Wartburg - high sun

Wartburg - high sun IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Wartburg - Hohe Sonne nature reserve (May 2010)
location	Thuringia , Germany
surface	5.861 km²
Identifier	29
Geographical location	50 ° 57 '  N , 10 ° 18'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '5 "  N , 10 ° 18' 0"  E
Setup date	1961

The former nature reserve Wartburg - Hohe Sonne is located in the area of ​​the independent city of Eisenach in Thuringia .

The only nature reserve in the urban area extends south of the city center to the west and east of the B 19 . The B 84 runs northwest of the area, and the Hörsel , a right tributary of the Werra, flows to the north and northeast .

meaning

The 586.1 hectare area with the NSG no. 29 was placed under nature protection in 1961. In 2015, the larger (788 ha) nature reserve forests with gorges between Wartburg and Hohe Sonne opened up.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the city of Eisenach
• High sun
• Dragon Canyon

Web links

Commons : Wartburg - Hohe Sonne  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Database on Protected Areas - Wartburg - Hohe Sonne (English)
• Nature reserves (status: 03/2018) / Forests with gorges between Wartburg and Hohe Sonne on tlug-jena.de, accessed on May 23, 2020