Harskamp (nature reserve)
Coordinates: 52 ° 14 ′ 54 ″ N , 7 ° 12 ′ 58 ″ E
The Harskamp nature reserve is located in the area of the city of Ochtrup and the municipality of Wettringen in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The area extends northeast of the core town of Ochtrup and northwest of the core town of Wettringen. The A 31 and the L 582 state road run to the west, the L 567 runs to the east. The state border with Lower Saxony runs not far to the north.
meaning
For Ochtrup and Wettringen, an area of 86.14 hectares has been designated as a nature reserve under the identification number ST-035 since 1952 . The area was placed under protection for the preservation, development and restoration of communities and biotopes , in particular of rare and z. Sometimes highly endangered plant and animal species typical of the landscape in a former heather and wet meadow landscape and of rare, sometimes highly endangered waders and meadow birds , amphibians and invertebrates as well as plants and plant communities of dystrophic heather ponds, wet heaths, raised bog complexes with a transitional and swinging turf bog as well as on peat substrates Wet grassland .
See also
Web links
- Nature reserve "Harskamp" (ST-035) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- World Database on Protected Areas - Harskamp (nature reserve )