Taubenberg

The Taubenberg of Gotzing, view from southeast

The Dove Mountain is a mountain with elevation of 896 meters and an area of ​​1847 ha on the territory of the municipality in the district of Warngau rotten creek. It is deducted from the Tegernsee Mountains of the Bavarian Alps and is a popular hiking destination and the main water supply area of the Bavarian capital Munich. Around two-thirds of the mountain are owned by the city of Munich, the rest is free float of local farmers and foresters.

Geography

Geologically, the Taubenberg with its characteristic east-west orientation to the Molassevorbergen and marked ( eg also the Hohenpeißenberg ) the northern edge of the Faltenmolasse in the Bavarian Alps and therefore the geological edge of the Alps. The Dove Mountain is the result of debris flows of the upper fresh water molasse that about 10-15 million years ago - came from the south - in the formation of the Alps. Today This coarse alluvial fan form characteristic mountains before the outputs of the former Tertiary Alpine rivers ( Table Mountain, High Peißenberg, Deer Mountain, and others). The ice later glaciations they were later dissected as clingstones towards their softer environment from fine sands and have as icebreakers shared the ice stream into individual glaciers ( praise ).

The distribution of boulders and soil horizons in the summit area of ​​the Taubenberg suggest that he has not been fed in the past, the Würm ice age glaciers, but stood out as Nunatak from the ice.

The Dove Mountain has a peculiar geomorphology. The highest point is located to the west of the ridge. From there, the small Brackenbrook flows in a valley in the center of the site structure to the east and to Mangfall, in which he leads. The valley of the Farnbachs divides the Taubenberg into a northern and a southern ridge, which are connected to each other in the West. The northern ridge is higher in its east lies the second highest point of the mountain. The southern ridge falls from west to east approximately evenly. Preceded him lies the Steinbach, a wide Hangfußmulde with fen character.

Ecosystems

The Dove Mountain is designated as conservation area. It is located in the montane zone, its controlling company is the beech-fir forest. On dry sites is the English oak and scattered on the slopes for Mangfall and particularly acidic soils, the Scots pine. A special feature of Taubenberg is the high proportion of fir of over 10% and rising through targeted promotion. Special sites are the ravine forests mainly in the upper Farnbachtal, the thread harrow mountain pine bog in Steinbach in the south part of the area, as well as the tufa springs to spills of particularly calcareous groundwater. In the east adjacent Mangfalltal is a particularly beautiful natural gray alder riparian forest. The receipt of this glacially -related Relic and special sites that are of particular importance for nature conservation is due to the small-scale relief of the mountain.

Especially valuable is the Taubenberg as a habitat for protected bird species: black stork, wood grouse, pygmy owl, woodpecker, owl and hazel grouse are found in the forests and on the slopes of the mountain. Therefore, the Taubenberg is also a bird sanctuary SPA designated under the Birds Directive as European. In Steinbach on the southern edge of the area and in the surrounding Haglandschaft the pigeons Mountain to the north and south of the Red-backed Shrike lives. Also, were detected in specially protected species under the Habitats Directive: the yellow-bellied toad, the Marsh Fritillary and luminosity burnet - Large Blues.

Use

After the decision of the City of Munich, to obtain their drinking water from the Mangfall, the city bought land to the throwing power of the abstraction of drinking water. Between 1893 and 1902, the version in Mühlthal was expanded and the slope sources tapped below Gotzing. Therefore, the purchase of land stretched around the turn of the 20th century on the Pigeon Mountain. It succeeded in the course of time around 2/3 of the mountain to acquire. These were then used to a large extent to pasture meadows. The city decided in 1900 to reforest these areas because forest areas account for the dangers of fertilization with manure for the ground water and forest better protection of soil quality, and therefore improves the filtering of the percolating water. Some of the acquired agricultural farmsteads on and around the Taubenberg was canceled without replacement. Originally, the urban forest administration took advantage as was customary predominantly spruce. The then acquired with the faces Westinhof at Gotzing was home of the Munich Forestry Administration.

Today, the city managed to protect the drinking water wells below the mountain to their forest property on the Taubenberg naturally and builds the forest to a mixed forest with site-adapted tree species. After the Second World War, the idea of the permanent forest was brought over, and since then the pure spruce stands in age class of forest are converted by single root extraction on a mixed forest, which is close to the potentially - natural vegetation. He has, besides the spruce as the main tree species high levels of beech, fir and deciduous trees on.

The mixture of deciduous and coniferous trees makes for a humus-rich soil structure, deep-rooted species beech and maple, as well as wet locations, the ash draw basic ions from the limestone soil and thus counteract acidification of the topsoil. Mixed age and a high proportion of bare winter deciduous trees increase the groundwater production because much get precipitation on the ground than in an age -class forest with closed crown.

The urban forest on the mountain pigeons belonged in 2001 to the first certified in Germany by the Forest Stewardship Council areas. In addition, the urban forestry enterprise is a member of Naturland. In Mangfalltal and its surroundings, including the shares of Taubenberg privately owned the city of Munich since 1992 promotes the conversion of farms to organic farming by a conversion aid and then a permanent support.

Usage is matched because of the particular nature conservation importance of the area with the technical authorities. The preservation of special sites is a high priority. Stadtwerke München applied last in 2013 at the District Office Miesbach Erweitung of existing water protection zone at the Dove Mountain

Except for drinking water formation, and therefore the forestry and nature conservation of Taubenberg has a special meaning for recreation. Contributing to this is that at the highest point of the mountain of 896 m above sea level. NN tree coverage despite the observation tower Taubenberg the views in all directions allowed. The Bavarian Alps, the valleys of Mangfall and Schlierach are seen in all kinds of weather, mostly, the view extends to Munich. In addition to the Taubenberg are the hermitage of fasting Brunn and the inn Taubenberg. On the southern ridge and the southern flank are several farmsteads and scattered settlements.