{{italic title}} [[File:SchoenbuchSchonwald.jpg|thumb|upright|Information board in Schönbuch]] [[File:Schonwald sign.JPG|thumb|Sign for a ''Schonwald'' near Schönwald, Baden-Württemberg]] A '''''Schonwald''''' is the term used in the German state of Baden-Württemberg for a protected woodland area, in which economic usage of the forest is permitted, but under certain restrictions. The term is not used in other German-speaking regions or is at best a colloquial term there.
''Schonwald'' is defined in § 32 of the Baden-Württemberg Forests Act as follows:<ref>[http://www.waldnaturschutz-forstbw.de/site/downloads/559_32_WSG_120217.pdf Forests Act for Baden-Württemberg] (pdf; 13 kB) at the Baden-Württemberg State Forestry Commission site</ref>
{{quote|[A] ''schonwald'' is a woodland reserve, in which a specified woodland community with its animal and plant species, a specified composition of trees or a specified forest biotope is to be conserved, developed or regenerated. The forestry authorities will lay down management measures with the consent of the forest owner.}}
A higher level of protection is afforded by the ''Bannwald'', a term which is also recognised outside the state. Within Baden-Württemberg a ''Bannwald'' is defined at § 32 of the Forests Act as "a woodland reserve which is left to itself".
== See also == * List of types of formally designated forests * Schönwald
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.forstbw.de/schuetzenbewahren/waldschutzgebiete/ Woodland reserves] at the Baden-Württemberg State Forestry Commission site
* Category:Protected areas of Germany Category:Types of formally designated forests