Lauterniederung

Lauterniederung IUCN Category IV: Biotope / Species Protection Area with Management -
location	Districts of Germersheim and Südliche Weinstrasse , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
surface	207 ha
Identifier	NSG-7334-040
WDPA ID	82079
Geographical location	49 ° 1 '  N , 8 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 0 '42 "  N , 8 ° 3' 16"  E
Setup date	1982

The Lauterniederung nature reserve is located in the districts of Germersheim and Südliche Weinstrasse in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The approximately 250 hectare area, which was placed under nature protection in 1982 , extends between the airport of the local community Schweighofen in the north-west and the local community Scheibenhardt in the south-east along the Lauter . Not far to the north, state road 545 runs parallel to the nature reserve.

The protection purpose is the preservation of the Lauter floodplain with the still near-natural river bed, the alder forests , reed and reed areas , extensive succession areas on former litter meadows and a moor as locations for rare plant species and plant communities , as a habitat for rare animal species and for scientific reasons.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the district of Germersheim
• List of nature reserves in the Southern Wine Route district

Web links

Commons : Lauterniederung nature reserve  - collection of images

• World Database on Protected Areas - Lauterniederung (English)
• 334-040 Ordinance on the "Lauterniederung" nature reserve in the districts of Germersheim and Südliche Weinstrasse from June 7, 1982 (PDF) on naturschutz.rlp.de
• State Office for the Environment, Water Management and Trade Inspectorate Rhineland-Palatinate: NSG album “Lauterniederung” from March 2012 (PDF) on lfu.rlp.de
• State Office for the Environment Rhineland-Palatinate: NSG album “Lauterniederung” update pass 2016 from February 2017 (PDF) on lfu.rlp.de