Wer dur-Greizer forest
The Werause-Greizer Forest , also Greiz-Werurance Forest or Werführung Forest, is the protected landscape area of the forests around Greiz and Werdau and one of the largest closed forest areas in West Saxony and East Thuringia.
location
The 62 km² forest area extends mainly between the valley cuts of the Pleiße and the Weisse Elster . The Krebsbach flows on its northern edge in Thuringia .
The forest area near the village of Trünzig forms the northern branch .
West of Greiz, the Quirlbach forms a section of the LSG border. In the west, the forest area extends over the edge of the Elstertal and ends southeast of the village of Daßlitz . The northeastern tip near Werdau with the headwaters of the Meiselbach bordering to the north merges into the Leubnitzer Waldsiedlung , the undeveloped area of which before 1945 still belonged to the Trünzig state forest district .
The forest borders northeast on the urban area of Werdau (Saxony) and southwest on Greiz (Thuringia). In the middle of the forest there is a clearing island where the Waldhaus settlement is located. The highest point is the fire in the Thuringian region at 447 meters . Other mountains are the Sauberg (443 m), Tischberg (394 m), the Teufelskanzel (374 m) and the Silberberg (368 m).
The common border of the federal states of Saxony and Thuringia runs from Teichwolframsdorf in an approximately north-south direction along a road towards Reudnitz through the forest.
Landscape protection area
The former district administration of Gera established a landscape protection area in the Thuringian part in 1961. The Wer dur forest on the Saxon side was not declared a landscape protection area until 1968 by the administration of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district . There are area natural monuments and protected landscape components here .
Flora and fauna
About 80 percent of the protected landscape area is covered with forest. The predominant tree species are spruce, pine and larch. There are also small areas of former beech and oak mixed forest stands. The rest of the trees are mainly birch and maple. Natural sights are for example the Cottaeiche south of Langenbernsdorf or the water lily pond .
Common animal species are: red deer, red fox, wood ant and bird species such as great tit and great spotted woodpecker. Black woodpeckers, hawks and sparrowhawks still live and breed here.
Timber use and rafting
The considerable area of the forest area always gave rise to extensive use of wood. The oldest information about it comes from the late 14th century and relates to individual timber privileges and forest taxes in the form of payments in kind by farmers.
From the second half of the 16th century there are reports that a rafting was planned from the Wer dur forest over the nearby course of the Pleiße , because there was a lack of wood in the Leipzig region. A corresponding timber yard in Leipzig was built in 1579. Around this time the Meiselbach and Leubnitzer Bach had been converted into raft ditches and existing ponds in the forest area were deepened. However, there was also rafting from the forest to the White Elster, for example from the Schlötenteich near the former Schlötenmühle.
After 1600 there was an interruption in the wood deliveries that had previously reached Leipzig on the Pleiße. In 1689 the rafting business brought wood back to Münsa near Altenburg . Overall, the cities of Werdau, Crimmitschau , Gößnitz and Altenburg received wood deliveries. In 1733 the rafting was stopped on the Pleiße. After 1945, as a result of reparation payments to the Soviet Union, large areas of forest in the east towards Werzeit and the Leubnitz urban area were cleared. The areas were then used as arable land and partly distributed to people displaced from their homeland ( resettlers in the SBZ / GDR parlance ) to build new farms (see Leubnitzer Waldsiedlung ). A weekend housing estate was built on parts of the cleared area with the Werzeit forest settlement. For several years, reforestation has been carried out gradually.
Tourist use
Especially on weekends, the signposted (hiking routes) forest area offers hikers, cyclists, mushroom pickers, inline skaters and horse riders relaxation. Small forest lakes such as the reservoir and the Elferteich are regionally used bathing waters. The Stöckener Hasenheide sports / playground is also well known . Twice a year on the Saxon side of the Werzeit forest run takes place. In winter there are trails for cross-country skiing. The ridges between Schlötten- and Krebsgrund, as well as the valley cuts in the forest area, have a special landscape value.
Rafting used to be carried out in the Wergau forest. The Flößergraben nature trail follows the traces of this trade that has disappeared here .
traffic
To the south and near the Leubnitz forest settlement, the embankment of the disused Werdau – Mehltheuer railway line enters the forest area. It will continue to be operated by an association as a project called “Werzeit Forest Railway” on a track section of the line. The breakpoints of Teichwolframsdorf and Langenbernsdorf are in the forest area on this section of the route.
The forest area is criss-crossed by aisles and wings. In addition, there are individual traffic routes of particular importance for the surrounding towns. These include the connecting roads between the villages of Teichwolframsdorf and Langenbernsdorf, Teichwolframsdorf and Reudnitz as well as Greiz-Pohlitz and the Waldhaus settlement.
The Gera Süd – Weischlitz railway and the 2344 regional road run in the Elstertal .
literature
- Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Ed.): The northern Vogtland around Greiz. A regional survey in the area of Greiz, Weida, Berga, Triebes, Hohenleuben, Elsterberg, Mylau and Netzschkau (= landscapes in Germany . Volume 68 ). Böhlau Verlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-412-09003-4 , D3 LSG Forests around Greiz and Werdau, p. 236-240 .
Web links
- Thuringian State Institute for Environment and Geology: Protected areas in the district of Greiz and independent city of Gera (overview map of the Thuringian part). on www.tlug-jena.de
- Interactive map at www.waldsiedlung.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carsten Hartisch, Wolfgang Simon: nature recreation area Werurance forest. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on: www.vogtlandspiegel.de
- ↑ a b Landesaufnahme Sachsen : Meßtischblatt No. 5239, Langenbernsdorf . 1908 (corrections 1926)
- ↑ Saxony state survey : Meßtischblatt No. 5240, Zwickau . 1910 (corrections 1937)
- ^ F. Tetzner: From the Werurance forest in the 15th to 17th centuries. In: City of Werdau (Ed.): Chronicle of the city of Werdau. Part 1: From the beginning to the end of the 18th century. Horb am Neckar 2005, ISBN 3-89570-980-8 , pp. 81-94. (Excerpts from the 1912 article in the Zeitschrift für Forst- und Jagdwesen. Vol. 44, 1912, pp. 33–39)
- ^ F. Tetzner: History of the Pleißenflößerei 1578 to 1733. In: Stadt Werdau (Hrsg.): Chronicle of the city of Werdau. Part 1: From the beginning to the end of the 18th century. Horb am Neckar 2005, ISBN 3-89570-980-8 , pp. 77–80 (Reprint of the 1913 article in the Zeitschrift für Forst- und Jagdwesen. Vol. 45, 1913, pp. 244–251)
- ↑ City of Werdau: hiking and biking trails through Werdau and the Werdau forest. on: www.werdau.de
- ^ Zwickau district: Werdau. on: www.landkreis-zwickau.de
- ↑ EFWO "Friedrich List" e. V .: Railway line Werdau / West - Wünschendorf / Elster. on: www.efwo-friedrich-list.info
- ↑ Saxony state survey : Meßtischblatt No. 5339, Greiz . 1910 (corrections 1927)
