Karlsberg (nature reserve)

Karlsberg IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Southwest of Sibbesse , Hildesheim district , Lower Saxony
surface	13 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 052
WDPA ID	82041
Geographical location	52 ° 2 '  N , 9 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 2 '10 "  N , 9 ° 53' 24"  E
Setup date	March 18, 1960
administration	NLWKN

The Karlsberg is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Sibbesse in the Hildesheim district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 052 is 13.8  hectares . It is almost completely part of the FFH area “Seven Mountains, Foothills”. In the northeast it borders on the nature reserve " Arid habitats - Seven Mountains, Foothills ", otherwise it is surrounded by the landscape protection area "Seven Mountains and Foothills". The area has been a nature reserve since March 18, 1960. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Hildesheim district.

The nature reserve lies west of Westfeld and protects a near-natural pearl grass beech forest on the eastern slope of the Bremberges of the Vorberge ridge . The forest contains trees that are around 100 years old. The remnants of semi-arid grass in the nature reserve, which have been restored to a good condition through maintenance measures, were removed from the scope of the nature conservation ordinance in 2017 and became part of the nature reserve "Dry habitats - seven mountains, foothills".

Web links

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