At Sundern

At Sundern IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	7.3 ha
Identifier	NSG GT-013
WDPA ID	162187
Geographical location	51 ° 59 '  N , 8 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 59 '15 "  N , 8 ° 8' 35"  E
Setup date	April 1, 1986
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Gütersloh district

The Am Sundern nature reserve is located about 1 kilometer north of Greffen , a district of the East Westphalian town of Harsewinkel in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . The area is approximately 7.3 hectares and was placed under protection on April 1, 1986 under the key number GT-013.

In 1977 there were the first considerations to redesign the area of ​​a wood waste dump in an ecological way. The city of Harsewinkel developed a plan with official and voluntary conservationists and the Office for Agricultural Regulations in Bielefeld , which was included in the plan approval procedure in 1982 . With public funds from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the city of Harsewinkel, the biotope could then be built until 1984.

A diverse relief was created that offers dwarf rushes and other aquatic plants a vegetation space. Wet meadows and sedge groves form a habitat for a wide variety of animal and plant species.

Web links

• Nature reserve "Am Sundern" (GT-013) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - Am Sundern (English)