Hengesberg nature reserve

The Hengesberg nature reserve with a size of 4.26  hectares is located north of Leitmar in the urban area of Marsberg in the Hochsauerlandkreis . It was designated as a nature reserve (NSG) in 2008 with the Marsberg landscape plan . Since 2004 the NSG has been one of three sub-areas of the Fauna-Flora-Habitat Area (FFH) Leitmarer Felsen (Natura 2000-Nr. DE-4519-306) in the European system of protected areas according to Natura 2000 with a size of 588 ha. The other two sub-areas of the FFH area are the nature reserve Emmese and the nature reserve Leitmarer Felsen .

description

Limestone forms the subsurface of the NSG . The NSG includes a beech forest . In the western part of the NSG there is a partly patchy forest of pine and red spruce on former limestone grasslands .

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Hochsauerlandkreis
• List of FFH areas in North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Marsberg landscape plan (PDF; 1.4 MB). Meschede 2008, pp. 21-26 + 36 + 204-206.

Web links

• Nature reserve “Hengesberg” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 51 ′ 54 ″  E