 The woodlands, which still make up roughly one third of the municipal area, served the local farmers before the First World War as a further support for their endeavours.Foremost among its boons to them was of course firewood for private use, but it was also useful for tanbark harvesting, and it yielded the wood that was needed for building and woodworking.The shift to other energy sources, however, has led to a relative loss of importance for the woodlands.