Feerner Moor

	Feerner Moor nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Rewetting area in Feerner Moor
location	Between Dollern and Helmste in the Lower Saxony district of Stade
surface	184.0 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 189
WDPA ID	163033
FFH area	175.0 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 32 ' N , 9 ° 30' E Coordinates: 53 ° 32 '13 " N , 9 ° 30' 17" E
Sea level	from 26 m to 28 m
Setup date	December 16, 1991
administration	NLWKN

The Feerner Moor is an approximately 5000 year old high moor in the Stade district , its current area is 184 hectares .

location

The moor lies on the Stader Geestrücken , roughly in the middle of the triangle between the towns of Dollern , Hagen and Helmste . In 1991 it was declared a nature reserve (registration number: NSG LÜ 189), and part of the Feerner Moor is also a fauna-flora-habitat area of the European Union.

history

In the bog area was on larger parts in hand peat peat mined. Dense approach forest, which mostly consisted of pine trees , grew on the unpeeled areas . The former peat cuttings are partly filled with water. The first open water with a rectangular ground plan are now partially Torfmoose and wollgras rich Heiden overgrown.

Numerous measures had been taken since the 1980s to restore the moor to its natural state. The decussing and the damming of the drainage ditches are now having an effect, so that open areas have been created in which the typical raised bog vegetation shows its natural growth. Little by little, a typical bog fauna of birds, amphibians and reptiles has returned.

literature

District of Stade, Nature Conservation Office (Ed.): Feerner Moor - The high moor nature reserve in the Rustjer forest. In: Environment in a circle. 2004, p. 12 ( PDF file , 2.6 MB)

Web links

Commons : Feerner Moor nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

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