Urban forest

With the city forest, a forest is called that is owned by a municipality. Often it is corporate forest according to § 3 of the Federal Forest Act. For recreation, the city dwellers, this forest has usually a higher density of recreational facilities such as playgrounds, restaurants, horse riding and hiking trails.

German urban forests

Among the most famous city forests of the Tiergarten (210 ha) in Berlin, as well as the total 28,500 hectares of Berlin's city forest counting forests Grunewald belong in Germany (about 3000 ha) and Köpenick Forest ( 6,500 ha), the Frankfurt City Forest ( 3,866 ha), Dresdner Heide ( 6,133 ha ) and the Rostock Heath ( 6,004 ha), which includes even the largest in the world. The city's urban forest, together with the Broich - Speldorf forest in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Duisburg Sports Park and Duisburg Huckinger Mark a contiguous forest area of about 3,000 ha Baden -Baden with 8,578 ha and a share of 61% of the total area of the largest city ​​Forest of Germany. The Leipzig floodplain forest is one of the largest intact floodplain forest stands in Central Europe.

City Forests in Europe (selection)

The largest city in Germany's forests

  • Berlin city forest ( 28,500 ha) with Grunewald, Köpenick Forest and other wooded areas in and around Berlin
  • Baden -Baden city forest ( 8,578 ha)
  • Brilon city forest ( 7,750 ha)
  • Augsburg city forest ( 7,000 ha)
  • Dresdner Heide ( 6,133 ha)
  • Rostock Heath ( 6,000 ha)
  • Villingen-Schwenningen city forest ( 5,841 ha total of 8114.5 ha)
  • City Forest Bielefeld ( 5,139 ha)
  • Boppard town forest ( 4,360 ha)
  • Frankfurt City Forest ( 3,866 ha urban forest. Overall, 5,785 ha)
  • Forst Fiirstenwalde ( 4.677ha forest with 90 % and 10% coniferous forest, deciduous forest )
  • Muehlhaeuser city forest ( 3,093 ha)
  • Koblenz City Forest ( 2,772 ha)
  • Forst Salzwedel ( 1,400 ha)
  • Leipzig floodplain forest ( 1,163 ha urban forest. A total of approximately 2,500 ha)
  • Lauerholz in Lübeck (960 ha)
  • Steigerwald in Erfurt ( 800 ha)
  • Eilenriede in Hanover (650 ha)
  • Duisburg's city forest (600 ha)
  • Eschweiler city forest (350 ha)
  • Cologne's city forest ( 205.3 ha)
  • Marienhölzung in Flensburg (200 ha)
  • Krefeld city forest (120 ha)
  • Seelhorst in Hanover (100 ha)

France

Austria

Switzerland

  • Urban forest ( 1,200 ha) and Sihl Forest (1,000 ha) in Zurich ( Switzerland )

Urban forests in the U.S.

  • Jefferson Memorial Forest
Baden-Baden Leipzig Riverside Forest Grunewald (forest)
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