Landscape protection area Offenlandkomplex Westfeld-Ohlenbach

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The nature reserve Offenlandkomplex Westfeld-Ohlenbach with 158.9  hectares is located in the urban area of Schmallenberg . The area was in 2008 by the council of Hochsauerlandkreises with the landscape plan Schmallenberg Southeast as a conservation area designated (LSG). The LSG is one of 71 landscape protection areas of type B, outskirts, landscape character in the urban area of ​​Schmallenberg. In the urban area, there are also two type A landscape protection areas (general landscape protection) and 58 type C landscape protection areas (meadow valleys and significant extensive grassland) with different requirements.

The LSG consists of 13 sub-areas. The LSG extends to the outskirts of Westfeld and Ohlenbach . These are open land areas with grassland and occasionally there are fields in plateau locations. Part of the area belongs to the Westfeld cross-country skiing center .

Protection purpose

The designation was carried out to ensure the diversity and uniqueness of the landscape in the vicinity of the localities and the old agricultural priority areas by keeping it open.

Legal regulations

How is the LSG into the other protected areas of type B in Schmallenberg prohibition of afforestation and tree - Schmuckreisig- and nursery crops to apply. As in all type B landscape planning areas in the urban area of ​​Schmallenberg, there is a requirement to keep the LSG free from forest cover through agricultural use or through maintenance measures.

See also

literature

  • Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Schmallenberg Southeast landscape plan . Meschede 2008, p. 81 ff.


Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 53.1 ″  N , 8 ° 26 ′ 18.5 ″  E