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Reforestation Area in Brander Wald

North Rhine-Westphalia

Reforestation Area in Brander Wald

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Reforestation Area in Brander Wald

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Martin & Sabine neben der Spur

May 16, 2021

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One of the very few places in the Eifel (or the whole world!) Where the rare calamine violet blooms. Thanks to its cooperation with mushrooms, it can cope with high levels of heavy metals in the soil (calamine = zinc ore) like hardly any other plant, for example it has found its (low-competitive) place on old waste dumps for metal extraction, as otherwise hardly anything grows there. The flowering reaches its peak in mid-May, but individual violets in bloom can be found until September.

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May 30, 2021

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The unique Galmeiveilchen in and around Stolberg is particularly evident in the months of May to August. Calamine flora or calamine vegetation is the botanical name of two plant communities of metallophytes on soil containing heavy metals.

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yves klein

August 15, 2025

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Calamine violets can "envelop" metals, thereby rendering them harmless (chelation). Root fungi can also keep them free of excess lead and zinc. They have free rein in their habitat, as trees and shrubs can't do this.

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Vennbahn Cycle Route – Rollefbach Viaduct loop from Herzogenrath

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Vennbahn Cycle Route – Tank wrecks in Brander Forest loop from Alsdorf-Mariadorf

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Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Würselen City Forest – Tank Wrecks in Brander Wald loop from Alsdorf-Mariadorf

35.3km

02:26

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Elevation 270 m

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Reforestation Area in Brander Wald

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Vennbahn Cycle Route – Rollefbach Viaduct loop from Herzogenrath

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Vennbahn Cycle Route – Tank wrecks in Brander Forest loop from Alsdorf-Mariadorf

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Würselen City Forest – Tank Wrecks in Brander Wald loop from Alsdorf-Mariadorf

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