Nature reserve caves
The Höhlen nature reserve is a 0.68 hectare nature reserve north of the village of Höhlen in the municipality of Kierspe in the Märkischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany .
The NSG was designated in 2003 by the district council of the Märkischer Kreis with the landscape plan No. 7 Kierspe . The NSG begins directly after the village of the same name.
Area description
The NSG is a sub-area of the near-natural upper course of the Lingese stream with its wooded banks and adjacent wet grassland.
Protection purpose
The nature reserve has been designated for the preservation and development of a stream valley with floodplain and grassland and as a habitat for endangered animal and plant species. 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
literature
- Märkischer Kreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Märkischer Kreis: Landscape Plan No. 5 Kierspe , Lüdenscheid 2003, pp. 84–85.
Web links
- Nature reserve “Höhlen” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
Antlenbachtal | On the big break | On the mark | Brauke | Brömcke Bach | Dörscheln | Erlenbach Valley | Fernhagener Bach and Jubachtal | Hamecke and calf puddle | Hemecketal | Hermsbrock | Herzhorn Valley | Caves | In the pods | Kierspetal | Lingese valley | Mattmecketal | Upper Frommecketal | Rombrauk | Schleipe valley | Stone marrow | Stippessiepen | Stubach Valley | Lower Kerspe Valley | Wienhagen
Coordinates: 51 ° 6 ′ 51.5 ″ N , 7 ° 35 ′ 46.5 ″ E