Bissendorfer Moor

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Bissendorfer Moor

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

Tree-free area of ​​the Bissendorfer Moor with Muswillensee

Tree-free area of ​​the Bissendorfer Moor with Muswillensee

location west of Bissendorf in Wedemark
surface 110 ha
Identifier NSG HA 046
WDPA ID 81409
Geographical location 52 ° 30 '  N , 9 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '10 "  N , 9 ° 40' 59"  E
Bissendorfer Moor (Lower Saxony)
Bissendorfer Moor
Sea level from 49.8 to 53.3
Setup date 10/02/1971
administration NLWKN
Notice board on the moor

The Bissendorfer Moor is a 110 hectare high moorland west of Bissendorf in Wedemark and, to a large extent, also in the municipality of Langenhagen in the Kaltenweide district . It lies within the Hanoverian Moorgeest . The Bissendorfer Moor is considered to be the best preserved high moor in Lower Saxony. It is part of a 500 hectare nature conservation and FFH area of the same name . The thickness of the peat layer is up to 7 m. A historically significant place is the Muswillensee , which already belongs to Langenhagen .

Emergence

The moor arose about 3,000 years ago from a swamp that was made up of broken forest . Around the same time, the Muswillensee raised bog lake in the south of the bog was formed . The moor area was once around 1,000 hectares. Over time, 200 hectares were cultivated for agriculture and around 700 were used for peat cutting .

description

The Bissendorfer Moor is a near-natural high moor that is largely tree-free. The moor area is arched like a watch glass and the wet areas are dominated by the typical moor vegetation with mosses and peat mosses . In the drier areas there are bell heath and heather and cotton grasses . On the edge areas there are birch and pine species of trees . When a peat company wanted to enlarge its mining area in the bog, it was placed under protection as a nature reserve on almost 500 hectares in 1971. An investigation of the bog in 1977 revealed that there were 108 different types of moss, which is unusually high compared to other bogs. The number of species in flowering plants was 80, but most of them were not represented on the central plateau of the bog. In autumn the Bissendorfer Moor serves as a resting place for cranes . The black grouse, threatened with extinction, lived in the bog until the early 1980s .

It is intended to renature an intact raised bog with the Bissendorfer Moor. To this end, the moor area is regularly peeled to prevent tree growth . The drainage ditches created for draining are to be filled in as part of the LIFE + project “Hannoversche Moorgeest”. Furthermore, peat dams are being built to keep rainwater in the bog for as long as possible.

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Panorama of the Bissendorfer Moor seen from the observation tower in the south

Development of the area

As part of the LIFE + project “Hannoversche Moorgeest”, several moors on an area of ​​2,240 hectares, including the Bissendorfer Moor, are to be ecologically upgraded by 2023. To optimize rainwater retention, existing drainage systems are to be dismantled and new dams and dams are to be built. In addition, areas have already been decussed , small bodies of water released and grassland areas extensified. Information boards inform those interested on site.

literature

Web links

Commons : Bissendorfer Moor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Press release of the NLWKN of June 29, 2018 , accessed on July 3, 2018