Eastern Malse

Eastern Malse IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Northwest of Basdahl in Lower Saxony Cuxhaven
surface	78 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 137 / NSG CUX 008
WDPA ID	164965
FFH area	78 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 28 ′  N , 8 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 28 ′ 6 "  N , 8 ° 58 ′ 5"  E
Sea level	from 18 m to 44 m
Setup date	December 21, 1985
administration	NLWKN

The Eastern Malse is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Beverstedt in the district of Cuxhaven .

The nature reserve is 78  hectares in size. It is practically congruent with the FFH area "Malse". The area has been a nature reserve since December 31, 2010. The 51 hectare former nature reserve of the same name, designated in 1985 and designated NSG LÜ 137, has been incorporated into the nature reserve. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Cuxhaven, which manages the nature reserve under the registration number NSG CUX-008.

The reserve represents the eastern part of the south-west of Hipstedt lying forest area "Malse" under protection. Near-natural forest stands predominate in the nature reserve. You can find oak-hornbeam forest , angular sedge and Milzkraut-alder-ash forest and alder quarry forest . In the nature reserve spring headwaters of Lune .

The route of the planned A 20 coastal motorway between Westerstede and Drochtersen runs only a few hundred meters north of the nature reserve.

Web links

Commons : Eastern Malse  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Eastern Malse" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overview map A 20 from Westerstede to Drochtersen, Sections 4 + 5 , Road Administration of the State of Lower Saxony, February 13, 2014 (PDF file, 3 MB). Retrieved March 23, 2016.