Hülsenhaine im Schellenberger Wald, Protected forest area in Essen, Germany

Hülsenhaine im Schellenberger Wald is a protected forest area covering about 47.5 hectares of mixed beech and oak woodland. The terrain features steep northern slopes and borders residential areas to the south.

The nature reserve received protected status in 1939 and became a sanctuary for local flora and fauna in an industrial region. This designation came during a period of rapid industrial development in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The reserve lies in the Schellenberger Wald, a name tied to the Schellenberg family; no visible remains of an estate are documented. Several paths cross the area, and the woodland is bordered by housing to the south.

Several paths cross the reserve, which slopes steeply down to the north and is bordered by housing to the south. The Carl Funke car park by Lake Baldeney lies to the south, below the wooded slope.

The woodland has an unusually high concentration of holly trees that thrive in the mild microclimate of this protected area. These plants are found here far more frequently than in other German forest reserves.