Balksee and Randmoore / Basmoor and Nordahner Holz

Balksee and Randmoore / Basmoor and Nordahner Holz IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Aerial view of the northern NSG area with the Balksee in the center of the picture
location	Southwest of the Wingst , Cuxhaven district , Lower Saxony
surface	1,558 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 290
WDPA ID	555514025
FFH area	1,513 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 41 '  N , 9 ° 1'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 41 '13 "  N , 9 ° 1' 16"  E
Sea level	from -1 m to 10 m
Setup date	December 31, 2010
administration	NLWKN
particularities	Partial overlay with the natural forest Nordahner Holz (19.2 ha)

Balksee and Randmoore / Basmoor and Nordahner Holz a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon communities of Wingst and Bülkau in the combined community of Land Hadeln , Mittelstenahe and Stinstedt in the combined community of Börde Lamstedt and the city of Hemmoor in the district of Cuxhaven .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 290 is 1,558  hectares in size. Most of it is part of the FFH area "Balksee and Randmoore, Nordahner Holz". In addition, 19.2 hectares of the nature reserve in the southwest of the Nordahner Holz form the "Nordahner Holz" natural forest reserve, which was designated in 1972 . The area has been a nature reserve since December 31, 2010. Three former nature reserves have opened up in the nature reserve: the 1974 designated nature reserve "Balksee und Randmoore" with the sign NSG LÜ 057, the nature reserve "Tunschlikers Moor / Auf der Rhede" designated in 1983 with the sign NSG LÜ 091 and the 1999 designated nature reserve "Nordahner Wood ”with the label NSG LÜ 249. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Cuxhaven, which manages the nature reserve under the label NSG CUX-010.

The area is located southwest of the Wingst , to the extension of which it reaches in the northeast. It includes the Balksee with its bank areas and the bordering bogs in the north and part of the Basmoor east of Stinstedt and the Nordahner Holz north of Mittelstenahe and west of Nordahn in the south.

The Balksee, surrounded by a wide silting zone, and the area surrounding it are just below sea level. Numerous watercourses from the surrounding area drain into the area. With the floodplain, there is only a natural runoff, so that the area was characterized by frequent flooding, which led to the formation of extensive low and high moors . With the construction of the Neuhaus-Bülkau Canal in the middle of the 19th century and other drainage measures, as well as the construction of a pumping station , the flooding could be limited to areas near the lake. As a result, large parts of the moorland were cultivated and used for agriculture.

Even today, larger areas within the nature reserve are predominantly used as grassland for agriculture . Existing and arable land should be converted to grassland.

In some areas in Basmoor bog areas have been preserved, while predominantly abgetorft are, by Wiedervernässungs but measures will be rehabilitated. The bog areas are partly overgrown with birch trees, partly broken forest can be found. There is also typical bog vegetation.

In the north of the nature reserve, mainly deciduous forests can be found in the transition area to the Geest . With the Nordahner Holz, another forest area is included in the nature reserve in the southeast. The Nordahner wood is characterized by deciduous forest.

The area drains via ditches and various streams into the Balksee, which in turn drains via the floodplain and the Neuhaus-Bülkau Canal to the Oste .

To the north of the Balksee there is an observation tower from which the lake and the adjacent areas can be seen. Hiking trails run through parts of the nature reserve.

literature

• Heinrich E. Weber : Vegetation of the nature reserve Balksee and Randmoore (district of Cuxhaven). Documentation and suggestions for a care program to preserve the plants and plant communities that are worthy of protection . Issue 9 of the series Nature Conservation and Landscape Management in Lower Saxony . Lower Saxony State Administration Office (Department of Nature Conservation, Landscape Management, Bird Protection), Hanover 1978, 168 pages, ISBN 3-922321-08-9 .

Web links

Commons : Balksee and Randmoore / Basmoor and Nordahner Holz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Balksee and Randmoore / Basmoor and Nordahner Holz" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile of the natural forest Nordahner Holz , database of natural forest reserves in Germany, Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food . Retrieved May 16, 2011.
2. ↑ Lookout tower at Balksee in the Wingst , GeoLife.de-Navigator. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
3. ↑ Balksee and Randmoore , Samtgemeinde Land Hadeln. Retrieved August 30, 2018.