Bornhorster Huntewiesen

Bornhorster Huntewiesen IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Gray geese in the NSG
location	Northwest of Oldenburg
surface	350 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 205
WDPA ID	162505
Geographical location	53 ° 10 '  N , 8 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 9 '38 "  N , 8 ° 17' 15"  E
Sea level	from -1 m to 3 m
Setup date	03/29/1991
administration	NLWKN

The Bornhorster Huntewiesen are a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony city ​​of Oldenburg and in the municipality of Elsfleth in the Wesermarsch district . The wetland area is a bird resting place of international importance.

description

The 350  hectare nature reserve with the registration number NSG WE 205 is located southeast of the Bornhorst district of Oldenburg . 340 hectares of the nature reserve are in the urban area of ​​Oldenburg - east of the A 29 motorway and north of the Hunte and 10 hectares in the Wesermarsch district.

With its extensive meadows and pastures, it preserves a typical section of the Hunte lowlands. The humid grasslands are of great importance as a breeding area for wild birds threatened by the population and as a resting area for migrating geese, ducks and swans.

Bornhorster Huntewiesen (behind the motorway on the left bank of the Hunte)

The Wesermarsch district and the city of Oldenburg are responsible as lower nature conservation authorities.

The nature reserve is largely part of the EU bird sanctuary V 11 "Hunteniederung". In the east it borders on the nature reserve “ Moorhauser Polder ”.

history

By ordinance of March 20, 1991, the “Bornhorster Huntewiesen” area was declared a nature reserve.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Lower Saxony
• Oldenburg (Oldenburg) #NSG Bornhorster Huntewiesen

literature

• Karin Hohmann: Grassland companies of Bornhorster Huntewiesen near Oldenburg . In: Oldenburg Yearbook . Vol. 94 (1994). Pp. 315–366 ( online )

Web links

Commons : Bornhorster Huntewiesen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Bornhorster Huntewiesen" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
• Bornhorster Huntewiesen - Moorhauser Polder. Fascinating wetlands in the Hunteniederung , information brochure of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Conservation  ( page no longer available )