Agger valley nature reserve

The nature reserve Agger-Tal is a 3.78 hectare nature reserve (NSG) southwest of Badinghagen Castle in the urban area of Meinerzhagen in the Märkisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia . The NSG was designated in 2001 by the district council of the Märkischer Kreis with the landscape plan No. 6 Meinerzhagen . In the south it extends to the city limits to the municipality of Bergneustadt or the administrative district of Cologne .

Area description

The NSG is the meadow valley of the meandering Agger with floodplain . In the floodplain are grassland and forest. Partly there is wet and damp grassland in the NSG. Some of the grassland has fallen fallow .

Protection purpose

The nature reserve was designated for the preservation and development of the valley and as a habitat for endangered animal and plant species. As with other nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation indicated that the area became a nature reserve “because of its scenic beauty and uniqueness”.