Lean lime grass near Ottbergen and Bruchhausen

Lean lime grass near Ottbergen and Bruchhausen IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Limestone grasslands north of Ottbergen
location	Höxter and Beverungen , Höxter district , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	113 ha
Identifier	HX-075
WDPA ID	329474
Natura 2000 ID	DE-4221-302
Geographical location	51 ° 43 ′  N , 9 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 19"  E
Setup date	1988
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Höxter district

The nature reserve (NSG) Kalkmagerrasen near Ottbergen and Bruchhausen is located in the Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The 113 hectare NSG with the key number HX-075, which consists of seven sub-areas, was designated in 1988. It is mainly located in the area of ​​the town of Höxter , a small area in the south-eastern part belongs to the town of Beverungen . The seven sub-areas lie between Hembsen , a district of the city of Brakel , and Amelunxen , a district of the city of Beverungen. Four sub-areas are north and three south of Ottbergen , Bruchhausen , the B 64 and the Nethe , a left tributary of the Weser . The NSG opens up a roughly 13 km long circular hiking trail for hikers.

description

On the sub-areas of the NSG there are biotope complexes with mostly various very species-rich grassland areas and smaller forest areas in exposed slopes and hilltops. There are areas with orchid-lime-beech forest and woodruff-beech forest. The value of the NSG is made up of juniper stands in dwarf shrub heaths, semi-arid grasslands , poor grasslands and poor grassland. Fat pastures and fallow grassland also occur. Lime-beech forests and coniferous wood stocks can be found on other mosaic-like connecting structural elements and habitats. There are also bushes and orchards. There is cattle and sheep grazing on the grassland.

A large number of rare and protected plant species can be found in the NSG. Several rare orchid and gentian species can also be found.

There are bush-breeders such as red-backed red-backed killer and black warbler in the reserve. There are also numerous species of butterflies such as the blue sunflower .

FFH area Kalkmagerrasen near Ottbergen

In 2004 the Fauna-Flora-Habitat (FFH) limestone grasslands near Ottbergen (DE-4221-302) with an area of ​​77 ha was designated. This includes only three of the seven parts of the nature reserve and the Stockberg nature reserve .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Höxter district (HX-075)

Web links

Commons : Kalkmagerrasen nature reserve near Ottbergen and Bruchhausen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Kalkmagerrasen bei Ottbergen und Bruchhausen" (HX-075) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• "Paths of Diversity": Lean lime grass near Ottbergen. New adventure area of ​​the project Erlesene Natur on hvv-hoexter.de
• Adventure area Kalkmagerrasen near Ottbergen on kulturland.org
• Lean lime lawn near Ottbergen on natur-erleben-nrw.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Natura 2000 area “Kalkmagerrasen bei Ottbergen” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on September 13, 2017.