Disparität des deutschen Waldes im Mittelalter
Von Rigolol2021
Disparität des deutschen Waldes im Mittelalter
Von Rigolol2021
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Were these forests inhabited or largely untouched?
Those maps have always upset my ex-anprim heart deeply.
Thanks for sharing. A significant portion of Germany’s forests was cleared between 1300 and 1900, but I believe only the areas used for hunting by lords remained untouched.
Today it hast a lot more forests than in 1300
Castles need many wood (for construction too) + agriculture.
Even today, about 1/3 of the entire area of Germany is covered by forest, but almost all of it is cultivated and not pristine at all. Also, only about 20% of the trees in German forests are in good shape.
Germany went from being a very sparsely populated part of the world, to one of the most densely populated, same with England, historically it only had 1-2m people at the time when Egypt and turkey had 10m and Italy 14m
Germania, which includes modern day Czechia, Austria and over half of Poland, had 2m people, half of what the European Greek provinces (modern day Greece and thrace) had
The soil is very good for agriculture, much more productive than other places in Europe, so when it was cleared it became a feedback loop