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The wood in their forests is scarce

The wood in our forests is just
Ahrensbök - firewood from the forest is more in demand than ever. But the material does not grow to fast enough. Moreover, wood is more expensive.

If Eckehard Heisinger on his farm the forester Ahrensbök villages in the election of wood on Mondays hours to ask, is offered to the district manager the same picture: "The people I run down the door," says Ahrensbök chief forester. Their suggestion: bring firewood from the forest, there's no tomorrow.

as "self-advertiser" is known in the forestry language those who saw themselves becoming the increasingly popular fuel in the forests. "The demand is steadily increasing, forest districts as we can hardly satisfy them still," said Heisinger. Here alone there have been in the past five years to a fivefold increase in wood demand.

Thus, the wood in Ostholstein forests is scarce. In particular, the high-quality firewood - the hardwood such as beech, oak or ash. Heisinger: "Before, everyone got his wood, but now I have to send each other, which ask people to go home." In addition, the timber shortage leads to the fact that instead of the massive tribes now thick as an arm trees are beaten.

The problem: beech or oak does not grow so fast, and accordingly it is also missing in the 1800-hectare area Ahrensbök of suitable hardwood. "When I first got here fifteen years ago, we had ten young fellers each winter, now there are almost 200 of Eutin to Lübeck," says the district manager. Sure, have changed in this period prices. Paid to the early 90s, five marks per cubic meter, there are now 20 €. Whopping five euros more than a year ago.

Eckehard Heisinger has realized that now more and more self-advertisers have switched to softwood. What Heisinger long wonder, "because in Bavaria and Scandinavia is burned primarily softwood. It is this heating value almost equivalent, "because the resin content is much larger."

total, the business with the log after the prices of gas and oil are at a high level. Thus, creating more and more households to alternatives, such as they retool to large kilns. Also in the house heats Heisinger one cold this winter instead of heating oil now with a solid fuel heating. This means that large quantities of wood logs up to 50 centimeters in length, can be fired. "This is much cheaper than oil or gas heat," said Forest boss Ahrensbök.

If the general public wants to stock up now - alone on the farm villages in the choice wood store, despite the scarcity of the precious commodity around 100 cubic meters of seasoned hardwood. Requests will Eckehard Heisinger requests using Telephone 045 25/490 50th
By Christian Rabe