The Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park (German: Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge) is a nature park founded in 1965 in the northeast of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. After being expanded in 2008, the nature park is now the largest in Germany, covering an area of 2,700 square kilometres (1,000 sq mi).[1] The park comprise the southern Teutoburg Forest and Egge Hills.
Location of the Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park
The Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park won the state competition for nature parks, "Naturpark.2009.NRW", with its concept "Natural Health" (Natürlich Gesund).
The regional climate has average annual temperatures of 7 to 8 °C (45 to 46 °F) and average annual precipitation between 625 millimetres (24.6 in) (Warburg) and 1,132 millimetres (44.6 in) (Feldrom).[3]
The region of the nature park is also called the Health Garden of Germany (Heilgarten Deutschland). The reason for this sobriquet is its unique plethora of natural spa resources, such as brine, bogs, cold and hot springs. There are spas like Bad Salzuflen, Bad Lippspringe, Bad Meinberg and Bad Driburg, as well as numerous climatic and Kneipp spas, on the edge of the Teutoburg Forest.
Nameedit
The name of the nature park is written – contrary to typographical conventions – with spaces either side of the forward slash. This was agreed by the park authority on 6 December 2007.[4] The German language authority, Duden, gives freedom to firms and associations to do this. Strictly, the typographically or orthographically correct way of writing the name would be "Teutoburg Forest/Egge Hills Nature Park" ("Naturpark Teutoburger Wald/Eggegebirge").
Conservationedit
The natural monument of Rieseneiche near Borlinghausen
Some 60% of the area of the nature park is forested. As a large, contiguous forest, the landscape unit fulfils an ecological balancing function. The Egge Hills and the Teutoburg Forest are thus important components of the state-wide wildlife corridor. A good 85% of the area is protected landscape, some 10% is nature reserve and around 14% is Special Areas of Conservation. In addition, there are about 1,000 designated natural monuments (e. g. trees, rock formations, biotopes).[3]
The mascot of the nature park is the wildcat, whose presence in the region is one of the oldest to have survived to the present day in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.[5]
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The Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park German Naturpark Teutoburger Wald Eggegebirge is a nature park founded in 1965 in the northeast of the German state of North Rhine Westphalia After being expanded in 2008 the nature park is now the largest in Germany covering an area of 2 700 square kilometres 1 000 sq mi 1 The park comprise the southern Teutoburg Forest and Egge Hills Location of the Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park The Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park won the state competition for nature parks Naturpark 2009 NRW with its concept Natural Health Naturlich Gesund Contents 1 Geography 2 Name 3 Conservation 3 1 Sights 4 Literature 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksGeography edit nbsp Preussischer Velmerstot the highest point in the nature park The northern part of the nature park begins immediately southeast of Bielefeld and then runs over the southern Teutoburg Forest in a southeasterly direction via Oerlinghausen and Detmold to Horn Bad Meinberg The southern part of the area is contiguous to it and runs along the Egge Hills southwards via Bad Driburg and Willebadessen almost as far as Marsberg In the east the nature park reaches as far as the River Weser near Hoxter to the east it extends up to the city boundary of Paderborn It is adjoined by the Northern Teutoburg Forest Wiehen Hills Nature Park northwest of Bielefeld In addition to the two Central Upland ranges that give the park its name there are elements of the Weser Uplands the Oberwalder Land and the Lippe Uplands in the park as well as parts of the karst landscape of the Paderborn Plateau and the Senne The highest point of the park at 495 8 m above sea level NN is the Koterberg near Hoxter The second highest elevation is the Preussische Velmerstot at 468 m above sea level NN The volcano of Sandebeck in Steinheim Sandebeck is the northernmost volcano in Germany 2 The regional climate has average annual temperatures of 7 to 8 C 45 to 46 F and average annual precipitation between 625 millimetres 24 6 in Warburg and 1 132 millimetres 44 6 in Feldrom 3 The region of the nature park is also called the Health Garden of Germany Heilgarten Deutschland The reason for this sobriquet is its unique plethora of natural spa resources such as brine bogs cold and hot springs There are spas like Bad Salzuflen Bad Lippspringe Bad Meinberg and Bad Driburg as well as numerous climatic and Kneipp spas on the edge of the Teutoburg Forest Name editThe name of the nature park is written contrary to typographical conventions with spaces either side of the forward slash This was agreed by the park authority on 6 December 2007 4 The German language authority Duden gives freedom to firms and associations to do this Strictly the typographically or orthographically correct way of writing the name would be Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park Naturpark Teutoburger Wald Eggegebirge Conservation edit nbsp The natural monument of Rieseneiche near Borlinghausen Some 60 of the area of the nature park is forested As a large contiguous forest the landscape unit fulfils an ecological balancing function The Egge Hills and the Teutoburg Forest are thus important components of the state wide wildlife corridor A good 85 of the area is protected landscape some 10 is nature reserve and around 14 is Special Areas of Conservation In addition there are about 1 000 designated natural monuments e g trees rock formations biotopes 3 The mascot of the nature park is the wildcat whose presence in the region is one of the oldest to have survived to the present day in the state of North Rhine Westphalia 5 Sights edit nbsp Externsteine Externsteine Hermannsdenkmal Blue zinc violets in the Bleikuhlen at Blankenrode Eggeweg and Hermannsweg Preussischer and Lippischer Velmerstot Koterberg Desenberg Altenbeken Viaduct Furstenallee Rheder Castle near Brakel Berlebeck Eagle Observatory Iburg near Bad Driburg Sparrenberg Castle in Bielefeld Dalheim Abbey Hardehausen Abbey Corvey Abbey Detmold Open air MuseumLiterature editNaturschutzzentrum Senne pub Senne und Teutoburger Wald tpk Regionalverlag Bielefeld 2008 ISBN 978 3 936359 32 9 Willy Lippert Das Eggegebirge und sein Vorland Lippert Wanderfuhrer Eggegebirgsverein Bad Driburg 1996 5th ed Sabine Schierholz Reisefuhrer Naturpark Teutoburger Wald Eggegebirge tpk Regionalverlag 2009 ISBN 978 3 936359 34 3 World Habitat Society pub Freizeitkarte Naturpark Teutoburger Wald Eggegebirge 1 100 000 published for the Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park 2009 ISBN 978 3 9811646 1 9 See also editList of nature parks in GermanyReferences edit Naturpark Teutoburger Wald Eggegebirge http www naturpark teutoburgerwald de documents Flyer Vulkan pdf accessed on 5 February 2008 a b http www naturpark teutoburgerwald de der naturpark kurzundknapp php accessed on 5 February 2008 Naturpark Teutoburgerwald Startseite PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 05 Retrieved 2012 12 10 http www naturpark teutoburgerwald de die wildkatze php accessed on 5 February 2008 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park in German Westfalen regional The Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park in German 51 48 44 N 8 52 01 E 51 812223 N 8 866997 E 51 812223 8 866997 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Teutoburg Forest Egge Hills Nature Park amp oldid 1216303441, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
