The Stuttgart forest has a high value for many people in Stuttgart. This is not only due to its proximity to the city, but also due to its versatility and, in part, its uniqueness as a habitat for rare animal and plant species in Baden-Württemberg. Several small lakes, and the largely contiguous and structurally rich forest area characterize the city's largest local recreation area. At the same time, the Stuttgart forest is a hunting ground and a supplier of raw materials and makes an important contribution to CO² storage as part of sustainable forestry.
Forestry administrations of the state and city as well as private owners have always maintained the forest, secured paths and roads, repaired recreational facilities and made the forest fit for the climatic challenges of the future. The city owns about 56 percent of the forest area; the second largest owner is the state of Baden-Württemberg, represented by ForstBW, Schönbuch Forest District (opens in a new tab).
Many different interests and protection concerns are therefore connected with the forest, such as climate and soil protection, water retention and filter or habitat for animal and plant species. This also leads to conflicts especially with regard to intensive recreational use. In order to avoid this and to preserve a forest that can be enjoyed by all, the "Stuttgart Forest Leisure Concept" is therefore to be developed. The aim of the concept is to reconcile the various requirements of nature conservation, local recreation, forestry and sports.
Development of the concept
In order to develop the leisure concept, the city, together with the advisory board for the Stuttgart city forest founded in 2019, has commissioned the office Tour Konzept eG from Schonach in the Black Forest in cooperation with the moderation office Memo U from Freiburg. In a first step, a steering group and a forum were initially formed to assist in the development.
The task of the steering group is to organize and coordinate the process. As the central body, the forum helps shape the participation process and represents all perspectives. It consists of representatives of the various interest groups - such as hikers, cyclists or nature conservationists - and members of the forest advisory council and the steering group. The fine-tuning of the content, in turn, takes place in eight stakeholder groups.
Thus, all important stakeholders are involved in the development of the Tour Konzept eG (opens in a new tab) from Schonach in the Black Forest in cooperation with the moderation office Memo U (opens in a new tab) from Freiburg. In a first step, a steering group and a forum were initially formed to assist in the development.
The task of the steering group is to organize and coordinate the process. As the central body, the forum helps shape the participation process and represents all perspectives. It consists of representatives of the various interest groups - such as hikers, cyclists or nature conservationists - and members of the forest advisory council and the steering group. The fine-tuning of the content, in turn, takes place in eight stakeholder groups.
Thus, all important stakeholders are involved in the development of the recreation concept. The goal was to create a recreation concept by the beginning of 2022 and to start with the first implementation measures in 2022. You can view the overall concept and the abridged version below.
The leisure concept to the Stuttgart forest
News
Current developments and progress in the development of the recreation concept are listed below.
Forum - results protocols
Stakeholder groups (AG) - Protocols
Press releases
Helpful information
Here you will find helpful and further information about the Stuttgart Forest to read or download.
Contact
Interested citizens who would like to contribute their views to the process or have questions can contact the following contacts from the forum directly on the respective topics.
| Hiking and walking | Mr. Alessandro Contini | freizeitkonzept-wanderergmxde |
| Jogging | Mr. Dominik Hermet | dominik.hermetsportkreis-stuttgartde |
| Mountain biking | Mr. Benedikt Herré | vorstandmtb-stuttgartcom |
| Cycling except mountain biking | Mr. Dominik Hermet | dominik.hermetsportkreis-stuttgartde |
| Volunteer nature conservation | Mr. Hans-Peter Kleemann | nabunabu-stuttgartde |
| Keeping and walking dogs | Mr. Robert Hoening | roberthoeningname |
| Horse riding | Mr. Dominik Hermet | dominik.hermetsportkreis-stuttgartde |
| Hunting | Mr. Stefan Kunath | kunath-jagd-stuttgartgmxde |
| Fishing | Mr. Hans-Peter Manuel | fam.manuelgmxde |
| Private forest ownership | Mr. Fritz Currle | fritz.currlestuttgartde |
| People with disabilities / accessibility | Mrs. Simone Fischer | info.bhbstuttgartde |
| Environmental education | Mr. Berthold Reichle | berthold-reichlet-onlinede |
| Interests of children and young people | Mr. Leo Staritzbichler | leo.staritzbichlerjugendrat-stuttgartde |
| Child and youth welfare institutions | Ms. Annekathrin Mönter | annekathrin.moenterstuttgartde |
| General questions and suggestions concerning the process | Mr. Matthias Huck | hucktour-konzeptde |