Oberurseler Stadtwald und Stierstädter Heide, Conservation area in Hochtaunuskreis, Germany.

Oberurseler Stadtwald and Stierstädter Heide form a conservation area in the Hochtaunus region where dense forests exist alongside open heathland. This mix of woodland and open ground creates varied habitats that support different plant and animal communities.

The Stierstädter Heide has existed since the Middle Ages, when local inhabitants cleared the woodland and removed the humus to fertilise their fields, leaving the nutrient-poor soil on which heather thrives. The area is now protected as a Natura 2000 Fauna-Flora-Habitat site for the Bechstein's bat and the dry European heath.

The name Stierstädter Heide refers to heathland that has existed since the Middle Ages, when local inhabitants cleared the woodland and removed the humus to fertilise their fields, leaving the poor soil on which heather thrives. Today the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald, Sektion Oberursel, clears scrub and removes the humus layer four times a year in autumn and winter to keep the heath open.

The area lies mostly on Oberursel's territory, with a small southern part in Steinbach, and is crossed by the B455, which is named as a risk to the bat populations. The heath is cleared of scrub and mown four times a year in autumn and winter by the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald, Oberursel section, and the humus layer is regularly removed. Parts of the site serve as grazing land and as a local recreation area.

The heath is kept open by the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutscher Wald, Sektion Oberursel, which clears scrub and removes the humus layer four times a year in autumn and winter. The 3.2-hectare Stierstädter Heide dates to the Middle Ages, when local residents cleared the woodland and took the humus to fertilise their fields, leaving the poor soil where heather thrives.