Lieth (nature reserve)

Lieth IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Northwest of Freden , Hildesheim district , Lower Saxony
surface	52 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 188
WDPA ID	164455
Geographical location	51 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 56 '10 "  N , 9 ° 52' 47"  E
Sea level	from 97 m to 177 m
Setup date	August 6, 1998
administration	NLWKN

The Lieth is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Freden (Leine) and the city of Alfeld (Leine) in the district of Hildesheim .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG HA 188 is 52  hectares . The area has been a nature reserve since August 6, 1998. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Hildesheim district.

The nature reserve, which consists of five sub-areas, lies between Freden (Leine) and the districts of Imsen and Wispenstein, which belong to Alfeld (Leine) . It extends to a shell back of the triad , which for Leinetal steeply. The remnants of earlier forms of use are semi-arid lawns , orchards and coppice forests . The semi-arid lawns and orchards are covered with bushes because they are no longer cultivated. This development is partially halted and reversed through maintenance measures such as grazing or mowing . In the area of ​​semi-arid grassland, u. a. Hain Wachtelweizen , Skabiosen- and knapweed , Hypericum and Jacobaea vulgaris , but also cross gentian , meadow sage , dyer's broom and Centaurium erythraea .

In the nature reserve, grassland areas , fallow land , arable and forest areas are included as a buffer zone to the areas worth protecting.

Web links

Commons : Lieth nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Die Lieth bei Freden , Paul Feindt Foundation. Retrieved June 19, 2018.