Hadelner and Belumer outer dyke

	Hadelner and Belumer outer dyke IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Flock of barnacle geese over the Belumer outer dike in October
location	North-east of Otterndorf , districts of Cuxhaven and Stade , Lower Saxony
surface	1,804 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 100
WDPA ID	30111
Geographical location	53 ° 50 ' N , 8 ° 58' E Coordinates: 53 ° 49 '54 " N , 8 ° 57' 57" E
Sea level	from 0 m to 4 m
Setup date	July 16, 1984
administration	NLWKN

The Hadelner and Belumer Außenendeich is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxon town of Otterndorf and the municipality of Belum in the combined municipality of Land Hadeln in the district of Cuxhaven and the municipality of Balje in the combined municipality of Nordkehdingen in the district of Stade .

The nature reserve with the NSG LÜ 100 label is 1,804 hectares in size. The nature reserve is part of the FFH area “Lower Elbe” and the EU bird protection area “Lower Elbe”. To the east, the nature reserves “ Vogelschutzgebiet Hullen ” and “ Wildvogelreservat Nordkehdingen ” adjoin the area.

The area has been a nature reserve since July 16, 1984. It was initially 1,283 hectares in size. On April 28, 2017, the " Ostemündung " nature reserve , to which the "Hadelner und Belumer Außenendeich" nature reserve was directly adjacent in the east, was added to the area. Responsible lower nature conservation authorities are the districts of Cuxhaven and Stade and the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal Protection and Nature Protection.

The nature reserve is located in the approximately eight kilometers long foreland of the dike between the mouth of the Medem in the Elbe or the Hadelner Canal in the west and the Oste in the east.

The nature reserve includes tidal flats and water areas and grassland in the dyke foreland influenced by the tides . It is of great importance as a breeding, feeding and resting biotope, especially for Limikolen and water birds .

Web links

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