Hemecketal nature reserve

The Hemecketal nature reserve is a 6.75 hectare nature reserve (NSG) in the municipality of Kierspe in the Märkisches Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia . The NSG was designated in 2003 by the district council of the Märkischer Kreis with the landscape plan No. 7 Kierspe .

Area description

The NSG is a valley area of ​​the Hemecketal and the Schmittensiepen. The Bachtal is predominantly occupied by grassland communities of damp to wet locations. Forest areas with brook-alder-ash forest and poor pastures are also in the NSG.

Protection purpose

The nature reserve was designated for the preservation and development of valley areas 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

• List of nature reserves in the Märkisches Kreis

literature

• Märkischer Kreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Märkischer Kreis: Landscape Plan No. 5 Kierspe , Lüdenscheid 2003, pp. 37–38.

Web links

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 38 ″  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 7.5 ″  E