Cite this as: Wohlfarth, C. 2023 Reconciling the Protection of Nature and Monuments. A large-scale nature conservation project between the Siebengebirge and the Sieg, Internet Archaeology 62. https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.62.13
Funded by the Federal Office for Nature Conservation in close cooperation with Nature Conservation (Rhine-Sieg District) and Cultural Heritage Protection (LVR-State Service for Archaeological Heritage in the Rhineland) , the aim of this project was to conduct a major conservation project according to environmental communication protocols, and the first to be carried out in Germany. The occasion was the establishment of a maintenance and development plan in a major conservation project, scanning more than 10,000 hectares, and their subsequent realisation. The project helped create communication, coordination, and working structures, which were not only expandable but coulf also be applied to other nature conservation projects. In many cases, for their protection, the monument sites are transferred into a sustainable nature and heritage-compatible use during the implementation period using the measures suggested in the care and development plan of the conservation project 'chance 7' in the Rhine-Sieg District. Monuments suitable for presentation are preserved and made accessible to the general public.
Corresponding author: Christine Wohlfarth
christine.wohlfarth@lvr.de
Head of the Prospection Department, LVR-State Service for Archaeological Heritage in the Rhineland (LVR-ABR)
Figure 1: View of Siebengebirge and Rhine (Image credit: U. Ullrich-Wick, LVR-ABR)
Figure 2: Project-area (red) in the south of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2022, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 3: Nature conservation project-area with target species of flora and fauna (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2022, St Fuchshofen, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR, Photos Wikipedia)
Figure 4: Cultural landscape relics (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, S. Fuchshofen, U. Ullrich-Wick, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 5: Archaeological monuments and sites in the project-area (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, T. Dujmovic, S. Fuchshofen, C. Keller, U. Ullrich-Wick, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 6: Erosion map (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, Geologischer Dienst NRW, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 7: Pleiser Hills (Image credit: O. Zirkel – LVR-ABR)
Figure 8: Archaeological monuments and sites in the different management areas (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 9: Motte Niederpleis: results of the scientific investigations – example grassland (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, U. Ullrich-Wick, J.J.M. Wippern, C. Wohlfarth, O. Zirkel – LVR-ABR)
Figure 10: Survey in the Pleiser Hills – example arable land (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 11: Historic Territorial Boundary – example forest (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, © LAV NRW R RW 023 Nr. 471, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 12: Archaeological section: Landwehr 'Vilger Schlag' (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, R. Dortangs, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR, Wikipedia)
Figure 13: Heisterbach monastery fishponds (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, C. Keller, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 14: 'Hager Weinberg' before and after cleaning from damaging vegetation (Image credit: U. Ulrich-Wick, C. Wohlfarth – LVR-ABR)
Figure 15: Iron Age hillfort: climate-resilient forest conversion (Image credit: © Geobasis NRW 2013, WaldInfo.NRW, E. Cott, LVR-ABR)
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