Blumenrather Heide
Virneburg
Blumenrather Heide is located on a plateau to the east of the local community of Virneburg.
In 2006 and 2007, large-scale measures were carried out here as part of an extensive large-scale nature conservation project. The blackthorn and gorse hedges were removed, overgrown areas cleared and numerous trees and shrubs felled. Special machines were used to remove and transport away tonnes of raw humus. This so-called plagg work was a necessary measure to prepare the area for the subsequent sowing of heather (Calluna vulgaris), which can now be admired in all its splendour once again. As a result, typical heath fauna and flora have been able to re-establish themselves over the past decades.
The Blumenrather Heide is particularly beautiful to discover on a hike along the ‘Virne-Burgweg’ dream trail.
