Lenzbach (Simmerath)

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Lenzbach nature reserve

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

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location Simmerath , Aachen city region , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface 11 ha
Identifier ACK-067
WDPA ID 318726
Natura 2000 ID DE-5303-302
FFH area 11 ha
Geographical location 50 ° 37 '  N , 6 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '0 "  N , 6 ° 16' 48"  E
Lenzbach (Simmerath) (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Lenzbach (Simmerath)
Setup date 1999
Framework plan Landscape plan Simmerath
administration Lower landscape authority of the Aachen city region
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Lenzbach is a nature reserve in the municipality of Simmerath in North Rhine-Westphalia . It lies between Simmerath and Lammersdorf and is part of the much larger FFH area DE-5303-302 Kalltal and side valleys . This makes it part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . The lowland of the Lenzbach is a shallow valley basin with grass clown stocks , locally with rush and knotweed herds and small spring swamps. Remains of old windbreak hedges on the edge of the valley. The valley is divided into two halves by an anti-tank barrier from World War II. The individual concrete blocks and walls are densely overgrown with mosses and lichen.

Protection purpose

The brook valley of the Kall , into which the Lenzbach flows, is an important network axis in the transnational biotope network between the Hohem Venn and Rurtal . The designation as a nature reserve serves primarily to preserve a near-natural stretch of flowing water as well as the moist to wet grassland and bog areas as a habitat for several threatened plant and animal species and the preservation and development of natural habitats according to Annex I Habitats Directive : beaver , great mouse-eared bat , pond bat , Kingfisher , whinchat , blue iridescent fire butterfly , which occurs only in a few areas across Europe, ringed mother-of-pearl butterfly , lung gentian , leg breaker , fever clover , brook spring herb , plant communities such as dwarf shrub, gorse , juniper heather , rough meadows and pastures, etc.

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