Altdorf Forest Explained

Location:	between Aulendorf and Vogt; county of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
Highest:	Galgenberg
Range Coordinates:	47.7745°N 9.7259°W

The Altdorf Forest (German: Altdorfer Wald) is a forested, low mountain ridge between Aulendorf and Vogt in the county of Ravensburg in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is up to high.

The forest has an area of about 82 km² and is thus the largest contiguous forest in Upper Swabia. It is divided into state, municipal and private forests, of which the aristocratic House of Waldburg-Wolfegg owns the largest area.

References

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Literature

• Anton Huber: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Altdorfer Waldes. Staatliches Forstamt, Ravensburg, 1998
• Jochen Jauch: Geschichte und Geschichten aus dem Altdorfer Wald. Von der Försterei Gambach zum Forstrevier Bergatreute. Eppe, Bergatreute, 2012,
• Volker Kracht (ed.): Die Naturschutzgebiete im Regierungsbezirk Tübingen. 2nd edition. Thorbecke, Ostfildern, 2006, (includes coverage of the few nature reserves in the Altdorf Forest)
• J. D. G. von Memminger: Der Altdorfer Wald, in: Beschreibung des Oberamts Ravensburg. Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen, 1836 (e-text and digital version at Wikisource)
• Der Altdorfer Wald, in: Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung, 9th annual issue, 1840, pp. 424ff. (digitalised)

External links

• 3202 Altdorfer Wald, landscape fact file by the BfN

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20070628072907/http://www.bfn.de/0311_landschaft.html?landschaftid=3202 Landscape fact file