Collecting firewood in the communal forest
Citizen information from the Green Spaces Office - Firewood licences from the district forester
The city's green spaces department would like to draw your attention to the fact that it is once again possible for citizens to purchase firewood licences for the collection of wood in the municipal forest of the city of Chemnitz: In the winter half-year 2013/14, the price for one cubic metre of firewood in so-called self-collection is 13.72 euros. Firewood licences for the Chemnitz municipal forest are only available from the responsible district forester Jörg Weisbrich on Mondays from 4 to 6 pm at the office in the Technical Town Hall, Annaberger Straße 89, ground floor, room 063.
Note: If a hand-operated motorised chainsaw is to be used in the forest to cut up the wood, authorisation to operate motorised chainsaws must be presented.
Firewood permits for the communal forest can be purchased for the last time this season on 17 February 2014. During the subsequent bird breeding season, it is not possible to cut firewood yourself in the communal forest.
Collecting wood: In addition to mushrooms, berries, herbs and forest fruits (e.g. acorns), everyone has the right to take so-called "harvest wood" from the forest for personal use (Section 14 of the Forest Act for the Free State of Saxony). Timber lying on the forest floor is twigs and branches up to seven centimetres in diameter that do not require any tools such as saws or axes to be cut up in the forest. You can easily "pick up" this wood in the forest. However, if you want to take wood with a diameter of more than seven centimetres home to heat your house (even at low cost), you need the permission of the respective forest owner.
In the forested protected areas and the three reference areas in Zeisigwald, Crimmitschauer Wald and Stärkerwald, it is not possible to cut firewood yourself.
If you would like to buy partially prepared firewood - stacked ready for collection on the forest road, usually two metres long and unsplit (photo), please send your request to the City of Chemnitz Green Space Office - by phone 0371/488-6752, by fax 0371/488-6795 or by e-mail gruenflaechenamt(at)stadt-chemnitz.de.
In the 2013/14 winter season, a cubic metre of softwood costs 30.07 euros, a cubic metre of hardwood 37.98 euros (gross).
Photo: Parks Department