Gronauer Masch

Gronauer Masch IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View from the observation tower into the NSG
location	North of Gronau (Leine) , Hildesheim district , Lower Saxony
surface	32 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 093
WDPA ID	163329
Geographical location	52 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 6 '2 "  N , 9 ° 46' 35"  E
Sea level	from 74 m to 77 m
Setup date	02/13/1986
administration	NLWKN

The Gronauer Masch is a nature reserve in the small town of Gronau (Leine) in Lower Saxony in the Hildesheim district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 093 is 32  hectares in size. It is completely the same conservation area surrounded by it with the little nature reserve north past " Leineaue under the Rammelsberg is networked." The area has been a nature reserve since February 13, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Hildesheim district.

The nature reserve is located north of Gronau (Leine) in a former clay mining area in the lowlands of the leash and is abandoned lagoons protected. The area is surrounded by a juxtaposition of ponds, Verlandungs zones and reed zones and subsequent wet meadows dominated. The area is an important breeding, resting and wintering biotope for water birds and, in connection with the Leineaue, is the habitat of a species-rich avifauna .

In the north of the nature reserve there is an observation tower from which the area can be viewed.

Web links

Commons : Gronauer Masch nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Species list of the bird of the Gronauer Masch and neighboring Leineau , Paul Feindt Foundation (PDF file, 119 kB). Retrieved January 24, 2018.
2. ↑ Bernd Galland: Nature experience in a "disturbed" landscape - the Leineaue north of Gronau , Paul Feindt Foundation. Retrieved January 24, 2018.