Heiden and Magerrasen nature reserve near Trupbach

The nature reserve Heiden und Magerrasen near Trupbach with 80.90  hectares is located northwest of Trupbach in the urban area of Siegen and in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein . The area was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) by the Arnsberg district government in 2004 by ordinance . In 2008 the NSG was designated again with the Siegen landscape plan by the district council of the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. The NSG goes up to the city limits. The adjacent areas of the Trupbacher Heide in the city of Freudenberg have been designated as the Kirrberg nature reserve. Parts of the Heiden and Magerrasen nature reserve near Trupbach and the Kirrberg nature reserve form the 85 hectare FFH area Heiden and Magerrasen near Trupbach (No. DE-5113-301).

description

The NSG is a plateau of the former Trupbach military training area with heather and lean grassland.

The NSG is grazed with around 350 sheep and a few goats from the Küthe sheep farm. The sheep are mostly Merinoland sheep as well as some Schwarzkopf sheep . Some grassland areas are also mowed to produce winter fodder for the flock of sheep. In the winter of 2014/15 a demilitarized Leopard 1 tank rummaged over parts of the Trupbacher Heide in order to create new space for pioneer plants and animal species such as plants, amphibians and insects that were not competitive.

Land owner

On April 17, 2015, the NRW Foundation became the owner of the NSG and the Kirrberg nature reserve. On this day, Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks , NRW Environment Minister Johannes Remmel , Board Member of the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA) Axel Kunze and NRW Foundation President Harry Kurt Voigtsberger signed a corresponding framework agreement. At the suggestion of NRW four properties of were National Heritage (NNE) federally owned by a decision of the German Bundestag to the NRW Foundation transferred. These were the former military training areas Trupbacher Heide , Drover Heide in the Düren district and Steinheide in the Rhein-Erft district and the red beech forests below the Steigenberger Grand Hotel on the Petersberg in Königswinter .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district
• List of FFH areas in North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• Eva Lisges: The Trupbach Heath . Nature and the environment in Siegen-Wittgenstein. Volume 23, Issue 2015: 9-10.

Web links

Commons : Heiden und Magerrasen nature reserve near Trupbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve “Heiden und Magerrasen bei Trupbach” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eva Lisges: The Trupbacher Heide. Nature and the Environment in Siegen-Wittgenstein Volume 23, Issue 2015: 9–10.
2. Jump up ↑ tank track with pill fern pp. 6-12
3. ↑ Areas of the national natural heritage are transferred to the NRW Foundation

Coordinates: 50 ° 54 ′ 22.7 "  N , 7 ° 57 ′ 40.8"  E