Gaim

	Gaim IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Muddy forest path in the Gaim
location	1 km northeast of Wülferode
surface	91 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 165
WDPA ID	163184
Geographical location	52 ° 20 ' N , 9 ° 52' E Coordinates: 52 ° 20 '20 " N , 9 ° 52' 23" E
Sea level	from 90.3 m to 72.5 m
Setup date	03/03/1994
administration	NLWKN
particularities	repealed in January 2019

The Gaim is a 91 hectare protected forest area in the Wülferode district of Hanover and in the Höver district of the city of Sehnde . In January 2019, the Gaim nature reserve was merged into the new Bockmerholz nature reserve , Gaim .

location

View of the Gaim from Kronsberg , behind it Kaliberg near Sehnde, on the right the Mehrum power plant, around 15 km away

The Gaim borders directly on the Mergelhalde nature reserve and is located about 1 km northeast of Wülferode and about 2 km northeast of the Bockmerholz , with which it belonged to a formerly extensive forest area on the southeastern edge of Hanover. Since the forest lies in a depression of varying moisture, it could not be used as arable land and was therefore never cleared. Around a quarter of its area is not used today and remains as a natural forest . Forest paths and individual paths lead through the Gaim.

The A 7 runs through the Gaim, and the Hannover-Wülferode motorway service station was built in the forest. The Mittelland Canal cuts the Gaim in the northeast .

vegetation

Characteristic is a species-rich oak - hornbeam forest with a distinct species-rich herb layer. There are numerous endangered plant and animal species in the forest. It is characterized by its high number of spring flowers.

Established in 1994 the nature reserve was part of the FFH - nature reserve 108 Bockmerholz, Gaim . The under-protection position also serves natural forest research in order to be able to examine the uninfluenced development of forest communities and ecosystems.

Conservation sign in the forest
Mittelland Canal in the Gaim
Sign on the A 7 to the Wülferode rest area in the Gaim

literature

Eva Benz-Rababah : Gaim. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 200.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ The southeastern foothills - outside the nature reserve - belongs to Höver, cf. City map .
↑ "Gaim" nature reserve in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

[1] The southeastern foothills - outside the nature reserve - belongs to Höver, cf. City map .

[NLWKN-2] "Gaim" nature reserve in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)