Zerzabelshofer Forest

Zerzabelshofer Forest Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 46 ″  N , 11 ° 10 ′ 9 ″  E
Area :	6.55 km²
Zerzabelshofer Forest
The beech blade set in stone

The Zerzabelshofer Forst is a community-free area in the central Franconian district of Nürnberger Land .

The 6.55 km² large state forest is the part of the Lorenzer Reichswald located south of the Nuremberg districts Mögeldorf and Laufamholz and east of the Nuremberg district Zerzabelshof . The eastern part of the Schmausenbuck lies in the Zerzabelshofer forest . The Nuremberg Zoo is located on the western edge of the city of Nuremberg . The Klingenberg ( 49 ° 27 '2.52 "  N , 11 ° 9' 28.12"  O ) is 379  m above sea level. NN the highest elevation. The area is part of the EU bird sanctuary- Nuremberg Reichswald area .

Waters

In the Zerzabelshofer forest, numerous source brooks of the Hutgraben run, which feed the Valznerweiher and from which the Goldbach flows.

Worth seeing

The forest is criss-crossed by a few cycling and hiking trails. The area is a popular mountain bike area.

There are numerous abandoned quarries on the Schmausenbuck ridge . Castle sandstone was partly mined here until 1994 . This material was used to renovate the Nuremberg Lorenz Church and the city wall.

• The beech blade is located on the northeast slope of the Klingenberg . It is a spring set in stone ( 49 ° 27 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 17.41 ″  E ). It is designated as an architectural monument .

• A former branch of the prison . This was in operation until the early 1970s. The prisoners worked here during the day in a tree nursery and an animal breeding company. In the evening the inmates were returned to their cells ( 49 ° 26 ′ 5.71 ″  N , 11 ° 9 ′ 18 ″  E ).

See also

• List of unincorporated areas in Bavaria
• List of soil monuments in the Zerzabelshofer Forest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Area information at www.destatis.de, as of December 31, 2018 , accessed on August 1, 2020.
2. ↑ 6533-471 Nuremberg Reichswald.  (EU bird sanctuary) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 18, 2017.
3. ^ Bavarian State Forests, Monuments in the Nuremberg Reichswald (accessed on August 10, 2017)

Web links

Commons : Zerzabelshofer Forst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Zerzabelshofer Forst in OpenStreetMap (accessed on June 2, 2015)