The german: Eilenriede, italics=unset (literally 'alder marsh', meaning '

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populated with

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trees') is a municipal forest in

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. It is the largest urban city forest in Germany, one of the largest in Europe, and is nearly twice the size of

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. The biggest German urban park in the strict sense of the word, however, is the

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in Munich.

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In Germany, the Eilenriede is part of a group of inner-city and near-city forest areas, like the

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(), the

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(), the

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() and the Berliner Grunewald (). The Eilenriede is around the same size as the Stadtwald in Duisburg () and is nearly twice as large as Central Park () in New York.

Location

Eilenriede encloses the south of the city roughly in the shape of a mirror-inverted letter 'C', extending about from north to south. Reaching in its southwest to the Masch Lake, the Eilenriede is traversed by a network of of walking, of bicycle, and of riding paths.

Activities

The city forest offers a range of different possibilities in leisure activities, like: *

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* Strolls and walks * Horseback riding * Bicycle riding * Hiking * Running * Wood trails * Children playground * Woodstation * Dendrology path * Lawn for sunbathing * Catering (restaurants, kiosks and forest cafes) * Monuments and memorials *

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* Bob run * Path for the blind *

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area starting

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up to Steuerndieb * High rope course

General references

* Kemper, Edwin/ Nowak, Helmut (Hrsg.): ''Eilenriede-Festschrift''. Beihefte zu den Berichten der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover, Heft 7, Hannover 1971. * Hans Brauns u.a.: ''Die Eilenriede''. Sonderheft der Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter, herausgegeben vom Stadtarchiv der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, Hannover, Eigenverlag, 1938. * H.-W. Heine: ''Die mittelalterliche Landwehr von Hannover'' in: ''Führer zu vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Denkmälern 49 (1981), S. 48–55'' * August Jugler: ''Die Eilenriede in alter Zeit. Ein Kulturbild aus Hannovers Vergangenheit''. Hannover, Klindworths 1884. * Speier, Martin; Pott, Richard: ''Der hannoversche Stadtwald "Eilenriede" in geobotanischer und historischer Sicht''. In: ''Hundert Jahre Reinhold Tüxen. Geobotanik und Vegetationsgeographie''. Hrsg.: Richard Pott. Hannover 1999, S. 279–303. * Bettina Borgemeister: ''Die Stadt und ihr Wald. Eine Untersuchung zur Waldgeschichte der Städte Göttingen und Hannover vom 13. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert''. Hannover, Hahn 2005. (Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Niedersachsen und Bremen. 228) . * Joachim Lehrmann: ''Räuberbanden zwischen Harz und Weser''. Lehrte, Lehrmann-Verlag 2004. . (darin ausführlich Hannovers Raubmörder Hanebuth) * ''Stadtwälder in Hannover - Die Eilenriede''. Broschüre als aktualisierte Neuauflage von 2004, Hannover. * ''Eilenriedekarte'', Maßstab 1:10.000. 3. Auflage, Hannover. (Broschüre und Karte kostenlos bei: Fachbereich Umwelt und Stadtgrün der Landeshauptstadt Hannover) * Janet Anschütz (Autorin), ADAC Niedersachsen Sachsen-Anhalt (Herausgeber): ''Motorrad Rennsport: Internationale Eilenriede-Rennen zu Hannover 1924-1955''. MatrixMedia-Verlag 2009. * (zu Eilenriede-Motorradrennen) *

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: ''Eilenriede'', in: ''

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, S. 101ff. *

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Informationen über die Eilenriede bei www.hannover.de

Description in german and images concerning the Eilenriede

Hermann Löns über die Eilenriede 1907 im Aufsatz von Aadje Ziesenis

Maßnahmenprogramm zu Entwicklung von Landschaftsräumen; Landeshauptstadt Hannover; (PDF, 3,26 MB)

Parks in Germany Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony

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