29, 2018, accessed on June 23, 2019
- ↑ Brand im Thümlitzwald , Medienportal Grimma, article from August 9, 2018, accessed on June 26, 2019
- ↑ megalithic.co.uk , accessed June 23, 2019
- ↑ Geocaching: A few words about the Thümmlitzwald , accessed on June 23, 2019
- ↑ a b Technical article on the landscape framework plan for the West Saxony region , basic section, dated September 5, 2007, accessed on June 23, 2019