Emsaue nature reserve (MS-008)
Coordinates: 52 ° 2 ′ 54 ″ N , 7 ° 39 ′ 50 ″ E
The nature reserve Emsaue (MS-008) is located in the area of the independent city of Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The area extends north of the core city of Münster and north of Gelmer , a district of Münster, along the Ems , which flows on the northern edge . West passes the A 1 , flows east of Dortmund Ems channel which runs B 481 and extending the 132.4 ha large protected area Emsaue (MS-013) . To the south stretches of about 6.75 hectares Gittruper See , a former quarry pond .
meaning
Since 1991, a 33.20 hectare area has been designated as a nature reserve for Münster under the identification number MS-008. The area was placed under protection
- for the preservation of existing geomorphological structures, remnants of moist to wet floodplain grassland as well as a near-natural oxbow lake of the Ems and
- to restore communities or habitats of endangered plant and animal species.
See also
Web links
- Nature reserve "Emsaue (MS-008)" (MS-008) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
- World Database on Protected Areas - Emsaue Nature Reserve (MS-008 )
