Urban Forest

The city of Wolfsburg owns around 950 hectares of forest. A large part of this was transferred to the city by the state in the 1950s as an "urban development area". The foresters of the state, now the Niedersächsische Landesforsten, have been looking after the municipal forest ever since.

Wolfsburg is one of the greenest cities in Germany. The decisive factor here is urban planning, which has meanderingly fitted the city into the landscape structures. Forests, public green spaces and built-up areas thus dovetail very closely with one another.

Forest has time! Many trees stand in their place for 180, 200 or even more years. When we walk under their canopy and take many a path day in and day out, we don't really notice how the forest changes.

As a matter of principle, periodic economic plans are drawn up for forest management - as was the case for the urban forest in 2006. This 10-year forest management plan, prepared by the State Forests and approved by the Council, acknowledges the measures taken in the past, evaluates the current state of the forest, and sets out the principles of future management based on the city's specifications.

Lower Saxony State Forests
Head of the Rothehof district forester's office with the Wolfsburg city forest
Dirk Schäfer
Uhlenhorst 41
38444 Wolfsburg-Rabenberg

Phone: 05361 42403
mobile: 0170 6317523

Office hours by arrangement

E-mail to Dirk Schäfer

Lower Saxony State Forests
Functional office of the urban forestry with focus on timber harvesting and sales including firewood, environmental education and forest tours
Ronald von Münster
To the meadow garden 2
38446 Wolfsburg-Reislingen

Mobile: 0151 12576949
Telephone: 05363 72368

E-mail to Ronald von Münster

Office hours:
Wednesday: 15:00 - 17:00 h
Monday and Friday: 07:30 - 09:00 o'clock

Master forester
Claus Potthast

Mobile: 0170 8539568
Phone: 05363 72368

E-mail to Claus Potthast

Mobile: 0152 24780904