Landscape protection area remaining high moor area Kreismoor

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Landscape protection area remaining high moor area Kreismoor

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

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location Lower Saxony , Germany
surface 12 ha
WDPA ID 323821
Geographical location 53 ° 26 '  N , 7 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 26 '30 "  N , 7 ° 38' 17"  E
Landscape protection area residual high moor area Kreismoor (Lower Saxony)
Landscape protection area remaining high moor area Kreismoor
Setup date 1984

The landscape protection area residual high moor area Kreismoor is a landscape protection area in the district of Aurich in the state of Lower Saxony . It bears the number LSG AUR 00022 and lies entirely in the area of ​​the community of Großefehn .

Description of the area

The landscape protection area, designated in 1985, covers an area of ​​0.12 square kilometers and is bordered to the east and south by the Kreismoorstrasse. It is a remnant raised bog area with different stages of degeneration, the majority of which is in the succession stage of bushes and birch forest . In the southwest there are individual plots of wet grassland on partially peat high moor.

Protection purpose

General protection purposes are the "securing of remaining raised bog areas because of their importance from a morphological point of view", the "preservation of retreat areas of a specialized flora and fauna", as well as the "revitalization of the landscape through natural character."

Individual evidence

  1. Remaining raised bog area Kreismoor. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
  2. a b c landscape framework plan. (PDF; 17.3 MB) Aurich district, March 1, 1996, accessed on July 1, 2020 .