Holter forest

Holter Wald nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Holte-Stukenbrock Castle , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	6.131 km²
Identifier	GT-40
WDPA ID	389787
Geographical location	51 ° 54 '  N , 8 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '0 "  N , 8 ° 35' 0"  E
Setup date	October 16, 2008
Framework plan	Landscape plan Sennelandschaft-GT
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Gütersloh district

The Holter Wald nature reserve is a large, contiguous forest area on the eastern edge of the Westphalian Bay . With a size of 613.14 hectares, it is located in the area of ​​the town of Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock in the Gütersloh district . The protection took place on October 16, 2008, the area is led with the number GT-040.

The Holter Forest is a preferred local recreation area for residents of the surrounding cities and communities and is largely designated as a landscape protection area. It is traversed from east to west by the Senne brooks Landerbach (in the north of the Holter Forest), Ölbach (in the center) and Rodenbach (in the south). The subsoil consists almost exclusively of sandy soils, which are typical of the Senne landscape. Therefore, there is predominantly a Senne-typical tree population consisting of pines , oaks and beeches . Moisture-loving tree species such as alder and ash can also be found in the immediate vicinity of the banks of the streams and bodies of water .

Popular starting points

• Hunting lodge Holte (totally destroyed by Bernhard von der Lippe in 1556, then rebuilt and completed in 1616, listed)
• 1000-year-old oak (armorial tree in the city ​​arms of Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock )
• Tenge Villa (Listed)
• Collection pond with adjoining nature trail, sports facility and wetland biotope
• Forester's lodge Schloß Holte
• Mühlgrund (facility for handicapped people of the v. Bodelschwinghschen Anstalten Bethel [Bielefeld] with historical oil mill and mill wheel as well as "Mühlcafé")

The Holter Forest as an FFH area

315 hectares of the nature reserve are also a fauna-flora-habitat (FFH) area . This is justified, among other things, with the occurrence of rare animal species such as the black woodpecker , kingfisher and various bat species as well as the occurrence of small-scale bog soils with their typical vegetation . As a result, the Holter Forest functions as a so-called stepping stone biotope in the otherwise forest-poor Westphalian Bay . The main objectives of the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Directive with regard to the Holter Forest are near-natural forest management, the preservation of cave trees as nesting sites for rare bird species, and the natural preservation of the flowing and still water sections of Ölbach and Landerbach .

Footnotes

1. ↑ Stricter protection , Neue Westfälische (local section for Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock ), No. 195, 23 August 2007

Web links

Commons : Holter Wald nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Holter Wald" (GT-040) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia