Rhine-Taunus Nature Park

Veit Miihlenweg 5 65510 Idstein

The Rhein-Taunus Nature Park is a nature park with an area of ​​81,000 hectares of good (810 km ²) in the Hessian mountains Taunus.

Geography

It covers areas of the Rheingau -Taunus -Kreis and the state capital of Wiesbaden. The boundaries of the park are out to the south is substantially identical to the outer limits of the two end members of the association. In the south of the nature park ends approximately at the treeline of the Taunus. The Rhein-Taunus Nature Park is bordered on the east directly to the Taunus Nature Park. Across the border is located in Rhineland- Palatinate the Nassau Nature Park.

Tasks and award

Both have formed an association formed with the task of protecting the native flora and fauna in this particularly suitable as a recreation room to get the landscape design as well as to maintain and thereby enable people to nature-based recreation. The seat of the purpose of the association is Idstein.

Location and use

There are some peculiarities which distinguish the Rhein -Taunus.

1 ) The close proximity to the metropolitan area of Wiesbaden and Mainz, and therefore also to the metropolitan area Rhein- Main. Alone in the catchment area of ​​the Park over a million people. The nature park is relatively centrally located in Germany and is easily accessible by rail, road, air or even by boat across the Rhine. Despite the proximity to the metropolitan area of the park is characterized by great calm and interesting destinations.

2 ) In the nature reserve, there are two large UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Firstly, the World Heritage Site Upper Middle Rhine Valley and on the other the World Heritage Site Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes.

3 ) The large differences and diversity of tangible natural areas ( natural area ). To the east is the Idsteiner sink with Emsbach and Wörsbachtal. These are part of the grave fault system of the Rhine and Lahn valley drain direction. In the northern part of the park, visitors will find the Aartal with much rougher character. The Aar also drained direction Lahn. The West is characterized by hinterland forest and the Wisper Wisper in. This opens a very near-natural inflow at Lorch (Rheingau ) directly into the Rhine. This itself is the dominant element in the southern parts of the nature reserve, the Rheingau, on the eastern beginning, the state capital of Wiesbaden with eg the hamlet of stone woman finds. These valleys surround the ridge of the Taunus mountains, which here heights of around 600m above sea level. NN achieved and with its natural forests forms the core of the natural park area.

4 ) The parking area is densely wooded with about 60 % Bewaldungsanteil. Nature silviculture characterizes this spacious, species-rich forests, which are mainly made ​​of European beech, sessile oak, spruce and Douglas fir.

5 ) In the park area of the Nature Park around 600 km of hiking trails, such as the Rheingau Gebück hiking trail and several information paths, numerous playgrounds and lawns, three youth tent sites and several picnic huts are entertained.

6 ) In the park area to several national trails intersect. For example: Rheinsteig Rheinhöhenweg, Limes hiking, European long-distance path E1 European long-distance hiking trail E3

Attractions

Well-known excursion destination, eg above the Rheingau, the 580 m high Hallgarter pliers as a vantage point to the south. North of it lies between the main ridge of the Taunus and the Wisper of the 220 km ² large hinterland forest, which, by the people almost untouched, in his forest and animal wealth is unique in the area. He is also the greatest, not by highways or main roads forest in Hesse, in which, for example, the wildcat ( Felis silvestris ) had found one of its most important refuges in Germany for the second half of the last century.

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