Franzhorn

Franzhorn
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location	Southwest of Bremervörde , Rotenburg (Wümme) district , Lower Saxony
surface	183 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 331
FFH area	144 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 25 '  N , 9 ° 0'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 25 '25 "  N , 9 ° 0' 20"  E
Sea level	from 9 m to 40 m
Setup date	1st November 2018

The Franzhorn is a forest area in the Lower Saxon community of Gnarrenburg in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district . Most of the forest is designated as a nature reserve.

Nature reserve

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 331 is approximately 183  hectares . The almost 144 hectare FFH area of ​​the same name is completely part of the nature reserve. 41.8 hectares have been designated as natural forest since 1972 . The area has been under nature protection since November 1, 2018. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Rotenburg (Wümme) district.

The nature reserve is located southwest of Bremervörde . It places a forest area on a moraine of the Wesermünder Geest sloping in an easterly direction on the edge of a moorland in the north of the Teufelsmoor under protection. Beech forest , oak-beech forest and oak-hornbeam forest grow on the moraine, and in soaked depressions there are also alder and alder-ash forests on a historically old forest site. The beech forests are primarily characterized as grove beech forest with willows and grass . The forests have a high proportion of old and dead wood .

Coniferous forests consisting mainly of spruce are scattered over a small area in the forest area . In the south there are two fallow grassland areas within the forest area. The Brilliter Teiche, two former mining waters in the east of the area , are included in the nature reserve. The waste waters have developed naturally. They are partially surrounded by vineyards , reed beds and swamps as well as forests.

The nature reserve is the habitat of a species-rich, partially endangered flora and fauna. So falter here besides the predominant tree species common oak , sessile oak , beech and hornbeam u. a. White elm , holly and wild apple . Sanikel , mountain fern and small valerian also settle here . The swamp forests are primarily formed by ash and black alder . Here u. a. Roller sedge and marsh marigold . The ponds are home to various amphibians , including the newt . The nature reserve is the habitat of various bats . So here are Serotine , Daubenton's bat , whiskered bat , common pipistrelle and brown long-eared home.

Several paths run through the nature reserve. In the west, the area borders in small areas on the federal highway 74 , in the east on the railway line Stade-Osterholz-Scharmbeck .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franz Horn , Profiles of Natura 2000 -type regions, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 9, 2018.
2. ↑ Profile of the Franzhorn natural forest , database of natural forest reserves in Germany, Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food . Retrieved November 9, 2018.