Lean pasture southeast of Volkensen

Lean pasture southeast of Volkensen IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
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location	South-east of Zeven , north-west of Scheeßel , in the district of Rotenburg in Lower Saxony
surface	12.7 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 062
WDPA ID	82132
Geographical location	53 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 53 ° 16 '10 "  N , 9 ° 25' 21"  E
Sea level	from 21 m to 25 m
Setup date	04/27/1976
administration	NLWKN

The Magerweide southeast of Volkensen is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Elsdorf in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 062 is 12.7  hectares in size. The area southeast of the villages of Volkensen and Nindorf puts the rest of an old cultural landscape under protection, which was formerly extensively managed by grazing. It is predominantly characterized by moist grassland with pipe grass and bell heather , in the peripheral areas there are also dry sandy grasslands and sandy heather .

The area has been a nature reserve since April 27, 1976. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the Rotenburg (Wümme) district.

Web links

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