Hootmann's sea

Hootmann's sea IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Pipe grass and wood in the Hootmanns Meer
location	Northwest of Lingen , County of Bentheim , Lower Saxony
surface	30 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 127
WDPA ID	81934
Geographical location	52 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 34 '44 "  N , 7 ° 2' 1"  E
Sea level	16 m
Setup date	August 16, 1980
administration	NLWKN

The Hootmanns Meer is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Osterwald in the municipality of Neuenhaus in the Grafschaft Bentheim district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 127 is 30  hectares in size. It is almost completely part of the EU bird sanctuary "Dalum-Wietmarscher and Georgsdorfer Moor". The area has been a nature reserve since August 16, 1980. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the county of Bentheim.

The nature reserve is located northwest of Georgsdorf and is part of the Bourtanger Moor , of which it preserves a small part. In the reserve, which of moor grass areas and birch is characterized, can be found up to four meters mighty Torfauflagen.

The moorland is drained via ditches to the Coevorden-Piccardie Canal .

Fire in June 2011

In June 2011, a fire broke out from the edge of the nature reserve, in which around three hectares of grass, bog and heather were burned. The fire was triggered by an overheated engine of an old motor vehicle.

Web links

Commons : Hootmanns Meer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Hootmanns Meer" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Overheated engine sets bog and heather on fire ( memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Grafschafter Nachrichten , June 2, 2011.