Hiddeser Bent

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View over the Hiddeser Bent in March
The Hiddeser Bent in summer (July)

The Hiddeser Bent is a raised bog in the northeast of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and at the same time the last living hillside bog in the Teutoburg Forest . It is located in the Lippe district to the west of the Detmold district of Hiddesen . The term "bent" means something like "peaty bog".

Emergence

The formation of the raised bog in a depression at the foot of the Kahler Ehberg began as early as 7000 BC. Due to the uphill rain in the Teutoburg Forest and the accumulation of cold air in the depression, there is a cool, humid, but moderate climate, which enabled the settlement of peat mosses . The peat mosses belong to the bog-forming plants, that is, they form peat . In the course of time, a layer of peat up to two meters thick was created over a nutrient-poor layer of sand above the water-retaining subsoil.

history

Since the raw material peat can be used as fuel, the peat of the Hiddeser Bent has been mined since the beginning of the 16th century and the mining was intensively maintained for several decades. Information from the peat files indicates that 17,000 m³ of peat was cut in 1824. Associated with this overuse was the shrinking of the peat cover and the total area of ​​the original moorland. From the once much larger area of ​​89 hectares in the middle of the 18th century, only 2.6 hectares of open moorland remain today. In addition, several meters wide, horizontal slope terraces were created, which can still be clearly seen today. Was as peat cutting ended and no longer worth while to a large area of territory with began pine and spruce reforestation .

The Hiddeser Bent was placed under the then Heimatschutzgesetz as early as 1925 and in 1950, together with the Donoperteich, was designated as one of the first nature reserves in the Lippe district. The Donoper Teich – Hiddeser Bent nature reserve has a size of 119 hectares. A 108 hectare area is a fauna-flora-habitat area due to its European importance .

Flora and fauna

The Hiddeser Bent is the habitat of many highly specialized and endangered plants and animals. Different types of dragonflies live there , including the little moss damsel , the black moor ant and many high moor-typical plants such as cotton grass with their typical white woolly heads. The bell heather , an evergreen dwarf shrub with needle-shaped leaves, the pipe grass and the sundew , a carnivorous plant, also thrive there . There are also 14 different types of peat moss that have been identified there.

tourism

The Hiddeser Bent can be reached from Hermannsweg . In addition to this, numerous other hiking trails lead there. A wooden walkway leads the visitor to a viewing platform from which one can see the entire area.

See also

Web links

Commons : Hiddeser Bent  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Website of the Southern Teutoburg Forest and Eggegebirge Nature Park ( Memento of the original dated February 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.naturpark-teutoburgerwald.de
  2. ^ "Donoperteich-Hiddeser Bent" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
  3. Natura 2000 areas in North Rhine-Westphalia: Donoperteich-Hiddeser Bent
  4. Flyer Website of the Southern Teutoburg Forest and Eggegebirge Nature Park ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.naturpark-teutoburgerwald.de

Coordinates: 51 ° 55 ′ 33 ″  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 10 ″  E