Germany forest
Leipzig Riverside Forest
Martin Geisler · CC BY-SA 3.0
47% trees around it and 1,270 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km47%
- wild within 10 km54%
- species recorded1,270
- Altitude106 m
The forest around
47% trees.
Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.
Trees, ring by ring
- 0–1 km68%
- 1–3 km44%
- 3–6 km39%
- 6–10 km28%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees44%
- Grassland8%
- Water1%
- Cropland1%
- Built-up47%
ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.
Who lives here
1,270 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 47%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 54%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,270Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 106 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in May and in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-4°53 mm
- Feb-3°36 mm
- Mar0°42 mm
- Apr4°31 mm
- May8°57 mm
- Jun12°56 mm
- Jul15°78 mm
- Aug14°64 mm
- Sep10°54 mm
- Oct5°46 mm
- Nov1°52 mm
- Dec-2°50 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Leipzig Riverside Forest.
Europe's largest inner-city alluvial forest
Leipzig Riverside Forest is a forest in Germany.
Seen from space, 47% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 54% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,270 species have been recorded around it: 792 plants, 246 fungi, 212 birds and 20 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Garlic Mustard, Tree of heaven and Ramsons.
The best time to walk is in May and in September.
Get there and walk
- Landschaftspark Cospudencampsite · 2.8 km · 14 within 10 km
- Plagwitzer Hofplace to stay · 2.3 km · 283 within 10 km
- Kleinzschochernearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
- Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at LEJ airport (Schkeuditz)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The forest and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 11marked trails within 5 kmJakobsweg Via Regia 3, Jakobsweg Via Regia 4, Parthenaue and 8 more
- 247named and notable trees within 6 kmFriedenseiche, Wilhelm-Wundt-Eiche, Gemeine Rosskastanie Eigenheimstraße and 244 more
- 47picnic sites within 4 kmGrillplatz, Connewitzer Wehr, Thümy Gedächtnisecke and 44 more
- 390shelters and huts within 6 kmUnterstellpilz and 389 more
- 34viewpoints within 5 kmLöwenblick, Zooschaufenster, Klangberg and 31 more
- 9visitor centres within 6 kmKasse, Ausstellungsraum und Büro, Tourist-Information Leipzig and 6 more
- 950car parks within 3 km
- 14campsites within 10 kmLandschaftspark Cospuden, Goldstück-Leipzig, RV park Leipzig center and zoo and 11 more
- 283places to stay within 10 kmPlagwitzer Hof, Adagio, Zills Tunnel and 280 more
- 544restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Leipzig Riverside Forest.
The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas62 mountains within 25 kmFockeberg153 m · 0.4 kmNahleberg5.4 kmMonarchenhügel Leipzig159 m · 6.8 kmWachberg134 m · 7.6 kmSteinertsberg129 m · 13 kmHalde Trages18 kmKreuzberg Schönwölkau106 m · 23 kmRuhm-Berg169 m · 25 km
Lakeyas6 lakes within 15 kmCospudener See4.2 km² · 5.2 kmLake Markkleeberg0.8 km² · 6.0 kmElster reservoir Bösdorf0.5 km² · 6.8 kmKulkwitzer See1.5 km² · 7.6 kmAlbrechtshainer See0.2 km² · 15 kmStausee Rötha0.6 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 kmPlanetariumBortle 8 · 4.0 kmPlanetarium MerseburgBortle 6 · 26 kmPlanetarium Halle-KanenaBortle 5 · 27 km
Viewyas3 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonRosentalturm4.5 kmBistumshöhe Observation Tower163 m · 7.3 kmAussichtsturm Taucha12 km
Birdyas10 birding sites within 25 kmLeipziger Auwald5.9 kmRückhaltebecken Stöhna12 kmSaale-Elster-Aue südlich Halle17 kmElsteraue bei Groitzsch17 kmBergbaufolgelandschaft Werben17 kmAgrarraum und Bergbaufolgelandschaft bei Delitzsch19 kmLaubwaldgebiete östlich Leipzig22 kmKämmereiforst und Leineaue24 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyWeisse Elster257 km↗Pleiße90 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Leipzig Riverside Forest
Germany
- 53Forestyas Score
- 47%Trees
- 54%Wild
- 1,270Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1815491) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 94,881 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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