Barkenkuhlen in the Ipweger Moor

	Barkenkuhlen nature reserve in the Ipweger Moor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	"Barkenkuhlen im Ipweger Moor" nature reserve
location	Northeast of Oldenburg
surface	53.5 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 172
WDPA ID	162342
FFH area	42.0 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 13 ' N , 8 ° 18' E Coordinates: 53 ° 12 '45 " N , 8 ° 18' 22" E
Sea level	from 0 m to 2 m
Setup date	December 9, 1937
administration	NLWKN

The Barkenkuhlen in the Ipweger Moor are a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Rastede in the Ammerland district on the border with the Wesermarsch district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 172 is a good 53.5 hectares in size. It is almost completely part of the FFH area "Ipwegermoor, Gellener Torfmöörte". The nature reserve has been under nature protection since August 21, 2010. It replaces the nature reserve of the same name from 1986.

The high moor area is located east of Wahnbek in the Ipweger Moor . The peat is partly cultivated, partly as heath moor and bog with bog pools get. The grassland areas in the cultivated fields lie fallow, they were gepoldert, with the goal to as much surface water to keep swamp and silting creating sbereiche.

The area is about various trenches u. a. drained to the Ipweger Moorkanal in the north, which in turn drains via the Moorriemer Canal to the Hunte and Weser .

Web links

Commons : Barkenkuhlen im Ipweger Moor - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Nature reserve "Barkenkuhlen im Ipweger Moor" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)