Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park

The Teutoburg Forest Nature Park / Eggegebirge is a natural park was established in 1965 in the north- east of North Rhine - Westphalia. After expansion of the regional scenario in 2008 is the Natural Park in the southern Teutoburg Forest and in Eggegebirge 2711 km ², the largest surface area in North Rhine-Westphalia and the sixth largest in Germany.

The Teutoburg Forest Nature Park / Eggegebirge has won with his concept of "Naturally Healthy " the state competition of the North Rhine-Westphalian nature parks " Naturpark.2009.NRW ".

Geography

The northern area of the Nature Park begins just southeast of Bielefeld and runs after the southern Teutoburg Forest in southeastern direction over Oerlinghausen and Detmold to Horn-Bad Meinberg. The southern area is followed directly with it and runs over the Eggegebirge south via Bad Driburg and Willebadessen almost to Mars mountain. In the east, the Natural Park extends to the Weser at Hoexter, in the west it extends to the outskirts of Paderborn. North-west of Bielefeld, the natural park closes at Northern Teutoburg Forest Wiehengebirge.

Besides the two eponymous low mountain ranges are part of the Weser mountain country of the upper forests land and Lippi 's mountain country and areas of karst landscape Paderborn Plateau and the Senne in the nature park. Highest point of the nature park is 495.8 m above sea level. NN of Köterberg in Hoexter, second highest peak is the Prussian Velmerstot 468 m above sea. NN. The volcano of sand basin in stone -Sandebeck is considered the northernmost volcano in Germany.

The regional climate has an average annual temperature of 7-8 ° C and annual rainfall between 625 mm ( Warburg ) and 1,132 mm ( Feldrom ); it is considered a " healthy climate " with mild to moderate climate stimuli. See also: Climate in East Westphalia -Lippe.

The region of the natural park known as the " healing garden " of Germany. The basis for this nickname which is unique in Germany density of natural remedies, such as brine, mud and cold and warm healing waters. Spas such as Bad Salzuflen, Bad Lippspringe, Bad Meinberg and Bad Driburg and numerous air and spa resorts are located on the edge of the Teutoburg Forest.

History

In 1910 founded " Lippe Society for Nature Conservation ". The objective was the identification of ' conservation parks in Central Mountains " with the Donoper pond as a core area including the Lippe Lippe forest and the part of the Senne. A similar suggestion to the Principality of Lippe in 1911 by the "Association Nature Park eV "

Carrier founded in 1965 Nature Park is a purpose association consisting of the stakeholders lip, Hoexter, Paderborn, Gütersloh, Hochsauerlandkreis and the independent city of Bielefeld. The association board includes 22 representatives. The nature park is a member of the umbrella organization Association of German Nature Parks (VDN ) and the Working Group North Rhine-Westphalian nature parks.

The main task of the natural park is the combination of recreation provision and conservation. The focus here is the creation and safeguarding landscape -related and nature-friendly recreation areas. To this end, features of the natural park on a well-developed network of hiking trails. In this way, the calm mountain landscape is brought to life in the light of nature conservation and the experience value. At the same time culturally and historically interesting areas such as castles, monasteries (eg monastery Dalheim ) Stadtwüstungen (eg Blankenrode ) or the visitor magnets Hermann Monument and external stones to be tapped.

In 2008, the area was expanded by the previously covered areas of the circles Hoexter and lip. This causes the area of the nature park grew to more than double by 1059 km ² to 2711 km ².

Spelling

The name of the Natural Park writes - contrary typographic conventions - with spaces around the slash. This was determined on the purpose Association meeting on 6 December 2007 so. The Duden allows for proper names explicitly a free spelling. Typographic or orthographically correct spelling would be " Teutoburg Forest Nature Park / Eggegebirge " without spaces around the slash.

Conservation

Approximately 60 % of the area of the nature park are forested. As a large closed forest in the landscape area meets an ecological compensation function. The Eggegebirge and the Teutoburg Forest are therefore essential components of the national biotope composite system. A good 85 % of the area is protected as conservation areas, about 10 % as nature reserves and approximately 14% as Special Areas of Conservation. In addition, there are about 1000 registered natural monuments (such as trees, rocks, small biotopes ).

A mascot of the nature park is the European wildcat, the regional occurrence is regarded as one of the original, existing today in North Rhine -Westphalia.

Tourism

The nature park has a well -developed network of about 2000 km marked hiking trails that are equipped with some 120 migrant panels. There are also several thematic adventure trails.

Since 2006, 26 trained volunteer nature park guide in use, offering visitors a diverse and qualified excursion program. The training and certification of nature and landscape guide was passed through the nature conservation and environmental protection NRW Academy ( NUA ). The aim is to make children, young people and adults with nature and the landscape, culture and history of the Teutoburg Forest, the Senne and Eggegebirge. In the context of guided walks are natural relationships illustrated and provides information on home and cultural history.

In lip circle many attractions of the natural park by the " nature park bus " are (CCG lip, tourism line 792 ) connected, the stations Detmold and Horn-Bad Meinberg anfährt directly including bicycle trailers among others. The bus operates from April to October on weekends and public holidays during the 60 -minute intervals.

Attractions

• Extern Stones
• Hermannsdenkmal
• Westphalian Galmeiveilchen in the lead Kuhlen Blankenrode
• Eggeweg and Hermannsweg
• Prussian and Lippe Velmerstot
• Köterberg
• Desenberg
• Altenbekener viaduct
• Fürstenallee
• Castle Rheder in Brakel
• Adler Berlebeck
• Iburg in Bad Driburg
• Sparr Castle in Bielefeld
• Monastery Dalheim
• Monastery Hardehausen
• Corvey Abbey
• Westphalian Open Air Museum Detmold