Reinhausen
Reinhausen is the largest village in the municipality (Gemeinde) Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. It is also the seat of government for the Gleichen. The ---- village of ---- residents (as of December 31, 2005) is primarily agricultural. The village mayor is -----. The village was settled in the ----.
==Forest==
The nearby hily Reinhaeuserwald constitutes a forest district of some 18,000 hectares of primarily deciduous trees with light undergrowth including ferns. The primary species of tree is the beech ( Fagus sylvatica), accounting for 57 % of the trees. Other significant species include oak (Quercus robur and Q. petraea), Norway spruce (Picea abies'), and larch (Larix decidua). The canopy is heavy enough to make for a significantly different micro-climate, with less extreme temperature variation.
The forest is managed by the district office, with its seat in Reinhausen and is responsible for fourteen forest ranger districts and the Regional Environmental Education Center. The forest is open to the public, but harvesting of timber is the responsibility of the Landesforstamt, which uses low impact methods (heavy use of horses) and follows the principle of sustainable development. [1]
The forest contains numerous abris, some of which have evidence of use since at least the mesolithic.[2]Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).[3].
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- ^ http://www.landesforsten.de/index.php?id=1093
- ^ Grote, Klaus, 1994, Die Abris im südlichen Leinebergland bei Göttingen. Archäologische Befunde zum Leben unter Felsschutzdächern in urgeschichtlicher Zeit. (3 vols.) Oldenburg
- ^ http://www.grote-archaeologie.de/abris.html