Brunsberg (nature reserve)

Brunsberg nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View over the nature reserve during the heather bloom
location	Southwest of the city center of Buchholz , in the district of Harburg in Lower Saxony
surface	60.6 ha
Identifier	LÜ 010
WDPA ID	81478
Geographical location	53 ° 18 '  N , 9 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 18 '1 "  N , 9 ° 49' 56"  E
Setup date	05/28/1954
administration	NLWKN

The Brunsberg is a nature reserve near the Lower Saxon town of Sprötze in the town of Buchholz in the Nordheide in the Harburg district . The Brunsberg of the same name is located in the nature reserve .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 010 is 60.6  hectares in size. It is surrounded by the landscape protection area Lohbergen, Höllental and adjacent areas ( CDDA -Nr. 322651; 1997; 5.49  km² ).

The nature reserve is located northwest of Holm-Seppensen, which belongs to Buchholz in the Nordheide, and southeast of Sprötze. The nature reserve places a hilltop overgrown with heather under protection.

The area is cared for by plowing and mowing . In contrast to the nearby Lüneburg Heath nature reserve, there is no juniper in the Brunsberg nature reserve .

The area has been a nature reserve since May 28, 1954. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Harburg.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
2. ^ Ordinance on the Brunsberg nature reserve in Sprötze, Harburg district . May 20, 1954 in the official gazette of the government in Lüneburg 1954, page 50.

Web links

Commons : Brunsberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Brunsberg" nature reserve in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)