A or imperial forest was an area of historic woodland which existed in the Holy Roman Empire and was under direct imperial control, protection and usage. may refer to: * , a nature reserve near

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

** , a section of the Nuremberg , which takes its name from the associated church dedicated to the local forest hermit, Saint Sebald (or

Sebaldus Sebaldus (or Sebald) was an Anglo-Saxon missionary to Germany in the 9th or 10th century. He settled down as a hermit in the '' Reichswald'' near Nuremberg, of which city he is the patron saint. According to legend, Sebaldus was a hermit and a mi ...

) * , a German state forest in North Rhine-Westphalia *

Kaufungen Forest The Kaufungen Forest (german: Kaufunger Wald) is a range of steep, wooded hills straddling the border between the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony in central Germany. It takes its name from the town Kaufungen. The hills lie in the fork of the Rive ...

, a protected natural area on the border between the states of Hesse and Lower Saxony in central Germany

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