Lichtenmoor (nature reserve)

Lichtenmoor IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	North-east of Nienburg / Weser , Heidekreis district , Lower Saxony
surface	236 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 017
WDPA ID	82092
FFH area	234.3 ha
Geographical location	52 ° 43 '  N , 9 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 43 '12 "  N , 9 ° 20' 41"  E
Sea level	from 22 m to 23 m
Setup date	December 16, 1970
administration	NLWKN

The Lichtenmoor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Rethem (Aller) in the Heidekreis district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 017 is around 236  hectares in size. It is completely part of the 359.01 hectare FFH area of ​​the same name , which also includes adjacent areas in the district of Nienburg / Weser , which are designated as a nature reserve " Edge areas Lichtenmoor ". The nature reserve has been under protection since December 16, 1970. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Heidekreis.

The nature reserve is located northeast of Nienburg / Weser in the north of the eponymous Lichtenmoors . It places a remnant of the Lichtenmoors, a formerly extensive raised bog area , under protection. The bog is drained over a large area in the past and by Handtorfstiche been zerkuhlt. Large areas are occupied by moist and dry heather and marshmallow complexes, and swamp forests with birch and pine trees, some of which are close to nature, with a high proportion of dead and old wood , are also widespread . Still water, vibrating lawns and transitional bogs can also be found from full hand peat cuttings . In the north and south of the protected area in particular, areas have been cultivated as grassland .

The damp moor heaths are characterized by bell heather , to which z. B. peat moss , Schnabelried and cotton grass. In the dry heath areas dominated heather . Furthermore, u. a. Rosemary heather , round-leaved sundew , English gorse , hail bush , cranberry and bogberry as well as small water hose and common water hose can be found in the waters . The nature reserve is a habitat and a. for adder , smooth snake , sand lizard , moor frog , great mouse-eared mouse , crane , common snipe , teal , red backed killer , oriole , goat milker , whinchat and woodlark .

The nature reserve is mainly surrounded by agricultural land and moor forests. In the south it borders on the Gadesbüren-Anderten border ditch, and in the southeast on the White Ditch.

Web links

Nature reserve "Lichtenmoor (nature reserve)" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lichtenmoor , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved September 19, 2019.