Bockhorner Moor

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Bockhorner Moor

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

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location South of Bockhorn, northeast of Westerstede
surface 321 ha
Identifier NSG 171
WDPA ID 162476
Geographical location 53 ° 20 '  N , 8 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 19 '59 "  N , 7 ° 59' 56"  E
Bockhorner Moor (Lower Saxony)
Bockhorner Moor
Sea level from 11 m to 20 m
Setup date 06/07/1986
administration NLWKN
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The Bockhorner Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Bockhorn in the Friesland district .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG WE 171 is 321  hectares . It has been a nature reserve since June 7, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Friesland.

The nature reserve places a small part of the formerly huge raised bog under protection. Uncultivated parts of the moor are being renatured. In the peripheral areas, grassland that is used for agriculture is partially included in the nature reserve.

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