Forestry in Germany: Forests and Woodlands of Germany, German Foresters, Black Forest, Teutoburg Forest, Jasmund National Park, Harz

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Forests and woodlands of Germany, German foresters, Black Forest, Teutoburg Forest, Jasmund National Park, Harz, Mundat Forest, Kellerwald, Hercynian Forest, Reinhardswald, Suntel, Palatinate Forest, Sequoiafarm Kaldenkirchen, Bramwald, Forest swastika, Grunewald, Weper, Oskar von Riesenthal, Georg Ludwig Hartig, Theodor Hartig, Bienwald, Kiffing, Schurwald, Georg Escherich, Vorholz, Klever Reichswald, Robert Hartig, Hohes Holz, Schonbuch, Hurtgen Forest, Uberwald, Zitter Forest, Klues Forest, Ueckermunder Heide, Tonsheide Forest, Sachsenwald, Hardtwald. Excerpt: The Harz is the highest mountain range in northern Germany and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The name Harz derives from the Middle High German word Hardt or Hart (mountain forest). The legendary Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz with a height of 1,141.1 metres (3,744 ft) above sea level. The Wurmberg (971 metres (3,186 ft)) is the highest peak located entirely within Lower Saxony. Panorama in the Harz Mountains. From left to right: the peaks of the Rehberg, the Achtermannshohe, the Brocken and the Wurmberg. Sender Brocken at the summit in winterThe Harz has a length of 110 kilometres (68 mi), stretching from the town of Seesen in the northwest to Eisleben in the east, and a width of 35 kilometres (22 mi). It occupies an area of 2,226 square kilometres (859 sq mi), and is divided into the Upper Harz (Oberharz) in the northwest, which is up to 800 m high, apart from the 1,100 m high Brocken massif, and the Lower Harz (Unterharz) in the east which is up to around 400 m high and whose plateaus are capable of supporting arable farming. The following districts (Kreise) fall wholly or partly within the Harz: Goslar and Osterode am Harz in the west, Harz and Mansfeld-Sudharz in the north and east, and ...