Golden Troughs Nature Reserve

The Goldene Trough nature reserve with a size of 11.14  hectares is located northeast of Medebach . It was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 2003 with the Medebach landscape plan. The NSG is part of the European bird sanctuary Medebacher Bucht (DE-4717-401).

Area description

The NSG is a valley basin with grassland . There are wet meadows and seepage springs in the grassland .

Protection purpose

The NSG is supposed to protect the grassland with its species inventory. As with all nature reserves in Germany, the protection designation indicated that the area was declared a nature reserve “because of the rarity, special character and beauty of the area”.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landschaftsplan Medebach , Meschede 2003, pp. 25–31 u. 72.

Web links

• Nature reserve "Goldene Troughs" (HSK-326) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• DE-4717-401 Medebacher Bucht.  (EU bird sanctuary) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nature reserve “Goldene Tröge” (HSK-326) in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on October 26, 2017.

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 43 ′ 58 ″  E