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Germany
Hesse

Gießen District

Marburg-Biedenkopf
Dautphetal

Heißer Rück and Bomhöhe Information Point and Lounge Chair

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Hesse

Gießen District

Marburg-Biedenkopf
Dautphetal

Heißer Rück and Bomhöhe Information Point and Lounge Chair

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Heißer Rück and Bomhöhe Information Point and Lounge Chair

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    July 7, 2020

    This "resting place" is located at the foot of the Wacholderheide and directly on the path of the Lahnhöhentour. The view of the western Dautphe shows the further course of the tour and the "Natural History Book" is ideal for young and old and has a lot of interesting information ready.

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      April 27, 2025

      Heißen Rück and Bomhöhe Dautphe
      Juniper heaths on open hilltops characterized the landscape of the Marburg hinterland in earlier years. Created primarily by sheep grazing, these habitats not only provided a habitat for many now rare animal and plant species, but their openness also provided attractive visual connections within the respective districts. With the increasing industrialization of agriculture, the cultivation of the juniper heaths in their original form was no longer profitable, so many areas were cleared and overgrown with scrub or reforested with pine trees. However, in order to preserve the juniper heaths in the Marburg hinterland, which are also important from a European perspective, and to fulfill the district's special responsibility for this habitat, the Lower Nature Conservation Authority initiated an investigation of the poorly-grown sites in the municipality of Dautphetal.

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        April 27, 2025

        This investigation revealed that two former heathland areas near Dautphe, measuring 0.8 and 1.3 hectares respectively, remained, where regeneration seemed promising. Implementation of the planning began in 2002, the year in which the juniper was declared 'Tree of the Year'. The municipality of Dautphetal, as the owner of the land, supported the project and thus replenished its municipal ecological account. In the spring of 2004, the then Gladenbach Forestry Office carried out extensive clearing measures. Low-growing pines were preserved as landscape-defining trees. However, it was particularly important to protect the remaining juniper stands. See: agentur-naturentwicklung.de/betreute-projekte/heier-rueck-und-bomhoehe-dautphe/index.html

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          Location: Dautphetal, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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