Doberg

	Doberg IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	In Doberg
location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	47.86 ha
Identifier	HF-010
WDPA ID	81530
Geographical location	52 ° 11 ' N , 8 ° 37' E Coordinates: 52 ° 11 '2 " N , 8 ° 36' 50" E
Sea level	100 m
Setup date	September 22, 1980
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Herford district

The Doberg is an area in Südlengern- Heide, a district of the East Westphalian city of Bünde . It rises up to 30 m above its surroundings, while its total height is around 100 m above sea level. NHN is. However, it is not an actual mountain, but rather a rugged landscape that was created by the mining of marl - that's why they say “in the Doberg” instead of “on the Doberg”. The Doberg consists of many meadows and slopes, which are often overgrown by sloe bushes . There is also a forest and a small moor-like area. The Doberg is known to geologists and paleontologists beyond Germany .

With the Doberg, the city of Bünde has one of the most extensive fossil deposits from the time of the Oligocene north of the Alps. It consists of the sediments of the Oligocene Sea and provides information about the marine fauna of that time. Nowhere else in the world, as far as we know today, are the strata of the Oligocene so complete and well preserved as here. Therefore, the deposit is considered a stratotype for the Oligocene era.

Since the 18th century, marl was mined in Doberg to fertilize the fields. Important fossil discoveries by Friedrich Langewiesche in 1911/12 changed this. He discovered the skeleton of a manatee ( Anomotherium langewieschei ) and the skull of a "primeval whale" ( Eosqualodon langewieschei ). The exhibits are in Dobergmuseum issued in frets. The permanent exhibition “Expedition Doberg” can also be seen here. Further fossils from the Doberg are available at the universities of Münster and Göttingen .

Since even laypeople come across petrified objects very quickly, signs have been put up for some years now that prohibit digging for fossils. This is to prevent the progressive erosion of the sandstone. The police and the public order office are also paying greater attention to ensuring that the specified routes are not left.

Despite the clearly audible motorway ( A30 ), Doberg is a popular local recreation area for the population from the surrounding cities and communities. Until the 1960s there was a regular stage play on one of the meadows (see picture below). The whole of Doberg is a nature reserve and is administered by the Herford district. The nature reserve has a size of 48 hectares and has been protected since 1912. On the one hand, it protects the geological natural monument, but also the species-rich poor meadow areas, forests and wet areas in Doberg. In particular the poor meadows in combination with the sunlit marl rocks are home to some insect species that are very rare for the Herford district, among others. a. 61 species of wild bees .

Entrance to the Doberg
In Doberg
The stage play in Doberg
Lower jaw fragment of a Squalodon sp. (a "primeval whale" ), exhibited in the Berlin Museum of Natural History