Neuburg Forest

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Neuburg Forest
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View of the Neuburg Forest from the Platte (499 m). Behind: the mountains of the Bavarian Forest.
Highest point
Peak Platte
Elevation 499 m (1,637 ft)
Dimensions
Length16 km (9.9 mi)
Area186 km2 (72 sq mi)
Naming
Native nameNeuburger Wald
Geography
Neuburg Forest
State(s)west and south of Passau
Range coordinates 48°33′10″N13°20′48″E / 48.55278°N 13.34667°E / 48.55278; 13.34667
Parent range Bavarian Forest
Geology
Rock type(s) granite, gneiss

The Neuburg Forest (German : Neuburger Wald) is a largely forested hill ridge and natural region in Lower Bavaria in the county of Passau and the borough of Passau. It is named after the village of Neuburg am Inn.

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Geography

The Neuburg Forest is actually a range of foothills of the Bavarian Forest on the far side of the Danube and thus forms a perimeter zone of the Bohemian Massif. It lies south of the Danube and extends for almost 30 kilometres from the lower Vils valley near Vilshofen to the lower Inn valley near Passau, and in the southeast to Neuburg am Inn. In the north lie the steep slopes of the Löwenwand near Seestetten (southern right bank of the Danube). The average width of the hill range is just under seven kilometres. The Neuburg Forest covers an area of 186 square kilometres. [1] On Austrian territory east of the Inn, the Sauwald is its continuation. Taking that into account, the Danube has cut its way through the foothills of the Bavarian Forest for a total length of 70 km.

The Neuburg Forest is divided into three main regions: [2] in a narrower sense, only the eastern third of this area is called the Neuburg Forest, with an area of about 60 km2. [3] The central part of the natural region is called Hochbuchet, while the western part, west of the Laufenbach, between Hochbuchet and Vils valley, has no special name. Also the Alkofen Heights [4] left of the Vils are still counted as part of the natural region of the Neuburg Forest.

Most of the Neuburg Forest is located in the municipalities of Fürstenzell and Neuburg am Inn (from which the forest derives its name), as well as in the southern Passau districts of Heining. (where the Löwenwand is found), Haidenhof Nord and Haidenhof Süd. Its northwestern part west of the Lauterbach extends into the territory of the borough of Vilshofen (near Seestetten: Seestettner Holz with the 390-metre-high Hirschenberg).

The forested hill range has an average height of 400 to 475 metres, reaching its highest point at 499 metres above sea level at the summit of the Platte, [5] a flat kuppe near the village of Altenmarkt in the municipality of Fürstenzell at 48°33′10″N13°20′48″E / 48.55278°N 13.34667°E / 48.55278; 13.34667 (Platte) . On the Platte is a water tower. The second highest point is only slightly lower at 498 metres; it is located in the Hochgasse woods on the county road, the Kreisstraße PA11 near the hamlet of Haunreut, in Fürstenzell, at 48°33′07″N13°18′55″E / 48.55194°N 13.31528°E / 48.55194; 13.31528 (Platte) . [2]

The Neuburg Forest is composed of granite and gneisses. Especially on its northern and southwestern slopes, it is embedded in thick Pliocene and Pleistocene gravels.

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References

  1. ↑ Bundesamt für Naturschutz: landscape fact file no. 40802 – Neuburger Wald [ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 Felix Mader: Die Kunstdenkmäler von Bayern. Bezirksamt Passau. Oldenbourg, 1920, page 2 , p. 2, at Google Books
  3. ↑ Ulrich Pietrusky, Donatus Moosauer, Günther Michler: Niederbayern – im Fluge neu entdeckt. Eine Landeskunde in 103 farbigen Luftaufnahmen, Verlag Morsak Grafenau, 2. Aufl. 1982, ISBN   3-87553-135-3, p. 36: "The Neuburg Forest covers an area of about 6000 ha, of which, 100 years ago, one third was farmland."
  4. ↑ Ulrich Pietrusky, Donatus Moosauer: Der Bayerische Wald – im Fluge neu entdeckt. Eine Landeskunde mit 116 farbigen und sechs schwarz-weißen Luftaufnahmen, Verlag Morsak Grafenau, 1985, ISBN   3-87553-228-7, p. 274: "Gneiss and granite of the Alkofen Heights rarely outcrop and are covered by tertiary sediments and loess loam."
  5. ↑ Fritsch hiking map, 8th edition: "Bavarian Forest" with entries for the Bavarian Forest Nature and National Park, scale 1:100,000.

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