To inspire you, my reader, about the mountain habitat and species, I merged a few texts from the official websites of the Bayerischer Wald to a small text below. A first impression of this vivid landscape.
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| The roughness of the Bayerischer Wald |
"Along the mountain range of the Bayerischer Wald and its peaks Mt Falkenstein, Mt Rachel and Mt Lusen, the first German National Park extends next to the Czech borderline. Together with the adjacent Šumava National Park, this forms the largest forest protection area of Central Europe, with a size of more than 900 km². Both parks were classified “Transboundary Parks” in 2009. "Leaving Nature to its own devices" that is the main idea behind. And indeed, nowhere else between the Atlantic Ocean and the Ural Mountains, nature is allowed to develop into a wild forest on such a large scale following its own ancient laws only. More than 300 km of well-signposted and connected hiking trails, almost 200 km of cycling paths and approx 80 km of cross-country skiing tracks open up the untouched nature of the Bayerischer Wald National Park in summer and in winter.
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| Kleine Ohe |
The panoramic view from the peaks reveals the extension of the forests of the border mountain range. A great number of refreshing mountain streams with cascades and little falls start their way there. Three different kinds of forest grow in the National Park: the lowland spruce forest in the humid valleys, where cold air accumulates, the mixed mountain forest with spruce, fir and beech trees at warm slopes, and above 1200m sea level the mountain spruce forest with its rough climate and long snowy winter periods. They are home to the typical flora and fauna of Central European mountain forests, among which rare species like owls, three-toed and white-backed woodpeckers or the smallest European owl, the pygmy owl as well as lynx and black stork are found; not to forget the most distinguishing flowers of humid mountain forests, snowbell and Bohemian gentian.
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| A lynx passing through |
Storm damage, bark beetles, snow damage, red deer, brown bears, lynx and wolves, willow-herb and snowbells, tinder fungi, broken trees, rotten tree trunks and an impenetrable young forest - all this can be found in the National Park's wild forest."
More information:
Official website Bayerischer Wald
Official website National Park Bayerischer Wald
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