Haeger thorn

Haeger thorn
location	Northwest of Hoya , Nienburg / Weser district , Lower Saxony
surface	56 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 108
WDPA ID	555518635
FFH area	57.12 ha
Geographical location	52 ° 50 '  N , 9 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 49 '39 "  N , 9 ° 6' 58"  E
Sea level	16 m
Setup date	February 18, 2016
administration	NLWKN

The Hägerdorn is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Hoyerhagen in the joint municipality of Grafschaft Hoya in the district of Nienburg / Weser .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 108 is around 56  hectares in size. It is congruent with the FFH area of the same name . The area has been under protection since February 18, 2016. It replaces the 27 hectare nature reserve that was designated on August 14, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Nienburg / Weser.

description

The nature reserve is located northwest of Hoya in the glacial valley of the Weser . It provides a structure-rich and near-natural oak-hornbeam forest as well as other deciduous forest communities in fresh to moist locations under protection. In addition to oaks and hornbeams , the sets tree layer mainly of ash , field and mountain maple , elm , black cherry and beech , and the shrub layer of hazel , hawthorn and spindle tree together. In the herb layer settle u. a. Windflower , Great chickweed , Carex Acutiformis , Winkelsegge , hairgrass , millet , Hollow Corydalis and Oxlip . The edges of the forest are close to nature in places and form a flowing transition between forest and open land . The forest communities have a high proportion of old and dead wood . Some of the oak stocks date from the middle of the 19th century.

The nature reserve is almost completely surrounded by agricultural land . In the east and north it borders in parts on the Krähenkuhlenfleet , in the west on the Rohlfener Graben. Several forest and hiking trails run through the nature reserve .

See also

• List of nature reserves in Lower Saxony # Nature reserves in the former district of Hanover

Web links

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

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Hägerdorn , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved April 18, 2018.