Günninghauser Mark nature reserve

Günninghauser Mark nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Kapper Trolliuswiese
location	South of Winterberg
surface	227 ha
WDPA ID	164022
Geographical location	51 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 18 ″  N , 8 ° 31 ′ 19 ″  E
Setup date	2008

The nature reserve Günninghauser Mark is a 227 hectare nature reserve (NSG) south of Winterberg . In 2008 the area was designated as an NSG by the Hochsauerlandkreis in the Winterberg landscape plan . Before 2008, two sub-areas were designated as the Schluchtwald Angstbecke nature reserve and the Kapper Trolliuswiese nature reserve. The NSG is part of the fauna-flora-habitat area Schluchtwald Angstbecke and Günninghauser Mark (DE-4817-302). In the NSG are the peaks of the Bärenberg (Winterberg) with 743 m and des Wetzstein (Winterberg) with 771 m.

description

The NSG includes the local beech forest , there is also gorge forest and Schatthangwald. In the valley of the Sonneborn and in the area south of the cap there are areas with grassland . This grassland, made up of seeping wet meadows and species-rich poor grassland, has fallen fallow or is extensively grazed with cattle.

Protection purpose

The nature reserve was designated as a habitat for endangered animal and plant species for the maintenance and development of a forest and grassland areas. 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”.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Landscape plan Winterberg (PDF; 1.4 MB). Meschede 2008, pp. 71-72.

Web links

Commons : Günninghauser Mark nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve “Günninghauser Mark” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia