De Groote Peel National Park

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De Groote Peel National Park
De Groote Peel National Park (Netherlands)
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Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 44 "  N , 5 ° 48 ′ 59"  E
Location: Limburg , Netherlands
Next city: Nederweert
Surface: approx. 1400 ha
Founding: 1993
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Lake in De Groote Peel
Panorama with one of the typical "Knuppelbruggen" (" Knüppelbrücken ")
Birch on a path in Groote Peel

De Groote Peel is between Eindhoven and Venlo lying bog . It is part of an originally 30,000 hectare raised bog, of which only two remains of raised bogs have survived due to extensive amelioration . De Groote Peel is the southern, remaining remnant of this raised bog. In the north is De Verheven Peel . De Groote Peel is managed as a national park in the Netherlands with an area of ​​more than 1400 hectares , but the Dutch understanding of a national park does not always correspond to the international criteria in every respect. De Groote Peel has been designated a nature reserve since 1951 and was declared one of today's (2014) 20 Dutch national parks in 1993. The park is visited by around 100,000 visitors annually.

features

De Groote Peel has extensive bodies of water that were created by previous potting. In addition, there are not peat bog areas that are mostly overgrown with pipe grass. Typical raised bog habitats are only present in fragments. There are still large wetlands present, the relatively undisturbed and as a resting place among other crane , bean goose and curlew and redshank are significant. The paths leading into the moor are therefore closed both during the bird breeding season and during migration . On the southern edge of the area, near the village of Ospel, there is an information center, from which some stick dams lead along the edge of the moor. The actual moor center is only accessible to visitors via a few paths and outside of the bird breeding and migration times.

Web links

Commons : De Groote Peel National Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

literature

  • Ingmar Gorissen: The great high moors and heathland in Central Europe , Ingmar Gorissen publishing house, Siegburg 1998, ISBN 3-00-003890-6
  • Frans Buissink: ANWB National Parks Netherlands , ANWB , The Hague 2004, ISBN 90-18-01875-9

Single receipts

  1. ↑ Homepage of the National Park , accessed on November 12, 2018 (Dutch)
  2. ↑ Gorissen, p. 27
  3. ^ "De Nationale Parken Nederland", Frans Buissink, ANWB , 2004, pages 134-139 ISBN 90-18-01875-9
  4. ^ Staatsbosbeheer: Staatsbosbeheer - over the three Peel areas on the provincial border between North Brabant and Limburg. In: Staatsbosbeheer. Website operator Staatsbosbeheer, accessed on June 10, 2019 (Dutch).