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Leitersweiler Beeches

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Leitersweiler Beeches

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Leitersweiler Beeches

Recommended by 159 hikers out of 168

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Location: Sankt Wendel, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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1. Tiefenbach Trail – View of St. Wendel loop from Urweiler

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2. Viewpoint at Fledermauskopf – Tiefenbach Trail loop from Urweiler

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3. Miners' Spring – Tiefenbach Valley and Source loop from Urweiler

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 1, 2022

𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧

The striking group of trees was first mentioned in 1618 at the beginning of the Thirty Years War. The beeches, some of which are more than 450 years old, have been under nature protection since 1913. The natural monument is a popular viewpoint and excursion point. At the beginning of the 19th century, next to the beech trees, there was an optical telegraph pole, which belonged to the telegraph line from Metz to Mainz and which made it much easier to transmit messages over long distances. The individual stations were set up on hills around 10 kilometers apart. When the mast was put into operation, the people of Leitersweiler rumored that all important information was now being sent over their heads. Source: Text information board

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𝒯𝒶𝓃𝒿𝒶

January 1, 2022

𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐭𝐳𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 / 𝐓𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐥 / 𝐎𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧

The gnarled shapes of the old "Leitersweiler beeches" open up this nature reserve in the north on a side knoll of the Bosenberg. From the source in the forest at over 400 m, this 110 hectare nature reserve then accompanies the Tiefenbach, which runs through the forest in its natural bed, to its confluence with the Oster. This nature reserve belongs to the European nature reserve system NATURA 2000 and offers e.g. habitats for the birds in need of protection: red kite, kingfisher and black woodpecker. In the valley of the Oster, there is still something very special to see: a "human-made biotope design" planned at the beginning of the 80s, which can be considered one of the first realized facilities of this objective. The wet meadows there were in the 30s by straightening the former Meandering Easter emerged and should be drained in the 70s as part of a land consolidation. However, the resistance of the then strengthening nature conservation movement arose successfully. The meadows were not simply left to nature, but by the nature conservation authority to a pond landscape with islands, shallow water After 25 years it can be said that a considerable pioneering work on the subject of "habitat design" has been achieved, which also gained experience for other measures of water renaturation or biotope design. Source: Text information board

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Rixie

August 16, 2019

Very nice and a great rest hut

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Location: Sankt Wendel, St. Wendel, Saarland, Germany

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Leitersweiler Beeches

1. Tiefenbach Trail – View of St. Wendel loop from Urweiler

2. Viewpoint at Fledermauskopf – Tiefenbach Trail loop from Urweiler

3. Miners' Spring – Tiefenbach Valley and Source loop from Urweiler

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