Langhorst von Hainburg and Seligenstadt

Nature reserve Langhorst von Hainburg and Seligenstadt IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Information sign on the edge of the nature reserve
location	Seligenstadt and Hainburg , Hessen , Germany
surface	82.27 ha
Identifier	1438025
WDPA ID	164371
Geographical location	50 ° 1 '  N , 8 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '13 "  N , 8 ° 58' 32"  E
Setup date	1996
administration	Lower nature conservation authority in the Offenbach district

The nature reserve Langhorst von Hainburg and Seligenstadt (NSG identification 1438025) is located in the Hessian district of Offenbach . It covers around 82.27 hectares of forest, which is located in the districts of Hainburg and Seligenstadt .

Area description

The nature reserve is located between the Hainburg district of Hainstadt and the Froschhausen district of Seligenstadt . It consists of typical and particularly charming landscape elements of the Holocene Main floodplain with near-natural, species- and structure-rich deciduous forests as well as extensive grasslands with valuable wet meadows . They are traversed by Werniggraben and Weihersbach. In terms of landscape history, these brooks are relics of post-glacial arms of the Main. The meadows and grassland use is largely extensified Service.

Protection purpose

The purpose of the protection is to preserve and develop typical and particularly attractive landscape elements of the Holocene Main floodplain with natural deciduous forests rich in species and structures and extensive grassland areas with valuable wet meadows.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Offenbach district

Web links

Commons : Langhorst von Hainburg and Seligenstadt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. Municipal and field boundaries in BürgerGIS of the Offenbach
2. ↑ cf. Working group Fledermaus: Pechgraben near Klein-Krotzenburg. Retrieved September 23, 2018 . 
3. ↑ nature reserves. In: Kreis-offenbach.de. Retrieved September 20, 2018 .