Laarsche Bruch

Laarsche Bruch IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	Northwest of Nordhorn , in the Lower Saxony district of Grafschaft Bentheim
surface	9.5 ha
Identifier	NSG WE 170
WDPA ID	164310
Geographical location	52 ° 38 '  N , 6 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 37 '50 "  N , 6 ° 43' 17"  E
Setup date	05/24/1986
administration	NLWKN

The Laarsche Bruch , also Laarsches Bruch , is a nature reserve created in 1986 in the Lower Saxony municipality of Laar ( Emlichheim municipality ) in the Grafschaft Bentheim district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 170 is 9.5  hectares in size. It has been a nature reserve since May 24, 1986. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the county of Bentheim.

description

The nature reserve is located northwest of Laar on the border with the Netherlands and essentially consists of Lake Laar, which was created in 1984 when sand was extracted for the construction of a NATO depot in Coevorden , the Netherlands . The area was left to its natural development and is now a refuge for water birds . Over 200 wintering pygmy swans were counted there. The area is also of great importance for whooper swans and tufted ducks .

The nature reserve is looked after by NABU Grafschaft Bentheim. There is an observation hut on the shore of the lake.

Web links

• "Laarsche Bruch" nature reserve in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
• Overview map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Laarsches Bruch ( Memento from October 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), NABU Lower Saxony.