# Kottenforst

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thumb|The Kottenforst in spring

The '''Kottenforst''' is a large [forest](/source/forest), about 40&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> in area, to the south, west and north of the city of [Bonn](/source/Bonn) in Germany. It is part of the [Rhineland Nature Park](/source/Rhineland_Nature_Park) (1,045&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) and forms its eastern side.

== Geography ==
The Kottenforst is the southern part of a [highland](/source/highland) region that lies about 150 to {{Höhe|180|DE-NHN|link=true}}, and known as the [Ville](/source/Ville_(Rhineland)), which drops steeply towards the east into the [Rhine Valley](/source/Middle_Rhine), but whose western slopes descend more gradually towards the [Swist](/source/Swist) and [Erft](/source/Erft) rivers, forming a geological [half-horst](/source/Horst_(geology)). The part of the [natural region](/source/Handbook_of_the_Natural_Region_Divisions_of_Germany) of Ville, which is not dominated by the [brown coal](/source/brown_coal) mining of the [Rhenish Brown Coal Field](/source/Rhenish_Brown_Coal_Field), is also called ''Waldville''.

The Kottenforst is divided into a southeastern section between [Meckenheim](/source/Meckenheim_(Rhineland)), [Bad Godesberg](/source/Bad_Godesberg) and Bonn, into which areas of natural open country intrude in places, such as the [Katzenlochbach Valley](/source/Katzenlochbach_Valley_(Bonn)), and a northern area between [Heimerzheim](/source/Heimerzheim), [Buschhoven](/source/Buschhoven) and [Alfter](/source/Alfter). Between the two areas lies the village of [Witterschlick](/source/Witterschlick).

The Kottenforst once was the location of [Schloss Herzogsfreude](/source/Schloss_Herzogsfreude), the hunting lodge of [Clemens August of Bavaria](/source/Clemens_August_of_Bavaria), [Prince-Elector and Archbishop of Cologne](/source/Electorate_of_Cologne), who loved to go hunting here and also erected the many avenues in the forest.

== References ==
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== Literature ==
* Werner D´hein: ''Kottenforst. 13 Wanderungen durch eine historische Kulturlandschaft''. Gaasterland-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-935873-21-5}}.
* Bruno P. Kremer (also ed.): ''Der Kottenforst. Eine rheinische Kultur- und Erholungslandschaft''. Wienand, Cologne, 1999, {{ISBN|3-87909-648-1}}.
* Albert Hexges: ''Der Kottenforst. Ein Beitrag zur Forstgeschichte Kurkölns unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung des Waldeigentums, des Forstrechts, der Forstorganisation und der Waldnutzung.'' In: ''Bonner Geschichtsblätter, Band 35''. Bonn, 1984, pp.&nbsp;23–98.
* Gemeinde Swisttal, Heinz Doepgen (ed.): ''900 Jahre Heimerzheim''. G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Cologne and Berlin, {{ISBN|3-7745-6333-0}}.
* Arbeitskreis Heimat im Ortsausschuss Heimerzheim (ed.): ''Heimerzheim im Wandel der Zeiten.''

== Sources ==
* Nature park map 1:50,000 by the [State Survey Office](/source/State_Survey_Office) of NRW Kottenforst-Ville, and the [hiking map](/source/hiking_map) of the [Eifel Club](/source/Eifel_Club) in cooperation with the [forestry office](/source/forestry_office) of Kottenforst, 1980 (with description on the reverse side)

== External links ==
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* [http://www.naturpark-rheinland.de/kultur/geschichte/index.html Geschichte des Kottenforstes]
* [http://www.heimatfreunde-roisdorf.de/eiserner.html Der "Eiserne Mann im Kottenforst"]

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Category:Forests and woodlands of North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
Category:Bonn

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