Jeddeloher Moor

	Jeddeloher Moor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Southwest of Oldenburg , Ammerland district , Lower Saxony
surface	50 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 226
WDPA ID	163945
Geographical location	53 ° 5 ' N , 8 ° 4' E Coordinates: 53 ° 4 '36 " N , 8 ° 3' 41" E
Sea level	from 7 m to 8 m
Setup date	February 29, 1996
administration	NLWKN

The Jeddeloher Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Edewecht in the Ammerland district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 226 is around 50 hectares in size. It has been a nature reserve since February 17, 1996. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Ammerland.

The nature reserve is located southwest of Oldenburg . It provides a high moorland area is part of the once vast Vehnemoor complex in the Hunte-Lada-Moorniederung under protection. A relatively narrow and elongated part near Jeddeloh II has been preserved south of the coastal canal as a drained and peated (manual peat digging and partly industrial peat) but not cultivated raised bog. The area is being renatured by rewetting .

In the west, the nature reserve is bounded by the western receiving water, which drains into the coastal canal at Jeddeloh II. As in the east of the nature reserve, this is followed by agricultural areas .

Web links

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

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