Hermsbrock nature reserve
The Hermsbrock nature reserve is a 12.18 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 forest-moor biotope complex and a hillside spring moor with moor birch swamp forest. In the spring-rich hardwood complex there are brook-alder-ash forest and grove- beech forest.
Protection purpose
The nature reserve was designated for the preservation and development of a forest-moor-biotope complex 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. 55–56.
Web links
- "Hermsbrock" nature reserve in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 9 ″ N , 7 ° 38 ′ 15 ″ E