Jakobsberg (nature reserve)

Jakobsberg IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	47.3 ha
Identifier	GT-015
WDPA ID	163940
Geographical location	52 ° 2 '  N , 8 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 2 '0 "  N , 8 ° 24' 45"  E
Setup date	1985
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Gütersloh district

The liverwort

The Jakobsberg , popularly known as Leberblümchenberg , is a nature reserve with a size of 47.3 hectares in the Amshausen district of the Steinhagen (Westphalia) municipality in the Gütersloh district . It is listed under the number GT-015 and consists of two adjoining individual areas that are privately owned.

The nature reserve is important in terms of plant geography, as it represents the north-western limit of the range of the endangered liverwort in Europe. In addition, it is a location of unspoilt low and middle forest .

When the liverwort is in bloom from mid-March, the area is a highly frequented tourist attraction. At the same time, several types of violets bloom on the edge of the forest . A little later white and occasionally yellow wood anemones bloom in large numbers . The real cowslip blooms in April . There are also the red and blue flowering real lungwort , woodruff and ringelwort .

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Jakobsberg" nature reserve (GT-015) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on March 10, 2017.
2. ↑ Information board at the nature reserve

Web links

• Nature reserve "Jakobsberg" (GT-015) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• World Database on Protected Areas - Jakobsberg (nature reserve )