Kathagenberg

Kathagenberg IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View of the “Kathagenberg” nature reserve with Fürstenberg Castle above
location	South of Höxter , Holzminden district , Lower Saxony
surface	18 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 111
WDPA ID	164036
Geographical location	51 ° 44 '  N , 9 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 43 '55 "  N , 9 ° 23' 46"  E
Sea level	from 97 m to 167 m
Setup date	September 11, 1986
administration	NLWKN

The Kathagenberg is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Fürstenberg in the joint municipality of Boffzen in the Holzminden district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 111 is 18  hectares in size. It borders on the "Solling-Vogler" landscape protection area in the northeast and southeast . It has been a nature reserve since September 11, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Holzminden.

View from the Weser to the Kathagenberg with Fürstenberg Castle and quarries around 1910

The nature reserve is located west of Fürstenberg on the edge of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park . It protects an exposed slope of the Weser towards the southwest , which is characterized by protruding rock formations. The impact slope consists of beech forest, which in the northern area is partly old coppice forest , which merges into high forest with old and dead wood to the south . Predominant tree species are beech, oak, ash, maple , red oak , hornbeam and wild service tree .

In the transition area from low to high forest there are four abandoned red sand quarries that are left to develop naturally.

A hiking trail runs through part of the nature reserve and its surroundings.

Others

Fürstenberg Castle with the Fürstenberg porcelain manufactory is located on the edge of the slope above the nature reserve .

Web links

• Nature reserve "Kathagenberg" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
• The Kathagenberg , leaflet, Solling-Vogler Nature Park (PDF, 481 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Through the deciduous forests on the Kathagenberg ( memento from January 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), experience nature in Lower Saxony.