High Moor (Stade)

	Hohes Moor nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Aerial view from the southwest
location	West of Hagenah in the Lower Saxon counties Stade and Rotenburg
surface	862 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 013 , NSG LÜ 294
WDPA ID	163752 , 555552572
Natura 2000 ID	DE-2421-331
FFH area	853.9 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 33 ' N , 9 ° 16' E Coordinates: 53 ° 33 '7 " N , 9 ° 15' 32" E
Sea level	from 13 m to 14 m
Setup date	Nov 23, 1934
administration	NLWKN

The high moor near Stade is an approximately 5000 year old high moor . After a 130-year reduction period between 1830 and the 1960s, the Moor was rehabilitated and to 2006 from 2001 in an area of approximately 653 hectares rewetted . The nature reserve extends beyond the actual rewetting areas and has an area of 862 hectares including the edge areas. Today it consists of a mosaic of open water areas, wet meadows , peat moss lawns and bog forest .

Geographical location

The Hohe Moor is located west of Hagenah in the Elbe-Weser triangle in Lower Saxony . It extends over parts of the three communities Estorf , Heinbockel and Oldendorf in the combined community Oldendorf-Himmelpforten in the district of Stade and the city of Bremervörde in the district of Rotenburg (Wümme) .

Protected areas

Oldendorfer See in the core of the Hohes Moor protected area

On the administrative side, the Hohe Moor consists of two nature reserves : At its core is the older, cross-district nature reserve Hohes Moor . The smaller nature reserve Hohes Moor edge areas was subsequently established and comprises four additional areas in the district of Stade. After these expansions in 2000 and 2005, the protected areas extend over a total area of approx. 862 hectares . The complex is administered under the name Hohes Moor (Lüneburg) , which refers to its location in the former administrative district of Lüneburg .

The approximately 854 hectare Hohes Moor Natura 2000 area has also existed since 2000 in accordance with the Habitats Directive of the European Union , which is almost congruent with the two nature reserves.

history

flooded Handtorfstich

The high moor has been drained and the peat digested by hand since around 1830 . Of the original large moor lakes, only the Oldendorfer See and Elmer See are preserved today. These two large bodies of water are supplemented by numerous small water-filled peat excavation pits and former drainage ditches, because the water level of the high moor has been raised again since the early 1980s and especially in the years 2001 to 2006. The partially destroyed bog is supposed to be renatured by rewetting, dead spruce and birch stands are a visible sign of this wetting.

Flora and fauna

Dam with hiking trail, laterally flooded peat cut pits

The peat cut, which is still clearly recognizable today, has led to a strongly structured landscape in which raised bog areas and swamp forests alternate with full peat cut pits and natural bog lakes; There are also various types of wet meadows in the forest-free edge areas . On some old moor dams there are hiking trails through the Hohe Moor, but entering the nature reserve outside of these paths is prohibited to protect the rare flora and fauna.

Wildlife

Mating wheel of the Nordic moss maid

In the high moor you can find a number of typical dragonfly species such as B. the moon azure maiden , the high moor mosaic maiden , the arctic emerald dragonfly and - in high density of individuals - the nordic moss maiden . Butterfly species that are typical of bog, such as the blue bog, are also being observed again.

Regarding reptiles and amphibians , both adders and grass snakes can be observed, blindworms are rather rare, while moor frogs occur with larger populations.

For many bird species, the bog areas are again breeding and resting places, for example the crane has returned as a breeding bird since 2002. Even extremely rare species such as the short-eared owl or the tree falcon breed in the open areas of the moorland. In addition to many species of ducks, larger stocks of gray , barnacle and Egyptian geese can be found on the open water during migration . Numerous songbirds breed on the edges of the moor; in addition to goldhamers , chaffinches , great tits and blue tits, there are also rarer ones such as cuckoo and nuthatch .

With regard to the game population , numerous deer dominate the picture, wild boars and brown hares are less common . The badgers native during the drainage have probably been displaced by the rewetting and have not been observed since.

Flora

In the higher areas, black alder , pine and peat birch breakage occurs. In the low-lying areas to restore the lack of nutrients and the acidic pH value of the water found by the rewetting, now back to the typical mud plant as some peat moss and various rushes ( Tonquil u. A.). Occasional round-leaved sundew grows on the somewhat drier areas, narrow-leaved and sheathed cottongrass are growing in declining stands, and bell-heather and white schnabelried are common in the open areas . The roadsides and dams are lined with dwarf shrubs such as blueberries , mountain ash and occasional gels .

Rewetted area with dead birch quarry forest
Large stocks of narrow-leaved cotton grass
Round-leaved sundew in the high moor

literature

District of Stade, Nature Conservation Office (Ed.): The High Moor - Largest rewetting project in the district of Stade. In: Environment in a circle. 2006, pp. 4–5 ( PDF file , 1.2 MB).

Web links

Commons : Hohes Moor - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Hohes Moor nature reserve and peripheral areas
↑ "Hohes Moor" nature reserve in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
↑ Nature reserve "Hohes Moor Randbereich" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
↑ FFH area No. 022, Natura 2000 identifier DE-2421-331
↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Hohes Moor Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (English)
↑ Klaus Krapohl: LIFE Nature Project: Re-wetting of the High Moor

[1] Hohes Moor nature reserve and peripheral areas

[2] "Hohes Moor" nature reserve in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

[3] Nature reserve "Hohes Moor Randbereich" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

[4] FFH area No. 022, Natura 2000 identifier DE-2421-331

[5] World Database on Protected Areas - Hohes Moor Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (English)

[6] Klaus Krapohl: LIFE Nature Project: Re-wetting of the High Moor