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Bad Vilbel

Alter Schießplatz Nature Reserve

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Darmstadt District

Wetteraukreis

Bad Vilbel

Alter Schießplatz Nature Reserve

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Location: Bad Vilbel, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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1. Weg der Tiefe Sculpture – Hainwinkel Forest Trails loop from Bad Vilbel

10.2km

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130m

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2. Mühlensteg Bad Vilbel – The Wild Garlic Forest loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

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3. Hainwinkel Forest Trails – Weg der Tiefe Sculpture loop from Bad Vilbel

16.8km

04:33

230m

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NaturFreunde Hessen e.V.

November 15, 2023

The 6.8 hectare area is the largest clearing in the Vilbel Forest. Since 1937, the cleared area was used as a shooting range, first by the German Wehrmacht and after the war by the US military. In 1994 the area was returned to the city of Bad Vilbel and extensively renovated from 2001 to 2004. The aim was to secure the resulting poor grassland and swamp zones as well as to preserve and expand amphibious waters. After 80 years without fertilization and cultivation, a rich flora and fauna has developed on the wet biotopes and dry areas that exist today. Here you can find, for example, the common centaury, the small centaury, the Carthusian carnation, the sea jug and the waterskin. The insect world is represented, among other things, by the blue-winged grasshopper, bluebird, painted lady and swallowtail. 5 woodpecker species of the 7 species found in Hesse were observed at the shooting range.

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This highlight is part of the Natura Trail Bad Vilbel's scenic diversity of NaturFreunde Hessen: komoot.de/tour/1374953477

Sources: City of Bad Vilbel: Visitor information flyer, information boards in the city forest; Wetteraukreis: Annual Nature Conservation Report 2004/2005 "Redesign of the shooting range in the Bad Vilbel city forest"

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Helius FFM

December 27, 2021

This heathland / biotope with many pools and retreats for amphibians and birds is located in the center of the Bad Vilbel forest

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Location: Bad Vilbel, Wetteraukreis, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

Alter Schießplatz Nature Reserve

1. Weg der Tiefe Sculpture – Hainwinkel Forest Trails loop from Bad Vilbel

2. Mühlensteg Bad Vilbel – The Wild Garlic Forest loop from Bad Vilbel Süd

3. Hainwinkel Forest Trails – Weg der Tiefe Sculpture loop from Bad Vilbel

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