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.3. Forest Fire Causes State
With Intent (Arson)
Negligence
Other Causes Determined by Action
Natural Causes such as Lightning
Cause Unknown
Total
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Number
Area (ha)
Federal Forest 4 1.0 9 1.9 42 17.2 2 0.1 13 1.0 70 21.1 Baden-Württemberg 1) 1 0.9 9 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 0.1 13 2.0 Bayern 1) 5 3.4 4 1.1 1 0.6 0 0.0 4 3.1 14 8.3 Berlin 1) 4 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.3 9 0.4 Brandenburg 1) 83 12.5 42 8.8 12 3.7 9 1.3 98 9.2 244 35.6 Bremen 1) 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hamburg 1) 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Hessen 1) 3 0.0 11 1.5 0 0.0 1 0.0 6 1.3 21 2.9 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1) 7 0.9 5 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 1.6 20 3.3 Niedersachsen 1) 4 0.1 2 0.3 0 0.0 4 0.2 9 0.7 19 1.3 Nordrhein-Westfalen 1) 5 0.2 6 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.7 15 1.5 Rheinland-Pfalz1) 18 1.6 5 1.1 2 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 2.9 Saarland 1) 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 0.3 Sachsen 1) 16 11.2 8 1.4 1 8.0 2 0.0 31 14.9 58 35.5 Sachsen-Anhalt 1) 9 1.3 10 0.3 0 0.0 1 0.0 46 4.1 66 5.7 Schleswig-Holstein 1) 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 Thüringen 1) 0 0.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 9 1.0 12 1.1 Total State 1) 155 32.2 104 17.0 16 12.6 18 1.6 224 37.3 517 100.6 Former W.-Germany 40 6.2 37 5.7 3 0.8 5 0.2 32 6.5 117 19.4 New Federal States 115 26.0 67 11.3 13 11.7 13 1.4 192 30.8 400 81.2 Germany 159 33.2 113 18.9 58 29.7 20 1.7 237 38.3 587 121.7
