Bienwald

The Bienwald is a large forested area in the southern Pfalz region of Germany near the towns of Kandel and Wörth am Rhein.

The western edge defines the eastern extent of the Wissembourg Gap, a corridor of open terrain between the Bienwald and the hills of the Palatine Forest.

In the northwest, the forest is bounded by the so-called "Cattle Line" (German: Viehstrich), running from Schweighofen to Kandel.

The only settlement in the Bienwald is Büchelberg (940 inhabitants as of 2015[1]), which lies inside a clearing in the forest and is administratively part of the town of Wörth am Rhein.

Austrian troops under Marshal Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser pushed the French Army back and frustrated the relief of Mainz.

The Bienwald as seen from space.
Bienwald mill
Ruins of a German bunker in the Bienwald. A Beech tree stands to the left.