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Bannwald Schachen Information Point with Carved Tree Faces

Stuttgart District

Bannwald Schachen Information Point with Carved Tree Faces

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Bannwald Schachen Information Point with Carved Tree Faces

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This Highlight is in a protected area

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Schurwaldrand Altbach-Plochingen-Reichenbach

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Location: Baltmannsweiler, Landkreis Esslingen, Stuttgart District, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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3. Gschlag Trailhead Parking – View of the Swabian Alb loop from Baltmannsweiler

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Bloggmaus

November 8, 2025

Nature in abundance in a metropolitan area! Information panels about the protected forest are located on the three tree trunks, which are nicely decorated with carvings (faces).

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Sandsteinklippe

January 8, 2021

There is an information point about the surrounding Bannwald (Schachenwald).
The trees carrying shields are decorated with carved faces. So they act as "tree spirits".
Very nice to look at.

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Waldaubruddler

May 1, 2022

Location and history: The information boards in the form of tree faces are located where the Oberer Schachenweg meets the Schachenweg in the protected forest area of Schachen and Schachenbach: in the south-eastern part of the Mittlerer Schurwald between Reichenbach and Baltmannsweiler.
In addition to 3 different information boards, various carvings were also made on tree trunks.
There are 2 other information boards with tree faces at the Bannwald Schachen.
The term ban comes from the Middle Ages. At that time, Bannwald stood for a forest area (Bannforst) in which the right of use (Forstbann) was reserved for the sovereign. Initially, this only applied to hunting (hunting ban) and fishing, and later also to other uses of the forest (wild ban forestry).
Today the term Bannwald generally means a piece of forest that is worth preserving as a whole - or a special form of it. In German-speaking countries, the term Bannwald generally refers to a forest stock or area. Depending on the applicable forest law, there are overlaps and differences between the terms protective forest, protective forest and recreational forest.
Protective forest to protect against avalanches, rock falls, mudslides or floods.
Forest reserve, protected forest areas for reasons of nature and environmental protection.
Recreational forest, sometimes also as a recreation area.
The term ban comes from the Middle Ages. At that time, Bannwald stood for a forest area (Bannforst) in which the right of use (Forstbann) was reserved for the sovereign. Initially, this only applied to hunting (hunting ban) and fishing, and later also to other uses of the forest (wild ban forestry).
In Baden-Württemberg, protected forests are total reserves in which any use is prohibited by statutory order.
The information boards in the form of tree faces are located where the Oberer Schachenweg meets the Schachenweg in the protected forest area of Schachen and Schachenbach: in the south-eastern part of the Mittlerer Schurwald between Reichenbach and Baltmannsweiler.
In addition to 3 different information boards, various carvings were also made on tree trunks.
There are 2 other information boards with tree faces at the Bannwald Schachen.
Source: partly Wikipedia

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Elevation 460 m

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Bannwald Schachen Information Point with Carved Tree Faces

1. Bannmühle Reichenbachtal – Bridge Near Ölmühle loop from Reichenbach (Fils)

2. Forester's Spring loop from Baltmannsweiler

3. Gschlag Trailhead Parking – View of the Swabian Alb loop from Baltmannsweiler

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