Westerholz (landscape protection area)
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Landscape protection area Westerholz
(protection of the Westerholz in the municipalities of Kaufering, Scheuring and Weil as LSG) |
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 Forest in the LSG Westerholz (2016) |
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| location | Kaufering , Scheuring and Weil , Landsberg am Lech district , Upper Bavaria , Bavaria , Germany | |
| surface | 6.001 km² | |
| Identifier | LSG 00242.01 | |
| WDPA ID | 395720 | |
| Natura 2000 ID | DE-7831-301 | |
| FFH area | 40 ha | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 8 ' N , 10 ° 53' E | |
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| Setup date | 1972 | |
The conservation area Westerholz includes a 600 hectare large wooded area in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech . The forest is located on the high terrace above the Lech in the municipal area of Kaufering , Scheuring and Weil and was placed under protection in 1972. With the protection, the forest should be secured as a recreation area and the typical landscape and flora preserved. Proper forestry is still allowed in the area.
A 40 ha part of the landscape protection area is under greater protection as a natural forest reserve and FFH area .
Historical forest use
The Westerholz served Bavarian dukes and electors as a hunting ground . Wide paths and star-shaped crosses ( hunting stars ) that have been preserved to this day have been laid out for parforce hunts for deer and wild boar . The residents of the neighboring communities had the right to use linden, poplar and aspen as firewood and construction wood until 1938.
Sub-area heron loft
In the north-east of the Westerholz, within the state forest area, there is the 40 hectare natural forest reserve Westerholz (also called heron loft ), which was designated in 1978 and in which there is no forest use. This part of the Westerholz area is also designated as FFH area DE-7831-301 Westerholz , making it part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas .
In the natural forest reserve, which extends from 577 to 583 meters above sea level, tree species such as common oak , winter linden , sycamore maple , ash , beech , birch and alder grow . On the crack moraine floor with loess and clay overlays, there are oak-hornbeam forest communities with transitions to the beech-beech forest . In spring, the landscape is characterized by larger occurrences of wood anemones . The birds that live here include the stock dove , middle woodpecker and oriole . A representative of the insect world is the green lindenbock , whose main distribution is in southern Europe. In 2010, a population of the highly endangered hermit beetle was found in a fallen oak from the Westerholz .
Characteristic for the Westerholz: spruce with high-creeping ivy
Deadwood in the Westerholz: habitat for insects and fungi
Planning
There are plans to erect up to four wind turbines in the nature reserve around 2020 . For the so-called “intermunicipal citizen power plant” of the municipality of Kaufering, not only a satisfactory wind situation can be expected, but the stricter distance regulations in Bavaria are also met. The Scheuring municipal council decided at the end of 2016 not to take part in such a joint project.
See also
- List of landscape protection areas in the Landsberg am Lech district
- List of FFH areas in Upper Bavaria
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ordinance of the Landsberg am Lech district on the protection of the "Westerholz", June 26, 1972 ( Memento of November 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Information board in Westerholz on the historical use of the forest (photo from 2014)
- ↑ a b Profile of the Westerholz natural forest reserve (reference number 09-069). In: Database of natural forest reserves in Germany. June 28, 2007, accessed January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ 7831-301 Westerholz. (FFH area) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ Information board in Westerholz on flora and fauna (photo from 2014)
- ↑ A secret hermit lives in Westerholz. (No longer available online.) In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. December 1, 2010, archived from the original on January 6, 2017 ; Retrieved January 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Walter Herzog: Wind power in Westerholz? In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. October 13, 2016, accessed July 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Gerald Modlinger: Is the next wind farm coming to Westerholz? In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. July 8, 2016, accessed July 8, 2016 .
- ↑ Ludwig Herold: Wind power: Scheuring is out. In: augsburger-allgemeine.de. December 4, 2016, accessed July 8, 2016 .
