German fairytale forest to be cleared for WIND TURBINES

06/25/2025 / By Ramon Tomey

Germany’s historic Reinhardswald Forest, famed for its ties to Grimm’s Fairy Tales and its centuries-old trees, is being cleared to build 18 wind turbines (each taller than most skyscrapers), sparking intense debate over environmental priorities.
The forest is a critical habitat for endangered species like the Eurasian lynx and a cultural landmark. Critics argue destroying ancient trees and wildlife undermines the Greens’ environmental principles.
Conservationists, mayors and activists condemn the project, calling it a betrayal of stewardship. Concerns include drinking water pollution, fire risks and noise disruption, with accusations that officials ignored community input.
Despite emergency petitions since 2022, courts haven’t halted construction. Large-scale excavation and gravel embankments are permanently altering the landscape, described as unprecedented destruction.
The Greens defend the project as vital for climate action, but opponents highlight the paradox of cutting carbon-absorbing trees for turbines. The forest’s fate symbolizes tensions between renewable energy goals and biodiversity preservation, raising questions about distorted environmentalism.

In a controversial move that pits environmental preservation against renewable energy expansion, Germany’s historic Reinhardswald Forest is being cleared to make way for 18 massive wind turbines.

The Reinhardswald is a 200-square-kilometer woodland in the northern region of Germany’s central Hesse state. The forest has been immortalized in the tales of the Brothers Grimm, being the setting for stories such as “Sleeping Beauty” and “Rapunzel.” Outside its role in literature, Reinhardswald is home to trees over 200 years old and serves as a critical ecosystem for endangered species like the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx).

But the forest is now dotted with excavators, gravel mounds and freshly paved construction roads stretching as wide as highways to accommodate the 18 turbines. Each turbine will tower at 244 meters, taller than most skyscrapers, with rotor blades spanning the length of an Airbus A380.

The project, spearheaded by Hesse’s Green Party-led government, has sparked fierce opposition from local communities, conservationists and even regional mayors. They argue that the destruction of ancient trees and wildlife habitats undermines the very environmental principles the Greens claim to uphold.

Critics, including decorated conservationist Hermann-Josef Rapp, condemned the project as a betrayal of ecological stewardship. “It is the treasure house of European forests. You can’t sacrifice it to the greedy wind power league,” he said.

Local chief executives – such as Wesertal Mayor Cornelius Turrey of the Social Democratic Party – accused state and federal officials of ignoring concerns over drinking water pollution, fire risks and noise disruption. “The state of Hesse has driven this. The Greens want wind turbines in the forest – without sense or reason,” he lamented in late December 2023.

Bulldozers vs. biodiversity: Who will save Reinhardswald?

Despite emergency petitions filed since 2022, courts have yet to halt construction, which is advancing rapidly on state-owned land. Slopes are being leveled with five-meter gravel embankments, while deep excavations reshape the terrain permanently. (Related: TRAVESTY: Germany’s Greens commence deforestation of Enchanted Forest to make way for wind turbines.)

Activist Oliver Penner of the Marchenwald Action Alliance described the scale of destruction as unprecedented. “Nothing happening here compares to building a wind farm on a field near the highway,” he told the BILD magazine.

Hesse’s Environment Minister Priska Hinz of the Green Party defended the project. She insisted that wind energy is essential for combating “climate change,” arguing that it “makes a decisive contribution to the energy transition and the preservation of nature.”

Yet opponents note the irony of felling ancient trees – natural carbon sinks – to erect industrial turbines, with no climate activists protesting the deforestation. The Reinhardswald’s fate reflects a broader tension between green energy ambitions and biodiversity preservation.

As bulldozers erase centuries of natural heritage, the forest has become a symbol of what critics call technocratic overreach – where policy mandates eclipse local voices and ecological balance. For now, the fairytale forest’s legacy hangs in the balance. Its eventual clearing serves as a cautionary tale of how environmentalism, when distorted, can devour the very landscapes it vows to protect.

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