Kames landscape

	Kames landscape IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	The archaeologically excavated grave mound of Möllenbeck in the Kames landscape
location	Southwest of Rinteln , east of Vlotho
surface	244 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 219
WDPA ID	555546339
Geographical location	52 ° 9 ' N , 9 ° 4' E Coordinates: 52 ° 9 '12 " N , 9 ° 3' 55" E
Sea level	from 80 m to 126 m
Setup date	08/18/2011
administration	NLWKN

Kameslandschaft is a 244 hectare nature reserve in the Schaumburg district .

description

The area with the registration number HA 219 is located southwest of the town of Rinteln and south of the Weser between Möllenbeck and Krankenhagen . It belongs to the natural region of the Weser and Leinebergland . With the first ordinance of August 18, 2011, the area was placed under nature protection. The responsible nature conservation authority is the district of Schaumburg.

The nature reserve is a hilltop landscape of layered sand and gravel, which, as Kames, are relics of Ice Age formation processes and are part of the river history of the Weser . In the mainly forested area there are several barrows , including the Möllenbeck burial mound , which was archaeologically examined before the sand was extracted . The protected area surrounds an approximately 100 hectare mining area for gravel and sand extraction, which was created as a result of the strong construction activity after the Second World War . The gravel and sand are the richest occurrences in northern Germany with thicknesses of up to 70 meters. At the edges of the mining area there are steep slopes up to 50 meters high.

Web links

Nature reserve "Kameslandschaft" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
"Kameslandschaft" instead of freedom for the farmers. In: Schaumburger Nachrichten . June 10, 2011, accessed June 30, 2015 .
Geological explanation of the Kames landscape