Borghorster Fens
Coordinates: 52 ° 9 ′ 34 " N , 7 ° 25 ′ 39" E
The nature reserve Borghorster Venn is located in the area of the city of Steinfurt in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The area extends northeast of the core city of Steinfurt. The state road 583 runs to the northeast, the L 590 to the southeast, the L 559 to the southwest and the L 578 to the west. The 150.1 hectare nature reserve Wiesen on the Max-Clemens Canal extends to the east and the 341.7 hectare nature reserve Emsdettener Venn extends to the northeast .
meaning
A 98.02 hectare area has been designated as a nature reserve for Steinfurt since 1984 under the identification number ST-037. The area was placed under protection for the preservation, development and restoration of communities and biotopes , in particular of rare and z. Plant and animal species, some of which are highly endangered, typical of the landscape, in a former raised bog with stocks of quarry forest , wet and dry heather and rare, sometimes endangered waders and meadow birds , amphibians , reptiles and invertebrates, as well as plants and plant communities in open water and wet grassland .
See also
Web links
- Nature reserve "Borghorster Venn" (ST-037) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- World Database on Protected Areas - Borghorster Venn (English)