Hühnermoor (Gütersloh district)

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Chicken bog

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

The Hühnermoor nature reserve in Marienfeld

The Hühnermoor nature reserve in Marienfeld

location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface 8.5 ha
WDPA ID 81953
Geographical location 51 ° 57 '  N , 8 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '53 "  N , 8 ° 18' 46"  E
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Overview map of the nature reserve
Setup date 1938
administration Lower landscape authority of the Gütersloh district
Location of the chicken peat

The Hühnermoor nature reserve is located east of Marienfeld an der Lutter in the Gütersloh district . It covers an area of ​​8.5 hectares and was first placed under nature protection in 1938. A new ordinance was issued on June 2, 1965 by the District President Detmold. In 1986 the areas were bought by the district of Gütersloh to protect the moor .

Emergence

The chicken moor was created over the course of about 4,000 years in a drainless depression between two sand dunes. Moors are wet, very nutrient-poor, extremely acidic locations and are very rare today. Here, the specialists live among the plants and animals that can cope with the extreme conditions of the moor. As a result of general air pollution, their existence is threatened by nutrient inputs from wind and precipitation.

Due to peat cutting and drainage, the chicken bog is now in a transition stage from raised bog to flat bog , i.e. an earlier stage of development. The nonetheless high value of the chicken bog is demonstrated by the fact that typical plant communities of the raised bogs are still preserved in a relatively small area . The chicken moor is a "history book of nature". The pollen from bygone times is deposited in the peat layers. Today you can tell us which plants grew here thousands of years ago.

flora

In chickens Moor still large deposits of many typical find bog plants , such as the vaginal cotton grass ( Eriophorum vaginatum ), the sundew ( Drosera rotundifolia ) and cranberry and bilberry ( Vaccinium oxycoccus and uliginosum ). All of these plants belong to the very rare species today and are classified as endangered or endangered. The previously proven area of rosemary heather ( Andromeda polifolia ) is now considered lost. In 1975 the marsh calla ( Calla palustris ) settled again, which is more typical of intermediate moors. Perhaps it was brought in by human hands because it is missing in the wider area. Since the moor is surrounded on all sides by agricultural land, have several Eutrophierungsanzeiger can settle, including the Tonquil ( Juncus effusus ). These species have meanwhile displaced the typical bog vegetation in many places.

fauna

The abundance of dragonflies in the chicken bog should be emphasized . The Kleine Moosjungfer is a typical species of the raised bog and is one of the endangered species in North Rhine-Westphalia. In the area lives (according to Runge), the slow worm . From the path you can watch territory flights, mating flights and the egg-laying of dragonflies with binoculars. In accordance with the protection goals, visitors to the chicken moor are prohibited from entering the areas all year round. Excluded are the hiking trails, which run in such a way that you can get a glimpse of the nature reserve without causing any damage.

literature

  • E. Hartmann: About the Hühnermoor nature reserve . In: Nature Conservation in Westphalia, supplement to “Nature and Home” . 11th year Münster 1951, p. 117-121 .
  • Fritz Runge: The nature reserves of Westphalia and the former administrative district of Osnabrück . 4th edition. Münster 1982, ISBN 978-3-402-04382-0 .
  • Rüdiger Wittig: The protected moors and oligotrophic waters of the Westphalian Bay . In: Series of publications by the State Institute for Ecology, Landscape Development and Forest Planning in North Rhine-Westphalia . tape 5 . Recklinghausen 1980, p. 157-159 .
  • Gisela Garnschröder: The corpse in the chicken moor . Principal, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89969-069-9 (novel).

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