Barnstedt-Melbeck brook

Barnstedt-Melbeck brook
Barnstedt-Melbeck brook
Data
location	Lower Saxony , Germany
Drain over	Ilmenau  → Elbe  → North Sea
source	southeast of Betzendorf 53 ° 7 ′ 46 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 29 ″  E
Source height	66  m above sea level NN
muzzle	Northeast of Melbeck Coordinates: 53 ° 11 '12 "  N , 10 ° 25' 13"  E 53 ° 11 '12 "  N , 10 ° 25' 13"  E
Mouth height	13  m above sea level NN
Height difference	53 m
Bottom slope	4.3 ‰
length	12.3 km
Left tributaries	Heinsener Bach, Glindenbach, Billerbeck
Communities	Barnstedt, Kolkhagen, Melbeck

Barnstedt-Melbeck brook IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	South of Lüneburg , districts of Lüneburg and Uelzen , Lower Saxony
surface	310 hectares
Identifier	NSG LÜ 280
WDPA ID	378055
Setup date	December 13, 2007
administration	NLWKN

The Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach is Bach , the south-east of Lower Saxony municipality of Betzdorf springs, by the municipality Barnstedt flows and northeast of Melbeck as a left tributary to the Ilmenau flows . Together with its tributaries Glindenbach and Billerbeck , their lowlands and the adjacent valley edge areas , the stream forms a nature reserve .

Nature reserve

The nature reserve is located south of Lüneburg and west of Bienenbüttel . It extends over parts of the area of ​​the communities Barnstedt and Melbeck in the combined community of Ilmenau and the community of Betzendorf in the combined community of Amelinghausen in the district of Lüneburg and in the community of Bienenbüttel in the district of Uelzen .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 280 is about 310  hectares . Of this, around 307 hectares are in the Lüneburg district and around 3 hectares in the Uelzen district. Most of the nature reserve is part of the FFH area "Ilmenau with tributaries". In the east it borders on the nature reserve " Lüneburg Ilmenau lowlands with zoo ". The area has been a nature reserve since December 13, 2007. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Lüneburg.

The nature reserve stretches along the Barnstedt-Melbeck brook from its source area west of Barnstedt to shortly before the confluence with the Ilmenau, where the nature reserve "Lüneburg Ilmenau lowlands with zoo" joins. The two tributaries included in the nature reserve, Glindenbach and Billerbeck, flow between Melbeck and Embsen from the left into the Barnstedt- Melbeck Bach. There are also numerous spring rivulets flowing towards the side.

The protected area is characterized by the near-natural brooks with a scree-rich river bed in the upper reaches and sandy to gravel beds in the middle and lower reaches. The mostly shaded streams are accompanied by wet forests, especially floodplain and swamp forests . In addition, there are Riede , reedbeds and Hochstaudenfluren . At the edge of the valley, mixed oak and beech forests are predominant. Parts of the protected area are used as grassland , but also for arable farming.

In the protected area u. a. Otter , river lamprey , bullhead , river mussel and crested newt .

The nature reserve is crossed by public roads in several places, including the federal road 4 and the state road 233 in Melbeck and the district road 33 between Melbeck and Barnstedt. In Melbeck, the protected area is limited in parts to the stream. The bank areas are built on. To the southeast of Embsen, the Lüneburg – Soltau railway also crosses the edge of the protected area.

Web links

Commons : Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Barnstedt-Melbecker Bach" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Directory of nature reserves , Uelzen district (PDF, 123 kB). Retrieved July 12, 2019.