Exotenwald Weinheim

The Exotenwald in Weinheim is a 1872 founded Arboretum and with a size of 60 hectares one of the largest in Europe. While exotic tree species are often shown in groups or a few single copies in other arboretums, a whole forest is planted with a tree species in exotic woods always the same. Thus, for example redwoods - mostly seen in Germany as single copies - are considered as forest trees, and meanwhile has a height of 60 meters. Of the total of 400 tree and shrub species whose cultivation has been tried are 170 left.

The Exotenwald closes south of the park Weinheim, which also houses the largest cedar Germany.

History

The Exotenwald was founded in 1872 by Baron Christian Friedrich Gustav von Berckheim. The planted by him blows among the oldest occurrence of some exotic tree species in Germany. Berckheim bought the tubs Sommerhalde, weighting Marketers alley, Gassenweg Jews hump and Weihertal, making a possession of approximately 36 ha was established. Then he planted a total of 12,494 trees from 1872 to 1883. 50 From the time about 150 planted tree and shrub species are left. The time -scale avenues are almost completely gone.

After prolonged disinterest of the forest in the 1930s was reinforced by another tree species mainly from Japan and East Asia. Examples are Japanese Magnolia (Magnolia hypoleuca ), sickle- fir ( Cryptomeria japonica) and Katsura ( Cercidiphyllum japonicum).

The state of Baden -Württemberg acquired the forest in 1955 and extended it to its present size of 60 acres.

Mostly old tree species from North America, Asia Minor, North Africa and the Mediterranean, but also in other countries are represented:

Sequoia
Urweltmammutbaum
Atlas cedars
Cypresses
Cedar River
Thuja
Coast redwood
Sugar maple
Scarlet oak
Hickory
Tulip Tree
Cupcake tree
Wine maple
Araucaria

Tourism

The exotic forest is opened up as a public woodland the Castle Park Weinheim with three marked trails: The Black Pine trail (2,4 km), the exotic forest trail (3.1 km) and the Great trail (4.4 miles). In the summer until the end of October on Saturdays (except Kerwe Saturday) offered a guided tour at 16.00 clock from three people.

Exotenwald in Weinheim

In exotic forest in Weinheim

Avenue (landscape) Sequoioideae Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

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