Arboretum Main-Taunus

[2] The property was then owned by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, und was used by Deutsche Bundespost and the Technisches Hilfswerk.

In 1981, the state of Hesse acquired the land to use it for Ersatzaufforstung (replacement reforestation) for the enlargement of the airport.

The arboretum was planned to represent four different regions of the world in the temperate zone of the Northern Hemisphere: The arboretum houses 600 different species of trees and bushes, not as single specimens as in some other arboreta, but grouped in forests and woodlands as they might grow in the regions.

The park also features a Lehrpfad (educational path) for rocks, and another for local trees, as well as a wetland which is completely surrounded by plants for protection.

A near-by farmer from Sulzbach uses some of the land with naturnah methods, and a bee-keeper installed bee-hives.