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Fotograf: Daniel Cluer
Photo: Daniel Cluer
Knästorp, Naturreservat
- Nature reserve
- County: Kalmar län och Öland
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Description
Knästorp offers both natural and cultural experiences. From the parking lot you walk through magical forest. Listen for birdsong and look for lichens in the bark of old tree trunks. Follow the path and you will reach Knästorp's old village site. Here you can let your imagination run wild among the remains of houses hidden under bushes and thickets.
Village with a dramatic history
"All roads lead to Rome". Or in this case, all paths lead to Knästorp's old village site! The path into the nature reserve follows the old church path to Hagelsrum, more recently called Postvägen. It is now more than a hundred years since anyone lived in the village but remains of houses and other things are still there. According to old tales, the village was destroyed at the end of the 19th century because all the farmers in the village drank themselves to death. That all the farmers in the village would have drunk themselves to death is hardly true. The village was indeed destroyed, but the reason was that the majority of the farmers emigrated.
Species-rich forest
In the hillside east of the village, broadleaf forest grows on former meadows and fields. A number of unusual lichens grow on old trees in the forest, such as elm lichen, pale crater lichen and lung lichen. The forest is also home to a variety of birds. If you're lucky, you might see or hear a nuthatch, a lesser spotted woodpecker or a robin!
Beyond the trails
The forest in the north-eastern part of the western half of the reserve is of a different character. Here, conifers dominate and the ground is covered with thick mats of moss. The trunks of old spruces are colored in light gray by old spruce lichen and the branches are draped with various hanging lichens. Discerning species such as stump moss, wood staircase moss and small horned moss grow on fallen trunks, and interesting soil fungi such as breadfruit and coral finger fungi can appear in the moss mats.
Activities And Facilities
- Nature reserve
Facts
Decision year: 2013
Area: 90.7 hectares
Municipality: Hultsfred
Landowner: Sveaskog AB
Trustee: Kalmar County Administrative Board
Directions
Drive towards Målilla. Take off towards Hagelsrum also called Stockholmsvägen. Pass Hagelsrum, drive about 5 kilometers on the road passed Stighult. At the height of Sanna there is a parking lot on the right side. Reserve sign is about 100 meters back along the road. A marked path leads from the parking lot to the village site.
Regulations
In the nature reserve you are not allowed:
- Drive a motorized vehicle off designated roads or trails.
- Park a motor vehicle, caravan or trailer.
- Camp for more than 24 hours in the same place.
- Climbing trees with nests.
- Being close to a bird of prey nest, den or burrow.
- Deliberately disturbing wildlife.
- Bringing a dog, or other animal, that is not on a leash.
- Make a fire anywhere other than in designated areas, in a barbecue you have brought or in an open-air kitchen.
- Picking or damaging mosses, lichens or wood fungi.
- Digging or pulling up vascular plants.
- Damage or remove trees, stumps, bark, branches, shrubs or brush that are growing or dead.
If you have obtained a permit from the County Administrative Board, you may:
- Set traps to collect insects that are then killed.
Full regulations
C. Regulations according to Chapter 7, Section 30 of the Environmental Code on the right to travel and stay in the reserve and on order in general.
It is forbidden to enter the reserve:
- Drive motorized vehicles other than on existing roads.
- set up a motorized vehicle, caravan or trailer
- Camping for more than one day in the same place.
- climbing trees, staying close to a bird of prey's nest, lair or pot, or otherwise deliberately damaging or disturbing wildlife
- bring an unleashed dog or other loose pet
- light a fire other than in a barbecue or outdoor kitchen
- Pick or damage wood fungi, mosses or lichens.
- Digging or pulling up vascular plants.
- Damage or remove growing or dead trees, stumps, bark, branches, bushes or brush.
It is also forbidden without the permission of the County Administrative Board:
- collect insects with traps that kill.
The regulations under C do not apply to owners or holders of special rights to property or holders of other rights.
Contact
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Per Markus Jönsson
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