Gimmental nature reserve

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NSG Gimmental

IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area

View of the nature reserve with the Hillbringse (2014)

View of the nature reserve with the Hillbringse (2014)

location Brilon , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface 21.7 ha
Identifier HSK-195
WDPA ID 329392
Geographical location 51 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 22 '7 "  N , 8 ° 33' 22"  E
Gimmental nature reserve (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Gimmental nature reserve
Setup date 2001
Framework plan Landscape plan Hoppecketal
View in the middle NSG area

The Gimmental nature reserve with a size of 21.7 hectares is located west of Gudenhagen-Petersborn in the urban area of Brilon . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2001 with the Hoppecketal landscape plan . It goes in the east to the edge of the village. The Untere Hilbringse nature reserve is bordered by a path to the west. The Hoppecke-Diemel-Bergland nature reserve borders in the south and east and the Brilon limestone plateau and edge heights in the north . The Rothaarsteig and the forest route run in the NSG . The Hiebammen Hut is located in the NSG or on the Rothaarsteig .

Area description

The NSG is the middle course of the Hillbringse brook with six nameless source brooks and the Deitmecke brook flowing to the south. The source areas are partly outside the NSG. The NSG area is occupied by grassland. The grassland consists partly of grass grass, lean grassland, wet and humid meadows. Rare plant species occur in the NSG. Most of the grassland is grazed with cattle. The NSG is surrounded by forest, mostly spruce forest, in the south and north.

At the eastern edge of the NSG a nameless brook flows to the Hilbringsen brook in the south. The Hilbringsen brook runs in the eastern NSG area as a ditch accompanying the way. In the two cattle pastures adjoining to the south on a north-facing slope, three source streams flow to the Hilbringse. The area around these source streams is largely watered. In the most easterly of these source areas, a boggy rush swamp with some extremely rare base-loving species such as peat moss, sedges and cotton grass has survived. Further to the west, a stream flows naturally through a mixed population of alders. Lean grassland is preserved between this stream and another spring stream. There is a large holiday home in the middle of the lean grassland. Then the lower course follows a source stream, the source area of ​​the latter being in the spruce forest south of the NSG. Further down the stream, there are three more source streams. At the mouth of the first brook there is an extensive fever clover swamp. Here, too, boggy areas with peat moss and sedges. There are three different places with grass turf at the sides of the brook in damp places. An adjacent swelling area is characterized as a sedge-rich rush swamp. Also at the upper edge of the forest between the two subsequent source streams there is a more heather-embossed bristle grass lawn. The wet grassland that accompanies the stream is also partly rich in sedge. The source areas of these two brooks are also on the other side of the path in the spruce forest. The Hilbringsen brook runs below through a spruce forest. At the height of two huts, the Deitmecke spring stream flows into the Hilbringse from a north-south running valley. The Deitmecke borders on some wet pastures. On the western slope in the area of ​​the confluence of the Deitmecke there is a large grass lawn. Down the stream, the Hilbringse runs naturally through a wet pasture, on the slope to the path there is another nebulized grass area.

The specialist information system from the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia documents via the NSG: The Gimmental is an outstanding example of the landscape of the extensive cultivation of grassland slopes rich in springs.

Plant species in the NSG

In the NSG there are still rare species such as the flea sedge . In 1967, felt sedge , stemless thistle , upright trespe , broad-leaved cotton grass and real meadow oats were found in the area of ​​today's NSG .

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the grassland with its species inventory. 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”.

Commandments

The NSG is affected by some spruce plantings, damage caused by footsteps and eutrophication in grassland and huts. According to the landscape plan, the huts are largely protected. The landscape plan therefore contains three commandments . The existing spruce plots in the NSG are to be removed; The source streams flowing in from the south are to be upgraded by replanting the existing spruce trees into local hardwood species; the existing huts are to be pushed back as far as legally and contractually possible.

See also

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage Hiebammen Hut
  2. ↑ nature reserve "Gimmental" (HSK-195) in the specialized information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia

Web links

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