Hamorsbruch nature reserve (Meschede)

Hamorsbruch nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Aerial photograph (2014)
location	North of Meschede
surface	64.9 ha
Identifier	HSK-001K1
WDPA ID	378200
Geographical location	51 ° 24 ′  N , 8 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 51 ″  N , 8 ° 18 ′ 7 ″  E
Setup date	1994

The Hamorsbruch nature reserve with a size of 64.9 hectares is located northwest of the Meschede telecommunications tower on the northern boundary between Meschede and the urban area of Warstein . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Hochsauerlandkreis in 1994 with the Meschede landscape plan. In 1942, 1954 and 1966 the district government of Arnsberg already designated the area as NSG by ordinance with a different definition. The NSG borders directly on the district boundary. In the urban area of ​​Warstein in the Soest district , the Hamorsbruch nature reserve and spring streams are directly adjacent . The NSG has been part of the FFH area Hamorsbruch and Quellbach (No. DE-4515-301) with an area of ​​464 hectares since 2004 .

Area description

Hamorsbruch nature reserve near the Meschede telecommunications tower

The NSG is a birch moor forest , red beech forest and spruce forest. The bog forest is dominated by the bog birch , which grows on peat bodies up to two meters thick. The herbaceous layer of the bog forests is rich in species. Beech stocks of various ages are located in the southwestern part of the nature reserve.

Protection purpose

The NSG is intended to protect the peat moss-rich birch bog forests and the structurally rich beech forests.

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”.

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis

literature

• Westphalian Office for State and Building Maintenance: Meschede landscape plan . Arnsberg 1994, p. 28.

Web links

Commons : Hamorsbruch Nature Reserve  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Hamorsbruch" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia