Molberger can

Molberger Dose nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
On the moor nature trail in the Molberger Dose (2016)
location	West of Molbergen , east of Lindern , Lower Saxony , Germany
surface	6 km²
Identifier	NSG WE 192
WDPA ID	164652
Geographical location	52 ° 51 '  N , 7 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 51 '21 "  N , 7 ° 51' 49"  E
Sea level	from 32 m to 39 m
Setup date	December 31, 1988
administration	NLWKN

The Molberger Dose is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony communities of Molbergen and Lindern in the district of Cloppenburg .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 192 is 600  hectares in size. It has been a nature reserve since December 31, 1988. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Cloppenburg.

The nature reserve is a raised bog in the form of a boiler bog . In the eastern part of the nature reserve there is a 2.94 km long educational moor trail , which is designed as a circular route. Explanations on the subject of bog are given at ten stations along the way.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Lower Saxony

literature

• H. von der Wall: The "can" near Molbergen. Report on a peatland survey . In: Home calendar for the Oldenburger Münsterland . Vol. 13, 1964. pp. 46-52 ( online )
• Gabriele Schröder: Mohr educational trail “Molberger Dose” . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 1995 . Vechta 1994, pp. 287-291
• Gerhard Weyrauch: Insects and spiders in the “Molberger Dose” nature reserve . In: Yearbook for the Oldenburger Münsterland 2014 . Vechta 2013, pp. 244–262

Web links

Commons : Molberger Dose  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Molberger Dose" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)
• Molberger Dose moor nature trail