Haverforth's meadows and Grützemacher's canals
Coordinates: 52 ° 13 ′ 6 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 14 ″ E
The Haverforths Wiesen und Grützemacher Kanälchen nature reserve is located in the area of the town of Hörstel and the municipality of Saerbeck in the Steinfurt district in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The area extends north of the core town of Saerbeck. East which runs B 219 and flows the Dortmund Ems channel , southeast extends the 243 ha large protected area wetland Saerbeck .
meaning
For Hörstel and Saerbeck, an area of 251.88 hectares has been designated as a nature reserve under the identification number ST-031 since 1983. The area, which consists of five sub-areas, was placed under protection for the preservation, development and restoration of communities and biotopes , especially of rare and Plant and animal species that are highly endangered, typical of the landscape, in a former heathland area with wet and dry heather and rare, sometimes endangered waders and meadow birds , amphibians and invertebrates, as well as plants and plant communities in open water and wet grassland .