Ahlershorst

Ahlershorst nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	East of Drangstedt in Lower Saxony Cuxhaven
surface	15.0 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 123
WDPA ID	162045
Geographical location	53 ° 37 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '7 "  N , 8 ° 45' 17"  E
Sea level	from 19 m to 25 m
Setup date	2nd August 1985
administration	NLWKN
particularities	Partial overlay with the Ahlershorst natural forest (4.5 ha)

The Ahlershorst is a nature reserve in the village of Drangstedt in the Lower Saxony city ​​of Geestland in the district of Cuxhaven .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 123 is 15  hectares in size. A 4.5 hectare part of the forest was designated as a natural forest reserve in 1999 . The area has been a nature reserve since August 2, 1985. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Cuxhaven.

The nature reserve is located east of Drangstedt and provides protection for a mixed beech forest (with grass-beech forest, willow-beech forest and beech-oak forest). The area is divided into two zones. In zone 1, in the southwest and to the north - here it is by the still of heritage railways used railway Bremerhaven-Bederkesa separated from the reserve - the reserve is located, to the forest can develop undisturbed natural. In Zone 2 in the rest of the nature reserve, the focus is on the maintenance and development of a near-natural oak-beech forest.

Web links

Commons : Ahlershorst  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ description of the natural forest Ahlers Horst , database forest reserves in Germany, Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food (accessed on 5 May 2011)