Werdauer-Greiz Forest

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The Werdauer-Greizer forest, also known as the Greiz-Werdauer forest or the Werdauer forest, is the conservation forests around Greiz and Werdau and is one of the largest closed forest areas in Western Saxony and eastern Thuringia.

Location[]

A crossing in the forest

The 62 km² large forested area extends mainly between the valley of the Pleiße and the White Elster. On its northern edge in Thuringia flows the .^[1]

The northern spur forms the forest area near the village .^[2]

West of Greiz the forms a section of the conservation boundary. In the west, the forest area extends beyond the edge of the Elster Valley and ends southeast of the village . The northeastern tip of Werdau with the headwaters of the north adjacent goes into the whose undeveloped area before 1945 still belonged to the Trünzig state forest.^[3]

The forest borders the city of Werdau (Saxony) to the northeast and Greiz (Thuringia) to the southwest. In the middle of the forest there is a clearing, where the settlement is located.

The common border of the states of Saxony and Thuringia runs from Teichwolframsdorf going in a north-south direction along a road in the direction of through the forest.

Conservation area[]

The former Gera district created a conservation area in the Thuringian part of the forest in 1961. The Werdauer forest on the Saxon side was declared a conservation in 1968 by the administration of the former Karl-Marx-Stadt district.

Gallery[]

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  Stöckener Hasenheide

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  At the water lilly pond

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  The Schlötenteich in the Schlötengrund near Neumühle

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  Winter in the Werdauer Forest

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