Forest Fire Statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany, 1998
(State: 11.03.2002)
Source: Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (German Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food)
Tab.2. Number of Forest Fires and Area Regarding to the Ownership State
Federal Forest
State Forest
Publicly-Owned Forest
Private Forest
Total
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Baden-Württemberg 0 0.0 1 0.0 8 1.4 4 0.6 13 2.0 Bayern 19 12.4 5 1.0 2 2.5 7 4.7 33 20.7 Berlin 0 0.0 9 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 0.4 Brandenburg 14 0.5 117 12.5 34 2.1 93 21.1 258 36.0 Bremen 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hamburg 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hessen 0 0.0 8 0.9 11 1.9 2 0.1 21 2.9 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 6 0.7 9 0.7 4 0.5 7 2.2 26 4.0 Niedersachsen 24 3.8 7 0.5 0 0.0 12 0.8 43 5.1 Nordrhein-Westfalen 0 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 12 1.4 15 1.5 Rheinland-Pfalz 0 0.0 5 0.6 17 1.3 3 1.0 25 2.9 Saarland 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 0.3 Sachsen 2 2.5 11 0.6 2 0.0 45 34.9 60 38.0 Sachsen-Anhalt 2 0.2 23 1.4 6 0.6 37 3.7 68 5.9 Schleswig-Holstein 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Thüringen 3 1.0 5 0.1 3 0.1 4 0.9 15 2.1 Former W.-Germany 43 16.2 37 3.4 39 7.1 41 8.8 160 35.6 New Federal States 27 4.9 165 15.3 49 3.2 186 62.7 427 86.1 Germany 70 21.1 202 18.7 88 10.3 227 71.6 587 121.7
