Inland dunes nature reserve near Siegenburg and Offenstetten

NSG inland dunes near Siegenburg and Offenstetten IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Inland dunes near Offenstetten
location	Abensberg , Siegenburg , Kelheim District , Bavaria
surface	25.14 hectares
Identifier	NSG-00221.01
WDPA ID	162422
Natura 2000 ID	7236-301
Geographical location	48 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 45 '15 "  N , 11 ° 49' 51"  E
Setup date	1984

The inland dunes near Siegenburg and Offenstetten are a nature reserve and fauna and flora habitat (FFH) in Abensberg and Siegenburg in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim in Bavaria .

location

The nature reserve (NSG) is divided into two parts. The smaller (9 ha) NSG is about 4.2 kilometers east of Abensberg and the larger part (18 hectares) is about 1.2 kilometers west of Siegenburg. The portion near Siegenburg is part of the landscape protection area Dürnbucher Forest in the Altlandkreis Kelheim and both parts are part of the congruent FFH area nature reserve 'Inland dunes near Siegenburg and Offenstetten' .

description

The approximately 25 hectare area is an occurrence of drift sand , deck sand and terrace sand in Bavaria. After the last Ice Age , the soil in Central Europe was insufficiently protected from erosion because of the sparse vegetation . Light grains of sand were blown out and piled up here to form mighty longitudinal dunes that are still up to ten meters high . They were constantly on the move until the dunes were forested. Today most of the sand dunes are covered by pine forests, where some endangered plants grow. The earlier use of the forests, the raking out of litter for the cattle stalls, contributed significantly to the nutrient poverty of the location. The living conditions of the sand site on the tree-free, open areas with silver grass corridors and woven carpets are particularly striking . Here you can find spring spark , sand straw flower and blue-winged sand bug .

Geotope

The dunes are designated by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment as significant geotopes dunes W of Siegenburg (273R012) and dunes in Seeholz NW of Offenstetten (273R011). A large part of the dunes are formed here as line dunes that have formed parallel to the prevailing wind direction in a west-east direction. But there are also cross and sickle dunes.

The nature reserve was designated on December 1, 1984.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Kelheim district
• List of landscape protection areas in the Kelheim district
• List of FFH areas in the Kelheim district
• List of geotopes in the Kelheim district

Picture gallery

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Web links

Commons : Inland dunes nature reserve near Siegenburg and Offenstetten  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Location and extent of the nature reserve in OpenStreetMap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Location of the nature reserve in the Bavaria Atlas (accessed on March 17, 2017).
2. ↑ Location of the nature reserve in the Bavaria Atlas (accessed on March 17, 2017).
3. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - LSG Landscape Protection Area Dürnbucher Forst in Altlandkreis Kelheim (English)
4. ↑ 7236301 nature reserve 'inland dunes near Siegenburg and Offenstetten.  (FFH area) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved March 17, 2017.
5. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Nature reserve 'Inland dunes near Siegenburg and Offenstetten' (English)
6. ↑ www.regierung.niederbayern.bayern.de, leaflet on the nature reserve
7. ↑ www.lfu.bayern.de, profile of the geotope Dünen W von Siegenburg (accessed on March 7, 2017).
8. ↑ www.lfu.bayern.de, profile of the geotope dunes in the Seeholz NW of Offenstetten (accessed on March 7, 2017).
9. ↑ www.regierung.oberpfalz.bayern.de, ordinance of the nature reserve (accessed on March 17, 2017)