Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor

Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor
location	Northwest of Edewecht , Ammerland district , Lower Saxony
surface	343 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 289
WDPA ID	555638581
Geographical location	53 ° 10 '  N , 7 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 9 '53 "  N , 7 ° 54' 29"  E
Sea level	from 4 m to 8 m
Setup date	17th June 2017
administration	NLWKN

The Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Westerstede and the municipalities of Bad Zwischenahn and Edewecht in the district of Ammerland .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 289 is around 343  hectares in size. The FFH area of ​​the same name, 240.05 hectares in size, is completely part of the nature reserve. The area has been under protection since June 17, 2017. The nature reserves “ Fintlandsmoor ” and “ Dänikhorster Moor ” have merged into it. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Ammerland.

The nature reserve, which consists of three sub-areas, is located west of Bad Zwischenahn between Ocholt in the north and Edewecht in the southwest. It protects the remains of a largely drained and only partially cultivated raised bog . Large parts of the uncultivated bog areas are taken up by bog forest with pipe grass. The dominant tree species is the birch . Open areas are partly occupied by heather with rosemary , broom heather and bell heather as well as common cranberries . In addition, grassland areas are included in the protected area, which also connect the remains of the raised bog with one another. Parts of the raised bog are rewetted . In particular, former peat cuttings have been flooded with water. In these areas, peat moss and other plant species typical of raised bogs grow , including medium and round-leaved sundew , narrow-leaved and cotton-wool grass and white beak reed .

The grassland is characterized by different usage intensities. It is often damp to wet and structured with hedges. Extensively used grassland areas are often interspersed with rushes .

The nature reserve offers a habitat for numerous plants and animals typical of bog, such as dragonflies and grasshopper species or meadow birds typical of high bogs .

The area is drained via ditches and the Dänikhorster Moorkanal to the Ollenbäke , which flows into the Große Süderbäke at Apen , and via ditches and the Fintlandsmoor Canal to the Aue , which joins the Soeste at Barßel (now known as Nordloher Tief) . The Dänikhorster Moorkanal crossing the area was partially backfilled and provided with dams in order to reduce the drainage of the area. The area borders almost entirely on agricultural land.

In the area of ​​the Fintlandsmoor, a hiking trail runs through part of the nature reserve.

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Web links

Commons : Fintlandsmoor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor , profile of the Natura 2000 area, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved April 12, 2018.
2. ↑ Elena Grawe: “More Moor” for Ammerland , Nordwest-Zeitung , August 20, 2010. Accessed October 12, 2017.
3. ↑ Soaking wet work in the Fintlandsmoor: Inspection of the maintenance and development measures ( Memento of October 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), press release, Ammerland district.