Dorumer Moor

Dorumer Moor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Rewetting areas in the Dorumer Moor
location	Lower Saxony , Germany
surface	213 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 090 / NSG CUX 002
WDPA ID	81547
FFH area	213 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 40 '  N , 8 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 39 '41 "  N , 8 ° 38' 27"  E
Sea level	from 3 m to 10 m
Setup date	October 15, 1983
administration	NLWKN

The Dorumer Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Geestland in the district of Cuxhaven .

The nature reserve is 213  hectares . It is almost congruent with the FFH area of the same name . The former nature reserve of the same name with the label NSG LÜ 090, designated in 1983 and covering 226 hectares, has been incorporated into the nature reserve. The area has been a nature reserve since September 17, 2010. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Cuxhaven, which manages the nature reserve under the registration number NSG CUX-002.

The nature reserve is located west of the A27 between Sievern and Neuenwalde and provides a peat bog area and the adjacent Geest areas under protection. Parts of the bog were drained and peat pelted away. The bog was now on the restoration rewetted . It is characterized by peatland forests and -heiden with Schlenken and quaking . Sometimes there are wet meadows and grassland , and heather in the drier transition areas to the Geest . The grassland is cultivated extensively.

Aerial view of the Dorum Moors

The moorland is drained to the south via the Sieverner Bach to the Grauwall Canal, which flows into the Outer Weser at Weddewarden.

An eight-kilometer circular path leads through part of the nature reserve, starting at the Pipinsburg north of Sievern and passing archaeologically significant structures such as Heidenschanze , Heidenstadt and various barrows.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ From Pipinsburg to Dorumer Moor , leaflet from the district of Cuxhaven (PDF, 368 kB). Retrieved February 11, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Dorumer Moor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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