Bienwald
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2019) |
The Bienwald is a large forested area in the southern
coniferous
. The forest has an elevation of 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level by the Rhine, and rises to 150 m (490 ft) above sea level in its western extremities.
The only settlement in the Bienwald is Büchelberg (940 inhabitants as of 2015[1]), which lies inside a clearing in the forest and is administratively part of the town of Wörth am Rhein.
On 13 August 1793, a battle of the
French First Army assaulted German Siegfried Line fortifications in the Bienwald and penetrated German defenses in the forest during a week of heavy combat. The forest is still marked by trenches and bunker ruins from World War II. There are also older French earthworks (redoutes) in the southwestern parts of the forest where it borders the Lauter river and Mundat Forest (French
: Forêt du Mundat).
The proposed construction of a multi-lane controlled access highway through the forest is disputed. The proposed road would connect the French A35 autoroute and the German A65 autobahn.
European wildcats have taken up residence in the Bienwald in the last few years, often using the ruins of destroyed bunkers for shelter.
References
- ^ "Zahlen, Daten, Fakten" [Numbers, dates, facts]. Portal - Wörth am Rhein (in German). Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
