Hardt forest area (Bergisch Gladbach)
The Hardt is a large forest area within the city of Bergisch Gladbach . It is surrounded by several districts: Sand in the north, Herkenrath in the east , Moitzfeld and Bensberg in the south, Heidkamp in the west .
history
Already in the Latène period settled here in the area of the Erdenburg around 310 ± 80 BC. People of a Germanic tribe.
Mining
The Romans probably already mined in Hardt. In many places certain traces point to medieval mining. There were several mines, some of them larger, that gave work to many miners. Mention should be made of the former lead / zinc mines Grube Blücher , Grube Jungfrau , Grube Fortuna and the mercury mine Idria . The iron mines Grube Selma and Grube Britannia are also worth mentioning .
Friends of Nature House
The former Steigerhaus of the Blücher pit was rededicated in 1960 to the Naturfreundehaus Haus Hardt after renovations and restorations.
Ground monument
All of the mining relics of the Blücher pit and the Selma pit that have been preserved on the surface are under protection as ground monument no.
Nature reserve
The Hardt nature reserve covers 163.76 hectares and consists mainly of forest. It is under key no. GL-066 entered the list of nature reserves in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Peter Schmitz in: Grube Blücher near Herkenrath, from the ore mine to the local recreation area. Cologne 2001, p. 23 f.
- ^ "Hardt" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on February 19, 2017.
Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 33.6 " N , 7 ° 9 ′ 41.8" E