Geestmoor (Emsland)

	Geestmoor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Geestmoor in Geeste
location	Northwest of Lingen and southwest of Meppen , Emsland district , Lower Saxony
surface	260 hectares
Identifier	NSG WE 269
WDPA ID	389595
Geographical location	52 ° 37 ' N , 7 ° 11' E Coordinates: 52 ° 36 '41 " N , 7 ° 11' 12" E
Sea level	from 17 m to 22 m
Setup date	June 14, 2008
administration	NLWKN

The Geestmoor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Geeste in the Emsland district .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG WE 269 is around 260 hectares . In the south, the “ Dalum-Wietmarscher Moor ” nature reserve is just a few hundred meters away . The area has been a nature reserve since June 14, 2006. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Emsland.

Viewing platform in the Geestmoor

The nature reserve is located north-west of Lingen in the Bourtanger Moor-Bargerveen International Nature Park . It is part of the Bourtanger Moor . The nature reserve, which is roughly between the junction "Geeste" and "Twist" of the A 31 , is cut through by the motorway in the south and bounded by it in the north to the west.

The area is a raised bog area under protection. The easternmost section of the highway and parts of the north and south of the western highway area were industrially abgetorft . They are to be renatured by rewetting . In the central area of the section of the nature reserve west of the motorway there are still areas with a white peat layer that have a high potential for regeneration.

In reserve in addition to the natural bog surfaces and the Wiedervernässungsflächen wet heaths , birch bog forest and bog grassland to find.

The area is drained via various ditches leading to the Ems .

In the southwest of the nature reserve there is a viewing platform from which the moor can be viewed. The Emsland Moor Museum near Geeste- Groß Hesepe is located in the north near the nature reserve.

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

↑ External locations , Emsland Moor Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2019.

[1] External locations , Emsland Moor Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2019.