Wohldorfer Wald, Protected forest area in Wandsbek, Germany.

Wohldorfer Wald is a protected forest covering about 278 hectares of continuous deciduous woodland in Hamburg's Wandsbek district. The area contains beech, oak, and alder groves with diverse structure and numerous water bodies throughout.

Hamburg has owned the Wohldorfer Wald since 1437, making it the city's oldest forestry district. In 1770 the city laid out walking paths through the woodland, and in the early 20th century a small railway, since dismantled, served the area. The central 278 hectares were placed under nature protection in 1980.

The forest has been a popular outing destination for Hamburg's city dwellers for centuries; walking paths were laid out here from 1770. In the early decades of the 20th century a small railway, since dismantled, opened up the area to visitors. Today the nature reserve is jointly looked after by the nature conservation office, the forestry office and the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald.

The forest is accessible by the U1 subway line to Ohlstedt station, followed by a short walk to the southern entrance. The paths inside are well-marked and suitable for different mobility levels.

The forest's dead wood, deliberately left in place and gathered into dead-wood islands, supports more than half of its woodland animals. All woodpecker species native to northern Germany breed here, among them black, green, middle and lesser spotted woodpeckers.