Am Bocksbart nature reserve

Am Bocksbart nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View from the south to the NSG Am Bocksbart (2016)
location	Meschede , Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	2.7 ha
Identifier	HSK-004
WDPA ID	81285
Geographical location	51 ° 19 '  N , 8 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 19 '27 "  N , 8 ° 12' 13"  E
Setup date	1950
Framework plan	Landscape plan Meschede
administration	Lower landscape authority of the Hochsauerlandkreis

The nature reserve Am Bocksbart with a size of 2.7 ha is located southeast of Wallen in the urban area of Meschede . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Arnsberg district government in 1950 . In 1994, with the Meschede landscape plan, the Hochsauerland district reassigned it as an NSG. The NSG is surrounded by the landscape protection area of ​​local open spaces near Wallen .

area

Juniper in the NSG (2016)

The nature reserve consists of the remains of a juniper heather with littered grasslands . Part of the NSG has already become forest. In the middle of the forest is the juniper heather. The heather is grazed with heather sheep to keep the area open .

As with all nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation pointed out that the area became a nature reserve “because of the rarity, special character and beauty of the area”.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Westphalian Office for State and Building Maintenance: Meschede landscape plan . Arnsberg 1994, p. 38.

Web links

Commons : Naturschutzgebiet Am Bocksbart  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• "Am Bocksbart" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia