Barnführer wood and Schreensmoor

	Barnführer wood and Schreensmoor
location	South of Oldenburg , Oldenburg district , Lower Saxony
surface	238 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 240
WDPA ID	318166
Geographical location	53 ° 1 ' N , 8 ° 16' E Coordinates: 53 ° 0 '53 " N , 8 ° 15' 45" E
Sea level	from 7 m to 18 m
Setup date	April 5, 2003
administration	NLWKN

The Barneführer wood and Schreensmoor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon communities Hatten , Wardenburg and Großenkneten in Oldenburg district . The name of the forest ("wood") indicates that it already existed at a time when the noble family of Bernefuers exercised lordship and property rights in the area around Wardenburg, which had been the case since the 14th century.

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 240 is about 238 hectares . It is almost completely part of the FFH area "Middle and Lower Hunte (with Barnführer Holz and Schreensmoor)". The nature reserve is to a large extent from the conservation area surrounded "Mean Hunte". In the southeast, the nature reserve borders on the nature reserve "Staatsforst Alt-Osenberge, Wunderhorn, Oldenburger Sand, Tannersand with peripheral areas", to the west on the nature reserve " Mittlere Hunte ", which was designated in November 2019 . The area of the Hunte merged into the "Mittlere Hunte" nature reserve, which reduced the nature reserve from its original 251 hectares to 238. The area has been a nature reserve since April 5, 2003. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Oldenburg.

Altarm der Hunte in Barnführer wood

The reserve is located in the Hunte valley between Huntlosen and Sandkrug . It includes u. a. Near-natural forest areas, including alluvial forests such as alder-ash-alluvial forest and hardwood alluvial forest , swamp areas and wet meadows . The nature reserve is used for forestry and agriculture.

There is a Douglas fir planted in 1845 by the forest hut in the nature reserve . The Douglas fir, designated as a natural monument in 2000 , is one of the oldest in Germany.

Several forest and hiking trails run through the nature reserve . It is also used for local recreation .

Web links

Commons : Barnführer Holz and Schreensmoor - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Nature reserve "Barnführer Holz und Schreensmoor" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

↑ John Booth : Three historic Douglas fir trees in Germany , "The Oldenburger Tree". In: The introduction of foreign wood species into the Prussian state forests under Bismarck and others, Springer, Berlin 1903, pp. 43–45, digitized

↑ Christian Korte: Kleinod in Barnführer Wood carefully developing , Nordwest-Zeitung , October 14, 2013. Accessed July 10, 2014.

↑ Natural monument with countless needles , Kreiszeitung , October 21, 2010. Accessed July 10, 2014.

↑ The oldest Douglas fir on the European mainland , Hatten Touristik. Retrieved July 11, 2014

↑ Mona Stephan: The oldest Douglas fir in Europe , Weser-Kurier , October 15, 2010. Retrieved on August 28, 2018.

[1] John Booth : Three historic Douglas fir trees in Germany , "The Oldenburger Tree". In: The introduction of foreign wood species into the Prussian state forests under Bismarck and others, Springer, Berlin 1903, pp. 43–45, digitized

[2] Christian Korte: Kleinod in Barnführer Wood carefully developing , Nordwest-Zeitung , October 14, 2013. Accessed July 10, 2014.

[3] Natural monument with countless needles , Kreiszeitung , October 21, 2010. Accessed July 10, 2014.

[4] The oldest Douglas fir on the European mainland , Hatten Touristik. Retrieved July 11, 2014

[5] Mona Stephan: The oldest Douglas fir in Europe , Weser-Kurier , October 15, 2010. Retrieved on August 28, 2018.