Wittmund Forest

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The Wittmunder Forest is a forest area west of the East Frisian town of Wittmund . The forest area, originally laid out as a coniferous forest, developed over time into a mixed forest with a high beech population. Today the forest is a popular recreational area . The Willen-Hohehahn district nature reserve and the Hohehahn nature reserve are located in the Wittmund Forest .

history

In 1866, the forest was reforested on an original heather area . On January 11, 1867, the new forest area was given the name Wittmund Forest by notification of the royal office in Wittmund . In 1893 the area was given a state forestry department , which now managed 666 hectares of forest  . In 1911 a fire destroyed 300 hectares of the forest.

In the 1980s, 40% spruce, 35% pine, 10% oak, 4% beech, larch and fir trees and 3% birch, alder and Douglas firs were recorded. Since then, the forest has developed into a mixed forest with a high beech population.

Before the Second World War , the Wittmund-Hohehahn naval torpedo camp was built in the Wittmund Forest for the naval garrison in Wilhelmshaven . After the Second World War, the camp was demilitarized and the buildings were used for civil protection agencies and for German Red Cross facilities. In 1994 the Willen-Hohehahn district nature reserve was established here as a regional environmental and nature center for the Wittmund district .

District nature reserve

The Willen-Hohehahn district nature reserve is located in the Wittmund Forest . The facility was established in 1994 as a regional environment and nature center and was run by the community college of the Wittmund district until 2017. The Naturschutzhof Wittmunder Wald eV has been the sponsor of the Naturschutzhof since 2017. As an extracurricular learning location , it is mainly aimed at schools, kindergartens and other youth groups. On the grounds of the nature reserve there are exhibition areas, a forest teaching garden, orchards , wetlands and a campground for school and youth groups. The most noticeable object from May 2000 to 2017 was the so-called tree region tower , a 23-meter-high observation tower made of larch wood, with which one could look over the treetops of the Wittmund Forest. This had to be demolished in 2017 because dry rot infestation weakened the wood and the tower posed a risk.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wittmund District Nature Conservation Farm , accessed on August 20, 2011
  2. ↑ a b Werner Brune (Ed.): Wilhelmshavener Heimatlexikon , Volume 1–3. Brune, Wilhelmshaven 1986–1987. Volume 3, page 511
  3. ↑ Kreisnaturschutzhof Willen-Hohehahn - Baumregionenturm , accessed on August 20, 2011
  4. ↑ The Wittmund-Hohehahn marine torpedo camp , accessed on August 20, 2011
  5. ↑ Naturschutzhof Wittmunder Wald eV , accessed on June 25, 2018

Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  E