Great and White Moor

Great and White Moor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
The small Bullensee is located within the nature reserve
location	South of Rotenburg (Wümme) , Rotenburg (Wümme) district , Lower Saxony
surface	654 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 061
WDPA ID	163380
FFH area	438 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 3 '  N , 9 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 3 '16 "  N , 9 ° 23' 56"  E
Sea level	from 29 m to 36 m
Setup date	September 15, 1953
administration	NLWKN

The Great and White Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Rotenburg (Wümme) and the communities of Kirchwalsede and Westerwalsede in the combined community of Bothel in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 061 is 654  hectares in size. The larger part of the area forms the 438 hectare FFH area “Great and White Moor” , which was designated in 1999 . In the north and east it borders on the protected landscape area "Grafeler Holz, Hamerloh and Lintel". The approximately 22 hectare core area of ​​the nature reserve around the Kolke has been under protection since September 15, 1953. In 1975 the nature reserve was expanded to around 440 hectares and on January 1, 2009, it was expanded by another 200 hectares to its current size. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Rotenburg (Wümme) district.

The nature reserve is located south of Rotenburg (Wümme) and north of Kirchwalsede. Which is under protection bog area was indeed drained to make agricultural use of parts, but remained apart from a few Handtorfstiche largely spared Abtorfungen. It is one of the best preserved raised bogs in northwest Germany. The raised bog complex is meanwhile being renatured by rewetting .

Part of the raised bog is covered with bog forests . There are several pools in the center of the nature reserve . In the edge areas are u. a. Forest areas predominantly overgrown with pines can be found, in the north and west there are also grassland areas that are predominantly cultivated extensively. In the north-east lies the Kleine Bullensee within the nature reserve . The Großer Bullensee, a little further south, which is also used for local recreation , is outside the protection zone. The area drains through several water courses to the Ahauser Bach, a tributary of the Wümme .

Hiking trail in the nature reserve

Several hiking trails have been running through the nature reserve since September 2010, all of which are circular routes. Themed pavilions can be found in several places where information on the moorland habitat is given. There is an observation tower on one of the paths.

In the southeast of the nature reserve there is a moor experience zone with a nature trail within the nature reserve. Information on the moor habitat can also be found here on several boards and in pavilions.

Web links

Commons : Great and White Moor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Großes und Weißes Moor" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
• Nature reserve "Großes und Weißes Moor" , leaflet from the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) (PDF file, 2.7 MB)
• Hiking trails dör't Moor , leaflet from NABU Rotenburg (PDF file, 1.1 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Seeing nature through “new glasses” , district newspaper Syke, 6 September 2010. Accessed on 14 September 2012.
2. ↑ Hiking in and around Bothel , vacation in the Rotenburg district (Wümme). Retrieved March 31, 2016.
3. ↑ Large and White Moor ( Memento from August 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), NABU Lower Saxony.
4. ↑ Nature reserve "Großes und Weißes Moor" , GeoLife.de-Navigator. Retrieved February 11, 2019.