Grävingholz nature reserve

NSG Grävingholz IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Pond in the Grävingholz NSG (2013)
location	Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	123.7 ha
Identifier	DO-023
WDPA ID	378194
Geographical location	51 ° 34 '  N , 7 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 33 '49 "  N , 7 ° 27' 32"  E
Setup date	2005
Framework plan	Landscape plan Dortmund-North

The Grävingholz nature reserve is an extensive forest area in the northern Dortmund district of Eving . It extends west of the federal highway 54 and includes parts of the districts Holthausen , Brechte , Eving and Lindenhorst . The Süggel nature reserve borders to the east of the main road . The approximately 123.7 hectare Grävingholz nature reserve was established with the first change to the Dortmund-North landscape plan on September 2, 2005.

description

Historically, the forest area formed immediately after the last ice age and has been preserved as a contiguous forest area ever since. In the Middle Ages, the forest served the lords of the county of Dortmund as a hunting ground. Today an old tree population dominates the Grävingholz, the dominant tree species is the common beech , but oaks and ash trees also grow sporadically in this forest. The largest beech tree growing there has a trunk circumference of 6 m. In places the forest is undergrown with forest flutter grass and ilex . The old trees in particular offer nesting and breeding sites for the great spotted woodpecker and green woodpecker , but also hawk and stock dove find a habitat here.

In the forest there is the headwaters of the Holthauser Bach with several quellsiepen. Several former bomb craters from the Second World War form wetlands with a great diversity of species . Angled sedge , lady's fern and turf grove grow here . These wetlands provide mountain and great crested newt , common toad and grass and pond frog habitat.

An existing network of trails is ideal for hiking and cycling. However, free-range dogs cause problems here. The Grävingholz can be reached via the tram stop of the same name on the U41 line of the DSW21 .

Protection goals

The most important protection goal is the preservation of these large-scale, near-natural beech forests, with the embedded small bodies of water, as part of a biotope network in the north of Dortmund.

See also

• List of nature reserves in Dortmund

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )

Web links

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

• "Grävingholz" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Description of the nature reserve on the BUND-Dortmund website, accessed on October 14, 2012 (PDF file; 63 kB)