Bunkenmoor

	Bunkenmoor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	East of Nienburg / Weser , Nienburg / Weser district , Lower Saxony
surface	37 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 185
WDPA ID	162637
Geographical location	52 ° 39 ' N , 9 ° 17' E Coordinates: 52 ° 38 '47 " N , 9 ° 17' 1" E
Sea level	from 29 m to 33 m
Setup date	November 27, 1997
administration	NLWKN

The Bunkenmoor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Stöckse in the Samtgemeinde Steimbke and in the city of Nienburg in the Nienburg / Weser district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 185 is 37 hectares in size. In the northeast it borders directly on the “ Krähenmoor ” nature reserve . Otherwise it is completely surrounded by the landscape protection area "Die Krähe". The area has been a nature reserve since November 27, 1997. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Nienburg / Weser.

The nature reserve is located east of Nienburg and is surrounded by the terminal moraines of the crow. It provides a high moor area under protection, which in a in a moraine has formed recessed trough of today's crows Moores. The moor is predominantly characterized by birch - pine - moor forest and pipegrass stands.

The Bunkenmoor is traversed by the Schiffgraben, which drains the area via the Führser Mühlbach to the Weser . In the area of the Schiffgraben there are artificially created still waters that develop in a natural way and are important for endangered animal species such as amphibians. The moor areas are to be regenerated by restoring the water conditions typical of the site.

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