Hohe Ley (Finnentrop)
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 '2 " N , 7 ° 57' 58" E
Hohe Ley is a mountain range in the municipality of Finnentrop in the Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is located east of the Bigge in the Finnentrop district of Heggen and south of the core town of Finnentrop. A 49.75 hectare area has been designated as a nature reserve (NSG) since 1981 , which represents one of ten sub-areas of the fauna-flora-habitat area beech forests, limestone semi -dry grasslands and rocks south of Finnentrop (DE-4813-301).
description
The NSG is a forest and a former quarry. The Heggener Kalkwerke quarry was shut down in the 1930s. The rock face is 96 m high, the highest point is 364 m above sea level. NHN . There are several caves in the rock face. The forest consists of woodruff and hornbeam beech and oak - hornbeam forests , and ravine forests and mixed sloping forests in the NSG. Limestone scree slopes, limestone grasslands and thermophilic limestone gravel plant communities are documented as further habitats .
fauna
In 1938, the peregrine falcon was found for the first time on the rock . The rock was occupied by peregrine falcons until 1958. The specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia currently lists kestrel and eagle owl as breeding birds.
Protective reason
The NSG has been designated because it contains nationally significant habitats and habitats of rare and endangered animal and plant species typical of the landscape within a large forest complex. Especially since the eagle owl, listed in Article 4 of the EU Birds Directive, breeds there. The protection was also issued for scientific, natural history, geographical and geological reasons. As with all NSGs in North Rhine-Westphalia, the designation was also due to the rarity, special character and outstanding beauty of this area.
See also
literature
- District of Olpe: Landscape plan No. 3 Attendorn - Heggen-Helden. Olpe 2006 PDF download, accessed April 28, 2016
Web links
- Nature reserve "Hohe Ley" (OE-015) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Nature reserve Hohe Ley (map) on Kreis-olpe.de
- The Hohe Ley in Heggen , photo and brief description on heimatbund-finnentrop.de
- Hohe Ley (1928), 2 photos on heimatbund-finnentrop.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Demandt, C. (1959): The peregrine falcons of South Westphalia. Sauerl. Nature observation 5: 56-75.
