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Göhrde State Forest

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and belong to the most profitable in Germany, due to their closely spaced annual rings, that are produced by the warm, sunny climate and low levels of rainfall. In the
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The state forest of Göhrde is about 75 km² in area and at its heart has some very old stands of trees. Many of these giant trees (especially
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in the heart of the state forest. The castle itself was demolished in 1827. The remaining buildings house the Göhrde Training Centre (
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and are protected. The main species of tree in the woods, which lie on the mostly sandy soils and rolling terrain, are the
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of some 37 hectares (91 acres) has been preserved with old isolated oaks and heath landscapes.
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also hunted here and – to 1918 – the German emperors. The buildings of the old
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which is especially worth protecting as are the beech woods in the Göhrde (
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and is located on a plateau with an average height of 80 metres above
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The Göhrde was once a favourite hunting ground of the Dukes of
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On the northern edge of the forest in the village of
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Index

German
mixed forest
North Germany
Lüchow-Dannenberg
Lüneburg

unincorporated area of Göhrde
Göhrde
Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Nahrendorf
Boitze
Lüneburg district
Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park
NN
Drawehn
English Oaks
natural monuments
Scots Pine
Common Beech
Spruce
Oak
silviculture
Hutewald
Fallow Deer
Red Deer
Mouflon
EU
Special Area of Conservation
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Hannover

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