Drought break

Drought break IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Alfter , Rhein-Sieg-Kreis , North Rhine- Westphalia , Germany
surface	7.72 hectares
Identifier	SU-011
WDPA ID	318306
Geographical location	50 ° 42 ′  N , 6 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′ 16 "  N , 6 ° 59 ′ 13"  E
Setup date	1984
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Rhein-Sieg district

Dürrenbruch is a nature reserve in the municipality of Alfter in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia . It is a 7.72 hectare forest area with moorland biotopes west of Oedekoven . The Katzenlochbach rises from the area , the highest point is the Thalenberg at 169 meters high.

location

The Dürrenbruch is part of the Rhineland Nature Park . It belongs to the small parceled private forest area Waldville . Its borders are the Schmale Allee and the Breite Allee.

meaning

The drought break has near-natural transitional bogs on a waterlogged peat substrate. Adjacent are birch bog forest and buckthorn bushes . Cotton grass , species of peat moss , whistle grass , marsh grass and sour grasses can be found here on the special plants of the small bog . In this environment, surrounded by a deciduous forest area rich in old wood, some endangered and protected animal species are at home, including the agile frog , grass snake , middle and black woodpecker .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ordinance on the “Dürrenbruch” nature reserve in the municipality of Alfter, Rhein-Sieg district of December 22, 2009. (PDF; 287 kB) In: Official Journal for the Cologne District. District government of Cologne, January 11, 2010, pp. 28–30 , accessed on June 25, 2020 . 

Web links

• "Dürrenbruch" nature reserve (SU-011) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia